Chris Ranch

About Chris Ranch

Director level Network Architect offering solid experience solving business needs and requirements with reliable, high performance, cost effective and secure infrastructures. Management and technical leadership. Includes staff mentoring and development, division, program, project and budget management, and being the primary technical architecture and operations contact on infrastructure. Expert in managing rapid growth and the integration of disparate business entities, while maintaining uptime and security.Specialties: Specialize in Cloud Computing infrastructure architecture, design, deployment and operations in global multisite operations • Expert in security policies, architectures, implementations, operations, and PCI compliance and certification. • Extensive carrier/provider relationship management, contract negotiation, peering and provisioning experience for private line, public shared and Internet bandwidth.

Experience

1. Network Infrastructure Security Architect

   Apple

   Apr 2019 — Present

   Identify architectures and solutions for enterprise and retail. Strategy through POC and pilots. Always security-oriented.

Education

• Humboldt State University

  none-BS major, Math and Physics

  1982 — 1984

• Santa Clara University

  ABT-BSCSE, Computer Science

Skills

• Professional Services
• Switches
• Computer Security
• Security Policy
• Network Architecture
• Ip
• Network Engineering
• Bgp
• IT Operations
• Vpn
• Network Administration
• Project Management
• Linux
• Network Security
• Technical Support
• Software Development
• Wan
• Cisco Technologies
• Firewalls
• Cloud Computing
• Solaris
• Routing
• IT Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Vendor Management
• Architecture
• Contract Negotiation
• Storage
• Tcp/Ip
• High Availability
• Telecommunications
• Architectures
• System Deployment
• Servers
• Itil
• Infrastructure
• Data Center
• Saas
• Managed Services
• Dns