The Engineer
Behind the Network.
OGIT LLC is the practice of Kurt Wise — a senior network engineer with 15+ years of hands-on experience designing, securing, and operating infrastructure for businesses across healthcare, finance, and enterprise IT.
Kurt Wise
Principal Network Engineer & Founder
Minneapolis, MN
I started OGIT because I kept seeing the same problem: businesses paying for IT support from generalists who didn't have the depth to design networks that actually held up under pressure. Misconfigured firewalls. Flat networks with no segmentation. Cloud migrations done without a routing plan.
OGIT exists to fix that. Every engagement is led by me — not handed off to a junior technician. You get 15+ years of protocol-level expertise applied directly to your environment, with documentation that means your team isn't dependent on me forever.
My approach is simple: understand the business requirement first, then engineer the solution. Networks aren't just technical problems — they're business infrastructure. Every design decision has an operational consequence, and I make sure you understand the trade-offs before we build.
Certifications
Routing & Switching
CCNP Enterprise
Cisco
Network Security
CCNP Security
Cisco
Cloud Networking
AWS Certified Advanced Networking
Amazon Web Services
Firewall & Security
Palo Alto PCNSE
Palo Alto Networks
Network Security
Fortinet NSE 7
Fortinet
Foundational
CompTIA Network+
CompTIA
Areas of Expertise
Routing Protocols
BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS — production-level configuration and troubleshooting
Network Security
Zero-trust architecture, perimeter hardening, IDS/IPS, compliance frameworks
Cloud Networking
AWS, Azure, GCP — hybrid connectivity, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute
SD-WAN
Cisco Viptela, Meraki, Fortinet SD-WAN — design and deployment
Firewall Platforms
Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco ASA/FTD, Juniper SRX
Wireless
Enterprise WLAN design, RF planning, Cisco, Aruba, Meraki
Work Directly With the Engineer.
No account managers. No junior staff. Just Kurt — and 15 years of expertise applied to your network.
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