Lead Systems Architect

• Jun 2022 - Present

Director, IT Infrastructure

• Jun 2013 - Jun 2022

•Managed and developed a staff of system engineers and system administrators•Migrated existing Exchange 2007 environment to a multi-site Exchange 2010 and then 2013 cluster•Stabilized and expanded existing VMware vSphere 4/5 environment to eliminate host failures and eliminated excessive resource over-commitment and implemented PernixData FVP.•Upgraded second VMware vSphere 5 environment to vSphere 5.5 U2 and then to 6.5•Implemented and Managed NetApp SANs, NIMBLE Storage SANs, Enhance SANS, and HP NAS devices. •Management of KEMP and Foundry Load Balancers•Management of Lync 2013•Upgraded and managed the backup solutions•Installation/configuration of Symantec FDE (full disk encryption) solution•Built clustered Cisco IronPort e-mail security and management appliances•Replaced existing AV solution with Symantec Endpoint Protection and MalwareBytes Anti-Malware Enterprise to decrease infections.•Administration of Cisco UCM, UCCX and Unity Connection•Administration of Cisco switches, routers and ASA firewalls•Implementation and management of Solarwinds Orion (NPM, SAM, VNQM, Virtualization Manager, WQM, LEM, IPAM, and NCM) including building out alerts, escalations and dashboards for management•Designed and built multiple SQL Server 2008 R2, 2012 and 2016 environments, both stand alone and clustered•Worked with our Facilities team on office moves and build outs to ensure that all electrical, network, HVAC and conference room (projectors, cabling, etc.) requirements were met•DR design and backup strategy•Managed and performed ABILITY Network and IVANS system integrations and migrations as a result of the merger of IVANS, divestiture of other IVANS lines of business including building out environments to separate those business units as well as the migration efforts between ABILITY and MDOL.•Managed 2000+ servers spread across six locations including two datacenters (originally 8+)•Performance management of all infrastructure systems

Sr. Network Administrator

• May 2013 - Jun 2013

• Responsible for integration and migration of various systems due to the M&A of IVANS by ABILITY Network Inc. and Applied Systems.• Co-Responsible for combined Infrastructure and Network systems.

IT Infrastructure Manager

• May 2012 - May 2013

• Responsible for Infrastructure Team and all upcoming/current IT Infrastructure projects • Responsible for all IVANS Corporate Infrastructure • Responsible for the management of 85+ servers spread across five locations including two datacenters • Jointly responsible for support of all end users • Implementation and management of Active Directory 2003, working on a migration to 2008 R2 • Implementation and management of Exchange 2007 and 2010 • Implementation and management of VMWare ESX/ESXi 4.x/5.x • Administration of NetApp SAN and HP NAS devices • Responsible for DR design and backup strategy • Responsible for Cisco router, switch and ASA Firewall implementation and management (2900/3900 series routers, 3750X switches, ASA5500 series firewalls) • Implementation and administration of KEMP and Foundry/Brocade Load Balancers • Implementation and management of network monitoring systems (Solarwinds Orion NPM, APM, IPSLAM, etc and WhatsUp Gold) • Responsible for Intrusion Detection/Intrusion Response • MS CRM Administration • Cisco UCM and UCCX administration (Call Manager/Call Center Express) • Installation and administration of WSS3, MOSS 2007 and Sharepoint 2010 • Installation and administration of SQL Server in both clustered and non-clustered environments (MSSQL 2000, 2005 and 2008) • Administration of Lync 2010 • ASP web development, Domino Application development and SQL development Software: Microsoft Windows 3.1-Windows 7, Windows NT4-Windows Server 2008 R2, MS CRM 3-4, Solarwinds Orion, WhatsUp Gold, Cisco Agent Supervisor/Desktop, Diskeeper, BackupExec, Symantec Anti-Virus/Endpoint Protection, various network tools, BES, Goodlink, Exchange, MS Office 2000-2010, Sharepoint (WSS3, MOSS 2007 and SPS 2010), ESX/ESXi 4.x, vCenter 4.x, Lotus Domino 4.x-6.x, MS Lync

Sr Network Administrator

• Feb 2001 - May 2012

• Responsible for the management of 85+ servers spread across five locations including two datacenters• Jointly responsible for support of all end users• Implementation and management of Active Directory 2003, working on a migration to 2008 R2• Implementation and management of Exchange 2007 and 2010• Implementation and management of Blackberry Enterprise Server• Management of legacy Lotus Domino environment (e-mail and applications)• Implementation and management of VMWare ESX/ESXi 4.x, migration to ESXi 5 within the next quarter. All servers managed through VMWare vCenter.• Administration of NetApp SAN and HP NAS devices• Responsible for DR design and backup strategy• Responsible for Cisco router, switch and ASA Firewall implementation and management (2900/3900 series routers, 3750X switches, ASA5500 series firewalls)• Implementation and administration of SonicWALL Firewalls• Implementation and administration of Foundry ServerIron XL Load Balancers• Implementation and management of network monitoring systems (Solarwinds Orion NPM, APM, IPSLAM, etc and WhatsUp Gold)• Responsible for Intrusion Detection/Intrusion Response• MS CRM Administration• Cisco UCM and UCCX administration (Call Manager/Call Center Express)• Installation and administration of WSS3, MOSS 2007 and Sharepoint 2010• Installation and administration of SQL Server in both clustered and non-clustered environments (MSSQL 2000, 2005 and 2008)• Administration of Lync 2010• ASP web development, Domino Application development and SQL developmentSoftware: Microsoft Windows 3.1-Windows 7, Windows NT4-Windows Server 2008 R2, MS CRM 3-4, Solarwinds Orion, WhatsUp Gold, Cisco Agent Supervisor/Desktop, Diskeeper, BackupExec, Symantec Anti-Virus/Endpoint Protection, various network tools, BES, Goodlink, Exchange, MS Office 2000-2010, Sharepoint (WSS3, MOSS 2007 and SPS 2010), ESX/ESXi 4.x, vCenter 4.x, Lotus Domino 4.x-6.x, MS Lync

Developer for IVANS, Inc.

• Aug 2000 - Feb 2001

Contract to hire position at IVANS, Inc. During this time I was responsible for Lotus Domino development, ASP development and SQL Server development. Contract to hire position at IVANS, Inc. During this time I was responsible for Lotus Domino development, ASP development and SQL Server development.

Quality Assurance Analyst

• Feb 1999 - Aug 2000

Responsible for BA and QA processes during the roll out of KForce.com's new website and video interview system. Performed some Domino development and technical support. Responsible for BA and QA processes during the roll out of KForce.com's new website and video interview system. Performed some Domino development and technical support.