Donald Howard

Systems Administrator II at SeaSpine Inc
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Oceanside, California, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Investment Banking
    • Systems Administrator II
      • Jul 2015 - Present
    • United States
    • Medical Equipment Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Systems Administrator
      • Aug 2012 - Jul 2015
    • United States
    • Hospitality
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Corporate Systems Administrator
      • Jun 2007 - Aug 2012

      Planned, deployed and administered servers, both physical and virtual, across organization’s 4 sites: • Engineering & support of Active Directory 2003, Exchange 2007, • Administration of VMWare ESXi 5.0 Host Cluster. • Created backup, restore and disaster recovery procedures for domain controllers, MS SQL, file, web, Exchange and vSphere servers using Symantec Backup Exec, Veeam, and Acronis. • Migration of Windows 2003/2008 domain controllers and file servers to vSphere 5.0 guests. • Maintained 3rd party virus/malware protection servers. • Provided escalated support as needed for 500+ Windows 7/XP and Mac OSX end user LAN/WAN and external customers via phone or remote session (RDP, Dameware,). • Maintained resident network and iMail email systems. • Responsible for evaluating and recommending changes to current and future systems engineering requirements to meet the organization's needs. • Liaised with Telecom Engineers with Shoretel and Mitel VOIP system upgrades at multiple locations. • Managed the purchase and repair of all enterprise level hardware and software, building computer systems when necessary as well as managing vendor relationships with Dell, RIM, FatPipe Networks, TrendMicro, Symantec, McAfee and CDW. • Responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting & diagnosing all network peripherals including Kyocera/Konica Minolta/Canon network printers/scanners/copiers/faxes, building security and video systems (Honeywell Fusion), and resident Life Safety systems. • Deployed NagioXI for monitoring Show less

    • Telecommunications
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Network Technician
      • Apr 2005 - May 2007

      • Responsible for network user and desktop support on network migrating to Active Directory.• Support of network licensed programs – Autocad, Solidworks, Microwave Office.• Coordinated 3rd party support of maintenance of networked printers.• Assisted Network Administrator with internal desktop and network support.• Creation of standard desktop images.• Managed isolated, secure networks.

    • HelpDesk Coordinator
      • Nov 2004 - Apr 2005

      I oversaw the operation of the HelpDesk, distributing issues to a desktop technician staff of 3 and a network admin staff of 5; coordinated the use of 3rd party support vendors for printer maintenance; did inventory and software tracking.

    • Network Administrator
      • Oct 2000 - Nov 2003

      My role encompassed network administration of a Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 network; administration of a Microsoft Exchange 5.5 e-mail system; administration of a Red Hat Linux sendmail server; telephony administration including voicemail; managing data backups with Veritas Backup Exec 8.6; offsite disaster recovery; desktop support of Windows 2000 systems; hardware and software upgrades; troubleshooting problems; inventory tracking of company assets; maintaining an ftp; and Help desk. My role encompassed network administration of a Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 network; administration of a Microsoft Exchange 5.5 e-mail system; administration of a Red Hat Linux sendmail server; telephony administration including voicemail; managing data backups with Veritas Backup Exec 8.6; offsite disaster recovery; desktop support of Windows 2000 systems; hardware and software upgrades; troubleshooting problems; inventory tracking of company assets; maintaining an ftp; and Help desk.

    • India
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Systems Technician
      • May 1996 - Oct 2000

      I was responsible for desktop support of Win9X, WINNT 4.0 and Win2K systems with limited network administration duties. I was the Help desk coordinator and was responsible for hardware and software inventory tracking. The support function was previously multi site with branch offices out of state. Responsibilities then required travel and remote support. I was responsible for desktop support of Win9X, WINNT 4.0 and Win2K systems with limited network administration duties. I was the Help desk coordinator and was responsible for hardware and software inventory tracking. The support function was previously multi site with branch offices out of state. Responsibilities then required travel and remote support.

Education

  • Towson University
    1989 - 1991

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