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Summary
I am a top-tier systems, network, and security engineer with director-level experience, who delights in giving small and mid-market companies the technological capability and presence to outperform organizations many times their size.
Quick Contact
Prk. Gumamela, Brgy. Busay
Bago City, Negros Occidental
6101 Philippines
+63 919 076 1799
[email protected]
At A Glance
Name: J. R. (Ralf) Lenz
DOB: 27 Nov 1977 (Age 47)
Birthplace: Green Bay, WI, USA
Residence: Bago City, Philippines
Status: In a relationship

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

I am a top-tier systems, network, and security engineer with director-level experience, who delights in giving small and mid-market companies the technological capability and presence to outperform organizations many times their size.

Work Experience

Roundtree Global Enterprise, LLC.

Technical Consultant
March 2024 - Present (PT - Contract)

Systems Engineer, Software Architect, and Instructor/Mentor for a startup specializing in data acquisition and telemetry using LoRaWAN technology.

Skills: Full Stack Development | Strategic Infrastructure Architecture | Project Management | Network Design (Juniper SRX/VyOS) | LoRaWAN Hardware (RAK Wireless, Dragino, MakerFabs) | LoRaWAN Software (ChirpStack, MQTT, Custom Applications) | Virtualization & Hypervisor Cluster Management (Proxmox VE)

Nordklett, Inc.

Engineering Consultant
February 2023 - Present (PT - Contract)

Systems & Network Engineering consultant for a managed datacenter/hosting environment headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Skills: Full Stack Development | Strategic Infrastructure Architecture | Project Management | Cybersecurity | Network Engineering (Juniper/Cisco/VyOS) | Dynamic Routing (BGP4, OSPF, IS-IS) | Virtualization & Hypervisor Cluster Management (Proxmox VE)

Kinays Convenience Store

Investor/Advisor
September 2023 - Present

Principal seed investor in 24/7 convenience store in a farming-oriented, rural Philippine community.

Fair Trade Outsourcing, Inc.

Director of Engineering
September 2018 - June 2022

Global technical executive manager and strategic technical architect for a mid-market BPO headquartered in Philadelphia, with fulfillment centers in multiple cities in the Philippines, Ghana, and Mexico.

Oversaw growth from single-center operation (Iloilo, PH) to 8 geographically-divergent centers at the time of my departure, in addition to three datacenters (Los Angeles, Chicago, Amsterdam).

Skills: Management (Executive) | Strategic Infrastructure Architecture | Budgeting & Allocation | Remote Team Management | Project Management | Risk & Governance | Networking Hardware & Configuration (Juniper/Cisco/HPE) | Dynamic Routing (BGP4, OSPF, IS-IS) | Microsoft 365 Administration (SharePoint/Intune/MDM) with hybrid on-prem Active Directory (GPO/User Management) | DHCP | DNS | L1/L2/L3 Technical Support

15toKnow, LLC.

Director of Engineering
May 2020 - April 2021

Principal engineer and architect of HIPAA-compliant tech stack for an innovative pandemic-related startup provider of in-vehicle medical consultation and COVID-19 testing.

Skills: Juniper SRX | Full-stack Web Development (PHP8/Laravel, TypeScript/JS, Payment Systems) | Systems Administration (Linux / FreeBSD) | System Architecture

VPLS, Inc.

Sr. Systems Engineer / Sr. Developer
June 2008 - January 2016

Dual role as a Senior Systems Engineer and Senior Web Applications Developer for a mid-sized datacenter / colocation facility (since absorbed by Evocative, post-separation).

Skills: Customer Support (L3) | Infrastructure Engineering | VMware (ESXi/vSphere) | Ubersmith DE (Billing Systems) | PHP | MySQL (Percona XtraDB Cluster) | MVC Development | FreeBSD | Linux | Brocade | Atlassian Suite

Independent Consultant

IT & Tech Contractor
October 2002 - June 2008

Provided a wide variety of technical services to hundreds of clients in the SF Bay and Green Bay, WI metropolitan areas, and around the world.

Skills: Sales | Customer Support (All Levels) | Systems Engineering | Network Engineering | Infrastructure Engineering Full-stack Web Development | e-Commerce Consultation | Structured Cabling | Audio/Video Systems Integration

Fry's Electronics, Inc.

Purchasing Supervisor
June 2001 - October 2002

Oversaw telecom purchasing for Fry's retail locations and e-commerce site (outpost.com/frys.com).

Skills: Sales | Procurement & contract negotiation | e-Commerce Sales & Marketing | Print Advertisement | District-level Supervision | Sales Supervision

Netscape Communications Corporation

Infrastructure Developer
November 2000 - May 2001

Developed & maintained chat systems for learning/training facilities used by the Sun/Netscape iPlanet alliance.

Skills: Systems Administration | Web Server Administration | Solaris | Windows NT4 | Perl | Java | TCP/IP Development

KGM Web Design & Development, LLC.

Director of Web Development
October 1998 - August 2000

Lead designer & system administator for small-scale IT service provider.

Skills: Systems Administration | Web Server Administration | Windows NT4/2000 | Linux | Perl | Java | TCP/IP Development

Education

West De Pere High School

Class Rank #4 | GPA 3.86
August 1992 - June 1996

Strong performer in AP-heavy class load | Member of WI State Champion Math Team | Earned full scholarship to Notre Dame | Simultaneously supported campus IBM/ICLAS (Novell NetWare 3.11) network while attending school

Quick Contact
Prk. Gumamela, Brgy. Busay
Bago City, Negros Occidental
6101 Philippines
+63 919 076 1799
[email protected]