TAYO DADA BA HONS, CCSA, CCNA

PERSONAL DETAILS

Address: 33 Arran Road Marital Status: Married

Catford Nationality: British
London Date of Birth: 23rd April 1975
SE6 2LT Tel: 0775-356-9144
Email: Tdada@Synergieit.co.uk

KEY SKILLS

Research: Competent in handling data and producing information necessarily for strategic network
decisions by use of technological tools and software.
Management Able to take on a task and delegate responsibility, as well as communicating
effectively with other members of a group.
Computing: Over 12 years of LAN and WAN and TELCO experience. Capable in handling Cisco
Routers/gateways Switches, Netgear, 3com, MS Exchange 5.5/2000, IIS, Windows
NT/2000 Server, Checkpoint Firewall 1, Nokia IP 330-500,Netscreen, Cisco Pix firewall,
Smoothwall firewall.

My Business Studies Degree and work experience in the field have served to enhance my self-
management, analytical and initiative skills, enabling me to confidently take on responsibility and work
under pressure individually or within a team.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Meeting of deadlines and delivering tasks within target time-scales

• The planning and management of resource (people & hardware)
• The management and building of a project team
• Support of staff/people issues

Communication

• Presentation of information visually and orally to audiences at all levels within the business
• Organisation and chairmanship of meetings and other events
• Website management ranging from Intranet/Extranet/Internet

Information Technology

Competent use of the following operating systems: -

• Windows NT 4 /2000/2003 server and workstation

• Cisco IOS versions 11.1 to 12.4
• Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Vista
• Linux Redhat

Competent use of the following software packages: -

Checkpoint Firewall 1 management and installation

MS Exchange 5.5/2000/2003 Server
MS Internet information Server
RSA ACE Server and SECUR-ID
Microsoft Office 97/2000/XP Suite
Netscreen firewalls (all versions)
Blackberry Enterprise Server

Competent use of the following hardware:

Cisco Catalyst 1900-5000 series of switches

Cisco 800-AS5400 series of routers

IP network planning and design: -

Understanding of Internet/Intranet technologies VOIP termination, TDM termination, Virtual Private

Networking, Dial-up solutions, with strong knowledge of IP, IPX, TCP/IP, RIP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP and IGRP.
Scheduled to be taking CCIE written exam in Marcr 2008.

The general competencies I can demonstrate are as follows:

• Good team member

• Self motivating
• Flexible
• Work well under pressure
• Reliable

WORK EXPERIENCE
January 2003 to Present day Synergie IT Solutions LTD, London
Managing Director

Building Synergie IT Solutions has allowed me to focus on my main areas

of expertise namely project managing and 3rd level network engineering
building large scale WAN/LAN networks. The role has been coupled with
providing consultancy services to Telco/financials companies based around
managing, deploying and troubleshooting LAN/WAN/VOIP/TDM
networks.

A list of projects are as follows:

Provided IT consultancy and 2nd -3rd level support for a number of Hedge
funds including Pertrac, Telcoinvest and CEEPS.

Project managed, deployed a full SIP base hosted PBX system for Telstra
Europe in the UK. I was contracted as lead consultant working for a
NASDAQ listed software company namely Vistula Communications Inc
reporting to the board. I performed the actual due diligence on the Voip PBX
company in India which was acquired by Vistula Inc before introducing the
solution into Telstra ‘s VoIP Portfolio.

I have spent over 2 years in Telstra offices liaising with senior management
and engineering teams providing project management tasks such as setting
Key performance indicators and setting projected tasks/timescales with 3rd
level engineering team on the UK implementation of a Hosted PBX VoIP
system.

I have provided security consultancy for KPMG ,doing ethical hacking at

Millfield Insurance, consisting of penetration testing and firewall hardening.

I have also worked for two investment companies namely Telco Solutions
LTD and NEPH on a number of projects based around office migrations and
setting up web portals for communication between investors and investment
company.
 I have also supplied managed services consisting of windows and exchange
2000/2003 support and implementation for a number of SMES in the M25
belt over the past 5 years.

May 2001 to Dec 2002 Global Switch, London Docklands

European Network Manager

At Global Switch I was responsible for redesigning and reconfiguring the

LAN and WAN network topology within the 7 European offices to reflect
that of the growing company.

This meant that I had to plan and perform a migration from Windows NT
with Exchange 5.5 with many separate disparate domains to single active
directory model within Windows 2000 and exchange 2000 with a managed
VPN infrastructure to create an efficient network model for administration
and communication throughout the organisation.

I also managed Network Security, Dial up Solution. Responsible for

Network deployment in Windows 2000 rollout, exchange mail migration.
Responsible for 3rd party liaison with IT suppliers and contractors.

June 1999 to April 2001 Trizechahn Europe PLC, London W1

IT Infrastructure Manager

Administered the European LAN and WAN infrastructure. Developed and

implemented VPN and dial-up solution through eight European offices. At
Trizechahn, I physically planned and implemented the European WAN
Model spanning 8 eight overseas offices based around a single set security
model using checkpoint FW1, Sonic wall and Cisco Pix firewalls coupled
with isakmp and DES encryption.

This was one of the first international VPN deployments for any Pan-
European property development within the based in the UK. I worked
closely with UUNET who were responsible for the leased line circuits
between most of the offices.

Also developed WAN plan project for Global Switch data centres whilst at
Trizechahn on a consultancy basis. Implemented IP security rollout in each
office. Responsible for 3rd party liaison with IT suppliers and contractors.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

May 1998-Oct 1998 Naturesafe Products, Hampstead Heath

IT Project Manager
6- Month contract
Developed and project managed corporate intranet and extranet whilst
providing technical administration for IT department

Oct 1997-April 1998 Southwark Council, Tower Bridge, Spa Road

PC Technical support
7-month contract provided administrative network support

September 1998 Gasteiner IT consultancy Group

Senior Technical support for Compaq, Apple and Dell Computers

July 1998 Ernsting and Partners (Architects), Frankfurt

 Provided contracted network topology planning and consultation.

April 1990 Sony Service Centre

Spent one Month completing my work placement. Gained experience in
troubleshooting systems. I had the opportunity to work closely with a
team of professionals, as well gain insight into human resource
management skills.

EDUCATION

Sept 1995 - June 1999 London Guildhall University

2:1 in BA Honours in Business Studies

Main Areas: Securities and Commodities, Management Information
systems Statistical Analysis and Strategic analysis

Sept 1993 - June 1995 Croydon Business School

Higher National Diploma in Business and Finance

Main subjects: Practical and Principle aspects of Marketing

Sept 1991 - June 1993 St Gabriel’s Sixth Form School

A level: English, Business Studies, History

Sept 1986 - June 1991 Kingsdale School

GCSEs: 8 passes including (C) English Language and (C) Maths

which were taken one year early in June 1990.

INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES

I enjoy reading computer and music publications such as New Scientist, Financial Times, IT weekly and
Sound on Sound. I am a Christian and enjoy playing basketball. I also play the piano which I studied Jazz
improvisation at Oliver Goldsmith’s University on a part time basis.

RESPONSIBILITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS

Musical director for church events

Musical Director for my local church
Charity organiser for a bingo event to raise money for Malcolm
Sergeant Guide Dogs for the blind.

REFERENCES
Gareth Robson Mervyn Howard,
CIO, EMEA Fund Management Director
CB Hillier Parker Grovensor Estate
West End Office The Grosvenor Office
London W1A 2BT 70 Grosvenor Street
Tel: +44 (20) 7412 9602 London W1X 9D

More references available upon request