1. Ian Suhrstedt
suhrsted@yahoo.com
(405) 613-3845
5750 N. Westminster Rd.
Arcadia, OK 73007
Goal: Leverage decades of technical expertise, management experience and clear
communication style to lead successful IT teams.
SUMMARY OF RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
• Supervising combined infrastructure
team of engineers from multiple
disciplines – storage, network,
database, server, and end user
technology.
• Leading network team during
construction and provisioning of data
center and Devon Energy Center
campus.
• Multiple hands-on network technology
shifts and system upgrades.
• Configuration and testing of network
switches for full range of feature set.
EDUCATION
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) with
a focus on Small Business Management,
Saint Edward’s University, Austin Texas,
1995.
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
(BSEE) with a focus on Management and
Production, The University of Texas at Austin,
1992.
CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
• Attributes-based Leadership Training.
• Previous: Cisco Certified Network
Professional (CCNP) 2010 - 2012.
• Previous: CCNA Voice (Implementing IOS
Unified Communications) 2009 - 2012.
EXPERIENCE
Devon Energy – SR. SUPERVISOR, IT SERVICES
April 2009 TO PRESENT; OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
LEADING TEAM OF QUALITY ASSURANCE PROFESSIONALS (SINCE NOVEMBER 2015), FOCUSING ON SAP HANA, MOBILITY,
AUTOMATION AND APPLICATION TESTING. PREVIOUSLY LEAD TEAM OF IT INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERS, DESIGNING AND
IMPLEMENTING NEXT-GENERATION PLATFORMS AND SERVICES FOR DEVON’S IT INFRASTRUCTURE. FOCUSED ON CREATING
SOLUTIONS THAT BRING VALUE TO THE BUSINESS OF OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION, PRODUCTION AND MARKETING.
SMOOTHLY TRANSITIONED TECHNOLOGY TO OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE TEAMS. EXPERIENCE AS NETWORK
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR DOING VOIP INSTALLATIONS AND UPGRADES, SWITCHING, ROUTING, LOAD BALANCING, AND
FIREWALL CONFIGURATION AND MAINTENANCE.
Notable ACTIVITIES AT DEVON
Leadership role
• Infrastructure Engineering team supervision; team consists of experts in fields of storage, networking, server,
database, and end user/mobile computing. Lead the team by assigning project and non-project work, collaborating
with other teams and leaders in IT and the business to improve communication and speed of execution.
• Cross-functional supervision of multiple IT groups during acquisition of GeoSouthern assets in Eagle Ford shale.
Led IT team through successful and very short notice two-month onboarding of 150 new employees across four
sites including facilities, computing, printers, A/V, network, servers, physical and digital security, and datacenter
operations. Held daily meetings to facilitate immediate communication of issues and status that has been a model
for subsequent A&D activities in both US and Canada.
• Network team supervision; led successful network team through rollout of new technologies such as Hadoop and
SAP HANA, VoIP redesign and upgrade.
Network Lead role
• Led network team during construction and configuration of 50-story Devon Energy Center and campus.
• Network lead for $300+ million project to bring SAP systems into Devon. This involved everything from writing
architecture documents for the network setup to implementing the switching, firewall, and load balancing
environment for successful SAP rollout. Post-migration support included advanced troubleshooting of load
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2. balancing and performance for systems including invoice imaging system.
• During significant server outage in 2011, led team through round-the-clock shifts restoring multiple infrastructure
pieces that needed network support.
Individual contributor, Sr. Network Administrator
• Was solely responsible for migrating VoIP ecosystem from 4.x versions to 7.x, including Cisco CallManager,
Unity, UCCX, CER, and Syn-Apps systems. Due to careful planning and communication there were no
significant support calls after migration.
• Assisted in buildout of 10,000 square feet of data center with leading edge Cisco Nexus platform switches.
• Was solely responsible for setup, configuration and changes to new load balancing system using F5 appliances,
including migrating all load balancing from older Cisco CSS/GSS systems to F5 BIG IP systems during each
move group to the new data center.
Previous:
Cisco Systems, Inc., Software Test Engineer
April 1998 – April 2009; AUSTIN, TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA CITY,OKLAHOMA
Designed and tested multilayer switched and routed networks using a variety of technologies and products. Led
teams of test engineers through multiple major product and software releases in the DSL and Ethernet Switching
Business Units. Helped to specify and design testing tools for BU focus on customer success.
Notable Activities at Cisco
System Level Test Engineer
• Led multiple periodic software releases in System Level Test Group. As project lead, attended all Program Team
meetings to report team status, testing issues, and escalate important defect discoveries in addition to full testing
load. Prepared test summary reports and Post Project Assessment documents at the end of each release identifying
process issues and best practices for continuous improvement. Made network available and worked
collaboratively with Development Engineers worldwide to help debug complicated feature interaction issues.
• Verified IP Phone connectivity and voice performance in combinations of physical and logical switch redundancy
(stacking, etherchannel, flexlink, REP, HSRP), port and network security (port-based MAC and IP security and
802.1x), and Quality of Service environments (HQF, MQC and AutoQoS).
• Designed and developed multilayer networks with eventual focus on Metro Ethernet technologies. Product under
test was access edge but network design included Catalyst6500 switches, 7200XBR routers, 2800/3800 routers, IP
Phones, and numerous centralized servers including Call Manager 4.x, ACS, DHCP, DNS, CA, IP/TV, etc.
Solely responsible for verifying 3750-ME, ME2400, and ME3400 families of Cisco products and features in
System Level Test.
• Configured extensive feature set across the network with Layer2 switching (access, dot1q trunk, dot1q tunnels,
etherchannels, PVLAN), Layer3 routing (RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, BGP), L2 and L3 Multicast (MVR and PIM),
Metro Ethernet features (MPLS, Ethernet-OAM, VLAN translation, QoS) and per-port or per-user security
features (802.1x, AAA, port-security, DHCP snooping, ACLs etc.)
NetSpeed Inc., DSL Equipment Provider Startup
Document Control Manager and Technical Support Engineer (April 1997 – April 1998); Austin, Texas
• Managed parts inventory numbering, technical document, and Engineering Change Order (ECO) systems. Put
process in place to scan every component data sheet and make them available remotely as .pdf file so every
engineer could access all datasheets without leaving their work areas.
• Transitioned to Technical Support just before acquisition by Cisco Systems, taking direct customer calls and
resolving customer issues.
VTEL Corporation, a publicly owned videoconferencing company
Document Control Engineer ( June 1993 - April 1997 ); Austin, Texas
• Worked mix of part-time and full-time while in school for MBA. Responsible for creation and processing of part
number, datasheet and ECO documents for Engineering organization
• Solely responsible for Product Configurator application in SYMIX parts database, used by Sales organization to
enter product orders. Closely monitoring Engineering changes such that invalid product combinations were
disallowed and newly designed products were properly orderable as soon as change order was approved.
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