David Fancher

System & Network Administrator & Engineering Professional

Cell: (424) 275-3441
E-mail: davidfancher@dwats.com

Summary: Highly knowledgeable and skilled Information Technology Professional with over 5 years of
experience and a proven track record of driving excellence through leadership in engineering design reviews,
data center architecture and software maintenance coupled with updates and recommendations.

WORK EXPERIENCE
SERS, Everett, WA 10/2008-Present
Network Engineer [2014-Present]
Strategically supported IT managers integration into enterprise network
Resolved network issues, including network load balancing and active directory configurations
Assisted with network documentation, VPN and dual ISPs.

Network Engineer | Electronic Comm. Specialist [2008-2013]
Designed, engineered, built, tested and administered Enterprise-grade network for business
administration: all employees, accounting, purchasing, email functions
Installed, configured, maintained and supported Windows/Linux/Mac desktop operating systems and
software successfully and independently
Excelled in customer service, organization, prioritization, troubleshooting, confidentiality and
timeliness

King County, WA 1/2004-10/2008
Electronic Communications Specialist
Worked as part of a team of four elite technicians
Repaired, maintained and upgraded 14-site Motorola Smartzone Trunk system, which included a
large 24-channel 8-site Simulcast system for the county owned public safety communications system
Performed operations and maintenance of both the Harris DVM6-45 and DVM6-12T microwave
systems Maintained 45 911 dispatch console positions spread across 8 CEBS
Earned status as key player with the VHF fire paging network and with an MDT system
Collaborated with vendors for fire suppression, HVAC, standby generators, tower maintenance and
pest control at the communication sites

The Boeing Company, Renton, WA 3/2001-1/2004
Radio Communication System Technician
Specialized in repair, maintenance and upgrade of 11 site Motorola Smartzone Trunk system, which
included basic Smartzone infrastructure plus user server 2, affiliation server, historical reports server
Maintained 5 CEBs with combined total of 26 dispatch operator positions
Monitored T1 and audio phone lines; repaired MTS-2000 portable and MCS-2000 mobiles
Utilized laptop PC tool extensively for maintenance troubleshooting programming of equipment

Nextel Communications, Tukwila, WA 7/1997-3/2001
Field Technician | Engineer
Performed exceptional troubleshooting, repair and maintenance for new Motorola iDEN technology
for the Seattle core area, which consists of 200 cell sites ranging from Canada to Des Moines, WA
Conducted drive testing to test coverage/signal strength; assisted engineers in design and concerns
Increased emphasis on T1 span installation and troubleshooting; NIU/CSUs
EDUCATION & TRAINING

Marine Corp and Navy Schools Electronics, Two-way Radio Communications

University of Minnesota

Training: E.F. Johnson-LTR School | Quantar | IDEN Standards & Protocol & IDEN Systems | Harris
Microwave/Motorola Smartzone | Motorola Simulcast Systems | Motorola 4.1 Smartzone | Motorola 7.x
Systems | Zhone | R56 | Anritsu

SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Created efficient modern network and hardware: 18 vm's running on 7 pool machines that take
advantage of Microsoft High Availability, replicating and clustering technologies in MS server 2008r2
Facilitated major network services offered to include: MS DFS, MSSql2008r2, MSExchange2010, edge
transport servers, Active Directory, ADCS/PKI, DNS, Microsoft's Direct Access(DAS), NAP, 802.1x
Successfully installed Sonicwall next-generation firewalls within datacenter and 20 remote sites,
maximizing content filtering, IDS/IPS, Gateway anti-virus, anti-spyware and application intelligence
Developed advanced IP networking skills designing, building, testing and implementing a new business
computer network using the latest dell blade hardware and Microsoft software
Played major role in the development/implementation of linux tools for network health monitoring,
Zenoss snmp monitoring tool and Adiscon syslog analysis and reporting tool

SKILLS & EXPERTISE
Network Protocols TCP/IP, UDP, NetBIOS, Telnet, FTP, TFTP, DHCP, DNS, RIP, IGRP,
OSPF, EIGRP, ICMP, 802.1X, STP, BPDU, CHAP, PAP, NAT, PAT, SMTP,
POP3, Network Installation
Operating Systems Server Windows XP, Windows 7, 2008r2, Svr 2012
Hardware, Software &
Special Systems
Desktop/Laptop Computers, Printers, HP Procurve Switches. Sonicwall
Firewall. Microsoft Office, Adobe Pro, McAfee Antivirus.
Miscellaneous Complex Installations, Auxiliary Equipment, Customer Service, Strategic
Planning, Network Set-Up, Configurations, Diverse Systems, Plan Design &
Development, Application Implementation and Monitoring Transmitters

Information
Technology
Experience with firewall security appliances, blade servers, iSCSI SANs and Layer 2/3
switches. Microsoft products; Server 2008r2, 2012, exchange 2010, windows 7 and office
2010, virtual machine platforms including HyperV, VirtualBox and VMware, High-
Availability, replication and clustering technologies, Active Directory Domain Services
(ADDS), Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Active Directory Certificate
Services (ADCS/PKI), Domain Name Service (DNS), SFTP, IIS, SNMP and DHCP;
Sonicwall next generation firewall appliances, Linux Red Hat, CentOS.
Telecom Cellular telephone site technician; T1/T3 provisioning, channel banks; Nortel switch; Cat 5
cabling and 66 block; Operations and maintenance: PM's, surge/fire suppression, -48vdc
power plant and battery maintenance, generator systems; Set up and installed VoIP systems.
Two-Way
Radio
Two-way radio RF theory, back-haul microwave and computer systems. Public safety
systems experience. Simulcast trunking; 911 dispatch communications console points, audio
switch and ancillary systems; Maintains associated antennas, cables, and lights on towers.