BOULES TADROUS
221 Manhattan Ave.
Jersey City, NJ 07307
757-927-2625
Boules.Tadrous@corp.idt.net
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Objective:  

                  Immediate goals include taking on a position of technical leadership to apply my experience in designing innovative technology solutions that complement

                  business interests and requirements.

                                   

Experience:

1999 – Present    

IDT

IT Project Manager

 

   Ø      Solutions-oriented professional IT project manager who excels at managing projects, collaborating with project teams, interfacing with clients, and

                  deploying technology to build successful solutions for clients.

 

   Ø      Motivated achiever with Seven years of significant, progressive experience in information-technology, focusing on network design, engineering

                  and security.

 

   Ø      Experienced project manager who has successfully led large project utilizing various people from requirements-gathering through to implementation  

                  and support.

 

   Ø      Dedicated, self-motivated achiever who is committed to success and adept at juggling multiple tasks in a high-pressured environment.

 

Senior Network Engineer

Achievement:

 

Ø      Assisted the company’s build out of international call centers based in Puerto Rico and Israel.  The call centers were initially comprised of 20 users and expanded to 160 users over a period of 1 year and projections of 400 in 2 years.  Designed and directed the implementation of both data and voice networks.  Given limited bandwidth resources, several compression techniques including  RTP header compression, GRE tunneling over the Internet, and hardware based compression via Expand Networks technology were utilized amounting to savings of approximately $144,000 annually.

 

Ø      Managed the design and implementation of JP Morgan’s mission critical bond trading infrastructure hosted by IDT Corporation.  Overseeing the entire scope of the project and ensured all deliverables were met at specified deadlines while accommodating several amendments to the original requirements and established SLA.

 

Ø      Introduced, implemented and was responsible for maintaining IP network security including Cisco Access Control Lists, Checkpoint Firewalls which were later migrated to a Cisco PIX platform. Working together with the IDT Information Security department to implement and enforce network security policies.  Designed a content filtering solution utilizing the Content Vector Protocol between Checkpoint Firewall and Trend Micro products to meet the business requirement to diminish recreational Internet browsing.

 

Ø      Responsible for the design, implementation and support of all VPN networking related equipment. Including but not limited to the following, Cisco VPN 3005, and 3030 concentrator, checkpoint Site-to-Site, IP SEC configuration, and any data encryption needed to support vender secure access.

 

Ø      Redesigned production and internal network infrastructures to accommodate the relocation of IDT corporate headquarters to Newark, NJ within a period of 2 months.  This involved the redesign of the core network to improve reliability and to accommodate the expansion from approximately 200 to 1000+ users.  Additionally traffic patterns of the existing wide area network were analyzed and studied.  Appropriate recommendations and revisions to the WAN were implemented, including the leveraging of an existing global telecommunications backbone, amounting to annual savings of approximately $360,000.

 

1996-2000            

Cheesy Pizza Restaurant, Maplewood, NJ

Restaurant Owner & Manager

Established a partnership investing personal capital and built a successful profit generating restaurant.  Within 2 years, took full ownership of the business and increased profits by 30%.  Able to create broad name recognition in the area leading to numerous purchase offers.  Given the original long term interest of pursuing a career in Information Technology, sold the business with a profit of 35% of the original investment.

 

1993-1996            

Prato Men’s Wear, Manhattan, NY

Assistant Manager

Originally hired as a sales person, in 1 year was promoted to assistant manager.  Responsibilities expanded to management of ten employees, optimizing sales revenue, and maintaining customer service for repeat patronage.

 

Special Skills:

Networking – Configuration of Cisco devices including but not limited to:

Cisco 2500, 2600, 3600, 7200 and 7500 routers,

Cisco 1900/2900/3500/6500 switches,

Cisco 501, 515, and 525 PIX, Cisco 3005, & 3030 VPN Concentrators

Nokia IP440, IP650 Firewalls, Expand Networks compression devices

Knowledge of various LAN/WAN protocols including EIGRP, OSPF, IGRP, BGP, IS-IS, RIP, HSRP, MLS, STP, VTP, etc.

 

Operating Systems – Technical-level knowledge of, Windows 2000 Advanced Server/Professional, Windows NT 4.0, Cisco IOS, & Checkpoint.  Working knowledge of various flavors of UNIX/LINUX

 

Education:

 

1996- 2000            New Jersey City University

                                    BS in Computer Science

1991- 1992            Higher Institute of Social Service, Egypt

Major: Social Education, and Sociology

 

Training:

 

2003                      BSCI

Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks

2003                      CSPFA

Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Advanced

2002                      CCNA

Cisco Certified Network Associate

2001                      CCSA

Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator

 

Reference:         Available upon request