Experience

Horizon

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Network Engineering Manager

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  Provide leadership, management, and direction for the network engineering group, including company-wide strategic planning, budgeting for projects, and coordination and integration of all solutions. Manage the day-to-day operations of the Network Engineering department and direct Network Engineers. Provide guidance and counsel to sales staff and executive management on solutions for customers. Provide leadership, management, and direction for the network engineering group, including company-wide strategic planning, budgeting for projects, and coordination and integration of all solutions. Manage the day-to-day operations of the Network Engineering department and direct Network Engineers. Provide guidance and counsel to sales staff and executive management on solutions for customers.



META Solutions (Metropolitan Educational Technology Association)

• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Networking and Telecommunications

  • Oct 2015 - Jun 2016

  Responsibilities include manage (4) staff members in two different locations (Marion and Columbus); Interface with customers and vendors on new builds, service issues, professional services, Design Services and Network Consultation; and produce reports based on data center uptime. Manage telephone systems in both locations. Columbus is an AT&T / Mitel HVS Hosted System and Marion is a Hosted Cisco voice system. Responsible for all purchase requests and maintenance renewals for Network and Telecommunications Team Monitor and report on all circuits to determine if increases are required. Currently working on a Voice Project for all 5 sites-Cisco has been selected as vendor. Currently working on designing and implementing a WAN to connect all 5 sites (Columbus, Marion, Piketon, Dayton, and Athens) Manage all projects relating to Network and Telecommunications for Marion and Columbus offices. Show less



Cranel Inc.

• Columbus, Ohio

• IT Manager

  • Feb 2013 - Oct 2015

  Responsible for managing entire IT Department to include Helpdesk, IT Projects, Infrastructure, and Application / ERP Development. Managed IT services between two locations (Columbus and Boston) and remote users across the United States. Reduced overall IT budget by 40%. Reductions made in elimination of unneccesary projects, smart purchasing, and contract re-negotiation. Analyized and improved bandwidth to Internet at Columbus and Boston Facilities. Implemented Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online in less than 70 days. Replaced Cisco Firewalls at Boston and Columbus with Palo Alto Firewalls. Upgraded VMWare environment from ESX 4.1 to ESXi 5.5. Migrated from Exchange 2003 to Office 365 and utilized Symantec EV.Cloud service for Journaling. Consolidated VMWare environment from (7) hosts down to (3) in Columbus which increased performance and stability. Replaced physical server in Boston with VMWare Host. Upgraded Active Directory Forest and Domain from 2003 to 2012, which included migrating DNS and DHCP. Evaluated and made necessary changes to Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plan to achieve business Recovery Time Objective. Led project of migrating data from other business segment in a legacy accounting system into Epicor ERP. Show less



Marysville Exempted Village School District

• Marysville, Ohio

• Director of Technology

  • Nov 2011 - Feb 2013

  Responsible for managing entire IT Department to include Helpdesk, Infrastructure, Student Management Database development, and all IT Projects. Managed a conversion of student information database system from Aeries to PowerSchool. Replaced entire network infrastructure including core routing, edge switching and entire wireless network. Consolidated AD infrastructure from 12 Active Directory Controllers into 2 Active Directory Controllers. Project also included consolidating DHCP and DNS. Began process of moving all desktops to Windows 7. Lead technical engineer in UCCOG (Union County Council of Governments) projects. Show less



Griffin Wheel Company

• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IT Specialist

  • Sep 2011 - Nov 2011

  Responsible for managing 100 computers and 10 servers Responsibilities include performing break / fix on all workstations on a 24/7 basis, engineer any new technology changes to ensure that changes will have a 95% or greater uptime, prepare yearly budget for IT related expenses, provide 24/7 on call support for plant technology operations, make changes to group policy as needed, make changes to file and folder permissions as needed, make any changes to data in SQL server as needed. Responsible for managing 100 computers and 10 servers Responsibilities include performing break / fix on all workstations on a 24/7 basis, engineer any new technology changes to ensure that changes will have a 95% or greater uptime, prepare yearly budget for IT related expenses, provide 24/7 on call support for plant technology operations, make changes to group policy as needed, make changes to file and folder permissions as needed, make any changes to data in SQL server as needed.



Marysville Exempted Village School District

• Marysville, Ohio

• Network Engineer

  • Jul 2005 - Sep 2011

  Converted (25) Physical servers to VMWare Virtual Servers Design, Installed, and Manage (79) VMWare Virtual Servers across (10) hosts and (2) clusters and (172) VMWare View Workstations across (4) hosts and (1) cluster using VMWare’s Virtual Center Migrated data and permissions from (15) Novell Netware Servers to new Microsoft Windows Servers Migrated all mail information from Novell GroupWise to new Microsoft Exchange Server Migrated operating system deployment from Novell Zenworks to new Microsoft Windows Deployment Server Migrated application deployment from Novell Zenworks to new Kace KBOX 1000 Management appliance Assist in writing budget for Marysville Schools IT Department Assist in writing technology plan for Marysville Exempted Village School District Installed and Manage Barracuda Backup Server, Email Archiving Server, Link Balancer Appliance, and Web Filter Appliance Installed and Manage Ironport Email Security Appliance Replaced existing Avaya Cajun switches with Extreme Networks Switches-Replaced existing Hewlett Packard Wireless network with Extreme Networks Wireless Controller and Access Points Designed, Installed, and Manage districts Vodavi VOIP telephone system-(11) buildings, (1) Vodavi Pathfinder Voice Mail System, (2) PRI’s to service all inbound and outbound calls-Saved district $6000 per month Provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 Help Desk Support Responsible for creating, testing, and preparing desktop operating system reference image for deployment Responsible for creating, testing, and preparing for deployment all applications for Marysville Schools computers Manage and deploy updates using Microsoft Windows Update Service (WSUS) Create and manage Windows Group Policies for Marysville School’s Domain Create and manage a clustered Microsoft Windows Terminal Server farm for remote access and remote application delivery Install and manage (8) Microsoft SQL servers Classified Employee of the Month for April 2008 Classified Employee of the Year 2008 Show less



Microman

• United States
• Computer Hardware Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Service Manager (TDS)

  • Sep 1995 - Jul 2005

  Began employment with Microman as delivery driver. Through hard work I was promoted to build cage technician where I was responsible for configuring all computers ordered. I was then promoted to computer technician where I was assigned responsibility for servicing the State Savings Bank account. I was responsible for all computer repairs and new installs that required a person to be in front of the computer. After State Savings Bank was bought out by Fifth Third Bank, I was offered an opportunity to become a manager in a new department of Microman called Telephony and Data Solutions (TDS). TDS was Microman’s telephone system division. Through my seven years with TDS, we went from one service tech to a staff of five service technician’s that I managed. AT that time, TDS was mainly selling, installing, and servicing Vodavi and 3COM VOIP telephone systems. Most installations were for school construction projects and private business. Towards the end of my time with TDS and Microman, I was mainly managing the service technicians and managing the current and upcoming projects as well as providing sales engineering to the TDS and Microman sales staff. Show less