Fred T. Gwyan
519 Spruce Avenue, Upper Darby, PA
19082. (610)-203-4276
fgwyan@yahoo.com
Summary:
• 10 years plus experience in Data Center operations
• Organized and attention to details
• Can work alone and capable of making difficult decisions in critical times
• Available to work any shift or time
• An excellent communicator
Education/ Certification:
Associate of Science, Telecommunication and Networking
Delaware County Community College 1998-2000
Network+ Training New Horizon institute, PA 2006
CCNA Training, Delaware County Comm. College, PA 2007
Professional Experience:
Client: NASDAQ - Philadelphia, PA
Duration: January-2013 - Now
Position: Data Center Ops/Trading floor Consultant
Responsibilities:
• Servers break and fix responsibilities.
• Racked and stacked all brand of Network equipment.
• Attended project meetings.
• Cut CRs and POs for designated projects working with Project Managers and Engineers..
• Labeled all cables, assigned asset tag to equipment in the Data Center, provided grid location and
position of each cabinet.
• Configured both the DRAC and the ILO connections on the Dells and HP servers.
• Performed some break fix duties
• Circuit turn ups
• Racked Dell Power edge M1000 Blade Server.
• Performed basic configurations on Dell R610 and M1000 servers and Blade chassis with IP
addresses
Client: Wells Fargo Corporate - Philadelphia, PA
Duration: June-2010 - December 2013
Position: LAN Analyst/Network Technician
Responsibilities:
• Racked and stacked all brands of servers.
• Racked and stacked all brand of Network equipment.
• Attended project meetings.
• Cut CRs and POs for designated projects working with Project Managers and Engineers.
• Installed Avocent’s KVMs, Cyclades, ANSR and cabling.
• Labeled all cables, assigned asset tag to equipment in the Data Center, provided grid location and
position of each cabinet.
• Configured both the DRAC and the ILO connections on the Dells and HP servers.
• Performed some break fix duties
• Turned up various circuits, from Level 3, OC3, Verizon and XO.
• Racked Dell Power edge M1000 Blade Server.
• Performed basic configurations on Dell R610 and M1000 servers and Blade chassis
• Built fibers trunks designs for the datacenter.
• Installed and monitored distributed power systems for Data Center.
Client: SunGard Computer Services
Duration: Nov 2006-June 2010
Position: Hardware Specialist/Configurations
Responsibilities:
• Designed and installed trunk cables network as a backbone to provide patching capabilities to
support network infrastructures.
• Designed and installed fiber trunk network to provide patching capabilities for Cisco MDS9500
series of fiber switches.
• Racked and stacked the Cisco NEXUS 7000 series of blade servers.
• Racked and stacked the IBM blade center H.
• Ran both P-cons and F-cons fiber cables to Directors and San Servers.
• Installed Avocents KVMs and Cyclades, all Dell series of Power edge servers, Sun Microsystems
series of Sun Fire servers, Cisco switches and routers.
• Labeled all cables, assigned asset tag for all equipment in the Data Center, provided grid location
and position of each cabinet.
• Racked and stacked Sun Micro-system Blade Center.
• Performed major upgrades on various servers and network equipments.
• Gained exposure to Data Center’s heating and cooling technologies for the under and above floor
network designs.
Client: CTDI (Merrill Lynch PA Data Center) (Verizon Mobile Switching Centers)
Duration: December 2004- May 2006
Position: Installation Technician
Responsibilities:
• Installed various series of Cisco CRS systems for various Verizon wireless switching centers.
• Build cabinets for Cisco’s 6500 series catalyst routers and switches.
• Installed wired, power up and tested Cisco routers and switches.
• Installed, wired and power up HP 300 and 500 Series Servers and Arrays.
• Installed, wired and power up Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server.
Client: Bank of America VOIP Project
Duration: April 2004-Oct 2004
Position: Field Engineer
• Built and racked Cisco’s 3745 series routers and switches.
• Upgraded routers with 256K memory and AIM CUE cards.
• Installed APC 2200 UPS equipment.
• Installed, tested and configured 7960Gs Global IP phones and integrating them to the network
• Interfaced phones with smart jacks.
• Interfaced “c” switches using 1000Base-SX short wavelength GBIC Cisco fiber cable.
Client: Sunrise Assisted Living Homes ( Jointly owned LLC where I worked on
a on call basis).
Duration: May 2004 – November2004
Position: Installation Technician,
• Participated in the migration of various Sunrise Assisted Living Homes’ platforms to Citrix
Metaframe Presentation Server for the Join Domain and Beaconization Project (DAB)
• Extensive experience in LAN/VOICE installation, deployment and testing T1s, install Nortel
equipment, install and cross-connect on 110 and 66 blocks and etc.
• Traced dial tone from the De-Mac to client space, and performed Line Station Transfer.
Competent with tracing involving system troubleshooting and testing T1, DSO, DS1 and DS3.
Client: Parr Inspections (FEMA) Relief Worker, Hurricane Rita &Katrina
Dec, 2003-July 2004, August 2005-January 2006
Client: TV Guide, Inc.
Duration: June 1998 – Feb 2004
Position: Make-Up Editor
• Electronically built TV Guide magazines using various platforms (including UNIX)

Fred updated resume

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    Fred T. Gwyan 519Spruce Avenue, Upper Darby, PA 19082. (610)-203-4276 fgwyan@yahoo.com Summary: • 10 years plus experience in Data Center operations • Organized and attention to details • Can work alone and capable of making difficult decisions in critical times • Available to work any shift or time • An excellent communicator Education/ Certification: Associate of Science, Telecommunication and Networking Delaware County Community College 1998-2000 Network+ Training New Horizon institute, PA 2006 CCNA Training, Delaware County Comm. College, PA 2007 Professional Experience: Client: NASDAQ - Philadelphia, PA Duration: January-2013 - Now Position: Data Center Ops/Trading floor Consultant Responsibilities: • Servers break and fix responsibilities. • Racked and stacked all brand of Network equipment. • Attended project meetings. • Cut CRs and POs for designated projects working with Project Managers and Engineers.. • Labeled all cables, assigned asset tag to equipment in the Data Center, provided grid location and position of each cabinet. • Configured both the DRAC and the ILO connections on the Dells and HP servers. • Performed some break fix duties • Circuit turn ups • Racked Dell Power edge M1000 Blade Server. • Performed basic configurations on Dell R610 and M1000 servers and Blade chassis with IP addresses Client: Wells Fargo Corporate - Philadelphia, PA Duration: June-2010 - December 2013 Position: LAN Analyst/Network Technician Responsibilities: • Racked and stacked all brands of servers. • Racked and stacked all brand of Network equipment. • Attended project meetings. • Cut CRs and POs for designated projects working with Project Managers and Engineers. • Installed Avocent’s KVMs, Cyclades, ANSR and cabling. • Labeled all cables, assigned asset tag to equipment in the Data Center, provided grid location and position of each cabinet.
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    • Configured boththe DRAC and the ILO connections on the Dells and HP servers. • Performed some break fix duties • Turned up various circuits, from Level 3, OC3, Verizon and XO. • Racked Dell Power edge M1000 Blade Server. • Performed basic configurations on Dell R610 and M1000 servers and Blade chassis • Built fibers trunks designs for the datacenter. • Installed and monitored distributed power systems for Data Center. Client: SunGard Computer Services Duration: Nov 2006-June 2010 Position: Hardware Specialist/Configurations Responsibilities: • Designed and installed trunk cables network as a backbone to provide patching capabilities to support network infrastructures. • Designed and installed fiber trunk network to provide patching capabilities for Cisco MDS9500 series of fiber switches. • Racked and stacked the Cisco NEXUS 7000 series of blade servers. • Racked and stacked the IBM blade center H. • Ran both P-cons and F-cons fiber cables to Directors and San Servers. • Installed Avocents KVMs and Cyclades, all Dell series of Power edge servers, Sun Microsystems series of Sun Fire servers, Cisco switches and routers. • Labeled all cables, assigned asset tag for all equipment in the Data Center, provided grid location and position of each cabinet. • Racked and stacked Sun Micro-system Blade Center. • Performed major upgrades on various servers and network equipments. • Gained exposure to Data Center’s heating and cooling technologies for the under and above floor network designs. Client: CTDI (Merrill Lynch PA Data Center) (Verizon Mobile Switching Centers) Duration: December 2004- May 2006 Position: Installation Technician Responsibilities: • Installed various series of Cisco CRS systems for various Verizon wireless switching centers. • Build cabinets for Cisco’s 6500 series catalyst routers and switches. • Installed wired, power up and tested Cisco routers and switches. • Installed, wired and power up HP 300 and 500 Series Servers and Arrays. • Installed, wired and power up Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server. Client: Bank of America VOIP Project Duration: April 2004-Oct 2004 Position: Field Engineer • Built and racked Cisco’s 3745 series routers and switches. • Upgraded routers with 256K memory and AIM CUE cards. • Installed APC 2200 UPS equipment. • Installed, tested and configured 7960Gs Global IP phones and integrating them to the network • Interfaced phones with smart jacks. • Interfaced “c” switches using 1000Base-SX short wavelength GBIC Cisco fiber cable. Client: Sunrise Assisted Living Homes ( Jointly owned LLC where I worked on
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    a on callbasis). Duration: May 2004 – November2004 Position: Installation Technician, • Participated in the migration of various Sunrise Assisted Living Homes’ platforms to Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server for the Join Domain and Beaconization Project (DAB) • Extensive experience in LAN/VOICE installation, deployment and testing T1s, install Nortel equipment, install and cross-connect on 110 and 66 blocks and etc. • Traced dial tone from the De-Mac to client space, and performed Line Station Transfer. Competent with tracing involving system troubleshooting and testing T1, DSO, DS1 and DS3. Client: Parr Inspections (FEMA) Relief Worker, Hurricane Rita &Katrina Dec, 2003-July 2004, August 2005-January 2006 Client: TV Guide, Inc. Duration: June 1998 – Feb 2004 Position: Make-Up Editor • Electronically built TV Guide magazines using various platforms (including UNIX)