Brian Heck
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Jacob Smith
It's rare to come across standout talent like Brian. I had the pleasure of working with Brian in a consultative role for over three years at the Valley Communications Center. It was under his guidance and leadership that we were able to successfully deliver on multiple high priority projects. Personally, no matter how tense a situation was, Brian made sure everyone left with a smile. Brian would be an asset to any team.
Andy O.
Brian's a busy professional with a vast skill set who made time to visit Green River as a guest speaker. He delivered an engaging talk on industry trends and best practices for 50+ IT Bachelor's students, and afterwards a conducted a lively Q and A with those in attendance. Thank you Brian!
Jacob Smith
It's rare to come across standout talent like Brian. I had the pleasure of working with Brian in a consultative role for over three years at the Valley Communications Center. It was under his guidance and leadership that we were able to successfully deliver on multiple high priority projects. Personally, no matter how tense a situation was, Brian made sure everyone left with a smile. Brian would be an asset to any team.
Andy O.
Brian's a busy professional with a vast skill set who made time to visit Green River as a guest speaker. He delivered an engaging talk on industry trends and best practices for 50+ IT Bachelor's students, and afterwards a conducted a lively Q and A with those in attendance. Thank you Brian!
Jacob Smith
It's rare to come across standout talent like Brian. I had the pleasure of working with Brian in a consultative role for over three years at the Valley Communications Center. It was under his guidance and leadership that we were able to successfully deliver on multiple high priority projects. Personally, no matter how tense a situation was, Brian made sure everyone left with a smile. Brian would be an asset to any team.
Andy O.
Brian's a busy professional with a vast skill set who made time to visit Green River as a guest speaker. He delivered an engaging talk on industry trends and best practices for 50+ IT Bachelor's students, and afterwards a conducted a lively Q and A with those in attendance. Thank you Brian!
Jacob Smith
It's rare to come across standout talent like Brian. I had the pleasure of working with Brian in a consultative role for over three years at the Valley Communications Center. It was under his guidance and leadership that we were able to successfully deliver on multiple high priority projects. Personally, no matter how tense a situation was, Brian made sure everyone left with a smile. Brian would be an asset to any team.
Andy O.
Brian's a busy professional with a vast skill set who made time to visit Green River as a guest speaker. He delivered an engaging talk on industry trends and best practices for 50+ IT Bachelor's students, and afterwards a conducted a lively Q and A with those in attendance. Thank you Brian!
Credentials
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Enterprise Architecture Foundations
LinkedInOct, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
VMware Center for Advanced Learning Advanced Architecture 2020
VMwareOct, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Outcome-Focused Delivery Foundation 2019
VMwareNov, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Data Center Virtualization Deployment 2018
VMwareJan, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
VMUG Leader
VMware User Group (VMUG)Oct, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
VMware vSphere 6.5 Foundations
VMwareAug, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
VMUG Leader
VMwareDec, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
VMware Certified Professional 6.5 – Data Center Virtualization
VMwareOct, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Amazon Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web ServicesDec, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
VMware VCA-Cloud
VMwareAug, 2013- Nov, 2024 -
VMware VCA-Mobility
VMwareAug, 2013- Nov, 2024 -
VMware VCP5-DCA
VMwareAug, 2013- Nov, 2024 -
VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Data Center Virtualization Deployment 2018
VMware
Experience
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GCSIT
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Account Executive
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Apr 2022 - Present
Client advocate and evangelist of technology. Business Outcome and Customer First focus, with decades of experience in the Information Technology field. I solve problems.
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Solutions Architect
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Jan 2018 - May 2022
Duties include assessing, installing and upgrading technology solutions spanning virtualization, compute, and storage products. Responsible for delivering data center transformation, virtual end-user computing, converged infrastructure, and cloud computing solutions with a strategic, complete solution approach.
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Valley Com 911
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United States
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Public Safety
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1 - 100 Employee
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Systems Administrator
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Apr 2009 - Dec 2017
Valley Communications Center is the Regional 9-1-1 Center that provides emergency communications services to communities of South King County. Senior Systems Administrator responsible for all IT infrastructure and technology. Supported a 911 dispatch center with a focus on availability, redundancy, security and an easy user experience. Supported 150 local users and 5 cities of first responders. Environment consisted of EMC, and NetApp storage arrays, 3 vSphere environments, two Windows domains, over 100 servers, 50 zero clients, etc. Recent projects completed: • NetApp replacement to all flash and hybrid arrays greatly increasing performance for all virtual machines and decreasing file access times for users. • Horizon View upgrade to 7.3 from 6.0. Project cut login times by 75% and provisioning times by 50%. • Virtualization of physical SQL cluster from 2005/2008 to SQL 2016 Always On. Virtualizing SQL provides for a much faster maintenance window, less service interruptions and better protection for the critical databases. • CommVault upgrade and migration from LTO tape drives to Amazon AWS S3 buckets. By automating the backup process and moving away from physical tapes, ValleyCom saves thousands of dollars and about 100 man hours annually. File recovery of historic data is now hours instead of days previously spent waiting on tapes. • Implemented SSO via Microsoft ADFS to drastically cut down user managed external passwords. • Group Policy audit and redesign. New objects implemented include item level tagging, software deployments, UI/UX customization, etc. With these changes, users experience a more seamless workflow across multiple environments. • Architect, purchase and deploy new vSphere environment to support Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) virtualization. This project will combine 15 physical servers into the three new ESXI servers. This move will save more than $60,000 annually in server warranty and licensing after decommissioning the Stratus servers. Show less
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Experis
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United States
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Staffing and Recruiting
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700 & Above Employee
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Network Engineer
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Mar 2008 - Feb 2009
Jefferson Wells International is a professional services firm widely recognized as a high value alternative to national public accounting firms and financial staffing companies. Senior Systems Administrator contractor brought in to supplement and provide SME assistance for several active projects. Worked with the Back Office team as requested ensuring industry standards were met and best practices followed. • Provided subject matter expertise and technical support in upgrading Jefferson Wells Active Directory domains from Windows Server 2000 to Server 2003 x64. • Technical lead for the infrastructure side of the Jefferson Wells website upgrade. • Technical lead for the Global Scan rollout. • Assisted with data center move to the Time Warner data center. • Ensured 100% Active Directory uptime while the domain controllers were in transit. • Provided support for the Back Office technology team by way of building and configuring servers and administration of VMware ESX server. Show less
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Mediahuis NRC
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Netherlands
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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300 - 400 Employee
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Operations Manager
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Jul 2007 - Jan 2008
New Resources Consulting, is a management and information technology consulting firm dedicated to technology solutions and services, supplying expertise in the latest and most proven tools and technologies. Senior Systems Administrator responsible for entire SaaS product infrastructure. Ensured all SMB customers’ uptime standards were met and services were available. • Administered a Server 2003 Active Directory infrastructure with over 30 virtual and physical servers in support of hosted Software as a Solution product. • The environment included Exchange 2003/2007, Microsoft CRM and Share Point with a SQL 2005 backend. • Tools used in support were Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), Windows Software Update Service (WSUS), Symantec Backup Exec and Trend Micro Anti-virus. • Additional duties included managing the VOIP system, Spam filtering service, cabling, desktop support and documentation. Show less
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National Business Furniture
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United States
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Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Systems Administrator
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May 2006 - Jul 2007
NBF has served over 300,000 businesses and institutions in all industries, including 477 of the Fortune 500, 93 of the largest universities, the White House and Pentagon. Senior Systems Administrator responsible for the home office and 5 satellite offices across the nation. • Supported 120 employees while maintaining 24 servers and a full Active Directory environment. • Traveled nationally to commission, decommission and maintain satellite offices. • Additional duties included managing backups, Exchange environment, PC builds/imaging, remote VPN users, firewalls and PBX support. Show less
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Acclaim Technical Resources
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Washington D.C. Metro Area
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Systems Engineer
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Apr 2004 - Apr 2006
ATS is a leading language and intelligence services company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. Senior Systems Administrator working in the international classified sector • Traveled the world designing and installing systems and networks for international clients. • Responsible for full green field deployments from cabling to PCs and servers in harsh environments. • Trained on site personnel in basic systems administration. • Configured backup hardware and software, installed and updated Oracle and SQL database programs. Show less
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DSA
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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400 - 500 Employee
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Network Security Analyst
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Nov 2003 - Mar 2004
Data Systems Analysts, Inc. (DSA) has been providing Federal Government customers business-driven Information Technology and consulting solutions and services for more than 50 years. Network Security Analyst at the Information and Security Command (INSCOM) Headquarters • Receive, evaluate, and process network operations, security and computer network defense related inquiries. • Controlled and maintained the US Army worldwide network with tools such as Formula Network View and Remedy Action Request. Show less
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US Army
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Worldwide
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Soldier
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Jul 1995 - Sep 2003
Telecommunications Operator/Maintainer for 5 years Tracked vehicle mechanic for 3 years Telecommunications Operator/Maintainer for 5 years Tracked vehicle mechanic for 3 years
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Education
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2018 - 2018
VMware
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale plus Troubleshooting Fast Track [V6.5], Core vSphere
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