Pierre Collard

Network, Security & System Engineer – CCIE #56458

•Los Angeles Area, California, CA • +33 7 78 82 07 83 •

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Summary

Committed to encouraging innovation by supporting companies in their digital transition by means of a global vision and strong technical expertise.

Proficient and certified network and information system engineer with over 2 years' experience within the international information technology industry,coordinating solution deployment projects and providing tailored consulting for each customer. Competitive and strategic leader driven by passion for new technologies with exemplary negotiation, presentation and communication skills.

  • Recognized and certified Cisco technologies expert: CCIE Routing & Switching v2 #56458.
  • Establishes trust relationships with customers by understanding operational needs and bringing added value through high quality deliverables.

Work Experience

Unified Communications Engineer2015-2017

Dimension Data, Toulouse,France

  • L2 support on the Airbus UC & ToIP ecosystem, including management of two clusters, one of which is a mega-cluster (+40k devices).
  • Contributed to achieving 99.99% SLA target availability by delivering high quality services and identifying outages in a proactive manner.
  • Improved European and inter-division monitoring systems by expanding supervision solutions to back-end hardware (POC to documentation).
  • Improved European call routing resilience by auditing and designing an emergency rerouting model in the event of Telco internal issues.

Head of Infrastructure Laboratory (Volunteer)2015-2017

Y-Nov Campus, Toulouse,France

  • Designed, implemented and maintained a complete testing environment for +150 Master students.
  • Managed learning projects carried out by +50 students.
  • Provided Openstack, vSphere and Hyper-V cluster environments to learning and testing purposes.

Cisco CCNP Trainer2016

Y-Nov Campus, Toulouse, France

Trained 4th and 5th grade students on Cisco technologies, and preparation to achieve the CCNP certification.
Core Competencies

  • Cisco Technologies
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  • Project Management

  • Networking & Security
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  • Leadership

  • Cloud Computing & Virtualization
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  • Global Vision

  • Team Spirit & Integrity

Education

Project Management, Leadership & Business2017-2018

Development Certificate

UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, United States

In parallel with Y-Nov Ingesup.

Focus on key aspects of PMI’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), and preparation to achieve the PMP Certification.

Master’s degree, Networking and Infrastructures2016-2018

Y-Nov Campus, France

In parallel with UCLA Extension.

Focus on new technology trends, SDN, Cloud Computing, Networking / Security alongside with Project Management and Business Development.

Bachelor of Science, Software Development and2013-2016

Information Systems

Y-Nov Campus, France

Introduction to Software Development techniques as well as Information Systems environments.

Certifications

Cisco

  • Cisco CCIE Routing & Switching #56458
  • Cisco CCDP (Design & Architecture)
  • Cisco CCNA Security

Axelos ITIL

  • ITIL v3 Foundation

Microsoft

  • Microsoft MCSA Windows Server 2012 R2

EC-Council

  • EC-Council C.E.H v8

PMI

  • PMP Candidate