DUANE BODLE

925 S Nolan River Rd, Cleburne, TX 76033  682-990-4461  duane@dbodle.com

www.linkedin.com/in/duanebodle

S R . N ETWORK E NGINEER AND S R . WAN A RCHITECT

Senior network engineering professional, thriving on complex WAN / LAN renovations and data center
migrations and transport optimization projects. Keen understanding of the role WAN performance and
data security plays in eCommerce customer experience, the impact on customer conversion rates, repeat
business, revenue streams, and profitability. Respected for extensive cross-discipline experience in high-
availability WAN design, virtual private networking, data center migrations, firewalls, wireless
networking, VoIP / SIP infrastructures and, enhancing application performance.

▬▬▬▬▬▬ TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES ▬▬▬▬▬▬

Network Solutions Architecture ,Cisco SD-WAN, iWAN, IBM Softlayer, High Availability Transport, IP Address Design,WAN Provisioning, Telephony Circuit
Trouble Shooting, IP Routing, BGP,OSPF, Service Provider Routing (VRF), MBGP, MPLS & MPLS VPN, PIM, Route Summarization & Route Maps, Layer 2
Switching, Cisco VSS,Cisco OTV,STP & MST,LACP, H3C / HP-A-Series Switches IRF, Data Security Architecture, Cisco ASA (IPSEC, SSL), Information Security
Policy, PCI Compliance, Voice Architecture,Hosted VoIP, SIP,QoS (TOS & DSCP) / CoS, Wireless Networking, Cisco WLAN Controllers, Cisco Access
Points,Hardware Experience,Cisco Routers,Vyatta Routers, Cisco Switches, Cisco Nexus Switches, Citrix Netscaler, Extreme Networks

APPLE LEISURE GROUP– www.appleleisuregroup.com (08/2015 - present)

Nation's only hospitality company to have a vertically integrated business model, Apple Leisure Group is in all-inclusive vacation packages to Mexico, the
Dominican Republic and Jamaica.

SR. NETWORK ENGINEER | SR. WAN / LAN ARCHITECT

Hired to design and deliver Next-Gen WAN transport for $3 Billion eCommerce travel and leisure company. Solution
deployed is Cisco SD-WAN into IBM Softlayer IaaS, hybrid cloud data centers with VoIP integration, merging 5 regional
business unit data centers. Introduced corporate-wide PCI-compliant Internet access controlled with a single pane of
glass, Cisco “FMC” Firepower Threat Defense Management Console, featuring Cisco ASA 5500-X series firewalls and
Virtual FTD applications running in Cisco ISR 4000 routers on UCS-E modules.
➢ Eliminated over 65% of Severity-1 outages, with redundancy and simplified configurations of the new Cisco
SD-WAN “iWAN”.
➢ OpEx savings of more than $450K produced 2017 with WAN circuit optimizations.
➢ Added, $350K savings annually on dedicated voice circuits, centralized SIP, replacing legacy PRI circuits for
27 sites including 5 global call centers
➢ Enhanced corporate leadership decision making agility, mobility and data security with the installation of an
enterprise wide Cisco WLAN infrastructure using digital certificate authentication.
FTS INTERNATIONAL–www.ftsi.com (10/2012 - 05/2015)
Largest private provider of oil and natural gas well stimulation services to exploration and production companies operating in the United States.

SR. NETWORK ENGINEER | NETWORK WAN / LAN ARCHITECT

Solved WAN / LAN stability and performance issues with innovative solutions, simplifying and optimizing data center
configuration. Network Engineering Subject Matter Expert across multiple IT Disciplines, virtual private networking,
network routing, switching, WLAN and security. Brought new solutions, and insights with emphasis on aligning
technology with business needs to C-level executives and key business stakeholders.

➢ Fixed long standing voice and application performance issues with design and deployment of an 8 Class
Quality of Service (QoS) on new AT&T MPLS WAN with Riverbed Steelhead WAN acceleration,
➢ 75% reduction in routing table size by simplifying and standardizing network routing design on BGP and
OSPF, removing inefficient routing distribution points and summarizing routes.
➢ Improved mean time to repair 50% on Severity-1 and Severity-2 incidents by designing and delivering an
application performance monitoring (APM) and retrospective network analysis (RNA) solution
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HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE –(Contract)–www.hpe.com (8/2011 - 12/2012)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company is an American multinational enterprise information technology company based in Palo Alto, California, A part of
the S&P 500

SR. DATA CENTER TRANSFORMATION ENGINEER

Data centers migration and transformation solutions in a $60M+ strategic architectural upgrade to roll-out the HP Data
Center 2.x standardized design. Successfully, implemented high-complexity, high-profile modifications to service provider
PODs housing hundreds of customers. Forklifting out Cisco routers and Nexus switches and replacing them with HP next
generation routers and HP A Series switches without unplanned outages.
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Found solutions to high-severity and high-impact failure states, within the change maintenance windows ending
high-risk and extreme cost of data center change roll-backs, rescheduling and rework.
AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT–(Contract)–www.balfour.com/aac (11/2010 - 06/2011)
VOIP (UC) ARCHITECT | SR. NETWORK ENGINEER
Architected a comprehensive VoIP (UC) Infrastructure upgrade deployment on redundant MPLS WAN with DMVPN
transport with end to end QoS for 9 manufacturing and customer call center sites.
➢ 20% reduction in average application latency and produced consistent toll-quality VoIP mean opinion scores
“MOS” on the new WAN transport. (MOS measured with SolarWinds Orion VNQM as 4.1 to
4.5).
➢ 35% reduction in unplanned outages by Implementing the first-generation IT change control protocols,
enhanced network documentation and troubleshooting scripts, use and security policies.
AMERICAN AIRLINES–(Contract)–www.aa.com (05/2010 - 10/2010)
SR. VOIP | SIPVX ENGINEER
Hired to review SIP design components in collaboration with American Airline’s Senior Voice Architect on a beta test
phase (SIPvX) voice solution scheduled for worldwide deployment.
DRESSER WAYNE, INC–(Contract)– (02/2010 - 05/2010)
SR. WAN ENGINEER
Virtual Private Network WAN connectivity to quickly integrate newly purchased eastern European offices, then migrated
the sites to permanent WAN on T-Systems managed MPLS with IPSEC VPN redundancy.
LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES–(Contract)– (08/2005 - 01/2010)
SR. WAN ENGINEER | NETWORK LIFECYCLE PROJECTS TECHNICAL LEAD
Petrochemical plant WAN / LAN architecture upgrade solutions, site surveys and technical deployment lead using Cisco
routers and switches (deployed more than 1500 routers, switches, and firewalls over these 5 years).
➢ Data center consolidation solution from 8 data centers to 3 data centers resulting in several million dollars
savings during Lyondell Chapter 11.
➢ Global WAN migration more than 450 sites with ATM to dual homed MPLS DMVPN with microwave secondary
path as project co-leader for the WAN engineering team.
MAYO CLINIC–(Contract)– (08/2005 - 01/2010)
VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKING SPECIALIST
Replaced aging Nortel infrastructure with new Cisco Virtual Private Networking equipment for 1600 VPN hospital
laboratory clients processing more than 150,000 specimens daily.
EOG RESOURCES formerly Enron Oil and Gas–(Contract)– (05/1997 - 05/2004)
NETWORK CONSULTANT
Ground-Up WAN / LAN / Internet design and hands-on deployment of data, voice, video and Internet during EOG
divestiture from Enron Corp.

EDUCATION:
BS, Economics and Statistics, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities