Drew Salmon

Senior Manager l Network Operations l Cybersecurity

San Antonio, TX, United States

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Education: Associate of Arts - AA

Business Administration and Management

San Antonio College

2019

Experience: • Directed the network and cybersecurity for a $2.6B national retail chain with 900 locations. Responsibilities included : innovation, transformation, strategy, roadmap, program management, automation, cloud, infrastructure, regulatory compliance, process improvements, policy, vendor management, partnerships, user experience, mobile app, data analytics, supervised team of 7.

• Headed all enterprise architecture, engineering, implementation, enterprise network operations, wide-area networks, software-defined networks, local networks, wireless, cellular WAN, cloud connectivity, data centers, and mobile.

• Made continuous process improvements, innovations, and system upgrades that enhanced the user experience and increased productivity

• Transformed the enterprise network architecture and implementation that created a best-in-class system with improved operational efficiency and reliability.

• Originated strategy, roadmap, and led numerous digital transformations.

• Built, coached, and managed a new networking engineering team that innovated, automated, and improved all network operations functions.

• Created and maintained essential relationships with vendors and partners.

2017 : Present

Whataburger

Senior Manager Network Engineering & Cybersecurity

• Managed the enterprise network operations for a Fortune 100 petroleum company. Responsibilities included : troubleshooting, network management, monitoring systems, budgeting, and supervising a team of 6.

• Created strategy, roadmaps, and implemented several innovations. Results saved $5.4M.

• Managed projects to continually improve quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the infrastructure handling scope, communications, consensus building, milestones, and deliverables

2007 : 2017

Tesoro

Network Operations Manager

2006 : 2007

Rackspace Managed Hosting

Network Security Administrator

2000 : 2006

2Fast Communications

General Manager

Company: Whataburger

Years of Experience: 23

Skills Active Directory, CCNA, Ccna voice, Cisco, Cisco Systems Products, Cisco Technologies, Citrix, Cybersecurity, Data Center, DHCP, Digital Transformation, Disaster Recovery, DNS, Firewalls, Infrastructure, IP Addressing, IPAM, IT Operations, Leadership, Microsoft Exchange, Network Administration, Network Architecture, Network Automation, Networking, Network Security, Security, Servers, Strategy, Switches, System Administration, System Deployment, Technological Innovation, Virtualization, Virtual Private Network (VPN), VMware, VMware ESX, VPN, WAN, Windows Server

About Network and Cybersecurity Leader with proven experience at multibillion-dollar companies. I enjoy tackling challenges. In my job, I often develop strategies, roadmaps, and execution of enterprise innovations and transformations. I have always had a natural aptitude for technology, and it was an easy fit for me. Technology is very dynamic and changes so quickly. You must constantly learn to stay ahead of emerging technologies and industry changes.

I know we get things done through other people. I’m a people-first manager and am viewed as a coach and mentor. I build my team, and I support each person so they can excel at their job. I always celebrate any time one of my team members gets a promotion and advances their career.

I like to meet new people in the field, so let’s connect.