PAUL L.A. STAPLETON

6860 South Yosemite Ct. Suite 2000, Centennial, CO 80112
Office -  [Send email to request phone number] 91.2738    Cell –  [Send email to request phone number] 79.4793 [Send email using form at bottom]
	
	OBJECTIVE:  Self motivated Networking & Security Guru with over 12 years of
industry and management experience seeks opportunities in the Denver or Colorado
Springs Area.
	
CERTIFICATIONS:

CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional), 
CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate), 
MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional), 
MCP+I (Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet), 
MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer), 
CCSA (Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator), 
SCSA (Solaris Certified Systems Administrator) and 
CDIA (Certified Document Imaging Architect).   


CISSP July 19th 2008 CISSP Certification 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Verizon Business  - Colorado Springs, CO – 12/2005 to Present
Contractor - Sr. Security Architect & Security Product Expert for Product
Development Group

Brought in by Verizon Business Software Development Group to help architect,
build and test several government and commercial security projects involving an
array of security hardware and software.  Networx is the contract to deliver a
large portion of the Federal Government’s IT needs over the next several years.
Brought in as a Senior Security Architect and Advisor.  Began my first Security
Design and Architecture Project for Verizon Business (then MCI) in December of
2005 and continue to assist with other security projects at present.  Worked as
lead on several projects with responsibilities for managing the various pieces of
the project. Served as Security Product Expert for various security technologies
including the latest Juniper, Netscreen and Cisco suites of security software and
hardware.  Included among these products are Juniper’s Netscreen Security Manager
or NSM Software, All of the Netscreen / Juniper Firewalls and IDP Sensor Devices,
Checkpoint Nokia Firewalls & Checkpoint Software including NG and NGX R62, all
Cisco PIX and ASA Firewalls, Cisco Security Manager, Cisco Routers, Management
Center for Cisco Security Agents, The Cisco Security Agent Software, All
Netscreen ScreenOS Software and Cisco IOS Software, Sidewinder Firewalls,
Arcsight, Websense, Surf Control, BlueCoat, Aladdin, SmartFilter URL Filtering,
both Netscreen and Cisco VPN technologies.  Also supporting and administering
Solaris 8, 9 and 10 servers and Windows 2003 Servers needed for the above
software.  I am involved in design, architecture, testing, implementation and
support of these various security technologies.  I am also consulted on General
IT Security matters, not product specific.

MCI / Digimerc  Denver, CO - 2005 Project
Sr. Security Architect – Manager of Corporate Security Operations

DigiMerc is a managed security services company that provides managed security
services to corporations across the world. They provide a custom monitoring and
management solution that uses as it's base Juniper & Netscreen technology. I was
brought in to steering the technical direction of the company and it's managed
security service offerings. I directed the engineering, security and development
groups of the company. These groups are based out of the U.S., Canada, Europe and
India. I have also become an expert in Netscreen & Juniper Security Products
including the Firewalls, IDP systems, VPN Solutions and the Netscreen / Juniper
Management Software which includes NSM or Netscreen Security Manager, Global Pro
Policy Manager and SRS or Statistical Report Server. I have been responsible for
the creation and development of products, policies and procedures which will soon
make Digimerc a leader in the Managed Security Service market. I continue to
develop my Security Skills and soon I will complete various Juniper
certifications which include the JNCIA and JNCIS certifications. Extensive work
in Cisco Routing using BGP and EIGRP, All series of Cisco Switches and Cisco PIX
Firewall hardware and software, complex VPN design and administration.


Stapleton Consulting, Inc., Denver, Colorado Springs and Larkspur, CO     
2/1997-Present   
Principal Network & Security Architect / Chief Technology Officer / CFO

•	Principal Network & Security Architect for Stapleton Consulting, Inc.
performing the duties of a Senior Network & Security Architect and Project
Manager for Stapleton Consulting Clients.  Serves as the lead engineer and
manager on all security and networking projects. 
•	13 years of experience in the IT field. 
•	As a Network Architect the types of duties performed include advanced LAN/WAN,
VPN design, installation and troubleshooting with a focus on Cisco hardware and
software.  Over 6 years experience with the entire range of Cisco Layer 2
Switches, Multi-Layer Switches and Routers.  Routing protocol experience includes
BGP, RIP, IGRP, EIGRP protocols.  Router experience includes 800, 1600, 2500,
2600, 3600, 4500 and 7200 series routers.  Cisco switch experience includes the
2900, 3500, 4000, 5500 and 6500 series switches, including extensive work with
the 6509 layer 3 switches, utilizing a wide array of blade types and switching
technologies.  Expert with Cisco PIX Firewalls of 501, 506, 515, 525 and 535 as
well.
•	Designed, implemented, secured & supported networks of up to 10,000 nodes.
•	Supply expertise in wireless systems & networks.  Over 6 years of experience
designing, implementing, administering and troubleshooting wireless networks. 
The size of these networks ranges to 66 access points.  Experienced with 802.11a,
802.11b and 802.11g wireless technology as well as the new 108 Mb/s wireless
technology.  Experienced with wireless hardware and software from many vendors to
include Cisco (Aironet), Orinoco (WaveLAN), SMC, Apple (Airport), Linksys,
Netgear, DLink, Belkin etc..  Has designed and implemented wireless networks in a
wide variety of building types and is aware of the issues and resolutions to
installing wireless in various physical environments.  Experienced with the
various encryption/security techniques used to protect wireless networks. 
Creative, able to think outside the box in order to solve complex wireless
issues.   Experienced with Cisco Aironet Series to include the 350, 1100, 1200,
1300 and 1400 series devices.  Experienced with WPA, WPA2, TKIP, AES & WEP
encryption models. Experienced with Cisco Wireless Security Suite and the Cisco
Self-Defending Network methodology. BGP, RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, IPSEC VPNs
•	Supply expertise as a Senior Security Consultant for the physical,
administrative and logical security for businesses.  12 years of overall Security
experience, this includes the domains of Information Security Management;
Security Architecture and Models; Access Control Systems and Methodology;
Applications and Systems Development; Operations Security; Cryptography; Physical
Security; Telecommunications, Network and Internet Security; Business Continuity
Planning; and Law, Investigations, and Ethics.  Provide advanced design,
implementation, administration and troubleshooting of information technology 
security systems. 
•	Experienced in providing Sun Solaris 7, 8, 9 and 10 installation,
administration and troubleshooting, in addition to   
•	Microsoft Office, BackOffice, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0,
Windows 2003, Windows Small Business Server implementation, administration and
troubleshooting services.  
•	Designed, Implemented and Supported Wide Area Networks and Security Systems
that connect global corporations across the planet including MCI and Verizon
Business
•	Twelve years of experience working with various types of telecommunications
data lines including, DSL, SW56K, T1, T3, DS1, DS3, OC-3 and OC-12 lines.  
•	Twelve years of experience working with various LAN/WAN topologies to include,
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre-Channel, Token Ring, FDDI, ATM,
Frame-Relay, AppleTalk and X.25.  
•	Twelve plus years of networking background includes both Ethernet switching
and multi-layer Ethernet switching at speeds of 10 Mb/s, 100Mb/s & 1000Mb/s.  
•	Seven years of experience designing, implementing and supporting Checkpoint
Firewall-1 / VPN-1 Software on Nokia Hardware, as well as four years of
experience with SonicWall Firewalls.  
•	Five years of experience migrating Windows NT 4.0 Server to Windows 2000
Server and eight years of experience with Active Directory and four years of
experience migrating Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000.  Seven years of experience
with Exchange 5.5.  4 years of experience with Windows 2003 installations and
migrations in addition to administration and support of Windows 2003  
•	Wide range of experience in the financial, retail and construction vertical
markets.  
•	Ten years of project management experience utilizing ten years of experience
with Microsoft Project.  Currently using Microsoft Project 2003.   
•	Ten years of experience working with Veritas Backup Exec, Veritas NetBackup
and several other Veritas / Seagate products. Fluent from the early version of
Seagate Backup Exec to the current BackupExec version 10. 
•	Ten years of experience designing, implementing and supporting storage and
backup systems.  

Relera Internet Centers and Solutions, Inc., Englewood, CO         		
4/2001–9/2001
Installation Engineering Supervisor & Installation Engineer IV

•	Responsibilities at Relera included advanced LAN/WAN design, provisioning and
support for our data-center customers. 
•	Custom design and support work included software and hardware from many
vendors primarily Cisco, SUN, Microsoft, Nokia, Netscreen, Juniper, Hewlett
Packard and Compaq.  
•	Initially hired as a Level IV Installation Engineer but within a few weeks
promoted to Supervisor for the Installation Engineering group. Was the only
Installation Engineer at Relera who received a promotion.