Local to the greater Boston, Massachusetts area or the Southern Maine coast
Full time in the private business sector
Challenging design and deployment of systems and Local/Wide Area Networks
Opportunities for continual professional education
Stimulating, innovative, informal and fun work environment
Executive Summary
System and Network Expertise
Mr. Schwendt has had extensive experience providing project management
and technical consulting services. His expertise of full life cycle system
and network development and global deployment, coupled with the ability
to delight customers, helped to deliver complex systems in a variety of
diverse environments. He has an integral knowledge of completely redundant
E-Commerce system architecture permitting maximum uptime for mission critical
applications. Mr. Schwendt also has a commanding knowledge of operating
systems and their heterogeneous internetworking technologies enabling him
to work with limited resources in a demanding environment. From strictly
controlled Data Center environments to the jungles of Ecuador, Mr. Schwendt
is able to ensure a successful installation.
Project Management and Business Insightfulness
Mr. Schwendt has had a successful record of leading teams in the development
and deployment of high-quality deliverables. He is able to define, communicate,
and fulfill the project's goals and break complex issues into manageable
parts. On-time delivery of every task is standard practice.
Results-Oriented Team Leader
Mr. Schwendt's ability to work collaboratively with team members worldwide
to achieve common goals, while maintaining his responsibilities and commitments
is unsurpassed. He fosters professional growth through mentoring relations
with a focus on training and development. His excellent presentation and
negotiation skills allow him to easily communicate with users, software
developers, and executives alike.
Related Work Experience
Intel Online Services, Senior System Engineer 1/17/2000 - Present
Platform Operations Management Lead Engineer, IDS02 Operations 10/16/2000
- Present
Objective - Design and deploy critical infrastructure systems necessary
for the successful operation of the Data Center environment; enable the
operations staff to execute flawlessly
Daily responsibilities - Managed Data Center logical server inventory,
troubleshot escalated customer issues, hosted global weekly meetings between
Data Centers
Key accomplishments - Researched and deployed an external URL monitoring
solution, Developed and deployed a dynamic server inventory system, Designed
and migrated server configuration information from spreadsheets to a custom
developed Remedy application, performed major infrastructure migration
from Windows NT to Windows 2000 incurring zero downtime in the production
environment, researched and deployed a remote KVM (Keyboard-Video-Mouse)
solution using C-C-C FreeVision IP
Level 3 NT Platform Engineer, IDS02 Operations 1/17/2000 - 10/16/2000
Objective - Ensure the successful operation of the Data Center by responding
to escalated issues, supporting customer server landings, deployment of
new technologies, and ensuring proper change control
Daily responsibilities - conducted customer meetings, managed Data Center
logical server inventory.
Key accomplishments - Helped engineer and deploy FreshWater SiteScope server
monitoring in the Data Center environment
Senior Network Engineer, PISCES (Personal Information Secure Comparison
and Evaluation System) 1/15/1999 - 1/14/2000
Objective - Design and deploy networks and systems to run a cutting edge
border control system
Daily responsibilities - Conducted client meetings and presentations, Carried
out client and liaison relations in foreign countries with language barriers,
Managed Network Engineering staff, Produced deployment cost estimation,
Managed an offsite integration facility, Designed and implemented LANs
and WANs using Cisco and other vendor's equipment, Installed high speed
network cabling, Engaged in hardware and software troubleshooting, Purchased
equipment for deployments, Performed information assurance, Managed deployment
equipment inventory, Utilized Linux in network design and penetration testing,
Worked in a classified environment
Key accomplishments - Held regular team sessions for information dissemination
and knowledge sharing, Trained the entire project staff of 30 on the technical
side of deployments, Lead site survey and deployment teams, Created a system
deployment guide and application installation manual, Developed a packaged
and modular installation methodology, Designed and implemented deployment
and site survey tool kits, Set the standard for equipment tracking throughout
the deployment process
Objective - Design, develop and maintain a secure non-attributable multilingual
help desk web based application to support PISCES and similar projects
Daily responsibilities - Performed client presentations, Performed system
administration, Actualized configuration management, Performed information
assurance and penetration testing, Utilized Linux and Solaris based tools
for penetration testing, Administered production Windows NT Servers and
Webservers, Configured and administered Cisco PIX Firewalls, Generated
RealContent and Administered a RealServer, Configured and administered
Ascend Dial-up servers
Key accomplishments - Designed and programmed web applications utilizing
NetObjects Fusion, Oracle 8, and Oracle Web Application Server, Wrote a
system security plan, Designed and implemented complex networks
Objective - Design and develop a financial tracking application to enable
administrative staff to automate billing and resource allocation reporting
Daily responsibilities - Assessed current project status, Worked with independent
testers to resolve fixes as needed, Provided on going technical support
as needed
Key accomplishments - Developed fulfillment plan to meet project deadline,
Assumed management role after project manager left the project, Finalized
and presented the product to the end users, Redesigned entire program (rewrote
80% of code), Implemented new design and integrated with independently
developed code modules
In-depth knowledge of: Software analysis, software engineering, activity
and data modeling, case tools, structured development, object oriented
analysis and design, object oriented software development, hardware and
software architecture design, evaluation of code design, user interface
design, revision control systems, quality assurance, OLE (Object Linking
and Embedding) programming, UNIX/DOS/WEB/Windows based application development,
flat-file and relational database analysis and design, ODBC database programming
Familiarity with: Configuration management
Office Applications
In-depth knowledge of: Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft
Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Project, Lotus Organizer, Lotus Freelance
Graphics, Lotus Notes, Corel WordPerfect
General Consulting Skills
Project management, technical team leadership, strong oral and written
communications skills, system administration