Eric Davis
About Eric Davis
Eric Davis is a Senior Network Engineer with extensive experience in network management and security. He has worked for various organizations, including Rent The Runway and FreshDirect, where he implemented significant upgrades and improvements to network systems.
Work at Rent the Runway
Eric Davis has been serving as a Senior Network Engineer at Rent the Runway since 2019. In this role, he has deployed and operated Cisco Wireless across all sites, ensuring seamless connectivity for users. He established a Pager Duty alerting system with an on-call rotation schedule for 24x7 support, enhancing the responsiveness of the network team. Additionally, he upgraded routers to ISR 4300s at regional distribution centers located in Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New Jersey, and the New York boroughs. Eric also set up DMVPN and IPSec site-to-site VPN to secure communications between various locations, contributing to the overall security and efficiency of the network.
Education and Expertise
Eric Davis studied at the University of Cincinnati from 1990 to 1992, focusing on Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies. He later attended the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he studied Computer Science from 1996 to 2000. His educational background provides a foundation for his technical skills in network engineering and management. Eric has expertise in deploying wireless heat maps, implementing SNMPv3 configuration for network devices, and overseeing security upgrades for various sites.
Background
Eric Davis has a diverse professional background in network engineering. He worked at Capgemini as a Computer Technician from 1996 to 1997, before transitioning to Rockefeller University as a Network Engineer, where he served from 2001 to 2015. During his tenure at Rockefeller University, he led network and security upgrade projects for distribution centers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Following this, he worked at Medidata Solutions as a Senior Network Engineer from 2015 to 2017, and then at FreshDirect in the same role from 2017 to 2019.
Achievements
Throughout his career, Eric Davis has successfully managed several significant projects. He oversaw the security upgrade for the Long Island City site while at FreshDirect, enhancing its defense mechanisms. At Rockefeller University, he led a network and security upgrade project for distribution centers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. His contributions at Rent the Runway include leading the network expansion project for the Brooklyn Foodkick site, which improved operational capacity.