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David Watkins

IT Manager at Trends Kitchens Limited NZ
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Seasoned IT professional with technical management and project management expertise.
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Location
Christchurch Metropolitan Area, NZ
Skills
  • Photography
  • Photoshop
  • Lightroom
  • Digital Asset Management
  • Content Management
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David Watkins is a seasoned IT professional with 25+ years of experience in technical management, project management, and infrastructure upgrade projects. He has expertise in IT service management, network administration, server administration, and digital asset management. David holds a Diploma in Photographic Imaging from Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology.

Experience

  • Trends Kitchens Limited NZ
    • Christchurch, New Zealand
    • IT Manager
      • Sep 2019 - Present
      • Christchurch, New Zealand

  • Spanbild Holdings Limited
    • Christchurch, New Zealand
    • Systems Engineer, Project Manager, Systems Administrator
      • Jul 2015 - Sep 2019
      • Christchurch, New Zealand

      Initiated, planned, project managed, and implemented infrastructure upgrade projectsMigrated 200 staff and 200 franchisees to Office 365Server hardware, SAN replacement, and VMWare 6.0Trend HES, CAS, WFBSS, Deep SecurityNetwork switch and firewall replacementImplemented Cisco Firepower web filter, Cisco AnyConnect VPNWindows Server system administration, including O365 / Azure ADVeeam implementation, including Cloud ConnectEmail routing and security changesWindows server replacement, consolidation, upgradesSophos UTMSyteline 9 ERP

  • photonewzealand
    • Christchurch, New Zealand
    • Content and Technical Manager
      • May 2007 - Jul 2015
      • Christchurch, New Zealand

      Responsible for all technical and IT areasRedid image ingestion processClosely involved in Microsoft Dynamics CRM implementationClosely involved in website replacement project

  • New Zealand Ministry of Justice
    • Christchurch, New Zealand
    • Network Support Engineer
      • Jan 2005 - Dec 2005
      • Christchurch, New Zealand

      Regional Co-ordinator for the Infrastructure Upgrade Programme which involved the replacement of computers for 400 staff in 13 offices in the Southern region.

  • MWH Global
    • Christchurch, New Zealand
    • Server architect and planner, technical lead, national server administrator
      • Jan 1999 - Nov 2004
      • Christchurch, New Zealand

      Global Servers Architect and Planner: 2004Global Servers Coordinator: 2003Asia Technical Lead: 2001–2003National Network (server) Administrator: 1999-2001Managed a virtual team of seven people in six locations around the world in the implementation of Active Directory and started the move from NT 4 to Windows 2000 for 6100 users and 450 servers globally. Initiated and successfully managed a broad range of IT projects across New Zealand and Asia, covering servers, applications, and workstations, and several projects for the company's global Knowledge Management system.

Education

  • 2006 - 2007
    CPIT (Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology)
    Diploma in Photographic Imaging

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