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Rick Larin

Qualifications: Twenty-plus years experience in the IT industry with international exposure. Design,

implementation and support of regional WAN infrastructure solutions, datacenter technologies, VoIP,

VPN, firewall and server load-balancing, project management. Holds a current DoD TS/SCI clearance.

CSC, Advisor Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer supporting US Southcom Theater C4S Services Contract (TCSC) in

Doral, FL.

May 2011 to Present

Manage a six-member network team which is responsible for the design, implementation, configuration,

monitoring and operational support of Army’s classified network. Provide network infrastructure support

for

throughout Latin America. Manage all WAN, long haul circuits and downrange local LAN infrastructures

to ensure network and system uptime to end-users. Manage local datacenter environment in Doral, FL.

Working familiarity with all Cisco enterprise-level routers, switches and firewall platforms and

technologies. Working experience with Riverbed Steelhead implementation and operational support.

all Army mission activities and Security Cooperation Offices (SCO) at

Coordinate with staff members and cross-functional groups to maintain and troubleshoot network and

systems-related issues. Recommend and implement solutions or alternative courses of action while

adhering to departmental standards, policies and procedures. Develop and maintain network operating

procedures and documentation of network topography and infrastructure.

Major Projects:

• Project Management- managed router and switch lifecycle projects across TCSC AOR -

created initial build of materials, identified project phases throughout lifecycle processes,

established project timelines and required resources and man-hours. Coordinated with all

stakeholders during implementation phase including local SCO CDRs and his staff downrange.

• Configured and implemented DMVPN design across WAN with circuit and site redundancy

• LAN Re-architecture of every site downrange including consolidation and reduction of network

footprint, migrated unclassified Army network to private 10. Addressing

• Successfully implemented Quality of Service (QoS) across all sites. This implementation

improved video quality for all VTC sessions and guaranteed bandwidth to mission-critical

applications such as DoD Enterprise Email.

• Successfully implemented policy-based routing (PBR) to allocate dedicated circuit bandwidth to

unclassified and classified traffic, respectively.

• HQ Core Network Redesign- decommissioned legacy Cisco gear and designed and implemented

a collapsed backbone solution that reduced TCSC’s network footprint in our HQ datacenter in

Doral, FL

• Annual Network Audit: STIG compliance check on all network devices (400 network devices)

respective Embassies

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Rick Larin

Senior Network Engineer with Ultimate Software, Weston, FL

May 2008 – May 2011

Supported a SaaS (Software as a Service) environment for several hundred enterprise clients (>1MM

employees) where we hosted highly-confidential employee Human Resource records including payroll

and benefits.

As a Project Team Member, I was involved in several projects including a datacenter move that included

a multi-layered network and security infrastructure and over a thousand servers. Network management of

3 datacenters (Miami, Atlanta and Toronto) and a corporate network environment supporting over 1000

Ultimate employees. Implemented a Cisco wireless solution for corporate WAN campus.

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Manager of Network Services with Systemax / Tigerdirect, Miami, FL

Feb 2006 – May 2008

Designed a network infrastructure solution and $2MM build of materials for high-availability,

redundancy, and security based on Cisco edge, core, access and security solutions. Solution based on

Cisco 6500, FWSM, and ACE platforms.

Deployed and managed a 25-site MLPS WAN and remote site LAN environments. Deployed TACACS

and device monitoring tools to manage LAN/WAN devices. Developed change management procedures

and peer review process

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WAN/LAN/VoIP Architect - CitigroupLatinAmerica, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Coordinated the migration of firm’s Latin American network management platform to the Global

Network Control Center. Provided the necessary analysis and designs required for the network migration.

June 2002 – Feb 2006

Provided network infrastructure designs and security recommendations to meet project guidelines.

Design criteria included a review of existing TDM and network infrastructure, legacy traffic, bandwidth

usage, IP and voice traffic patterns. Created designs to prioritize voice traffic using Quality of Service

(QoS) mechanisms such as Class-based Weighted Fair Queueing, Low Latency Queueing and Link

Fragmentation Interleaving while adhering to Cisco Best Practices for implementing VoIP and QoS

strategies.

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Consultant with Florida International University, Miami, FL

Oct 2001 – June 2002

Implemented large-campus IP Telephony network backbone based on Cisco AVVID Architecture.

Developed implementation plans, change management procedures and created documentation for

troubleshooting the network.

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Pre-Sales Network Engineer - NEC Business Solutions, Boca Raton, FL Feb 2000 – Aug 2001

Designed and implemented WAN and LAN solutions for prospective customers and played consultative

pre-sales role in securing new business. Member of National Practice Network Assessment team.

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P NEC Projects:

roject Mgr on a network assessment for a Major Global Dairy Manufacturer (New Zealand) to

evaluate the network's voice readiness, validate the network's footprint, study circuit statistics and traffic

flows, and review security design. Network consisted of frame-relay hub and spoke design for 25-site

WAN in AsiaPAC. Provided customer with comprehensive 100-page report.

Project lead for a LAN/WAN voice over frame-relay network deployment for a National Daycare chain

(75 locations).

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Network Engineer with Stratasys Corporation, Miami, FL

Designed and implemented various LAN/WAN solutions utilizing Cisco enterprise solutions. Performed

security assessments with NAI Cybercop Scanner and Cisco NetSonar vulnerability assessment tools.

Deployed Cisco and VPNet VPN solutions.

Feb 1998 – Feb 2000

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Network Engineer with Vanstar, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Managed a Project Team that installed Kiosks at all Autonation dealerships in the US, to include router,

switches, and servers.

M Systems Engineer with Vanstar

Jan 1996 – Feb 1998

anaged 6-member Project Team for 200-workstation migration MS3.51 to 4.0 and all associated

applications (client: Franklin Templeton).

EDUCATION:

B.S., Electronics Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1989

CERTIFICATIONS:

Comptia Security+

Cisco CCNP

Cisco CCNA

ISC2 CISSP

CA Unicenter TNG

Cisco CCIE Written Exam

Cisco CCNA

Cisco CCDA

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

SECURITY CLEARANCE:

OTHER LANGUAGES: SPANISH

Compaq Accredited Systems Engineer (ASE)

Current to 2018

Work in progress

Current

Expired

June 1999

Sept 1998

May 1998

Dec 1997

April 1997

April 1997

DoD TS/SCI