Brian Brakke

About Brian Brakke

Building a startup company into something viable for an IPO at some point in…

Experience

1. Information Technology System Administrator

   Rise Internet

   Aug 2003 — Present

   After being one of thousands of victims of poor management at Agilent Technologies and Hewlett Packard, a rag tag group started their own Wireless Internet Service Provider in the Loveland CO area. In 2006 we hooked up with JAB Wireless. Since that time, we have created the largest WISP (fixed wireless broadband) in the US. We use Cambium Networks gear in most our operating regions and offer a cost competitive alternative to the big non responsive TelCo\'s. We strive to hit rural areas that everyone else ignores. To date, we have built the company from a startup of 25 customers and a single T1, to over customers in Colorado company wide - 15 states), and have over 350GB of Tier 1 internet capabilities. We rebranded all of the 6 major operating areas on May 15, 2015 into a single name - Rise Broadband!

Skills

• Linux System Administration
• Networking
• Network Architecture
• Servers
• System Deployment
• Centos
• Red Hat Linux
• Storage Area Networks
• Firewalls
• Cisco Technologies
• Telecommunications
• Virtualization
• Hp
• Wan
• Network Engineering
• Vmware
• Network Security
• Microsoft Office
• Disaster Recovery
• Tcp/Ip
• Hardware
• Cisco Ios
• Vmware Esx
• Vmware Infrastructure
• Voip
• Routers
• Data Center
• Ospf
• Switches
• Cisco Routers
• Esxi
• Dhcp
• Vcenter Server
• Network Design
• Ubuntu
• Bgp
• Vpn
• Computer Hardware
• Security
• Technical Leadership