Dean Bergin

Background

About Dean Bergin

Dean considers himself a skilled Network Engineer and highly enthusiastic professional and Technologist who is passionate about technology and the practical applications to which it can be applied in order to drive positive business outcomes aligned to defined business strategies and requirements. He often finds it rewarding to solve complex and challenging problems, through layered and segmented problem solving techniques and evidence-based analysis.His industry experience equates to a lengthy tenure of approximately 25 years. In that timeframe he has developed a strong skill set in Cisco Network Engineering with products such as Cisco Catalyst Centre (Formerly DNAC) or SDA, Routers and switches. He has also acquired broader and complimentary skills and experience in various technology domains, such as Systems Engineering with various flavours of Linux and Network Security with the likes of Palo Alto and Fortinet products.Dean also is somewhat of a visionary through the advocacy and adoption of Automation to drive efficiency and reliable engineering. He continues to maintain and respect the foundational knowledge of computer systems to which automation abstracts and augments which some may agree compliments his capability as an engineer in the way he applies DevOps-style methodologies to the practice of Network and Systems Engineering through the use of APIs and other tools such as Ansible Automation.With Dean’s combination of hard and soft skills along with the extensive experience gleaned through his IT-centric tenure, he should be considered a valuable addition to any technical team since he also comes with a respected level of industry experience, which may assist organisations to drive and deliver positive business outcomes especially through the effective use of Automation.In his spare time he can sometimes be found working on his own personal open-source integration projects, coding (Python/PowerShell) and Network Modelling labs in order to continue to self teach, develop and maintain his technical skills due to constantly evolving technologies.