LEON WEST

United States | lwest@lanwanprofessional.com | 919-522-1718

SUMMARY
Over 9 years of experience in the IT industry. Background ranges from engineering,
design, administration and escalation support in networks ranging from small to
large scale complex enterprise environments.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS SUMMARY

• Exceptional presentation and customer relationship skills including strong written
and verbal communication skills. Able to effectively communicate with senior
management, third party vendors, technical staff, as well as non-technical end
users.
• Excellent analytical skills. Able to absorb large volumes of technical data and
develop concise solutions in addition to translating into non-technical terms.
• Extensive knowledge and experience proficiently handling complex mission
critical projects under extreme time constraints.

TECHNICAL CERTIFICATIONS
• Certified WAN Engineer (CWE)
• Certified WAN Professional
(CWP)
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (pending)
(CCNP)
• Certified WAN Administrator
(CWA)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate
(CCNA)

TECHNICAL SKILLS SUMMARY

WAN - Layer2/3: RIP, RIPv2, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, VTP, VLAN, VTP, HSRP, Ether
Channel, STP, SVI, CEF, MPLS, Multicast, IPv6, IOS Security and
Qos.
WAN Technologies: CDP, Frame-relay, PPP, Access Control List (ACL), Network
Address Translation (NAT), Port Address Translation (PAT),
Redistribution, OSPF Virtual links and GRE Tunnel.
WAN Hardware: Cisco 3700/3600, firewalls, routers, switches, wireless, T1, Fast
Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Cable/DSL modem, Analog dial-up,
WAN, LAN, TCP/IP.
LAN Technologies: Windows NT/2000/2003 Server, Exchange Server5.5/2003,
Norton Antivirus, Symantec, ISA firewall, Proxy Server, VM
Ware, Terminal Server, SQL 2000/2005, Linux, Apache, RAID,
SCSI, UPS, Active Directory, DNS, WINS, DHCP, RIS, Remote
Desktop, IIS, HP servers, Tape backup and NAS storage.
Desktop Technologies: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/2003/XP/VISTA, Microsoft
WORD, Excel, Access, Power Point, Visio, Internet Explorer,
Mozilla Firefox, Scanners, Desktop.

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LAN/WAN Professional Contractor 2009-Present
Intel Analyst/Architect (CD) 2007-2009
Qimonda/Qualcomm Memory Architect 2006-2007
Intel Analyst/Consultant (CPU) 2001-2006

EDUCATION
DeVry University Bachelor in Electronic Engineering Technology