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Kristopher Klunder

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Infrastructure Engineering Manager | Enterprise Platform Ownership (Network, Server, Telecom) | Security & HIPAA Compliance | Automation-First Infrastructure |

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    Owner
    Shooting Stars Farm LLC
    Jul 2026 - Current (3 months)
    Owner of Shooting Stars Farm LLC, a developing diversified farm in Newbury, Vermont.

    Responsible for the overall development and operation of the farm, including business planning, field restoration, infrastructure development, crop and product planning, equipment management, financial and administrative oversight, grant and cost-share research, and long-term production strategy.

    Currently leading the farm through its startup phase, establishing the business and agricultural infrastructure needed to support future production of cut flowers, vegetables, maple products, wreaths, value-added agricultural goods, and direct-to-consumer and wholesale sales.
  • Specialized Dental Partners
    Manager Infrastructure Engineering
    Specialized Dental Partners
    Feb 2026 - Current (8 months)
    Own and lead enterprise infrastructure platforms—network, server, and telecom—while maintaining direct accountability for security, compliance, and reliability outcomes across nearly 300 healthcare practices. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on platform ownership, standards, and scalable outcomes rather than day-to-day ticket execution.

    ● Own enterprise infrastructure platforms as integrated service products, defining reference architectures, standards, roadmaps, and success metrics for availability, security, recoverability, and cost efficiency.

    ● Serve as the accountable owner for infrastructure design decisions and outcomes across organic growth and acquisitions, ensuring platform consistency and
  • Specialized Dental Partners
    Cybersecurity Architect III
    Specialized Dental Partners
    Jun 2024 - Feb 2026 (1 year 9 months)
    Drove enterprise cybersecurity architecture, infrastructure automation, and cloud cost optimization across 240+ healthcare practices.

    ● Designed and led the overhaul of our enterprise tech stack, including Intune MDM, Azure integration, automated identity provisioning, centralized vendor access, and next-gen firewalls to enable secure scaling.

    ● Architected the “Integrated Care” cloud environment—consolidating independent systems into a unified infrastructure. Enabled cross-site data access, reduced infrastructure costs by 90% YoY, and supported the rollout of new surgical capabilities.

    ● Automated cloud deployments and networking via Ansible and Terraform, eliminating config drift, improving incident recove
  • Homer Electric Association Inc
    Cybersecurity Specialist
    Homer Electric Association Inc
    Jul 2017 - Jun 2024 (7 years)
    Spearheaded cybersecurity operations, compliance, and infrastructure automation across the utility’s corporate and industrial control systems.

    ● Founded and led the utility’s Cybersecurity & Compliance Program, crafting and implementing policies for acceptable use, change control, cyber training, disaster recovery, and data retention aligned to NIST 800, PCI-DSS, and NERC-CIP/AKCIP standards.

    ● Co-authored Alaska’s Critical Infrastructure Protection standards, contributing to state-wide frameworks for utility resilience and data security.

    ● Oversaw all network security operations: IPS/IDS, malware detection, firewall management, log analysis, incident response, forensics, penetration testing, and threat hunt
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    Systems and Network Engineer
    AlasConnect LLC
    Jan 2017 - Jun 2017 (6 months)
    Previous responsibilities with additional focus on solutions engineering--design, deployment and project coordination with customers for unified VPN, WAN, LAN and VOIP networks.

    Dedicated significant time to network device automation and standardization using Solarwinds NCM, Chef/Ansible for configuration management and Python for logic-based change.

    Additional focus on developing an MPLS infrastructure for future customer growth and expansion, working around the limitations of current in-production gear.
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    Senior Systems Technician
    AlasConnect LLC
    Dec 2015 - Jan 2017 (1 year 2 months)
    Managed L2/L3 network security for 70+ businesses: vulnerability patching, advanced network design and deployment, and VPN meshes at customer sites across the U.S.

    Designed and deployed managed wireless solutions for customers from Ubiquiti and Cisco to meet their specific needs (BYOD, HIPAA and CJIS).

    Deployed and maintained Cisco Collaboration (CUCM, CME, CUBE) systems plus necessary gateways across multi-site WAN topologies for customers.

    Automated and centralized configuration management of 1000+ network devices across Alaska and the continental United States using Solarwinds NCM and associated tools.

    Managed projects working with our engineers, customers and their vendors to reach optimal sol
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    Systems Technician 1
    AlasConnect LLC
    Sep 2014 - Dec 2015 (1 year 4 months)
    Provided in turn Helpdesk, Desktop, and Server/Network support to 50+ companies.

    Managed, built and maintained Windows Server 2003/2008/2008R2 environments including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, along with a large assortment of customer applications.

    Automated server builds and administration of Red Hat Linux 4.0 to 7.1 servers powering Oracle Databases and monitoring applications.

    Created and updated documentation for projects as well as moving/integrating network devices to Solarwinds.

    Set up and managed Cisco L2 switches, ASA’s for firewall and VPN, and Ubiquiti/Cisco integration for our new wireless expansion project.
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    Service Desk Technician 1
    AlasConnect LLC
    Apr 2013 - Sep 2014 (1 year 6 months)
    Provided Helpdesk support for 50 companies by phone, email and in-person consultation.

    Created documentation for customers and fellow technicians alike for various software deployments.

    Rebuilt and brought into standardization a Cisco Video Surveillance IP Camera System for the DataCenter.

    Worked with customers to troubleshoot a variety of software and hardware issues on workstations, laptops and mobile devices.
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks
    Student Support Center Analyst
    University of Alaska Fairbanks
    Sep 2011 - Apr 2013 (1 year 8 months)
    IT troubleshooting of end user devices
    Managing outage communication between departments and to end users
    Training and management of University Content Management Systems like Blackboard.
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    IT Analyst
    Lebanon School District SAU
    Jun 2011 - Aug 2012 (1 year 3 months)
    Designed and deployed AEROHive wireless network, installed and configured SMART and Epson interactive classroom projectors, re-imaged over 500 workstations, worked with faculty and administrative staff to resolve technical issues.
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  • University of Alaska Fairbanks
    Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech, Information Technology
    University of Alaska Fairbanks
    Jan 2010 - Jan 2014 (4 years 1 month)
  • Southern New Hampshire University
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Cybersecurity
    Southern New Hampshire University
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