Frank Cupp

Sr. Network Systems Engineer at Professional Network Services, Inc.

Location
Roanoke, Virginia Area
Industry
Information Technology and Services

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Frank Cupp's Overview

Current
Past
  • Manager of Network Services , Manager of IS Operations at MW Manufacturers, Inc.
  • Senior Service Technician at Entre Computer Center/Roanoke
  • Service Technician , Sales, Purchasing Agent at ComputerLand of Roanoke
  • Service Technician at Jack L Hartman & Co, Inc.
  • Electronic Warfare Technician at US Navy

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Education
  • US Navy
  • Virginia Western Community College
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Frank Cupp's Summary

Networking Equipment Experience:
• Cisco (Routers, Firewalls, Switches)
• Juniper (Routers, Firewalls, Switches, SSL/VPN, Universal Access Control-802.1x)
ScreenOS and JUNOS
• HP Switches and Print servers
• Adtran (CSU/DSU)
• SonicWall (Firewalls)
• 3COM (Routers, Switches)
• Citrix
• Avaya IP Office and Voice Mail Pro
• Microsoft Server (Exchange, Active Directory, Web services, etc.)
• Virtual Machines (VMWare, SunVirtualBox)
Network Experience:
• Over 25 years in the industry. Skilled in various aspects of Information Technology and its use in the corporate environment. Experienced in local and wide area networking, network design, computer systems, Novell, UNIX, communication and management of these resources.
• Contracted as Director of Information Systems / Network Manager at a 22-campus Business College with over 2000 workstations and 50 servers. Provide corporate LAN/WAN management, including system support, development and network design.
• Coordinated moving of Network Operations Center (NOC) to new location with infrastructure changes of WAN circuits, power requirements and environmental controls (cooling/humidity).
• Managed project with Juniper restructuring network at Ferrum College. Assisted with design, configuration, installation and testing over 70 Juniper EX switches in a multiple VLAN environment implementing 802.1x (Universal Access Control). Edge equipment included clustered Juniper Infranet Controllers and SSG Infranet Enforcers (SSG-550 and SSG-320). Project also included setting up captive portal and multiple authentication and host checking methods for client access.

Certifications:

• Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate (JNCIA-FWV)
• Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate (JNCIA-SSL)
• Juniper Networks Certified Sales Associate - Security (JNSA-S)
• Juniper Networks Certified Sales Associate - Routing (JNSA-EN)

Specialties

HTML, PHP, CSS, Cisco IOS, Juniper Netscreen, Juniper JUNOS, MS Windows OS, Linux

Frank Cupp's Experience

Sr. Network Systems Engineer

Professional Network Services, Inc.

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry

September 1999 – Present (12 years 6 months)

Provide and develop networking solutions to various clients. Configure, maintain various hardware/software products including: Novell Netware, Microsoft Windows NT/2000/2003, MS Exchange 2000/2003, Callegra Callware, SCO Unix, Linux, VMWare, Cisco routers / switches, 3Com, HP, Citrix, Avaya and Juniper SSG and SSL-VPN along with UAC (802.1x) and EX switches (JUNOS).
(9/99-2/07) - Contracted as Director of Information Systems / Network Manager at a 22-campus Business College

Director of Information Systems / Network Manager

National College of Business & Technology

Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry

September 1999 – February 2007 (7 years 6 months)

Contracted as Director of Information Systems / Network Manager.

Electronic Warfare / Cryptologic Technician

U.S. Navy Reserve

Government Agency; 10,001+ employees; Military industry

September 1984 – March 2006 (21 years 7 months)

Supported Naval Network and Space Operations Command. Supported Special Project '03 and Lightning Thrust Warrior. Assist in training needs for 25th ID. Completed two (2) weeks training at the InterService Space Intelligence Operations Course.
Instruction on Space Environment; orbital mechanics; spacecraft subsystems; US Space Command and its component commands; the intelligence disciplines and the Intelligence Community; international space law; history of the use of space; US. Russian, and Rest of World military space systems and operations; BMD; collection management.

Network Manager/Engineer/Administrator

Quality Fulfillment Services, Inc.

February 1997 – September 1999 (2 years 8 months)

Provide corporate LAN/WAN management, including system support, development and network design. Manage Novell Netware 5.0 (and 4.11) and AIX, SCO Unix and Linux systems. Systems supporting: 2 Novell Netware servers, 5 SCO Unix servers, E-Mail Server (Worldgroup / Linux), 3 IBM RS6000 AIX servers, 3Com Ethernet switch, HP ProCurve ethernet switch, Compatible Systems routers, MultiTech DSU/CSU, DSP 1000 PBX, IPX, TCP/IP, JetDirect print servers and others.

Manager of Network Services , Manager of IS Operations

MW Manufacturers, Inc.

Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Building Materials industry

May 1995 – February 1997 (1 year 10 months)

Functioned as the systems integrator for the corporate networks and the AS/400. Provided corporate LAN/WAN management, including AT&T Definity PBX system support. Provided management of hardware/software installation, telecommunications support and security. Evaluated training needs for user community as well as product testing for Network and PCs. Managed 2-Netware 4.1 servers, Lotus Notes server, remote access, AS/400, print servers, WAN communications. Experienced in DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, MS-Office, WordPerfect, Novell Netware 3.x and 4.1, Lotus Notes, ArcServe, dBase, PageMaker, IPX, TCP/IP and many other hardware/software products.

Senior Service Technician

Entre Computer Center/Roanoke

August 1989 – May 1995 (5 years 10 months)

Perform functions as Service Manager/Liaison with store owner. Provide preventive and corrective maintenance, in-house and on-site, on all systems sold or supported by Entre. Authorized Service Technician on all the products listed above. Provide dBase support in-house and develop programs for in-house use. Perform all functions as Senior Service Technician while providing training and guidance to other technicians and sales staff.

Service Technician , Sales, Purchasing Agent

ComputerLand of Roanoke

December 1986 – August 1989 (2 years 9 months)

Provide preventive and corrective maintenance, in-house and on-site, on all systems sold or supported by ComputerLand. Perform all functions as Service Technician while providing training and guidance to other technicians and sales staff.

Service Technician

Jack L Hartman & Co, Inc.

September 1984 – December 1986 (2 years 4 months)

Provide preventive and corrective maintenance, in-house and on-site, on all systems sold or supported by company. Perform all functions as Service Technician.

Electronic Warfare Technician

US Navy

Government Agency; 10,001+ employees; Military industry

September 1981 – September 1984 (3 years 1 month)

Frank Cupp's Certifications

  • Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate - JNCIA-FWV

  • Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate - JNCIA-SSL

  • Juniper Networks Sales Specialist Security/Routing - JNSS-S

  • JNSS-R Juniper Networks Sales Associate Security - JNSA-S

  • Certified Novell Administrator - CNA

  • COMPTIA A+

Frank Cupp's Education

US Navy

1981 – 2006

Virginia Western Community College

1985 – 1986

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Honors and Awards:

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate - JNCIA-FWV
Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate - JNCIA-SSL
Juniper Networks Sales Specialist Security/Routing - JNSS-S, JNSS-R
Juniper Networks Sales Associate Security - JNSA-S
Certified Novell Administrator - CNA
COMPTIA A+

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