Experience

Kellogg Community Credit Union

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President Information Technology

  • Dec 2019 - Present

  Battle Creek, MI Leadership, decision making, cybersecurity, business continuity, disaster recovery, network administration, systems administration, team building, remote work. Making all things run smoothly and keeping up with industry trends, while focusing on security of our systems to protect private data.

• IT Analyst / Network and Systems Administrator

  • Jul 2015 - Dec 2019

  Battle Creek, Michigan, United States Overall responsibility for maintaining the networks, servers, operating systems and communication links.Manage the staff and resources dedicated to supporting office automation, PCs and end-user equipment, network and systems security and database administration. Responsibilities: • Provide support for the company's technology stack which includes planning, implementing, maintaining, and troubleshooting network and system hardware and software. Project Management as assigned. •… Show more Overall responsibility for maintaining the networks, servers, operating systems and communication links.Manage the staff and resources dedicated to supporting office automation, PCs and end-user equipment, network and systems security and database administration. Responsibilities: • Provide support for the company's technology stack which includes planning, implementing, maintaining, and troubleshooting network and system hardware and software. Project Management as assigned. • Plan, implement, maintain and otherwise support the Credit Union Core system (CU*Base), PC hardware and software products, Cisco products, VMWare Environment, EMC SAN, Windows servers, wide area communications, database systems, network and systems security and access controls. • Participate in short and long-range planning for the department to select and utilize appropriate technologies to meet the evolving needs of the Credit Union and its members. • Oversee the maintenance of hardware and software at the company's 11 branches, including the disaster recovery site, and provide technical support for disaster recovery testing.



Dr. IT - The IT Ninjas

• Co Founder

  • Feb 2015 - Present

  Marshall, MI Specializing in web design, Cybersecurity, and general IT consultation. We cater to small businesses as they generally have tighter budgets for similar problems.



Southwest Regional Rehabilitation Center

• Information Services Manager

  • Apr 2005 - May 2015

  I was the head of the IT Department from 2005 to 2015. In the course of my employment at Southwest Regional Rehabilitation Center, I implemented many different systems to improve business processes and had to do so on a limited budget. In short, my project management and implementation experience include, but are not limited to 2 different Electronic Medical Records Systems (VisualMED and Cerner), Microsoft Exchange, Conversion from Exchange to Google Apps for Business, Sharepoint Services, and… Show more I was the head of the IT Department from 2005 to 2015. In the course of my employment at Southwest Regional Rehabilitation Center, I implemented many different systems to improve business processes and had to do so on a limited budget. In short, my project management and implementation experience include, but are not limited to 2 different Electronic Medical Records Systems (VisualMED and Cerner), Microsoft Exchange, Conversion from Exchange to Google Apps for Business, Sharepoint Services, and upgrades to 2007, 2010, and 2013 (used for Corporate Intranet and Business Process improvement), and more. Before, during, and after projects and implementations my job is to ensure our information systems secure corporate and patient data and provide our team with the efficiency and flexibility necessary to care for our patients. Managing and maintaining our help desk, network equipment, and services, servers, PCs/Tablets/Mobile Devices, cable TV, security camera system, and Hyper-V virtualization platform was my daily responsibilities. Show less



Battle Creek Public Schools

• Teacher - Secondary Education (Business/Technology)

  • Aug 2002 - Jun 2005

  Battle Creek, MI



Godfrey-Lee Public Schools

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Teacher - Secondary Education (Business/Technology)

  • Aug 2000 - Jun 2002

  Wyoming, MI