Ron Carney

Current

• Senior IT Systems Engineer at Golden Nugget

Past

• IT Coordinator at Desert Radiologists
• Network Engineer at Caesar's Entertainment
• Network Security Engineer at Ascend One Corporation

• Network Security Engineer at NetSec
• Network Security Associate Engineer at USinternetworking
• Associate Engineer at USinternetworking

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Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

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Industry

Gambling & Casinos

Ron Carney’s Summary

Cisco certified (CCNA/CCDA) Casino Industry Information Technology specialist, with experience in a wide range of industries for global corporations. Specializing in casino/gaming industry infrastructure implementation, support, and management, I am honing my ability to maximize system effectiveness by understanding the roles, purposes and relationships between different business units and systems. My goal is to be in a position to architect entire systems from the ground up, implementing a wide arrange of technologies that successfully interact to enable other business units to maximize their effectiveness.

Ron Carney’s Specialties:

Network Architecture; System Planning, Implementation and Maintenance; IT Project Planning and Implementation; Leveraging I.T. solutions in large scale casino/gaming environments.

Ron Carney’s Experience

• Senior IT Systems Engineer

  Golden Nugget

  (Public Company; Gambling & Casinos industry)

  February 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)

• IT Coordinator

  Desert Radiologists

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Medical Practice industry)

  April 2005 — October 2005 (7 months)

  Maintained network equipment, computers, servers, and PACS systems at corporate headquarters
  Designed and deployed access controls and Active Directory security
  Designed, implemented and maintained network infrastructure
  Assisted in design, implementation and maintenance of server infrastructure
  Found and assessed new software and hardware solutions to improve workflow, increase productivity, and reduce costs
  Improved corporate processes through the intelligent application of new information systems, or the improved utilization of existing systems

• Network Engineer

  Caesar's Entertainment

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)

  January 2004 — April 2005 (1 year 4 months)

  Responsible for engineering the network of the western region of Caesar's Entertainment, which included Caesar's Palace, Ballys, The Flamingo, Paris Las Vegas, Reno Hilton, Caesar's Tahoe, and Flamingo Laughlin.

• Network Security Engineer

  Ascend One Corporation

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)

  June 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 4 months)

  At Ascend One, I was responsible for the information security system. I made recommendations, implemented solutions and maintained systems. I was responsible for the end-to-end management of projects affecting the entire corporate network, as well as being an asset in other projects, relating to other departments within the company. I also had a large role in ensuring regulatory comliance from an I.T. system standpoint, from Sarbanes/Oxley, to HIPAA.

• Network Security Engineer

  NetSec

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  May 2001 — December 2001 (8 months)

  Responsible for engaging customers, detailing their network security posture, compiling detailed reports regarding the findings, and providing options for improvement. Design, plan, and implement network security architectures for clients, including global Fortune 500 companies and U.S. Government.

• Network Security Associate Engineer

  USinternetworking

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; USIX; Computer Networking industry)

  January 2001 — May 2001 (5 months)

  Assist in configuration, implementation, and maintenance of firewalls, VPNs, and other security architecture equipment, for distribution to worldwide customer base. Design, implement and maintain Network Security team Research and Development lab.

• Associate Engineer

  USinternetworking

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; USIx; Computer Networking industry)

  January 1999 — January 2001 (2 years 1 month)

  Assist senior engineers in the day to day tasks related to the Research and Development lab. Build, configure and maintain large numbers of enterprise servers, running multiple operating systems including Sun OS, Windows, and Linux.

Ron Carney’s Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  1991 — 1993

Additional Information

Ron Carney’s Interests:

New networking and systems technology - VOIP, Wireless, Grid Computing, Virtualization technology, Web 2.0, Internet Startups, Web Publishing, Gadgets (Mobile Computing/Phones, Digital Cameras), photography, outdoors.

Ron Carney’s Groups:

•    IT Specialist Group
•    Las Vegas Information Technology

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