SUMMARY:

Self - driven, personable individual with a passion for excellence.

TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:

NetApp (AFF & FAS)

Nimble (Hybrid)

EMC XtremIO

EMC VMAX

EMC Isilon

VMWare (vCenter)

Cisco UCS (Fabric Interconnects, B-Series, C-Series Servers)

Cisco MDS

Windows Server

Veeam

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Systems Admin Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Primarily responsible for architecting and overseeing infrastructure projects for the systems administration team.
• I lead a team of server administrators that assist in engineering and support of our solutions.
• We've lead efforts to take our data centers through multi-year redesigns that include environment stability, cost effective solutions, and room for growth.
• Stability was achieved through several methods.
• We ensured proper training was secured during new purchases of equipment and sought to develop ongoing professional development plans for all members of the systems administration team.
• Cost effective solutions were able to surface due to the consolidation of systems and negotiating better contracts for annual support of hardware/software.
• For one system, alone, nearly one million was saved in operational costs.
• Growth is where we saw the greatest success as I helped lead the IT department to develop and stick to a multi-year plan that helps prevent unknown costs and pivots the organization to be able to grow internally or scale out into the cloud.
• Hardware and software solutions are only part of the operations, however.
• I assisted in developing our "assembly line" process for when IT services were requested.
• I have been exposed and helped with budgeting and preparing documentation for capital committee and board review.
• I have helped members on the Systems Administration team with educational coaching, document preparation, and at times general philosophy for navigating office situations
• . And finally I have lead efforts to ensure disaster recovery and business continuity were developed for our EMR and general environments, maintained (tested), and regularly documented where previously this area had suffered.

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• I managed enterprise IT servers systems for both the Linux and Microsoft infrastructure. Also managed the hypervisors systems for both Hyper-V and VMWare and co-managed enterprise IT networking infrastructure, both Cisco and Virtual Appliances.
• I lead the project to redesign the main data center computing infrastructure for efficient and highly available states.
• We laid the foundational computing/storage methods for extending to a multi-site environment.
• We were able to consolidate enough servers in virtualized platform to be recognized by Vectren for an energy rebate of $100,000 and effectively eliminated over 100+kWh from our operations.
• I was able to improve data center backup methods while eliminating $140,000+ in operational costs.
• I was able to provide the company with a working in house off-site backup solution to provider greater information integrity.
• Participated and achieved success in Six Sigma Green Belt Program hosted by Confidential .
• Participated and succeeded in social matters where resolutions between groups were in need of intervention.

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managed IT needs both as needed and maintenance clients for all businesses and organizations.
• Provided technology advice to owners and strategized future prospects.
• Conducted research, development, and evaluations of new practices and products to stay adaptive.
• Managed and trained staff to provide timely and efficient coverage to clients.
• Provided advice on funding and financial planning of company internal operations and infrastructure.
• Developed and lead major projects.
• Developed and lead new methods of infrastructure into small business markets.
• Provided insight on showcasing projects for marketing.
• Developed relationships with business owners and representatives to find new business prospects.

Confidential

Network Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Managed IT as needed for several businesses and one private school to basic desktop support to server/networking related maintenance, upgrades and architecture.
• Monitored servers and networking equipment for proper working efficiency.
• Rapidly response to situations and prioritizing of needs of customers.
• Advised customers on IT equipment and direction for future expansion.
• Explained/taught IT related items to customers in charge of technical operations within organizations.
• Assisted in office relocations and first time setups.

Confidential

Fiber Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked in the Fiber Engineering I Group where I designed and maintained network topologies.

Confidential, Evansville, IN

Information Support Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Managed IT for three elementary schools and one middle school and supported 47 other buildings within the Confidential domain as needed.
• Kept track of supply within my assigned schools.
• Advised efficient spending on technical equipment. Performed daily maintenance and general repair work and demonstrated prompt and efficient troubleshooting.
• Coordinated computer lab construction.
• Explained IT items in practical terms to non-IT individuals. Formulated efficient solutions for on the spot situations.
• Documented and communicated work effectively. Provided feedback to Indiana user groups of educational technicians.
• Created documentation for solutions to issues and information reference guides for teachers/staff. In a year and a half I closed 1500+ IT tickets.