Qualification Profile

Certified Systems Engineer with outstanding technical and analytical skills on the Microsoft and Novell platforms. Extensive technical and organizational skills in project management. Thorough knowledge of Windows 2000/2003, Exchange 2000/2003 and NetWare 5.1. Consistently successful in designing and building enterprise projects within the Information Technology space. Energetic and creative with a talent for troubleshooting and resolving complex technical problems. Exceptional interpersonal communication, analytical and organizational skills.

Technical Summary

Professional Experience

Confidential

Architect Project Manager

• Architected VMWare environment at properties to facilitate current project needs and future infrastructure requirements
• Engineered implementation of Citrix Presentation Server for revenue based application deployed to all Harrah's properties
• Implemented Sun Secure Global Desktop technology leveraging Red Hat LINUX and Microsoft Terminal Services
• Managed internal Active Directory health project to cleanup and organize the enterprise infrastructure, working with a 10 member team to establish standards and document each facet of the AD environment
• Developed VB .NET agents for MIIS to provision accounts into IBM LDAP and Microsoft ADAM
• Implemented F5 local traffic manager appliances for high availability of critical applications and services
• Engineered and managed for enterprise deployment of Namescape rDirectory and myPassword for user self service of Active Directory information and password resets
• Planned and executed data center relocation with a cross functional team, moving over 150 systems within 36 hours
• Designed detailed run book templates to be used for all Wintel implementations
• Mentored team members in all facets of Wintel Engineering
• Member of the Harrah's mentoring program
• Supported single domain infrastructure of 37 DC/GCs with 10000 nodes

Confidential

Sr. Enterprise Directory Architect Project Manager

• Managed enterprise deployment of Microsoft Exchange 2000 and Active Directory for ServiceMaster and its subsidiaries
• Architected, designed, and implemented MMS for bridging between disparate directories and Active Directory
• Designed detailed build documents for Data Center infrastructure in Memphis
• Managed Exchange high availability project, utilizing Microsoft Clustering and Clariion SAN infrastructure to provide 96 uptime
• Designed and documented pathways for business unit migration into the corporate Active Directory/Exchange environment
• Researched, designed and implemented a secure child domain for business units requiring higher levels of security due to PCI requirements for banking and credit card industry
• Researched, designed and implemented a secure Active Directory LDAP infrastructure in the DMZ for external users to access
• Mentored team members with gained knowledge in all facets of work related to the project
• Supported multiple domain infrastructure of 35 DC/GCs with 10000 nodes

Confidential

Sr. Programmer Analyst Development Project Manager

• Managed the development project for quarterly releases into the GRID environment
• Managed project of one of the largest releases to the GRID environment, collapsing the existing NT 4.0 domain infrastructure into Active Directory
• Coordinated and lead development of the release with team developers and interfaced with the various business groups within the FedEx network
• Provided professional expertise in project management by utilizing my skills in planning, scheduling, time recording, allocating resources, and project analysis in an effort to successfully complete projects on time and within budget
• Planned and tracked multiple concurrent projects using Primavera Project Planner P3
• Managed and made necessary adjustments in the project plan for the duration of the project to the implementation
• Acted as a liaison between the various component owner groups that support the GRID infrastructure
• Sr. Programmer Analyst - Developer
• Developed group policies for all areas of releases for Microsoft Terminal Server Citrix Metaframe , clustered file server, clustered print server, user domain controllers
• Authored the run books for the Windows 2000 print server cluster installation and disaster recovery
• Provided technical troubleshooting skills to identify and resolve Windows 2000 Terminal Services issues
• Defined and documented the process for the Citrix Metaframe 1.8 to XPE initiative
• Planned and configured FDDI to Fast Ethernet conversion for GRID
• Facilitated GRID troubleshooting with Microsoft's CPR Critical Problem Resolution team
• Led proof of concept test to populate 220,000 contact objects into AD with MMS, coordinating with the LDAP engineering group
• Supported multiple domain infrastructure of 4 DC/GCs, 60 servers and 8000 nodes

Confidential

Sr. Systems Engineer

• Engineered enterprise deployment of Novell's ZenWorks
• Manager for AutoZone's Y2K desktop remediation project
• Authored run books for the data center infrastructure throughout the US and Mexico
• Engineered the EMC Clariion SAN environment and fabric to support the migration of data for Intel platforms for Novell and MS Windows
• Researched and designed a Citrix Terminal Server farm to provide published applications to Mexico and US
• Administered Lotus Domino Mail versions 4.X and R5
• Designed and documented Novell NDS partition and replica placement for maximum efficiency
• Mentored team members with gained knowledge both on the NT and Novell side
• Designed and documented implementation of Microsoft SQL 7.0 and 6.5 databases for various in house and vendor applications
• Designed and implemented a remote access solution utilizing 2 Shiva landrover access switches and Security Dynamics ACE server
• Supported infrastructure of 38 servers and 1200 nodes

Confidential

Network Engineer

• Provided consulting for the AutoZone account which included coordinating the information gathering and, in turn, the documentation for the successful implementation of the Microsystems support group
• Lead the effort to learn and document the AutoZone PC landscape both at a hardware level and at a software level
• Provided third level support for desktop application integration

Confidential

Clinical Engineer - Information Systems Specialist/Laboratory Specialist

• Repaired and maintained lab and general electronic equipment including PC monitors, laptops, keyboards, bar-code reader/printers, dot printers, and fax machines
• Repaired and maintained medical equipment which included blood chemistry analyzers, Apherisis stem cell separation machines, ECG telemetry devices, Sharplan lasers, and Infusion pumps
• Supervised 3 technicians on second shift

Professional Training

MS SQL 7.0 Administration, EMC Clariion SAN installation and configuration, MS Updating Support Skills from Microsoft Windows NT to Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Exchange Training, Microsoft MMS Microsoft MetaDirectory Services Training, ESI Project Management Training, Six Sigma Green Belt Training, BIG-IP LTM Essentials v9.x, BIG-IP LTM Adv. Topics v9.x, Supporting Mac OS X v10.4 for Windows Administrators, Mac OS X Server Essentials v10.4, CISCO Onsite ACE and GSS Proof of Concept, Microsoft Defense in Depth Securing Windows Server 2003 PLUS