OBJECTIVE:

• To obtain a technical skilled position where I can best contribute to the company or organization with my skills and abilities, both in a technical and a non - technical fashion as required.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IT Infrastructure and Network Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage Networks of twelve Skilled Nursing / Rehab Centers, corporate office, and the VPN mesh network connection between all thirteen locations.
• Cisco Meraki is the family of firewalls, switches, and wireless access points that provide connectivity to our organization.
• Configure Networks with VLANS for corporate, voice, therapy, and guest environments in our centers.
• Utilized Traffic shaping to ensure VoIP Call quality for both Momentum and Toshiba VIPedge hosted SIP solutions.
• Also responsible for Mobile Device Management, including Apple DEP enrolled devices, and BYOD devices.
• Mobile device administration experience with Dell Mobile Management, and Cisco Meraki’s mobile device management.
• Responsible for Server Environment (Virtualized on Xen Server) the Citrix Farms, and published apps.
• Windows AD Domain Controllers, Microsoft Exchange 2010, SQL Server (2008 & 2012) and Great Plains administration for Financial Data are the core network elements I was responsible for.

Business Development Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provide business consultations to clients in regards to HIPAA policies, IT solutions, outsourcing options, and project management. Analyze discovery reports, both manual and automated, to optimize asset management and HIPAA compliance.
• Provide quoted solutions to customers to address IT needs and compliance needs.

IS Manager / Technology Infrastructure Coordinator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed the IS department where we serviced 800 employees.
• I successfully managed several upgrade and migration projects internally.
• Migrated from NT 4.0 Networking Environment to Active Directory, including a migration from Exchange 5.5, which most recently culminated with upgrades to the physical architecture providing server virtualization on the vmWare platform, with Server 2012 Domain Controllers and Exchange 2010. Installed and Configured Services for Unix for password synchronization to provide access to the AIX based client records system.
• Implemented Kronos Work Force Central and successfully trained HR and Payroll staff in importing exporting employee data from the system for employee data and hours for payroll.
• Responsible for a WAN of 35 locations where connections have been migrated from Frame Relay to Fiber, or VPN tunnels through Cisco ASA Appliances over dsl for our smaller offices. Also, managed projects including the installation of a generator for the facility. Managed service and consulting contracts for the agency.
• Expanded VoIP switches into locations to better serve the Agency’s telecommunications needs. I have implemented Dell’s Appasure backup solution with mirroring amongst our two largest sites to help ensure redundancy.

Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Duties include the administration, configuration, and support of all internal servers, and the network environment.
• OS Platforms include Windows Server 2003, Exchange 2000 environment, several 2000 Windows Servers, Solaris, Linux, HP/UX, Cisco IOS, and appliances such as Dell Powervault NAS devices and Fortigate firewall appliances.
• Hardware platforms include SUN, HP/UX, Dell, HP/COMPAQ, and many in house built servers with Intel Motherboards, dual Xeon processors, and RAID 5 configurations.
• Recently 7200 series Cisco routers were implemented, along with 2900 series catalyst to strengthen the backbone of the network, and utilizing Cisco Aironet wireless devices to provide a secure wireless environment in satellite offices.

Sr. Network Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Duties include LAN/WAN administration/maintenance, system administration of Microsoft NT/2000 servers and NT/2000/XP standard desktop environment, project management, and budgetary planning.
• I returned to Confidential to assume my previous responsibilities as well as becoming more involved in the management aspect of the IS group. I added the technical responsibilities of all the Cisco devices and network maintenance in addition to system administration. I am now responsible for project planning/managing and correlating those projects into upcoming budget periods.
• I guided major IS expansion at Confidential, including support for multiple domains in the Microsoft environment, with 10 NT/2000 servers and Microsoft Exchange, along side of 9 HP/UX servers housing the databases for our operations. With the installation of HP Openveiw’s Network Node Manager, I provided automated monitoring of all network devices and servers with alert capabilities, which compares established thresholds and serves as an early warning mechanism to prevent unnecessary downtime. I also managed the installation of our CheckPoint firewall bringing the security aspect back to our network. I was responsible for the maintenance of the device and the ‘rules base’, which restricts the access to our internal network and e-commerce servers.
• As a member of management at the facility, I was required to oversee the Help Desk and technical support staff at Confidential . That included being responsible for schedules, evaluations, and the employees benefit time. I was evaluated by upper management based on the performance of my employees and the transfer of knowledge I can provide from myself to our group.

IS Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• I was responsible for database management of Confidential financial software and GoldMine contact databases.
• I also managed and maintained inventory control with the help of Microsoft Access in updating pricing of our 70,000 items, which occurs each quarter, and setting up new items and establish reorder quantities and vendor information on each item daily.
• I have worked very close with the marketing department on preparing mailings and filtering our database of over 500,000 physicians to meet the criteria requested. I have experience in SQL reporting done with Crystal Info and Brio Query producing ad hoc reports for our financial group on an almost daily basis.
• Planning and adjusting to company growth has been the primary task in preparing our systems to serve our growing business. I have created an MS Office based Intranet that contains on-line help documentation and other business forms for our employees.

NT Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• I was responsible for 4 NT servers, a print/file server, a mail server, a remote access/WinFrame server, and an Oracle Forms server. I administered a MS Mail server and managed a move of over 200 users to Outlook in preparation for a migration to MS Exchange. I have worked cross platform duties with HP UX at this location. I assisted in the administration of 3 HP9000 series Unix servers.
• I established the standard configuration for all employee personal computers and portable computers. I assisted in managing the company's own help desk, and setting the guidelines for routing help calls and the standard procedures to follow while troubleshooting customer problems.
• Desktops that I have helped trouble shoot include DOS, Windows For Workgroups, Windows 95 & 98, Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0. I also have experience with Cisco routers, catalysts, and a T1 connection via a Larscom box. I have physically worked with fiber and category 5 cabling.