Nancy W.
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Craig Peterson
Nancy is a very meticulous and detail oriented individual that did an extremely good job in setting up and developing Dana's research and development lab. Her tireless work and work at developing critical business contacts enabled us to set up a lab capable of researching new products on a very thin budget. She worked as part of a cohesive group that was very effective in analyzing products for proper fit within our organization.
Richard Peper - CISA
It was my pleasure to have worked with Nancy at Dana on several IT internal and SOX related audits. Nancy was instrumental on the remediation of a South America IBM-AIX Unix internal audit issue that was not resolved for several weeks. Once available, she was able to identify the problem, create a fix and was allowed to implement the change in a matter of hours. She was able to identify numerous firewall and remote access issues to light requiring IT Compliance attention and assistance in resolving. A very detailed-oriented Unix analyst and always wearing her IT security and compliance hat. Nancy was my ’go to’ Unix analyst, always willing to assist with SecurID token issues and truly a team player. What I appreciated most was her consistency; and candor, can-do attitude, dedication to task completion and professionalism. If she said she would take care of the task, I did not need to perform follow-up to ensure completion. Rich Peper, CISA Dana IT Compliance Officer for North America and Europe
Craig Peterson
Nancy is a very meticulous and detail oriented individual that did an extremely good job in setting up and developing Dana's research and development lab. Her tireless work and work at developing critical business contacts enabled us to set up a lab capable of researching new products on a very thin budget. She worked as part of a cohesive group that was very effective in analyzing products for proper fit within our organization.
Richard Peper - CISA
It was my pleasure to have worked with Nancy at Dana on several IT internal and SOX related audits. Nancy was instrumental on the remediation of a South America IBM-AIX Unix internal audit issue that was not resolved for several weeks. Once available, she was able to identify the problem, create a fix and was allowed to implement the change in a matter of hours. She was able to identify numerous firewall and remote access issues to light requiring IT Compliance attention and assistance in resolving. A very detailed-oriented Unix analyst and always wearing her IT security and compliance hat. Nancy was my ’go to’ Unix analyst, always willing to assist with SecurID token issues and truly a team player. What I appreciated most was her consistency; and candor, can-do attitude, dedication to task completion and professionalism. If she said she would take care of the task, I did not need to perform follow-up to ensure completion. Rich Peper, CISA Dana IT Compliance Officer for North America and Europe
Craig Peterson
Nancy is a very meticulous and detail oriented individual that did an extremely good job in setting up and developing Dana's research and development lab. Her tireless work and work at developing critical business contacts enabled us to set up a lab capable of researching new products on a very thin budget. She worked as part of a cohesive group that was very effective in analyzing products for proper fit within our organization.
Richard Peper - CISA
It was my pleasure to have worked with Nancy at Dana on several IT internal and SOX related audits. Nancy was instrumental on the remediation of a South America IBM-AIX Unix internal audit issue that was not resolved for several weeks. Once available, she was able to identify the problem, create a fix and was allowed to implement the change in a matter of hours. She was able to identify numerous firewall and remote access issues to light requiring IT Compliance attention and assistance in resolving. A very detailed-oriented Unix analyst and always wearing her IT security and compliance hat. Nancy was my ’go to’ Unix analyst, always willing to assist with SecurID token issues and truly a team player. What I appreciated most was her consistency; and candor, can-do attitude, dedication to task completion and professionalism. If she said she would take care of the task, I did not need to perform follow-up to ensure completion. Rich Peper, CISA Dana IT Compliance Officer for North America and Europe
Craig Peterson
Nancy is a very meticulous and detail oriented individual that did an extremely good job in setting up and developing Dana's research and development lab. Her tireless work and work at developing critical business contacts enabled us to set up a lab capable of researching new products on a very thin budget. She worked as part of a cohesive group that was very effective in analyzing products for proper fit within our organization.
Richard Peper - CISA
It was my pleasure to have worked with Nancy at Dana on several IT internal and SOX related audits. Nancy was instrumental on the remediation of a South America IBM-AIX Unix internal audit issue that was not resolved for several weeks. Once available, she was able to identify the problem, create a fix and was allowed to implement the change in a matter of hours. She was able to identify numerous firewall and remote access issues to light requiring IT Compliance attention and assistance in resolving. A very detailed-oriented Unix analyst and always wearing her IT security and compliance hat. Nancy was my ’go to’ Unix analyst, always willing to assist with SecurID token issues and truly a team player. What I appreciated most was her consistency; and candor, can-do attitude, dedication to task completion and professionalism. If she said she would take care of the task, I did not need to perform follow-up to ensure completion. Rich Peper, CISA Dana IT Compliance Officer for North America and Europe
Credentials
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PTCB Certified Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)May, 2019- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Rhodes State College
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United States
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Higher Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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Systems Administrator
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2013 - Present
• Support college applications installed on Linux, Solaris, Windows, and VMware servers.• Support and manage Active Directory, Angel (Distance Learning Course Management System), Exchange, File and Print Services, IIS, Sharepoint, SQL, and various other technologies.• Lead the deployment and administration of Dell's KACE system management appliances utilizing the K1000 to discover and inventory all hardware and software network-wide, license and patch management, service desk, and host monitoring in conjunction with the K2000 for automated systems provisioning and imaging.• Supervise 10-15 Help Desk work-studies and one field support specialist.• Duties also include: backups and recovery, daily maintenance, end-user support, hardware, and software troubleshooting, package builds, performance and reliability, plans for future growth, security, and software updates and upgrades.
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Dana Incorporated
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Mobility and Telecom Cost Reduction Analyst
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2010 - 2012
• Inventoried 100% of the United States telecom service contracts by location and assessed their business needs, identified and saved $1.5M in one-time telecom invoicing, and a project cost reduction of $2.4M over two years.• Spearheaded the audit of $2.5M in monthly telecom invoices for cost savings, errors in billing, redundant services, and participated in dispute resolutions to correct errors, billing mistakes, and terminated unneeded services.• Championed the provisioning, configuring, and auditing of 2K mobile devices (regular and smart phones, iPhones and iPads) on the AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon networks.• Negotiated master cell phone discount agreements and leveraged Early Termination Fee Waivers and a zero minute plan to reduce monthly spend by $100K.
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Enterprise Firewall Security Administrator II
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2007 - 2012
• Worked closely with the perimeter security team to implement and maintain authentication, Checkpoint firewalls, DNS, proxy servers, and SecureClient Virtual Private Network (VPN) remote access.• Defined users, security groups, host computers, and port objects along with auditing logs to improve management, increase performance, and remove potential security holes.• Executed a warranty agreement provision on broken Safeword tokens that generated $4K in savings.
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IBM-AIX Unix System Administrator II
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2004 - 2007
• Investigated overpayments and recouped $62K from IBM on hardware maintenance for an old email environment and fixed a Veritas NetBackup tape scratch problem resulting in $12K of savings.• Managed a 12K-user Lotus Notes email environment consisting of four IBM pSeries AIX 5.2 servers that utilized an EMC Clariion CX7000 disk environment, a Veritas NetBackup database server with an attached IBM 3584 UltraScalable Tape robot, a supplier management ftp environment consisting of two Linux ASv3 VMWare server instances, and a primary global ftp environment consisting on one Linux v7 server.• Provided 24/7 support in the areas of problem determination and resolution for operating systems, hardware and application software; typical duties included daily monitoring of system health and proactively correcting problems; planned, tested and implemented upgrades to the operating system server, hardware and application software; created system, capacity planning, change/compliance controls and Sarbanes-Oxley documentation; participated in quarterly Sarbanes-Oxley audits.
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HP-UX Unix Systems Administrator II
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2000 - 2004
• Provided system administration for the Baan IV ERP systems consisting of six HP-UX 11.0 production, failover and test systems.• Served as Project Champion Leader on the HP maintenance hardware and software agreement resulting in an annual savings of $297K over three years; received a $36K tax refund for HP software labor tax overcharges; and a $4K refund for HP Data Protector software that was never used.• Instrumental part of the team working on the EMC disk storage consolidation project that produced $1.78M in savings over three years.
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Research and Development Lab Co-Leader
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2001 - 2003
• Partnered in the formation of the first R&D lab for hardware, operating systems, and application testing.• Completed benchmark testing for the size and number of cubes necessary to integrate the Hyperion Essbase OLAP 6.1 Server application into WIX Filter’s Baan IV ERP system, which resulted in selecting IBM over HP for performance and total cost of ownership reasons delivering a hardware savings of approximately $80K.
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Mercy Health
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Application Analyst II
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1998 - 2000
• Converted approximately 5K users to Lotus Notes 4.6 and Internet Explorer in six Ohio regional hospitals, which resulted in making it simpler to share information and easier access from any mobile device.• Rolled out 750 PalmPilots to administration users and physicians synchronized to Lotus Notes and then to the Shared Medical System (SMS).• Configured and transferred all remote users to the 5399 dial-in-telephone switch card utilizing Novell’s radius, as well as configuring the fax, pager, and antivirus gateways. • Authored policies and wrote documentation that was incorporated into the training materials along with training the Help Desk and regional trainer on all the updates and changes.
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Senior Systems Consultant
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1997 - 1998
• Analyzed and administered the consolidation process of 37 physical Ethernet segments to five segments and updated WINS, DHCP, and DNS databases during a two-month consulting project.• Created users, groups, login scripts, and data directories on Windows NT servers, resulting in minimizing network administration.• Configured Microsoft Windows 95, Office 97, and integrated legacy applications into a desktop image and rolled out the updates to the Toledo and Cleveland offices. • Analyzed and administered the consolidation process of 37 physical Ethernet segments to five segments and updated WINS, DHCP, and DNS databases during a two-month consulting project.• Created users, groups, login scripts, and data directories on Windows NT servers, resulting in minimizing network administration.• Configured Microsoft Windows 95, Office 97, and integrated legacy applications into a desktop image and rolled out the updates to the Toledo and Cleveland offices.
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Owens Corning
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United States
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Wholesale Building Materials
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Systems Engineer, Enterprise | Contract with Vanstar & Epic USA, LLC
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1996 - 1997
• Administered and supported Owens Corning’s email systems to ensure successful and timely transmission of email messages, not only between the Internet and internal multiple email systems (PROFS, cc:Mail, Microsoft Exchange, Worldtalk, and Sendmail), but also between Owens Corning employees and their customers and suppliers.• Tested and implemented updated versions of software and hardware, resolved and logged all computer issues; maintained and supported the firewall, DNS, and proxy servers.
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Education
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Spring Arbor University
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Business Administration, Management and Operations -
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St Ursula Academy
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2018 - 2018
Rhodes State College
BHS-1750-100-FA18 – Introduction to Pharmacy Technician (6 Credit Hours)
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