Resume

DAN KUMMER
720-206-6776
[email protected]
www.kummer.net/resume.html
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Strong leadership skills and unsurpassed customer service; dedicated, positive, team-oriented attitude. Proven leadership and
success in highly visible roles for various sized organizations. Demonstrated abilities in: enterprise wide system design and
administration, network integration, information security, software implementation, project management, current hardware and
software management technologies.
CORE SKILLS
Active Directory Apache/IIS AWS Citrix Cisco routers/switches
DNS/DHCP F5 Load Balancers Firewalls Intel Servers Information Security
ITIL Linux Microsoft networking Microsoft Office NAS/SAN
Network design Network security Project Management SSH/SFTP/SSL Windows (All Versions)
EXPERIENCE
KBM Group Data Services (I-Behavior) March 2008 – Present
VP, IT & Security – January 2013 - Present
 Designed and implemented a globally distributed web infrastructure supporting over 20 billion web requests/month.
 Created and implemented a formal security role within the organization.
 Achieved GIAC Global Security Essentials Certification November 2012.
 Implemented IDS/IPS solution using a Managed Service Security Provider.
 Responsible for configuration and management of 10 Cisco ASA firewalls.
 Respond to internal, external, and security audits and questionnaires as well as preparing for SOX audits.
 Charged with creating initial Business Impact Analysis as a foundation for formal DR/BCP program.
 Served as Release and Change Manager adding stability and accountability to the IT and Engineering organizations.
 Manage high performance cross functional team of system/network/database administrators.
 Designed and implemented multi-location AWS infrastructure to improve latency for on-line advertising tracking.
IT Director – October 2009 – January 2013
 Architect and implement IT infrastructure for maximum performance of multi-terabyte Oracle databases and SAS datasets.
 Manage multi-vendor SAN and NAS storage infrastructure totaling over 450 Terabytes.
 Implemented NAND based PCI storage resulting in a 35% performance increase in key Oracle processes.
 Perform analysis of storage system performance to identify and eliminate bottlenecks to improve system performance.
 Migrated SAS infrastructure from Windows servers to Linux servers improving overall performance by 25%.
 Design and implement companywide monitoring and alerting of 250+ hosts and 5000+ services and devices.
 Planned and performed multiple datacenter migrations.
IT Manager/Senior System Administrator – March 2008 – October 2009
 Architect and implement IT infrastructure for maximum performance of multi-terabyte Oracle databases.
 Manage technical support and system administration staff.
 Implement multi-site network utilizing T1, DS3, Metro Area Ethernet and VPN.
 Seamless migration of production operations from New York datacenter to Colorado datacenter.
 Platform LSF configuration and administration.
 EMC Clariion CX3 and CX4 administration, management and performance analysis.
Sigma-Aldrich Acquired Proligo, LLC April 2005

Global Manager IT Service Desk - December 2006 – February 2008
 Identified as a key contributor in global IT re-organization; selected to implement Global Service Desk.
 Implementing 24x7 Global Service Desk following ITIL and ITSMF methodologies combining multiple national and
international support organizations into a single Service Desk.
 Designed Incident and Problem Management processes for Global Services organization using ITIL best practices.
 Manage operations staff responsible for legacy and SAP operations including job scheduling and administration, user
management and hardware maintenance.
Manager, PC Support -August 2005 – December 2006
 One of five people retained and offered relocation to Sigma-Aldrich headquarters after acquisition for Proligo.
 Implemented CA Unicenter Asset Management and Software Delivery to replace Novell Zenworks.
 Responsible for managing and prioritizing day to day and long-term activities for 8 Desktop Support Engineers supporting
over 2,000 employees worldwide.
Dan Kummer [email protected]

 Lead and mentor 4 Senior System Administrators responsible for over 150 Wintel servers worldwide.
 Improved relations and communications between the Server Administration group and Network group to increase quality of
customer service provided to the user community.
 Responsible for software and hardware asset management programs.
Senior Manager, Global IT Services - Proligo, LLC - August 2004 – August 2005
 Combined three different IT departments into a Global organization consisting of 15 people in 5 different countries to increase
customer service and reduce single points of knowledge.
 Four million dollar annual budgetary responsibilities.
 Senior administration of Microsoft Windows NT/2000/2003 servers in a multi-site multi-domain configuration.
 Senior administrator for over 20 Linux systems worldwide providing infrastructure services.
 Implemented a global project management framework for all IT tasks and projects.
Enterprise System Administrator – Proligo, LLC - February 2003 – August 2004
 Responsible for global network consisting of multiple VPN links to worldwide offices using Sonicwall firewalls.
 Administration of over 20 local and remote Linux and Solaris infrastructure and production servers.
 Senior level administration of Microsoft Windows NT/2000 servers in a multi-site multi-domain configuration.
 Created a secure SSL web infrastructure using both public and private certificates.
 Implemented global system and network monitoring with open source tools including Nagios and MRTG.
Business Network Consultants September 2002 to January 2003

Senior Network Engineer
 Provide senior level network design and implementation for local and wide-area networks.
 Setup, install and maintain Windows NT/2000 servers and workstations.
 Provide end user support to companies without internal IT departments on a weekly, monthly or as needed basis.
 Provide system and network documentation to customers including systems configurations and network diagrams.
Impact Ideal Solutions/Eteriors September 2001 to February 2002 (Company closed February 2002)
It Manager/Systems Engineer
 Responsible for administration of ecommerce website running Apache 1.3.x and Tomcat 3.2.3 on RedHat Linux.
 Performed seamless conversion of high traffic web site from NT4 to RedHat Linux.
 Implemented SSL and Verisign certificates to allow secure online transactions.
 Installation, design and configuration of production environment to provide maximum uptime and scalability.
 Responsible for corporate infrastructure including Window NT4/2000, Exchange 5.5, VPN, DNS, Sendmail, data security.
Ip|SEAL, Inc. March 2001 to August 2001 (Company closed August 2001)
Senior System Engineer
 Designed and implemented Cisco network for new corporate office.
 Implemented network heterogeneous Linux, Unix and Windows infrastructure and email services.
 Migrated NT4 network to full Active Directory enabled Windows 2000 domain.
 Install and manage multiple platforms including Solaris8, FreeBSD 4.x, Network Appliance.
Requisite Technology, Inc. October 1999 to March 2001

Lead System Administrator – Promoted July 2000
 Responsible for Unix infrastructure including DNS, Sendmail, NFS, NIS, NTP, SSH, SiteScope and backups.
 Complete design and implementation Cisco network for corporate headquarters of 250 users.
 Coordinated IT functions during move of corporate headquarters.
IT Manager/Senior System Administrator – October 1999 – July 2000
 Managed staff of 4 administrators.
DiviCom a subsidiary of C-Cube Microsystems February 1999 to October 1999

System Administrator II
Information + Graphics Systems, Inc. March 1996 to February 1999

CIS Manager/Systems Engineer
Contract Engagements
Crosswalk - 2005
ADVANCED TRAINING:
Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Solaris 2.x System Administration Essentials

Administering Windows NT 4.0 Solaris 2.x System Administration
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Core Technologies Fundamentals of UNIX administration
Internetworking with Microsoft TCP/IP on Windows NT 4.0 Shell scripting
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Technologies Internet Information Server 4.0
Updating Support Skills from Windows NT 4.0 to Server 2003 CA – Unicenter Asset Management
IAITAM – Certified Software Asset Manager IAITAM – Certified Hardware Asset Manager
ITIL version 3 Foundations Certification GIAC – Security Essentials
ITU – CISSP training Agile Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
ITU – CISM training
LANGUAGES/ENVIRONMENTS:
Perl, shell scripting, HTML
Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/200x Server/Workstation, Solaris, FreeBSD, Linux,
Dell, Compaq, IBM, HP, SUN
EDUCATION:
BS, Information Systems Management and Accounting 1995
University of Colorado, Denver
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Salary requirements and references available upon request.

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DAN KUMMER

Sigma-Aldrich Acquired Proligo, LLC April 2005

Dan Kummer [email protected]

Business Network Consultants September 2002 to January 2003

Requisite Technology, Inc. October 1999 to March 2001

DiviCom a subsidiary of C-Cube Microsystems February 1999 to October 1999

Information + Graphics Systems, Inc. March 1996 to February 1999

Dan Kummer [email protected]

Dan Kummer [email protected]

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