Summary
Pete Willard is an experienced IT infrastructure and security engineer with over a decade of focused work in network and proxy services, currently supporting infrastructure engineering and strategy at New York Life. He brings deep hands-on expertise in firewalls, proxy platforms (Blue Coat, Microsoft), Windows and Linux server administration, and SLA-driven application/service monitoring. His background includes long-term roles in security architecture and mission-critical internet/data center support at Hewlett-Packard and Digital Equipment Corporation, giving him mature operational instincts for large enterprise environments. Blue Coat certifications and practical experience with Checkpoint, Cisco, Microsoft and Symantec firewalls underscore his specialization in network security and traffic control. Notably, his career spans both early-era networking (DECnet, Ethernet physical plant) and modern enterprise security practices, enabling him to bridge legacy systems with contemporary infrastructure needs. Based in Cumming, Georgia, he combines technical depth with strategic perspective to deliver resilient, policy-driven network services.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
AS, Public Communications, AS, Public Communications at Mount Wachusett Community College