Jordan Villarreal

Network Designer

Technology Translator

Network Engineer

Occasional Golfer

About Me

I'm a Network Engineer with 20+ years of experience looking to transition out of operations and into and exciting, new opportunity.

Residence Chicago Metro, USA
eMail jordan.r.villarreal@gmail.com

What I Do

Design

Networks that miss business needs turn into "won't works". I collaborate with stakeholders, at all levels, to understand business motivators and find the right technological fit for their unique challenges.

Chart

Not every journey forward has a well charted path. I work to understand emerging technologies' potential impact to business and operations, in order to work towards exciting new ways of delivering services and enhancing network functionality.

Translate

Most stakeholders don't speak networking. Most engineers don't speak to stakeholders at their level. I've honed my lexicon over the years to be able to translate complex networking topics into understandable, relatable, and realistic concepts.

Create

Establishing meaningful understanding of networking isn't simply a book exercise. I actively create content, across various domains, to help others seeking to elevate their understanding of networking and network adjacent concepts. Helping others advance their understanding helps advance my own skillset as well.

Fun Facts

YouTube Views

1.8mil

Lowest Golf Score

95

Cell Phones Owned

18

Resume

Experience

2018 - Current

Panduit

Senior Network Engineer

Manage Panduit's global data network team. Deliver high priority next generation networking products. Collaborate with business partners on ways to improve their networking experiences.

2015 - 2018

Community Healthcare System

Network Engineer II

Participate on data network team, responsible for advancing network for regional hospital, clinic, and ancilary facilities. Design and implement new technologies. Recommend technologies directly to senior leadership.

2012 - 2015

National Conucil of State Boards of Nursing

Senior Systems Engineer

Maintain network between primary and secondary data centers, as well as general office space. Make recommendations on future purchases. Improve existing processes and systems to enable uptime goals.

2005 - 2012

Community Healthcare System

Network Engineer

Participate on data network team, involved with maintaining system network. Expand usage of modern networking hardware. Spearhead special use case projects.

Education

2012

Purdue University

BS Information Technology Systems

Graduated from the ITS system while working full time in industry.

On-Going

Various Partners

Technical Training

Participated in training for ACI, ISE, Python, SD-WAN, Cisco Wireless, VMware, QoS, Voice, Security, and many other technologies and products.

On-Going

Various Partners

Conference Attendance

Attended Cisco Live!, THOTCON, and various other user group conferences.

Networking Skills

Design

Wireless

Routing

Switching

Social Skills

Video Content

Written Word (long form)

Writen Word (short form)

Community Engagement

Knowledges

Networking
Creating
Translating
Designing
Managing
Time Management
Communication
Problem-Solving
Social Networking
Flexibility

Certificates

CCNP Enterprise

Enterprise Core

Obtained: 13 Jan 2015
Expires: 15 May 2024

Cisco

Certified Specialist

Enterprise Advanced Infrastructure Implementation

Cisco

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