Ron Reuschling

Background

About Ron Reuschling

Director, Network Operations (2016-Present) Office of Information & Technology Department of Veterans Affairs (33 years) Current Summary: Direct a team of ~380 highly dedicated technical network professionals with the design, implementation, management, security, and 24x7 operations of all network infrastructure at approximately ~2,100 VA facilities to include; enterprise/corporate data centers, medical centers, outpatient clinics, regional offices, national cemeteries, and other VA offices nationwide. Infrastructure encompassing over network devices to include; routers, switches, firewalls, wireless access points/controllers, WAN accelerators, load balancers, over data circuits and other network infrastructure totaling ~$400M. Deliver and maintain the fully redundant VA's Trusted Internet Connections (TICs), VA's Enterprise MPLS (over mGRE L3 VPN) WAN, and our Business Partner Extranet (BPE) supporting over 1,400 partner connections. In addition, provide highly redundant network availability at our 5 corporate data centers, supporting over 500 VA corporate applications. Services include; Point-of-Delivery (PoD), Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Wireless LAN (WLAN), WAN Acceleration/Encryption, Firewall/DMZ Services, VA Trusted Internet Connections (TICs), Business Partner Extranet (BPE), Enterprise WAN (VA Backbone), Global/Local Load Balancing, Circuit Provisioning, IP Address Management, Monitoring/Visibility, and overall Network Management. Specialties: Enterprise Network Operations Enterprise Network Architecture and Design Enterprise Data Center Operations, Data Center Architecture and Design, Disaster Recovery / Continuity of Operations, Extensive Cisco IOS/NX-OS Design & Engineering (certified 27yrs) Previous Employment with Department of Veterans Affairs Director, Quantico Information Technology Center (2010-2016) Director, IT Operations, Region 5/6 (2006-2010) Chief Technology Officer / Network Architect (VACO)(1992 - 2010) 1 of 6 Network Architects for initial design and deployment of VA's initial IP/X.25 Enterprise Network. Also architected transitional protocols to include Frame Relay, ATM, and MPLS. Education: B.S. Computer Science, Graduate studies in Data Network Engineering and Artificial Intelligence/Robotics Old Dominion University, 1988 (Full Tuition Scholarship) Activities: Freemason (blue lodge); Scottish Rite 32°; Commandery (Knights Templar) Korean Martial Arts Instructor (12yrs) Marksmanship, Triathlete, Mountain Biking, Skiing