Robert Alioto

      Executive Summary
Bob has over 19 years experience as an Information Technology & Security Professional in the design, implementation and operation of network infrastructures, Virtual Private Networking, Internet connectivity and Local / Wide Area network solutions.  He has performed security reviews for several Fortune 50 companies, major financial institutions, government agencies, universities, and manufacturing companies.  


Key Career Accomplishments
Internet and Network Security:
•      Successfully penetrated several mid-size regional banks’ external and internal security on its NT network, gaining administrator privileges.
•      Successfully penetrated a mid-size regional bank’s Netware network, gaining administrator status, and the ability to open and close accounts, as well as create undetectable accounts.
•      Successfully penetrated a large regional IPS gaining unrestricted access to corporate financial records and sensitive client data.  
•      Gained access to student tuition accounts of a major university via the internet which provided the ability to add or subtract monies.
•      Penetrated campus police records of a major university including all underage violations.  
•      Penetrated a Fortune 500 company’s highly secure site’s physical and logical security.
•      Effectively analyzed firewall configurations of major banks and State Government Agencies.
•      Discovered excess telecommunications costs for a major metropolitan newspaper due to remote access and dialup costs.
•      Developed corporate network security policies and procedures for a major Radio and TV broadcasting company and provided them in HTML format using Microsoft Front Page.

Network Technology and Configuration:
Worked for a large regional brokerage firm with multiple domestic and European offices serving over 3,000 users.
•      Accountable for the establishment of in house capabilities for Network Operations, Server Integration, and Web/Database Administration for the entire corporation.  
•      Involved with multiple technology solutions including Sun Solaris and HP UNIX, AS/400, Citrix, Novell, Windows NT/2000/2003, firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems, and HP Openview (HPUX).
•      Designed, implemented, and administrated redundant firewalls and Internet connections producing a high availability Internet presence.
•      Established Distributed Internet Server Arrays (WEB Farms) utilizing load balancing, and Microsoft Clustering Service rendering an “anytime maintenance” window with virtually no down time.
•      Positioned a hot site in another state to provide a seamless fail over in the event of catastrophic failure or building inaccessibility.
•      Assisted in the implementation/administration of a multi-server Citrix MetaFrame solution providing remote access for employees and clients.
•      Upgraded core routers and network infrastructure from Token Ring to Gigabit/Fast Ethernet backbone yielding a completely redundant local and wide area network.
•      Designed, implemented, and upgraded from AS/400 to Windows NT environment for over 80 branch offices.

Consulted with a leading Midwest provider of document and image management and imaging solutions, enterprise network systems, network infrastructure products and custom software development projects.
•      Performed complex installations including the setup and integration of servers, hosts, switches, routers, bridges and gateways in multiple platform environments.
•      Involved in the design, implementation, and support of the customer systems’ engineering team.
•      Administered Novell and Windows NT environments, including setup of user accounts, workgroups, and system administrators; and software installation.
•      Provided technical support to members of the engineering team.

Worked for an integrator of manufacturing application software that operated on local area networks and wide area networks.
•      Responsibilities included the design, setup, administration, and implementation of the networking technologies to run their manufacturing application.


Professional Experience
•      B-Tek Enterprises, LLC – President/Owner
•      Jefferson Wells International – Information Technology and Security Consultant
•      Robert W.  Baird & Company – Senior Technical Systems Analyst (Vice President of  Network Operations)
•      Microtek Systems, Inc. – Senior Systems Engineer
•      Logic Systems, Inc. – Network Engineer
•      Chaney Systems, Inc. – Network Engineer
•      Astronautics Corporation of America – Field Service Technician


Certifications and Education
•      Internet Security System  Security Suite ISS-Certified Engineer
•      Pentasafe Certified  Vigilent Security Management Suite  
•      Citrix Systems, Inc., MetaFrame 1.8 Nfuse 1.5, CCEA
•      Checkpoint Firewall 1 and VPN 4.1 and NG Certified Checkpoint System Administrator,  Certified Checkpoint System Engineer
•      Certified Cisco Network Administrator - Cisco PIX and IP routing  
•      Novell Certified Netware Engineer: TCP/IP, Netware for SAA, Netware 3x 4x 5x 6x, NIAS, Groupwise 5 and Novell BorderManager
•      Microsoft Certified Professional - Core OS and Exchange
•      Certified Network Expert Network General Sniffer University - Expert Sniffer analysis and multiprotocol troubleshooting.
•      Associate Degree in Computer Science, Milwaukee Institute of Technology