Chris Epler

Current

• Ops Supervisor - NE USA at Alentus Corporation

Past

• Systems Analyst - IOC Network - Columbus, OH at JPMorgan Chase
• Network Engineer at HostMySite.com
• Network Engineer at Delaware Park

• Software QA Engineer at Nokia Corporation
• Sr. Systems Administrator at BNSI
• Computer Technician at New Technologies

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Websites

• My Website

Chris Epler’s Summary

Sr. Systems Administrator and Network Engineer specializing in Internet facing technologies, FreeBSD, Linux, Apache, DNS, Cisco, Firewalls, intrusion detection etc.

Chris Epler’s Specialties:

Cisco, Juniper, Networking, System Administrator, Network Administrator, Network Engineer, Apache, HTTP, SNMP, SMTP, DNS, BIND, FreeBSD, Linux, Red Hat, MySQL, Quality Assurance, IPSEC, VPN, TCP/IP, Load balancing, Apple, OSX, Windows, MS-DOS

Chris Epler’s Experience

• Ops Supervisor - NE USA

  Alentus Corporation

  (Public Company; ALNS.PK; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

  Columbus data center site supervisor overseeing general operations of data center as well as Linux System Administration.

• Systems Analyst - IOC Network - Columbus, OH

  JPMorgan Chase

  (Public Company; JPM; Banking industry)

  April 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 9 months)

  Performed network break/fix resolution for global corporate networking across the firm consisting of over 46,000 circuits.

• Network Engineer

  HostMySite.com

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 10 months)

  Managed multi-site network, BGP4 routing, switch/router installations, network troubleshooting, DNS updates, intrusion detection and monitoring, general network monitoring etc.

• Network Engineer

  Delaware Park

  (Gambling & Casinos industry)

  August 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 5 months)

  Management of mutli-site network including firewall maintenance, backup server configuration and deployment, general desktop maintenance and support, and Linux system administration.

• Software QA Engineer

  Nokia Corporation

  (Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

  June 2000 — January 2002 (1 year 8 months)

  Software Quality Assurance for Nokia's acquired VPN products from Network Alchemy. Wrote and executed test plans for VPN management software, worked with developers to eliminate bugs and provide a cleaner more intuitive experience for the end-user.

• Sr. Systems Administrator

  BNSI

  (Internet industry)

  June 1996 — June 2000 (4 years 1 month)

  Principal technical resource at BNSI, an Internet Service Provider. Responsible for all network and systems administration activities.

• Computer Technician

  New Technologies

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1990 — 1991 (1 year )

  Assembled custom computer systems
  Provided on-site network support for Novell Network
  Evaluated new products for performance and compatibility

Additional Information

Chris Epler’s Websites:

• My Website

Chris Epler’s Interests:

Photography, gadgets, computers, gaming, HAM radio (K4UNX)

Chris Epler’s Groups:

RACES & ARES Emergency Services work in Southern California as well as Tampa Florida.

•    Nokia Alumni
•    Canon EOS Digital Photography

Chris Epler’s Contact Settings

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• new ventures
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