Rich Dessert
Director of Enterprise Infrastructure and Applications at World Vision
- Role
- Director of Enterprise Infrastructure and Applications at World Vision
- Location
- Columbus, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rich Dessert
Dynamic technology leader with experience working in military, service provider, and enterprise environments- Proven leader of highly technical engineering and operations teams- Persistent problem solver with careful attention to detail- Strong team player with excellent communication skills and the ability to interface at all levels- Proven track record of leading teams through technological and organizational changes- Retired from Washington Air National Guard holding the rank of Master Sergeant after 20 years of combined US Air Force and Air National Guard service.Specialties: Technical Solutions, Leading Through Change, Team Building, Process Creation, Customer Service, Project Management, Vendor ManagementPrevious Certifications: CCNA, CCNP R&S, F5 BigIP, JNCIA-Junos, JNCIS-SEC, Security+
Experience
Director of Enterprise Infrastructure and Applications
Dec 2024 — Present
Lead the teams responsible for network, on-prem and cloud hosting infrastructure, client engineering and administration (PC and Mac), Identity and Access Management (IAM), and productivity applications.Leading digital transformation in the areas of cloud maturity and digital employee experience (DEX).Manage the Change Advisory Board (CAB) for the enterprise.Founder and leader of the WVUS Azure Community of Practice (CoP).Manage operating budget and over 50 vendor relationships.
Education
Mount Vernon Nazarene University
B.A., Business Administration
2005 — 2007
Community College of the Air Force
A.A.S, Electronic Systems Technology
2000 — 2004
Cornell University
Project Leadership Certificate
2018
Cornell University
High Performance Leadership Certificate
2019
Skills
- Force10
- Networking
- Juniper Srx
- Switches
- Disaster Recovery
- Security
- Enterprise Software
- Cisco Ios
- Voip
- Data Center
- Saas
- Application Delivery Controllers
- Telecom Technologies
- IT Management
- Load Balancing
- Ccnp
- Junos
- Extreme Networks
- Ip
- Ccna
- Network Engineering
- Bgp
- Dns
- Cisco Technologies
- Ethernet
- Routing
- Asa
- Routing Protocols
- Lan-Wan
- Change Management
- Computer Network Operations
- Lan Switching
- Mpls
- Routers
- Firewalls
- Vpn
- Tcp/Ip
- Network Analysis
- Network Security
- Ospf
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