Wayne Lawson II

Current

• Founder, President & CEO at Platinum Solutions Group, LLC.
• Founder & President at Proctor Labs, Inc.
• Founder & President at IPexpert, Inc.

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Past

• Pre-Sales SE at Cisco Systems
• Systems Engineer at International Network Services
• Corporal at United States Marine Corps

• MOS: 4034, E-4 at USMC

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Industry

E-Learning

Websites

• IPexpert, Inc.
• Proctor Labs, Inc.

Wayne Lawson II’s Summary

For the third consecutive year, IPexpert was ranked amongst America's Fastest-Growing Privately-Held Companies in America. IPexpert Ranked No. 2639 with a Three-Year Sales Growth of 112% http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2009/company-profile.html?id=200926390

IPexpert Ranks No. 1137 on Inc. Magazine's 2008 List of the Fastest-Growing Privately-Held Companies in America with Three-Year Sales Growth of 321.9%
http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2008/company-profile.html?id=200811370

IPexpert Ranks No. 1514 on Inc. Magazine's 2007 List of the Fastest-Growing Privately-Held Companies in America with Three-Year Sales Growth of 238%
http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2007/company-profile.html?id=200715140

Wayne Lawson II’s Specialties:

CCIE #5244 (R&S), CCNA, CCDA, Nortel NCSE, MCP, MCSE (NT 4.0), MCSE +I, CNA, CNE (4.0), CNX Ethernet, Cisco Wireless LAN Design Specialist, Cisco IP Telephony Design Specialist

Wayne Lawson II’s Experience

• Founder, President & CEO

  Platinum Solutions Group, LLC.

  (Computer Networking industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

• Founder & President

  Proctor Labs, Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)

  Wayne A. Lawson II founded Proctor Labs, Inc. in 2004 with a clear vision and goal to revolutionize the way the CCIE Lab Preparation evolves. With proven qualifications in online technical solutions, strategic marketing, and competitive product positioning, Mr. Lawson is continually praised for delivering consistent quality services to his customer-based scaling to more than 80 countries worldwide.

• Founder & President

  IPexpert, Inc.

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

  January 2001 — Present (8 years 11 months)

  With nearly 17 prolific years of networking, sales and marketing experience, primarily focusing on cutting-edge technologies and enterprise-size network solutions, Mr. Lawson possesses not only the technical competency, but also the leadership and visionary talent needed to thrive in a targeted niche market. He has been published on the topics of "Building Cisco Remote Access Networks" (ISBN: 1-928993-13-X) and "Configuring Cisco AVVID" (ISBN: 1-928994-14-8).
  
  Wayne founded IPexpert in 2001 and the company continues to revolutionize the way engineers prepare for the prestigious CCIE Lab certification. With an eye for revolutionary products, services and solutions, Mr. Lawson has molded IPexpert into the clear leader in CCIE Lab training.

• Pre-Sales SE

  Cisco Systems

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

  September 1999 — February 2001 (1 year 6 months)

  Provided technical support for customers and Cisco account managers on the entire Cisco Systems product line to include, routers, Catalyst switches, network management software, security solutions and telephony equipment.
  
  Provided network infrastructure support for various Cisco customers throughout the state of Michigan. Support consisted of network troubleshooting, network optimization, network design & network installation of large-scale, corporate data and voice networks.
  
  Developed and delivered pre-sales technical presentations for engineers as well as top-level management on various network design strategies and topics.
  
  Author and Technical Editor of “Building Cisco Remote Access Networks” and “Configuring Cisco AVVID” by Syngress Media.

• Systems Engineer

  International Network Services

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; INSS; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 1996 — September 1999 (3 years 4 months)

  Provided complete network design consultation in a network redesigned of a routed FDDI campus backbone to a switched, redundant topology utilizing the Cisco Catalyst product line (55xx and 65xx). Design consisted of 130+ multi-protocol network hosts, 20+ core distribution routers with multiple VLAN’s / ELANS’s spanning several campus locations.
  
  Provided Level 3 technical support for wide area network consisting of over 350 Cisco 7XXX’s, 4XXX’s, 2XXX’s, and 16XX’s routing / bridging IP, IPX (RIP, EIGRP, and NLSP), AppleTalk (EIGRP and RTMP), Banyan Vines, SNA, DECnet, and LAT over FDDI, Frame-Relay, ISDN, Token-Ring, and Ethernet.
  
  Configured, installed, performed troubleshooting and recommended optimization solutions on multiple Cisco routers utilizing BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, EIGRP, IGRP, RIP and HSRP functioning in various multi-protocol environments.
  
  Lead network systems engineer in a rollout of a 1,200+ Cisco router (ISDN / Frame-Relay) wide area network.

• Corporal

  United States Marine Corps

  (E-Learning industry)

  1992 — 1995 (3 years )

• MOS: 4034, E-4

  USMC

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USMC; Military industry)

  July 1991 — August 1995 (4 years 2 months)

  U.S. Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia - HQMC (April 1993 - August 1995) LAN / WAN Administrator, Shift Supervisor / Manager
  
  Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina (April 1992 - April 1993) LAN / PC Support Technician, Personal Computer Instructor, Team Leader
  
  Corporal (E-4), in the United States Marine Corps, with four years of honorable service. Duties included shift supervisor, LAN / WAN engineer, P.C. support technician and personal computer instructor. Awards include two meritorious promotions, Certificate of Commendation and Good Conduct Medal

Additional Information

Wayne Lawson II’s Websites:

• IPexpert, Inc.
• Proctor Labs, Inc.

Wayne Lawson II’s Interests:

CCIE Lab, Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert, CCIE, Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Routing & Switching (R&S), CCIE R&S, Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Voice, CCIE Voice, Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Security, CCIE Security, Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Service Provider, CCIE SP, Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Wireless, CCIE Wireless, Cisco Certified Design Expert, CCDE, CCVP, CCNA, CCNP, CCDA, CCDP, CCIE, CCSI, Certified Cisco Systems Instructor.

Wayne Lawson II’s Honors:

CCNA, CCDA, MCSE, CNE, CBE, CNX Ethernet, CCIE #5244.

Inc Magazine's Fastest Private Growing Companies in 2007 and 2008.

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