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PROFILE |
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| In his 18 years as an Information Technology Professional, Mr. Carr has developed the proven skills and experience necessary to help your organization to develop a highly stable, highly reliable local and wide area newtork infrastructure, to develop the policies and procedures to support that infrastructure, and to put in place the tools, policies, and procedures needed to protect your infrastructure and your information assets. He can reorganize and streamline your existing team or help you to recruit and train a new team. His varried real world experience will give you a head start on the competition and your information technology enemies. He is regarded by his superious and his subbordinates as a manager who achieves
objectives exceptionally well with a minimum of ongoing supervision and
who extends the opportunity for personal initiative and independence to
those who work with and for him. Mr. Carr and his family (wife Anita and daughter Lily) are intersted in new challenges. They are interested in taking on a project in a developing economy such as India or China. |
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY |
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| Correctional Service Canada | |
| April 2004 - Present | Senior IT Security Analyst |
| September 2003 - April 2004 | A/Manager Network Services |
| June 2003 - September 2003 | Chief Network Security |
| August 1999 - June 2003 | Chief Network Facilities |
| March 1999 - August 1999 | Senior Wide Area Network Analyst/Operations Manager |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Veritaaq Technology House) | |
| February 1999 - March 1999 | Deployment and Support Specialist (Signet Renewal Project) |
| Department of National Defence (Veritaaq Technology House) | |
| October 1998 - February 1999 | Network Client Support Specialist, Operation Enterprise |
| DNA.CA Inc. | |
| September 1997 - October 1998 | Senior Technical Consultant, |
| Canadian Payments Association (Amdahl/DMR) | |
| August 1997 | Installation Specialist, Large Value Transfer System |
| Department of National Defence (Veritaaq Technology House) | |
| March 1997 - July 1997 | Network Specialist, Reserve Integrated Information Project |
| Correctional Service Canada | |
| July 1991 - March 1996 | Manager & Senior LAN Engineer Correctional Services Canada |
| May 1989 - June 1991 | LAN Administrator Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
| Correctional Service Canada Senior IT Security Analyst April 2004 - Present As a member of the IT Security Risk Management Team Mr. Carr participated in project meetings for the Security Inteligence Network (SINet) project and provided risk management advice to the project manager, developers, and operators. He worked closely with the Departmental Security Officer and the departmental COMSEC Custodian. His extensive operational background was invaluable in developing the design, procedures, policy, and documtation for the large fleet of Taclane KG-175B (mini) Type 1 Encryptors and OMNI Secure Terminals. His familiarity with COMSEC and IT Security doctrine allowed him to provide policy and procedural guidance to the COMSEC staff. A/Manager Network Services September 2003 - April 2004 Mr. Carr was given the opportunity to act in place of his manager who was on language training. He quickly gained the confidence of the director and other senior staff. The Network Services portfolio includes Network Facilities, Messaging and Collaboration, Network Security, and External Connectivity. His focus during the 14 months that he acted was to maintain the stable local and wide area network infrastructure of Correctional Service Canada and to build the Network Security practice. He was instrumental in the development of the ITSD-02 Security Zone Archetecture as well as the development of the Correctional Service Canada Firewall RFP, Anti-Spam RFP, and URL Filtering RFP. His team implemented a Syslog server for the first time to collect logs from all security related devices and developed the processes to process those logs on a daily basis to identify problems. Mr. Carr's cool headed and effective management of two corporate wide virus infections and his ensuing efforts to prevent further infections gained him the support of the Director Infrastructure and Service Management, Director IT Security, and Director General Information Management Services. He was delegated the authority to shut down any or all of the corporate network including mission critical applications in a future crisis. Chief Network Security June 2003 - September 2003 Mr. Carr's manager asked him to take on the additional role of Chief Network Security when a colleague left Correctional Service Canada. He began for the first time to review firewall, active content filter, and proxy server logs and to encourage employees to adhere to Government of Canada and Correctional Service policy with respect to the use of Correctional Service Canada information processing assets. He used his ethical hacking skills to actively scan the network for rogue machines and his packet capture and analysis skills to monitor for changes in network traffic which might identify malware infection or policy violations by staff. Chief Newtork Facilities June 2002– June 2003 Responsible for the design, contracting, construction, acceptance, commissioning, and operations of the local and wide area network infrastructure at Correctional Service Canada. Local area network projects included:
Wide area network projects included:
Senior Wide Area Network Analyst/Operations Manager February 2000 – June 2002 Network Designer/Network Construction Supervisor. Responsible for all aspects of the Building Integrated Data and Voice Network Renewal Project including:
Senior Network Analyst/Designer/Construction Supervisor. Responsible for the design and implementation of the integrated building cabling infrastructure at the new National Parole Board office in Ottawa. Participated in design team and construction team meetings and acted as client construction supervisor. Interfaced with Public Works project manager and vendors. Created detailed infrastructure specifications and solicited and accepted vendor quotes. Provided on call support to the national wide area network, regional and site offices. Acted as a technical resource to Correctional Service Canada, National Parole Board, and Public Works and Government Services Canada. Supervised operational staff, consultants and students. Provided management and senior management with interpretive and consultative services. Acted as interface between network engineering, network operations, clients, and IT Security. March 1999 - August 1999 Senior Wide Area Network Analyst/Operations Manager. Responsible for supporting, trouble shooting, and upgrading the national wide area network consisting of Cisco routers and Bay Networks switches, dedicated and frame relay links. Developed and managed the implementation of national router configuration and security standards. Developed the National Wide Area Network Hardware Support Model. Developed and implemented national spares inventory based self-support model including contracting, procurement, deployment, and policies and procedures. Provided remote, telephone based support for regional and site personnel across the country. Provided relationship based interface with vendor engineering, sales, and support personnel, IT Security personnel, and client community. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Signet Renewal Project) - Deployment Specialist February 1999 - March 1999 Deployment Specialist. Responsible for the secure, timely migration of client workstations from Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 to Windows NT Workstation. Interfaced with employees at all levels of the department from clerks to Deputy Ministers. Specialized in sensitive or "problem client" migrations and in secure systems and areas. Provided client support services in secure areas, Tempest datacenters, and the "crypto vault". Department of National Defence (Operation Enterprise)- Network Client Support Specialist October 1998 - February 1999 Network Client Support Specialist. Providing high availability, high level "outside normal channels" network client support to initial implementation clients in support of the Operation Enterprise deployment team. Worked in a highly secured, highly sensitive areas and in Tempest datacenters. Supported Banyan Vines, Windows NT, Oracle, Lotus Domino, PeopleSoft, DEC Unix, Ultrix, and VAX VMX systems. DNA.CA Inc. - Logistics/Operations/Intelligence Specialist September 1997 - October 1998 Director Logistics, Operations, and Intelligence. Providing a full range of information technology services to military, government, and private sector clients. Providing technology rescue consulting services and network design and installation on a contract basis to other information technology companies. Recent projects include:
Amdahl/DMR Consulting - Installation Specialist August 1997 Mr. Carr worked on a Large Value Transfer System (LVTS) as an installation Specialist. He staged 73 LVTS PCs and 35 Cisco routers for delivery to financial institutions across Canada. Department of National Defence (Reserve Integrated Information Project) – Network Specialist March 1997 - July 1997 (5 months) As an installer on the DND-RIIP national rollout project, Mr. Carr’s duties included:
Correctional Service Canada - Senior Local Area Network Engineer September 1996 - March 1997 Mr. Carr’s responsibilities included:
Correctional Service Canada - Manager - Office Automation Engineering and Technology Services (OAETS) May 1996 - September 1996 Mr. Carr’s responsibilities included:
Correctional Service Canada - Manager, Local Area Network (LAN) Services May 1995 - April 1996 Mr. Carr’s duties included:
Correctional Services Canada - LAN Manager December 1992 - 1992
Correctional Service Canada - Executive Information System, Developer/Operator July 1991 - November 1992 Mr. Carr was a member of a team responsible for the development and national implementation of the CSC EIS. He was responsible for the development of data handling, process control and reporting scripts which facilitated the day-to-day operation of the EIS. He was responsible for day-to-day operation and maintenance of EIS and regional and user technical support. He developed installation procedure and documentation. He developed an extremely good familiarity with EIS concepts and discovered many dos and don’ts of developing and implementing EIS systems. Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Developer/LAN Administrator January 1991 - June 1992 (18 months) Mr. Carr was responsible for the enhancement of the xBase Person Year Reporting System (PYRS) including needs assessment, system development, xBase programming, BANYAN VINES LAN administration, user support and training. Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Development Consultant (via Silico/DPG) September 1989 - December 1989 (4 months) Mr. Carr was responsible for the development of a specification for the enhancement of the xBase PYRS. Integration with and administration of BANYAN VINES LAN. |
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Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration April 26-30, 1999 (GeoTrain) SECURITY CLEARANCE |
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