Francis Vergel de Dios

Francis Vergel de Dios is an accomplished Information Technology professional with an extensive background spanning over 25 years. His expertise encompasses various areas within IT, including cloud architecture, network design, network security, infrastructure management, systems migrations, project management, wide area network design, messaging, enterprise content management, intrusion detection/prevention, virtualization environment, Active Directory management, DNS management, and network monitoring. He has excelled in roles as a Data Center Architect focusing on data center colocation infrastructure.

Francis has demonstrated proficiency in security protocols such as Identity Management, Device Security, Email and Collaboration Security, Data protection and compliance, Infosec Audit, and tools like Microsoft Defender, Rapid 7, BlackHat, SANS Hacker Techniques/Exploits/Incident Handling, network penetration testing, ethical hacking, and RSA. His cloud expertise includes Azure Architecture, Office 365 components (Exchange, Skype for Business, SharePoint, Power BI, OneDrive), and SSO implementation.

In the realm of WAN technologies, Francis is well-versed in Cisco, MPLS, BGP, EIGRP, VPN, frame-relay, and point-to-point configurations, with additional experience in WAN acceleration. He has worked extensively with Firewalls/IPS systems from vendors such as Cisco, SonicWall, Palo Alto, and Fortinet. Francis's proficiency in ECM extends to platforms like SharePoint Server, Oracle UCM, and KnowledgeLake Imaging.

His virtualization skills cover Hyper-V and VMWare technologies, while his SAN experience includes Nimble Storage, NetApp, and Dell solutions. In server management, Francis has expertise in Cisco UCS, HP Proliant, Dell, Microsoft Server, Red Hat, and Ubuntu systems. Networking tools and technologies like Cisco Nexus, Catalyst, HP, 3COM, and H3C are also among his proficiencies.

Francis Vergel de Dios completed his studies at UC Irvine and has held various prominent positions at J.F. Shea Co., Inc. including IT Security Architecture Manager, Manager of Technology Architecture and Information Security, Senior Network Engineer, Network Engineer, Web Server Administrator, and Network Administrator. Additionally, he served as a PC Support Tech at Metropolitan Water District.