Ray
Tompkins, Founder, CEO, gearbit
Ray is a Senior Network Specialist with over 28 years experience in troubleshooting,
design, and implementation. His background includes 911 emergency consulting,
and identifying the root cause of critical network problems. His knowledge
of network protocols (LAN, VoIP, WAN and WLAN) and how they work within the
enterprise networks are the key in providing customer service though knowledge
transfer and education.
HP Compaq
Ray was a member of a technical team that resolved critical network issues
for Compaq Computer Corporation's world wide network. This included problems
determination for major issues, hard to find and hard to fix problems. Compaq
Computer Corporation’s world wide network consisted of over 150,000
nodes, 3,000 plus routers and server farms that housed thousand of servers.
Networks of this magnitude require specific expertise in diagnosing and resolving
problems. He was called on for technical support to resolve the hard to resolve
problems.
Chase Bank
Ray brought his in depth experience to assist with troubleshooting, design,
and implementation of LAN and WAN infrastructure. He established the corporate
communication protocol for business continuity issues such as 911 emergency
consulting, identifying the root cause of critical networks, application issues
and client to server problems. As a leader of the IT team Ray was routinely
called on to conduct detailed analysis using specialized industry tools.
Pine Mountain Group
PMG is a company recognized for the technical strength of its Network Analysts.
As a veteran member of their Analyst team, Ray worked around the nation, with
corporate technology staff and vendors to identify root causes of critical
network problems.
Avaya Netcare
At Avaya Netcare, Ray conducted traffic analysis for major customers, providing
network information on traffic loads, network analysis, and application analysis.
Priority tasks were identified to correct critical router issues, network
changes to control traffic issues and resolve response time issues.
Achievements
Interop Speaker Forensic Analysis
Interop Speaker Application Analysis
Interop Speaker Tools & Techniques
VP Education SWC Association
