Lincoln Financial Group - (The Lincoln National Corporation)
Headquartered in Radnor, PA | $21 Billion | 11,000 Employees | 16 million Customers

Director of Enterprise Architecture and Operations driving the Network and Network Security T eams.

• Partnered and implemented with technology and business partners to deliver Network integrations for Liberty Mutual acquisition. Developed a transition plan to integrate relevant platforms including internal, DMZ and front facing environments, delivering underbudget / ahead of time to allow the smooth transition of all Liberty Mutual platforms.
  
  
• Collaborated with business partners to outsource call centers to an offshore 3rd party solution in a very short window. Provided a temporary secure B2B VPN solution to support operational needs with a final Datacenter to Datacenter MPLS solution with the appropriate security controls.

• Delivered Network Security transformation from a legacy Cisco NAC solution to the Cisco ISE platform with no interruption to business or production adhering to all Cyber Security requirements. In addition, this unlocked more possibilities with the Cisco ISE platform for further Network segmentation and security.
  
  
• Transformed the Corporate Wireless solution, delivered campus network upgrades that improved the performance of the wireless environment. Leveraged Cisco ISE to further improve security controls across 14 campus locations and 144 remote locations, leveraging Catalyst 9K series that would be used in the DC’s.
  
  
• Collaborated with Business Leaders, Procurement, Architecture and Engineering to develop a methodology to simplify the network technology footprint, improve performance and reduce expense in alignment with business and technology partners, the resulting changes led to improved network performance, simplified App/Dev designs and lower expenses to our business partners.
  
  
• Participated in multiple RFPs for Cisco Smartnet, Fixed Wireline Replacement, Telecommunications Expense Management Vendor replacement to drive all Telecom Expense, Remote Site Support Smart hands improving services delivered and reducing expenses.
  
  
• Delivered cost reduction strategies on maintenance renewals for Checkpoint, Broadcom, Akamai, Cisco, F5, NetScaler, NetScout, SolarWinds, Net Brain, Aruba, Fortinet, Infoblox, Palo Alto.
• Standardized 3rd party B2B connections that had multiple design deficiencies, no redundancy to a model standardizing design to provide stability and security.