Sam Blevins
IT Manager at SFW Partners, LLC (Formally Shapiro Flom & Company LLC)- Claim this Profile
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Brad Bauer
Sam is a genuine, smart, funny guy who you will enjoy regardless of the setting but, more importantly he's, what we term at Resource a person who "makes anything possible," and that, is a valuable quality in a professional
Michael Scherhaufer
Sam Blevins is a highly motivated and extremely effective IT professional.Sam has excellent comprehensive technical skills which, when combined with his professional communications and leadership skills make him extremely effective in leading technical teams and delivering IT projects on time and under budget. I unhesitatingly recommend Sam for any management or leadership position in the IT field. He is an A player and delivers outstanding results. My only regret is that I can't convince him to move to the Northeast and work for me.
Brad Bauer
Sam is a genuine, smart, funny guy who you will enjoy regardless of the setting but, more importantly he's, what we term at Resource a person who "makes anything possible," and that, is a valuable quality in a professional
Michael Scherhaufer
Sam Blevins is a highly motivated and extremely effective IT professional.Sam has excellent comprehensive technical skills which, when combined with his professional communications and leadership skills make him extremely effective in leading technical teams and delivering IT projects on time and under budget. I unhesitatingly recommend Sam for any management or leadership position in the IT field. He is an A player and delivers outstanding results. My only regret is that I can't convince him to move to the Northeast and work for me.
Brad Bauer
Sam is a genuine, smart, funny guy who you will enjoy regardless of the setting but, more importantly he's, what we term at Resource a person who "makes anything possible," and that, is a valuable quality in a professional
Michael Scherhaufer
Sam Blevins is a highly motivated and extremely effective IT professional.Sam has excellent comprehensive technical skills which, when combined with his professional communications and leadership skills make him extremely effective in leading technical teams and delivering IT projects on time and under budget. I unhesitatingly recommend Sam for any management or leadership position in the IT field. He is an A player and delivers outstanding results. My only regret is that I can't convince him to move to the Northeast and work for me.
Brad Bauer
Sam is a genuine, smart, funny guy who you will enjoy regardless of the setting but, more importantly he's, what we term at Resource a person who "makes anything possible," and that, is a valuable quality in a professional
Michael Scherhaufer
Sam Blevins is a highly motivated and extremely effective IT professional.Sam has excellent comprehensive technical skills which, when combined with his professional communications and leadership skills make him extremely effective in leading technical teams and delivering IT projects on time and under budget. I unhesitatingly recommend Sam for any management or leadership position in the IT field. He is an A player and delivers outstanding results. My only regret is that I can't convince him to move to the Northeast and work for me.
Experience
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SFW Partners, LLC
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United States
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Accounting
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1 - 100 Employee
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IT Manager
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2010 - Present
• Provide leadership to vendors and staff to establish and manage guidelines, budgets, and timelines for projects.• Responsible for managing all IT projects from inception to completion.• Responsible for Architectural Design and Management of IT systems: servers and network systems from the firewall to the desk• Led complex Problem Determination of IT issues and drive implementation of solutions by staff and vendors. Management ownership of issues from incident through resolution.• Drove implementation of a proactive plan for growth in all areas of IT by keeping an eye on developing trends and security issues as well as growth projections and budgets.• Led a team which delivered 99.999% availability of systems to our clients
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Network Administrator
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Sep 2007 - Present
• Redesigned network topology and infrastructure systems from desktop to firewall to meet corporate requirements, delivering higher levels of: Security, Remote Access, Uptime, and allowing legacy software integration.• Designed and maintained server infrastructure as well as facilitating desktop integration.• Managed budget and corporate service goals for all IT systems.• Maintained IT security policies/procedures and enforcement.• Implemented SCCM in workplace.
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Senior IT Consultant
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2001 - 2007
• Traveled nationally working as network troubleshooter/software integrator for varying US and international corporations. • Managed teams of technicians to achieve client’s goals on multiple concurrent projects. • Traveled nationally working as network troubleshooter/software integrator for varying US and international corporations. • Managed teams of technicians to achieve client’s goals on multiple concurrent projects.
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Information Systems Consultant
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1998 - 2000
• Assisted clients in defining network needs; Windows/Novel servers, workstations, system security needs. • Managed projects and physical implementation of technology. • Acted as liaison between client and vendors/technicians. • Worked as technician in varied environments. • Assisted in defining Information Technology security issues (e-mail/sexual harassment/policies, user rights, physical security of equipment, backup plans, disaster recovery, acceptable use of internet, etc.). • Wrote policies and procedures to deal with these issues.
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GE Capital
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Client Support
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1997 - 1998
• Served as on-site Contract Support Specialist for Monsanto. • Provided relocation of PC systems and printers. • Provided system support and problem resolution. • Provided system set-up, deployment, software installation, problem resolution and hardware repair of desktop environment (windows 9x/ NT). • Served as on-site Contract Support Specialist for Monsanto. • Provided relocation of PC systems and printers. • Provided system support and problem resolution. • Provided system set-up, deployment, software installation, problem resolution and hardware repair of desktop environment (windows 9x/ NT).
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Systems Integration Technician - Team Leader
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1995 - 1997
• Managed the daily activities of a group of hardware/software technicians. • Acted as a liaison between technicians, sales representatives and clients. • Responsible for resolution of security issues and implementation of policies regarding software/hardware with eye toward ISO9000. • Coordinated team projects and work assignments. • Responsible for uploading images for large orders and creating client-specific window images by use of a complex testing and staging environment.. • Responsible for data integrity/security of team area. • Responsible for hardware configuration of PC’s to corporate customer specs. • Trouble shot and resolved of hardware/software issues. • Achieved Team Lead status within nine months of hire date
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Education
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville