Matt Painter, CASP CCNP

Matt Painter, CASP CCNP, has over 10 years of experience in the networking field. Matt began their career in 2012 as an IVMS Team Lead/Electronics Dept. at Halliburton, where they deployed, maintained, and monitored Halliburton's vehicle monitoring systems and assisted in forensic crash investigations. In 2013, they moved to Kadrmas Lee & Jackson as a Telecommunications Engineer, where they supervised a fiber installation crew and corresponded with local stakeholders on projects. In 2014, they joined Hellervik Oilfield Communications as a Network Manager, where they deployed LTE access across the Bakken oilfield to provide private LTE service. That same year, they moved to Connecting Point Computer Center as a Sr. Network Engineer, where they troubleshot and maintained all networking devices and infrastructure across clients' networks, upgraded and expanded network systems and their components, and managed projects from concept to completion. In 2017, they joined Network Center, Inc. as a Network Engineer II, where they had pre-sales, infrastructure architect experience and proposed solutions then led the project implementations. Finally, in 2022, they joined Network Perception as a Sr. Network Engineer.

Matt Painter has a comprehensive educational background in Telecommunications Technology/Technician. Matt obtained an Associate of Applied Science degree from Bismarck State College in 2012, and a High School Diploma from CHS in 2010. In addition to their formal education, Matt has obtained numerous certifications, including a Certified Wireless Design Professional (CWDP) from CWNP in 2021, a Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 3: Certified Associate from Fortinet in 2021, a CMNA from Cisco Meraki in 2019, a SASE 500-651 from Cisco in 2018, a CCDA from Cisco in 2016, a CCNA Security from Cisco in 2016, a CompTIA Server+ Certification from CompTIA in 2016, a CCNA R/S from Cisco in 2016, a Ruckus Wireless Solutions Engineer WiSE from Ruckus Wireless in 2016, a Ruckus Sales Expert REx from Ruckus Wireless in 2015, a The Complete Wireshark Course: Go from Beginner to Advanced! from Udemy in 2015, a CCENT from Cisco in 2015, a Fortinet NSE 4 from Fortinet in 2021, a Cisco Certified Network Professional Routing and Switching (CCNP Routing and Switching) from Cisco in 2020, a CompTIA Network Infrastructure Professional – CNIP Stackable Certification from CompTIA in 2016, a CompTIA Network+ ce Certification from CompTIA in 2016, a Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) from CWNP in 2019, and a CASP from CompTIA in 2017.