Resume
Robert Thorell
Florida
Network Engineer
Information Technologies Director
Technical Specialist with over a decade of success; consistently each of the
company’s top performers in Network Engineering, Virtualization and SEO
If a company’s business needs to succeed on the Internet or utilize the latest in technology then I am perfect candidate. Over the course of the last decade I have built a carrier grade VoIP network, redesigned a datacenter and was a team leader who helped select and deploy over 200,000 domain names optimized for search engines.
Core Competencies
- Extensive working experience with Vmware and Citrix XEN desktop
- Wrote specification and managed deployment of countless Internet applications
- 14 years as a Cisco Network Engineer Specializing in VoIP and Datacenters
- Up-To date Knowledge of On-page and Off-page SEO Best Practices
- Extensive Experience Managing SEO and Link Building Campaigns
- Goal-oriented and ability to work under pressure
Professional Strengths
- Experienced in the alignment of complex Information Technology services with business objectives, including System and software development, rapid prototyping, system integration & methodology development and business use cases
- Well-developed technical and non-technical communication skills; able to interact with individuals at all levels
- Ability to Understand a Business and Utilize out of the Box thinking to Strengthen it
- Cisco Certified Network Associate Co-Op instructor at Miami Dade College
EXPERIENCE
Whetstone Partners, Miami, FL 12/10 – present
Mobile Asset Based Lending Institution (start-up)
Acting CIO
Developed short and long term Technology goals for company including writing android application specification, managing ALL Internet lead generation and SEO initiatives.
- Explored all avenues of lead generation; affiliate ping-posts, SEO, email campaigns, social media initiatives, microsite implementation and Local SEO using Google Places
- Designed and wrote specification for mobile phone application to close auto title loans. Coordinated with various third parties to ensure smooth integration of backend systems
- Wrote specification for SEO website redesign including affiliate tracking backend and reporting
- Assisted Founder and CEO with every aspect of the business
Digiport, Miami, FL 04/09 – 11/11
Data Center, Internet Provider and Cloud Computing Center
IT Director - Chief Technical Officer
Oversaw the development of new technologies and services that better leverage the latest technology available for the Internet. Migrated every virtual and physical customer and IP service to new Metro Ethernet hybrid switching and routing platform. Designed and deployed Citrix virtual desktop product to datacenter customer base.
- Laid groundwork and provided guidance to development team automating DNS provisioning
- Designed and built homogenous cloud computing environment integrating advanced layer 3 services with existing data center customers using same infrastructure
- Designed and Deployed Digiport’s first Microsoft Active Directory virtual desktop environment for large scale commercial deployment utilizing latest virtualization and network technologies.
- Migrated multiple companies from traditional corporate network deployment to a hosted virtual desktop environment using legacy PCs as well as thin clients
- Worked with Miami Dade College to begin the Information Technologies School’s first Co-Op program for their top Networking Students
The.Globe.com, Fort Lauderdale, FL 11/04 – 04/09
Public holding company for Internet related businesses; Voiceglo & Tralliance Corporation.
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Information Technology Consultant for Labigroup ( Michael Egan’s private company)
Provided support and management of technical team hired to deploy over 200,000 .Travel websites on bleeding edge SEO content platform.
· Was one of the principals who selected and over 200,000 .travel domain names for advertising and name promotion.
· Was project manager for SEO platform deployment and subsequent content gathering and site deployment
· Deployed three high computing density points of presence using various virtualization technologies in two geographically different data-centers and ensured data synchronization between DNS and SEO content was maintained
Vice President of Operations of Tralliance ( Theglobe.com subsidiary)
Was responsible in maintaining policies for dot-TRAVEL agreed upon by ICANN and to be executed by Tralliance staff.
· Worked with Choice Point (development group) on authentication system which automated Travel related vetted businesses to purchase names from Registrars
· Worked hand-in-hand with Indian development team to design, create, program and deploy www.search.travel. Deployed own crawlers, ad delivery software and .travel profile creation which drove the site to have a Google Page Rank of 6 in less than a year
Vice President of Network Operations of VoiceGlo (The Globe.com subsidiary)
Was responsible for the design and optimization of the Voiceglo VoIP Network. I provided daily direction to the field operations, IP administration, software development teams and Network Engineering groups. The team consisted of 10 full time technical staff in addition to both onshore and offshore consultants.
· Responsible for the optimization and performance of the Voiceglo Network traffic and the voice quality of service for over 5 million desktop application users.
· Part of Executive Management team that rose over $70M in funding
· Network consisted of multiple physical points of presence in NY, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, and Los Angeles with full Disaster Recovery / Fail over and Continuity Planning capable of supporting 1M simultaneous transactions comprised of Metro E, GigE, IP, and MPLS
· Early adopter with recognition by manufacturers including VMWare for server virtualization reducing footprint and overall network costs.
(Growth Enterprise Fund) Globalnet, Corp. , Lombard, IL 2004 - 2005
Provider of Mexico Long Distance Termination to MCI and other US Companies.
Chief Technical Officer / Chief Operating Officer
Recruited by the principals of Growth Enterprise Fund and successively promoted through 3 positions of increased responsibility based on consistently exceeding goals and expectations beginning as a member of the due diligence team prior to acquisition onto Chief Technology Officer ultimately to Chief Operations Officer.
- Responsible to carrier relations and business development which required frequent travel to South America
- Assisted with classified United States technology project in the Middle East
- Oversaw technical team and worked in conjunction with CFO to maintain operations on a day to day basis
(Growth Enterprise Fund) Next Communication, Miami, FL 2002 - 2004
Voice over IP Mexican Long Distance Provider
Chief Technical Officer
CERTIFICATIONS
Cisco Certified Network Associate · Microsoft Certified Professional
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Florida Atlantic University Honors Program Education & Computer Science Major