Andrew Laporte

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About Andrew Laporte

I specialize in designing, installing, maintaining and supporting LAN/WAN and Multicast environments. I specialize in Cisco equipment but have experience with other vendors. I consider myself to be an expert in the following routing protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP. I work with the many of the following types of devices: routers, switches, firewalls, wireless lan controllers, IPS, VPN and SDWAN. In the past I have specialized in upgrading and converting several large organizations of non-Cisco network to Cisco environments. I have also designed and built several data centers as well as performed data center migration.I currently hold a Cisco Certified Network Professional Enterprise (CCNP forrmerly Routing and Switching, CCNA Wireless, CCNA Security and a CCNA in Data Center. I'm currently working on my Security certifications. My job function is currently I’m supporting and designing networks for a global company with over 50 office and 5K+ employees. Last year I assisted in the design and implementation of two new data centers in Europe. This was to support the growing operations outside of the US. I’ve also supported the merger of several acquired networks into one collapsed network.I work with all different type of Nexus equipment, 5K, 7K and 9K’s. I also work with Cisco ASA, FTD's and FMC. I support a global deployment of Cisco Wireless Lan Controllers, ISE for 802.1x. I'm currently working with SDWAN using SilverPeak devices.