Career Objectives:

• To secure a management, technical or sales position within a dynamic organization that can benefit from
• the diversity of the technical and business skills I have acquired in my years of diverse IT experience.
• The last 16 years I have been mainly been employed as a consultant working with the financial services,
• automotive, manufacturing, education, government, healthcare, chemical, banking and defense contracting
• industries. My wide base of experience provides me with the ability to look at challenges that may arise
• from different angles and reach a balanced solution at takes into account not only the technical
• requirements, but the underlying business objectives.
• The company I am looking for needs to value innovation, dedication and is focused on implementing process
• improvements that enhance organizational and overall business performance.

Software:

• VMWare 5.0 and 5.1 studying for VCP certification,
• EMC VMax Unisphere, Avamar and RecoverPoint
• MS Exchange through 2010
• WebSense
• Scripting using Powershell, and numerous Unix and Linux shells
• Lotus Domino/Notes versions R4 through R8.5.1, including SameTime, Quickplace, Quickr and Blackberry Enterprise Server integration including the areas of architecture, administration, specifications, documentation, application development and support.
• Extensive experience with the installation, training and maintenance of OpenSource applications including OpenOffice, Open Workbench, Gimp, Audicity and many others.
• Twenty five years experience with a wide variety of Microsoft products including Windows and all versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Access and Visio.
• Past administration and development experience with Revelation, Dbase, FoxPro and SQL database environments and a working knowledge Oracle through version 9i.
• Well versed in writing business process, workflow and application documentation and end-user training materials.
• Experienced with Network monitoring and firewall products including Ethreal, Checkpoint, Watchguard, and Cisco.
• Twelve years experience in website design and specification using a variety of software tools including XML and PHP.

Hardware:

• Twenty five plus years experience in all aspects of Server and Desktop installation, configuration, administration, repair and support. Server platforms include Dell, Gateway, Hewlett Packard, and IBM
• EMC VMAX and, VNX storage products and Avamar Backup solutions.
• Experienced with a wide variety of networking hardware and firewall products including installation, configuration, administration and support.
• Installation of networking hardware including hubs, switches, routers, patch panels, cabling, cable races and cabinets
• Cisco UCS server products.

Operating Systems:

• Extensive System Configuration, Administration, Installation and End-User Support experience in MS Windows V3.11 through Windows 7, MS Server NT through 2012.
• Numerous Unix and Linux distributions including SUSE, SCO, HP-UX, Redhat and Ubuntu Linux,
• MS-DOS and Novell NetWare on a wide array of hardware platforms.
• Experienced in Pick and Revelation administration and development.
• Over 15 years experience in administration and support on UNIX based systems.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the Internet, Intranets and the TCP/IP protocol.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Systems Administrator

• Responsible for all day to day administration tasks of server and storage infrastructure. This infrastructure consists of multiple Cisco UCS enclosures running VMWare Esx 5.0 and ESXi 5.1 to support 130 virtual servers and 140 virtual desktops using VMView 5.2. Server O/S include RHEL, CentOS, Debian, and MS Windows 2003-2012.
• Managed EMC Symettrix VMAX-10K Enterprise Storage system with 1PB of tiered storage to support growing data storage needs, .
• Implemented patch schedule to assure that all servers are updated to required levels on a monthly basis.
• Captured previously undocumented information and created service catalog detailing the configurations, software requirements, stop and start procedures, stakeholder information, maintenance windows and other important operational parameters for all company servers
• Automated a number of routine administration and reporting tasks through the development and implementation of PowerShell scripts.

Confidential

Lotus Domino/Notes Application Developer

• Responsible for developing and supporting internal custom applications for a number of departments within the corporation. These included cost management, corporate recognition, compliance, accounting and numerous others within the company.
• Provided development support for existing custom and vendor applications.

Confidential

Lotus Notes, Quickr, Sametime and BlackBerry Enterprise Server Migration Consultant

• Managed and provided direction, development, training and testing services for migration of all custom Lotus Notes applications from the parent company to unit being spun off.
• Headed update project team who were tasked with bringing all Lotus Notes/Domino products and applications up to current releases. This was necessitated by Amcor's hardware lease ending, and all systems where virturalized on VmWare with full failover capabilities on all systems which included 4 Lotus Notes mail, 3 application, QuickPlace, SameTime, and BlackBerry Enterprise servers.
• Managed project to integrate new users from newly acquired multi-national company into Amcor's mail and application environment.

Confidential

Lead Lotus Notes Migration and Testing Consultant/Developer

• Provided direction, development, training and testing services for migration of all custom Lotus Notes applications from parent company to unit being spun off.
• Developed action plan to minimize disruption to user community during the migration process.

Confidential

Lease End Consultant

Responsible for assisting client replace and return workstation and other equipment coming off lease. This included wiping existing data and returning the machine to as received condition.

Confidential

Lotus Notes Administration Migration Consultant

• Developed server migration plan for 1200 user Lotus Notes implementation from obsolete server to Dell PowerEdge 2850.
• Created detailed software upgrade path from v8.0 to v8.5.
• Compiled and analyzed hardware and software performance statistics for current infrastructure to provide a benchmark for assessing new system performance against and determining whether or not the new server configuration would adequately handle current and forecast future demands.
• Created complete set of procedures and associated documentation for Proof of concept, Pre-switchover, Switchover, Testing and Rollback tasks. All documentation for the entire project was validated in a test environment that mirrored the production environment.
• Provided both on-site and remote migration assistance during all phases of the project.

Confidential

Lotus Notes Administration and Development

• Lead Administrator responsible for all aspects of the Notes, Domino and QuickPlace infrastructures.
• Maintenance developer for all internal work flows responsible for enhancements and fixes
• Currently developing phased decommission plan for Lotus environment

Confidential

Lead Testing Consultant

• Worked with application stakeholders to develop comprehensive test plan that included use cases and a complete risk assessment for all custom work flows.
• Oversaw application testing and created remediation plans when problems where identified

Confidential

LDAP Consultant and Lotus Quickr Developer

• Worked with DuPont team to architect, code and deploy Quickr templates including modifications to the look feel, functionality and security of the product.
• Troubleshooting issues related to LDAP DuPont's existing infrastructure for authentication of users to Lotus Quickr and Websphere.

Confidential

Network/Lotus Domino Administrator

• Implemented upgrade of domain controller from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 server implemented Active Directory with no user downtime.
• Consolidated server tasks on to a IBM Blade center which allowed 3 obsolete servers to be decommissioned.

Confidential

Lotus Domino Developer

Developed, tested and deployed enhancements to internal Vehicle Scheduling system and Purchase Order systems on Lotus Notes v7.0.

Confidential

Lotus Domino Developer

• Enhancing and updating existing Domino applications used by in the Code Compliance department to manage day to day operations within the department. These include Rental Registration, Housing Code Letters, Taxpayer Information,
• Responsible for making improvements in user interface and application usability.

Confidential

Lead Consultant Daylight Savings Time

• Lead consultant for development, distribution and implementation of corrective actions for handling 2007 DST messaging and scheduling changes for 87,000 users in AE's worldwide operations.
• Responsible for communicating requirements for a successful implementation to all levels of the organization and in arriving at a consensus as to allowable user impact.
• Provided IBM support personal with documentation to implement any corrective actions required after system patches were applied.

Confidential

Lead Consultant Divisional Divestiture

• Developed and implemented of a plan to split SPX/Contech's Lotus Notes/Domino infrastructure into two separate entities as the result of the sale of the SPX division. This included creating new address books, splitting quality information and numerous other databases across the two new environments.
• Installed and configured New Domino Servers to replace functionality of existing systems.
• Installed and configured BlackBerry Enterprise servers

Confidential

• Lotus Domino Developer
• Architected, coded, documented and implemented Domino based Invoice Accounting sub-system to streamline interface between dissimilar accounting systems in the US and Japan.
• Created business process work flow documentation and use cases for existing manual Purchase Order process.
• Designed, developed, documented and implemented Domino based Purchase Order system.
• Created Export routines to move existing historical data into new, redesigned file cabinet databases

Confidential

Network Administrator

• Designed, developed and implemented new methodology for backing up internal network servers to network attached storage to improve data availability.
• Day to day Windows network administration Included recovering passwords, creating procedures, schedules and reporting
• Reviewed system data backup needs and added mission critical applications to daily backup schedules

Confidential

Network Administrator

• Assisted in developing operational plans to transition network administration tasks after former administrator was fired
• Included recovering passwords, creating procedures, schedules and reporting
• Reviewed system data backup needs and added mission critical applications to daily backup schedules.
• Duties included maintaining Exchange, Configuration of workstations, setting up printers at remote locations, administering Remote Desktop Connections

Confidential

Lotus Notes Administrator/Developer

• Lead for Lotus Domino and Notes administration tasks for Course Tools Classic, CTC , on-line learning systems with 30,000 users
• Build, configured, documented and deployed 3 new servers into the CTC environment that replaced existing legacy hardware and greatly increased total system capacity
• Windows 2000 Administration, including installing, configuring and testing to assure that systems where to standard, and that all required patch where applied
• Automated routine tasks to eliminate need to manually perform weekly, bi-weekly and monthly file transfers, usage reports and other manual processes
• Developed and documented upgrade project and testing plans for upgrading to Domino R6.5.1

Confidential

Lotus Notes Administrator/Developer

• Handled day-to-day Lotus Domino and Notes administration and development tasks for systems supporting 1000 users in 3 states
• Developed business process flow for automated RFQ system to streamline the interactions between Sales and Marketing and Engineering staffs, then handled design, project management and coding responsibilities for the project
• Implemented both HTTP and Notes Client based Internet access to mail and other databases within the organization
• Responsibilities included routine system maintenance on Windows 2000 based servers
• Developed, designed and coded Test Request, IT Help Desk and Electronic Lab build systems.

Confidential

HP UNIX System Engineer

• Responsible for design, build, configuration, installation and administration of an all new HP hardware infrastructure, consisting of 10 primary servers with full redundancy and a SAN with a maximum storage capacity of 23 terabytes of data, to replace the existing IBM mainframes based system. Servers were part of a 12 million project that provided a new Client/Server based system for handling all aspects of Delta's business.
• Used Rational tools as a framework for all phases of the project.
• Responsible for writing comprehensive hardware documentation, that included build and maintenance procedures for the entire HP-UX infrastructure

Confidential

Assisted in migration of 400 users from MS Outlook/Exchange to Domino based messaging.

Confidential

HP UNIX Administrator

• Handled all system administration tasks for systems servicing 2000 users in 6 states. Systems consist of four T520's and one K Class, all running HP-UX 10.10 or 10.20.
• Wrote Y2K testing procedures for Hardware, OS and Applications running on all HP-UX systems
• Responsible for developing programs and scripts to allow HP IT/Operations to monitor applications and processes on 5 HP 9000 Unix systems. Systems are used for Treasury Reporting, Installment loans, Marketing systems and application development.
• HP Measureware and Perfview to provide system metrics that allows a comprehensive view of system performance and prevent system downtime

Confidential

Electronic Messaging Administration/Consultant

• Lead three-member team that was responsible for the day to day administration and support of 2200 General Dynamics's employees at headquarters and eight remote locations around the world, using Lotus Notes and CC:Mail
• Automated and secured Internet and internal electronic communication corporate wide
• Responsible for developing and automating routine maintenance procedures and the reporting of system performance metrics, which lead to a 20 improvement in system availability and improved customer satisfaction

Confidential

Independent Consultant/Project Manager

• Managed six-member team that implemented an Internet World Wide Web site for the ICSC. The Web site provides membership services and information to the more than 32,000 members of this international organization.
• Project included converting many of the ICSC's print publications to HTML format for access on the Web and linking the Web site with their in-house databases to provide meeting registrations and up-to-date member information
• Designed, implemented and provided project management of a quality assurance program for the ICSC's new custom accounting software

Confidential

LAN Administrator

• Designed network replacing existing 175 user 10Base2 Ethernet with 10BaseT to handle 300 users using Synoptics hubs and equipment
• Implemented a Data Management plan to eliminate duplication of mission critical data, assuring that everyone in the organization had access to correct, up-to-date information
• Designed and implemented plan to convert all application software from a mix of DOS based applications to a consolidated Windows environment using MS Office Pro as the main platform, eliminating time consuming data translation between packages
• Authored training materials to help users migrate for WordPerfect, Lotus and Harvard Graphics to MS Office Professional
• Installed cc:Mail at the main office in Livonia and at manufacturing plants in Windsor, Ontario and St. Louis, MO which were linked to provide communication with all important locations within the company
• Significantly improved user satisfaction with support services provided by the department and network functionality

Confidential

Integration Consultant/Systems Engineer

• Provided consultation and programming services to Cerner Megasource clinical information system clients related to connectivity of Cerner products with foreign vendor systems using TCP/IP, LU6.2 and Asynchronous connections
• Engineered and developed new interfaces to perform data exchange services on systems ranging from PC based systems to IBM mainframes
• Worked on team that had input on developing HL7 interface standard for medical data exchange.
• Provide consultation services to Megasource clinical information system clients related to IBM AIX, SCO Unix and Novell NetWare system administration, installation, upgrades and other network integration related issues
• Serve as a technical resource for internal company personnel on difficult client operating system support problems

Confidential

• Created multimedia sales presentation as part of an ongoing product study of multimedia software and hardware and the use of these products in developing interactive training, marketing and support materials
• Evaluated e-mail, NetWare administration, unattended backup and Personal Information Management products for in-house use.

Confidential

• During my tenure as supervisor, I expanded the department to provide our clients with an excellent level of technical support, which lead to the company winning the Shared Data Research Award of Excellence three years in a row. The award is based on client satisfaction surveys and Megasource won the award in a period of explosive growth where the client base expanded from 45 systems in 1989 to 188 by February 1992.
• Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the client support department
• Created training program for new technical support personnel and documentation related to application, operating system and hardware support
• Designed and implemented in-house automated call tracking/knowledge base system to aid support technicians in resolving support issues. The call tracking system also contained modules that were used to provide management information related to overall department and support technician performance.

Technical Support Technician

• Provided front line hardware, applications software and operating systems technical support to an ever growing client base
• Installed and serviced network hardware and application software, both in-house and on clients sites
• Maintained an excellent rapport with our clients by providing them with professional, personalized support

Confidential

Systems Analyst/Software Designer

• Worked on the team that designed and installed Novell NetWare based PC network that connected six remote offices to the main branch
• One of three members on team that designed, coded and implemented application software to replace the existing mainframe applications and allowed the company to move all data entry and accounting functions to the PC based network using FoxPro.

Confidential

Applications Programmer/Hardware Technician

• Database and application programming using Revelation and Advanced Revelation
• Primary project was a NetWare based customer service and account management system for lawn care companies
• Built PCs from component boards for in-house and client systems
• Responsible for configuring and installing NetWare based network systems for clients