Chris Toppan

Gourd Crafter at Serenity Gourds
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Denton, Texas, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Retail
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Gourd Crafter
      • Jun 2019 - Present

  • Toppan Air
    • Denton, Texas, United States
    • Drone Pilot - Remote Pilot in Command
      • Jan 2020 - Present

    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • IT Manager
      • Oct 2021 - Present

    • United States
    • Information Technology & Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • DFW Manager/Senior Information Technology Engineer/Project Engineer
      • May 2016 - Nov 2020

      • Led a team of multiple technical professionals, offering guidance and mentor-ship to ensure top-quality deliverables as a regional manager including IT projects and solutions engineering. • Designed, developed, and delivered technical solutions in alignment with client expectations. • Demonstrated project management skills to define goals and scope, track progress, resolve issues, and deliver outcomes on time and on budget. • Served as primary administrator of ConnectWise ticketing system. • Aided in the setup of new company acquisitions in the ConnectWise ticketing system and collaborated with accounting to ensure seamless integration. • Performed migration and upgrades of aging Windows 20XX servers including physical to virtual migrations to HyperV and VMware depending on the client’s needs. • Performed and managed on premise Exchange to Office 365 Exchange migrations from the selling phase to the final cut-over phase. • Managed and supported various types of firewalls ranging from Cisco ASA, Juniper, PFSense, Sonicwall to Untangle. • Designed and supported Meraki, Aruba and Ubiqitui networks based on the budget and needs of clients. Show less

    • Senior Information Technology Engineer/Project Engineer
      • Mar 2005 - May 2016

      • Setup, configured and maintained the ConnectWise ticketing/invoicing system. • Setup, configured and maintained various remote maintenance and monitoring tools for small businesses including Nagios, Kaseya, GFI/Maxfocus, Continuum, and Labtech (Now called Automate) to perform scripted maintenance of workstations and servers changing monitoring platforms as needed to improve monitoring. • Set up onsite and online server and workstation backups depending on client budget and size to protect their data and help them recover in the case of a disaster. • Implemented anti-spam solutions using Mail Foundry and Barracuda. • Performed website migrations and troubleshooting, employing knowledge of Joomla and Wordpress as well as HTML. • Designed and deployed wireless mesh networks using Openmesh, Ubiquiti, and Sonic Point access points. • Performed migration and upgrades of aging Windows 20XX servers including physical to virtual migrations to HyperV and VMware depending on the client’s needs. • Performed and managed on premise Exchange to Office 365 Exchange migrations from the selling phase to the final cutover phase. • Migrated multiple Windows servers from older unsupported versions of Windows, Exchange, and SQL to newer supported versions of Windows software. • Managed and supported various types of firewalls ranging from Cisco ASA, Juniper, PFSense, Sonicwall to Untangle. Untangle was my preferred firewall/UTM to deploy as it provided decent network security for the price. Show less

  • Itel-Tigerbyte
    • Denton, TX
    • Server and Network Engineer
      • Apr 2001 - Mar 2005

      • Delivered outsourced onsite and remote system administration and management of various platforms. • Managed Linux firewalls, mail servers, and file servers running Red Hat and Debian Linux as Itel-Tigerbyte was selling Linux as an alternative to Windows. • Migrated Windows NT4/2000 servers to Windows 2003 servers. • Setup and administered web, file, and printer servers including administration of backups. • Setup, administered, and upgraded/migrated Exchange 5.5, 2000, and 2003 servers. • Migrated, setup and administered Windows 95 to ME, and Windows NT 4 to XP desktops running customer specific applications as well as standard business applications • Migrated, setup and administered Macintosh workstations running pre-OSX and OSX • Managed three technicians while performing all my normal server/network engineer workload including scheduling and dispatching the technicians and acting as a mentor to them. Show less

  • Internet Global
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area
    • Server and Network Engineer
      • Dec 1999 - Apr 2001

      • Completed internal tickets from employees including hardware upgrades, software upgrades, and general daily computer problems. • Managed inward-facing file servers and print servers using Linux, Windows 98/NT/2000, Windows NT solutions. • Implemented Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate with centralized management of Anti-Virus policies and updates from a single server. • Managed and configured Toshiba Strata DK410 with ACD queues and voice mail to improve the call handling of the customer service department. Prepared written documentation of DIDs, and phone extensions. • Managed and configured card driven security system to provide access to building and downtown networks operations center. • Coordinated with outside companies to facilitate upgrades and repairs to almost all building related items. Show less

  • Stream International
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area
    • Technical Support Representative
      • Sep 1996 - Nov 1999

      • Provided inbound technical phone and email support for Filemaker Pro, ClarisWorks (later AppleWorks), Claris Emailer, Claris Draw, Claris Impact, and Claris Organizer. • Provided inbound technical phone and email support for Filemaker Pro, ClarisWorks (later AppleWorks), Claris Emailer, Claris Draw, Claris Impact, and Claris Organizer.

Education

  • North Central Texas College
    AS, Network Technican
    2002 - 2004
  • Billy Ryan High School
    High School
    1992 - 1996

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