stafford slater

head of networking and security

About

A seasoned IT professional with years of Technical and Managerial experience within the Enterprise environment. Currently developing and growing the Security and Networking team and service offering at C5. I enjoy interacting and working closely with the variety of customers that C5 have, Engaging with them via Strategy and Technical workshops to understand their business vision and strategy. This enables C5 to align it's technical capabilities and develop managed security and network services to assist with delivering solutions to address business challenges and increase efficiency.

Country

united kingdom

City

united kingdom

Industry

information technology and services

Skill

cisco technologies, voip, wan, network design, mpls, unified communications, networking, routing, data center, network security, security, cisco call manager, pre sales, telecommunications, ccnp, qos, switches, itil, virtualization, cloud computing, bgp, network architecture, ccna, disaster recovery, wireless networking, wide area network, voice over ip, cisco ios, routers, ccsp, ccvp, ccda, ipcc, cisco nexus, itil v3 foundation, firewalls, ospf, cisco, cisco systems products, itil v3 service design, cisco unified communications, eigrp, ccnp v, ip telephony design, cisco callmanager, managed services, business architecture

Experience

solutions consultant - lan and wan services team lead

worldstone

2017-6 - 2019-4 · 1 yr 11 mos

Solutions Consultant with responsibility for the LAN/WAN Services Team located accross the Channel Islands and UK. The role is split between designing complex International Managed LAN/WAN solutions to JT's Global Enterprise customers, developing our Managed LAN/WAN services and managing a team of Solutions Consultants.

retained firefighter

states of jersey fire and rescue service

2020-4 - 2020-7 · 4 mos

head of networking and security

c5 alliance group limited

2019-4 - Present · 7 yrs 6 mos

senior technical consultant

jt group limited

2008-8 - 2011-10 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Presales and design of Enterprise network and voice solutions.

technical consultant

jt group limited

2003-6 - 2008-8 · 5 yrs 3 mos

Presales and design of SMB and Enterprise network and voice solutions.

broadband network engineer

jt group limited

2000-6 - 2003-7 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Maintaining JT's IP Core and Broadband network.

electrical servicing engineer

jersey electricity plc

1990-7 - 1997-4 · 6 yrs 10 mos

I trained as an apprentice electrician at the JEC and over 5 years spent time working in many areas of the company. This enabled me to gain a broad understanding of all aspect from electrical generation and distribution to electrical installation and testing. Once time served I was given the role of Electrical Servicing Engineer which involved being on a 24 hour rosta for electrical emergencies. I continued to work on a part time basis with the company outside of term times whilst at University.

network design consultant

jt group limited

2011-10 - 2017-6 · 5 yrs 9 mos

Our team works with, and independently of, the JT account teams to build and maintain trusted advisor relationships with customers. I am currently involved with all aspects of the sales and implementation process. My role involves good communication skills as I deliver customer presentations, and explain Network and Unified Communication concepts and benefits to customers. As part of this role I assist customers in developing their long-term communications strategy, and work with them to address business challenges and increase business efficiency. The role involves documenting their current infrastructure and requirements before designing Cisco CPE and network solutions for them. I have to work out how to address any customer objections to the solution, and the best way to overcome them. The role requires a high degree of customer interaction throughout the entire sales and implementation process, and I enjoy working closely with customers and internal JT staff to qualify, design and deliver network solutions.