About

Enterprise Grade Networks Wireless
& Building Video Security Experts

Northshire Networks is an IT service company led by Mark Chila. Mark has over 20 years of expertise in engineering, installation, and configuration of Enterprise Grade Wireless Networks & Building Video Security.

Mark’s clientele is vast. He has served many national and international client projects.

Northshire Networks, Inc. serves the State of Vermont and The Greater New England Areas.

Mark’s Career

Mark began his professional career at SoVerNet Communications as a customer support engineer and grew to become a systems administrator for Intrawest Corp., where he migrated Stratton Mountain’s entire infrastructure from Novell to Microsoft.

His Experience

His experience included but was not limited to implementing wireless bar code scanning at entry points for access control and implementing a fuel tracking system for all corporate vehicles.

During his career, Mark worked as a Network Engineer for six years at Capella University and deployed wireless networks for faculty and learners at remote locations throughout the United States every month.

Throughout his career, Mark has been involved with various companies expanding his experience with Wireless Networks, Server Technologies, and installing and supporting networks and systems for corporate events from Sydney to San Jose to Munich.

Mark’s Projects

Haskins
Gas Service

Mark’s projects include Haskins Gas Service, where he virtualized two Unix Servers, two Licensing Servers, and a Windows 2000 Server on Windows Server 2012 using Oracle VirtualBox.

This project included a Gigabit Layer 3 network upgrade with a PTP hardware VPN to connect a second office location and provide remote office access.

Manchester Chamber
of Commerce

At the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Northshire Networks, Inc. Mark upgraded their peer-to-peer network to an Active Directory Domain, Windows Server 2012, secure and public wireless with Layer 3 Gigabit switching and digital signage.

Bromley Ski
Area Project

When Bromley Ski Area had network performance issues, Northshire Networks, Inc. performed a network performance evaluation that indicated an upgrade was necessary. Mark engineered and installed an underground fiber-optic backbone to connect eight buildings, including aerial fiber to mid-mountain, and eliminated several Comcast connections' recurring cost.

This upgrade included a Gigabit Layer 3 network virtualized to accommodate ten virtual networks, including their newly upgraded snow-making system, and to maintain PCI compliance for their ticketing system.