Drew MacPherson
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Experience
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Auvik
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Canada
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Computer Networking Products
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200 - 300 Employee
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Network Engineering Consultant
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Dec 2021 - Present
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Cooley Group
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United States
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Textile Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Information Systems Administrator
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Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
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Vintex Inc.
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Textile Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Information Systems Administrator
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Sep 2012 - Dec 2020
Designing, building and maintaining secure and reliable infrastructure that requires minimal care and feeding - so I can focus on business-impacting solutions. Designing, building and maintaining secure and reliable infrastructure that requires minimal care and feeding - so I can focus on business-impacting solutions.
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University of Guelph
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager, IT Infrastructure Design, Planning and Integration
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Apr 2010 - May 2012
● As technology architect directed the evolution and growth of diverse portfolio of enterprise IT and IS infrastructure ● Supported business goals through the establishment of Business Analysis practice and strategic planning framework for central IT organization
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IT Manager
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Oct 2006 - Mar 2010
● Accountable for voice, data network and security, compute facilities and email for university community of 25,000 across 5 campuses ● Implemented university wide email and calendaring system totalling 45,000 accounts ● Directed deployment of campus-wide wireless network used daily by 15,000 clients
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Manager, Networking Services
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Feb 2005 - Sep 2006
● Incorporated regional campuses into central voice, data and server infrastructure through WAN technologies ● Oversaw the securing of business applications through establishment of network security policy and architecture, and contributed to development of institutional disaster recovery plans
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Senior Network Analyst
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Oct 2000 - Jan 2005
● Increased reliability and capacity of campus network through design and implementation of network upgrade from ATM to Gigabit Ethernet ● Demonstrated viability of VoIP solution through successful 660 bed residence pilot ● Senior member of VoIP implementation project: 7500 sets and 4500 voicemail boxes ● Contributing member of cross functional Security Infrastructure team which developed and implemented security policies and procedures for the institutional IT infrastructure
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Systems and Network Analyst
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Dec 1991 - Sep 2000
● Developed and demonstrated excellent communications, incident management and problem resolution skills through support of a variety of interoperating systems and clients in university community
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Education
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University of Guelph
BA, French