1. 937 Clearwater Court, Mt Vernon WA 98273
360.3993357 (Cell) ● Vern_Cook@Yahoo.com
Vernon D. Cook _
Career Summary
During the last year I taught physics and Portuguese at the Panamerican International
School in Paraguay. Before that I was a senior LAN Manager/System Administrator with
the Central Intelligence Agency and its contractors. Extensive experience as a field
engineer responsible for building and maintaining virtual data centers and providing IT
support, often on very short notice, to Agency field sites worldwide. Broad knowledge of
Local and Wide Area Networks, Agency software and hardware, routers and switches,
Storage Area Networks (SAN), blade servers, communications systems and configuration
management practices. Significant experience in project management having managed
projects with budgets into the millions of dollars. Held a top secret/SCI clearance with
full polygraph.
Professional Experience
Panamerican International School, Paraguay 2015 to 2016
Teacher – Subjects: high school physics and Portuguese
SAIC 2009 to 2014
LAN Manager
• Managed 8 plus networks (some virtualized) with approximately 150 users.
• Expertise in Microsoft 2000, 2003 and 2008 Servers, Windows 10, 8, 7 and XP
• Broad knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory, Group Policies and Network
Administration
• Extensive experience in configuring and managing virtual networks with
VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager
(VMM)
• Experience with the following: Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Cisco
routers and switches, Windows Deployments Services, Pixie Boot (PXE), Blade
Server Enclosures and Blade Servers, Storage Area Networks (SAN), iSCSI,
Fiber Channel, among others.

2. Central Intelligence Agency
Office of Security – Senior INFOSEC Engineer 2008 to 2009
• Provided technical guidance and INFOSEC systems engineering support to
Agency components needing assistance with the Agency’s pre-Certification and
Accreditation (C&A) process
• Facilitated the integration of INFOSEC technology into Agency computer
systems.
• Provided guidance on routine to complex projects for compliance with security
countermeasures and risk vulnerability assessments
• Assisted in the preparation of technical proposals and Site Security Plans (SSP)
for presentation to the Agency’s engineering review boards.
• Worked with Wikis and Microsoft SharePoint
Office of Global Infrastructure – Regional Computer Officer (RCO) 2001 to 2008
• Responsible for providing routine and emergency Local Area Network (LAN),
Wide Area Network (WAN) and other Automated Information System (AIS)
hardware and software support worldwide
• Provided in depth on-site IT assistance via frequent TDY travel, often on short
notice, to field sites
• Performed hardware and software system installation and upgrades, operation and
maintenance (O&M), problem resolution and troubleshooting
• Provided help desk support via telephone, instant messenger and official channels
• Provided Lotus Notes database development and troubleshooting assistance
• As a personal initiative, created a guide for field site maintenance visits in order
to standardize review and repair process procedures. The guide was adopted for
worldwide use and is still in current use.
• Position necessitated strong interpersonal skills, excellent verbal and written
communications skills and the ability to work under stress to meet critical and/or
emergency deadlines with a minimum of supervision
• Tracked trouble tickets using SRS
• Did some ad hoc development with Java using Eclipse and Ruby for Rails
Office of Technical Collection (OTC) – Project Manager 2000 to 2001
• Managed unique and hoc Agency projects encompassing cutting edge
technologies and innovative equipment design
• Developed technical solutions in support of collections and technical operations
• Analyzed, defined and coordinated customer needs in order to translate them into
technical and operational requirements

3. • Provided systems and field engineering support throughout entire project life
cycle
Open Source Center (Formerly Foreign Broadcast Information Service) Project Manager
1989 to 2000
• Served as Bureau Engineer at sites in Latin America and Asia
• Provided field engineering and IT support to field sites worldwide
• Served as system administrator for both unclassified and classified LANs and
WANs
• Proposed and implemented a project that saved the government hundreds of
thousands of dollars in yearly O&M costs
• Did some ad hoc software development using C++
• Supervised staffs of over 25 employees
Earlier Work Experience
Analog and Digital Systems, Inc. – Programmer/Project Manager 1987 to 1989
• Worked as project manager on multiple projects varying in complexity from bid
to O&M
• Programmed using C++, Assembler, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
• Wrote, installed and maintained software and hardware for computer-controlled
systems for wastewater treatment facilities
Education & Certifications
BSEET Summa Cum Laude (Electrical Engineering) – Weber State University
MA (Spanish) – University of Utah
BA (Spanish) – University of Utah
AAS (Electronics) – Salt Lake Community College
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
First Class Radio Telephone License
Level II COTR Certification
Military Service
US Army – Intelligence Officer
US Air Force – Linguist Interpreter (worked at the National Security Agency)
Awards
Exceptional Performance Awards (10)

4. Language Ability
Spanish – Native Fluency
Portuguese – Fluent
German – Fluent reading, semi-fluent speaking and listening comprehension
Serbian – Good reading and listening comprehension, very rusty speaking ability