Experience

VCE

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• VMware Implementation Engineer

  • Jul 2015 - Present



HIMSS

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Consultant

  • Jun 2014 - May 2015



ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Infrastructure & Architecture Group

  • Jan 2011 - May 2014



Sungard Availability Services

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Recovery Specialist - Consultant

  • Aug 2010 - Feb 2011



Merrill Lynch

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• AVP

  • Sep 2001 - Feb 2009

• Systems Engineer

  • Jan 2001 - Jan 2009

  Responsibilities included management of three server Data Centers, with over 150 Production, QA, and Development servers in a 24 X 7 capacity. Provided support of a MS Windows environment that included Windows 2000/2003 servers, and Windows 2000/XP workstations. Provided support for 20+ SQL servers and assisted Development Team with implementing changes. Responsible for building, and implementation of virtual server environment employing VMware's VI3 Responsible for team's change… Show more Responsibilities included management of three server Data Centers, with over 150 Production, QA, and Development servers in a 24 X 7 capacity. Provided support of a MS Windows environment that included Windows 2000/2003 servers, and Windows 2000/XP workstations. Provided support for 20+ SQL servers and assisted Development Team with implementing changes. Responsible for building, and implementation of virtual server environment employing VMware's VI3 Responsible for team's change management requests and reporting; followed up with change owners, and appropriate approvers, as well as different teams for notifications, and change management discussions Supported second and third level support for a 1,500 user base that was distributed throughout the US. Implemented and maintained McAfee's ePO (Enterprise Policy Orchestrator) product to enable successful deployment of Antivirus DAT definition files, engine updates, and Virus Scan Program updates. Consistently maintained over 98% of environment at current levels. Implemented, maintained and tested recovery strategies for individual platforms as part of the Business Continuity Management Program. Responsible for patch management deployment process using several delivery methods: WSUS, BIG FIX, Altiris, and on occasion via login script. Managed securing file server data. This included providing three business groups with a documented process that maintains the most secure environment possible. Consolidated business data drives from three to one; worked with business sponsor to inform department heads of the unsecured folder structure that existed. Developed project plans to departmentalize data and secure data based on data owner process that was implemented. Reorganized original Data Center by organizing hardware, color coding network cables, implementing rack systems; removed all excess cables and systems.



Allstate

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant/Systems Administrator

  • Jan 1999 - Jan 2001



Investment Technology

• Level 2 Product Support Engineer

  • Jan 1997 - Jan 1999

  Provided support for Windows 2000 Active Directory, Windows NT Domain. Network consisting of 400+ users and over 40 development/application servers. Partnered with various corporate teams to coordinate and prepare specific orders per hardware/software specifications. Coordinated and applied specific server/application security standards and additional software installs for production processes. Interfaced with various teams of developers (Intranet/Internet applications) to validate that… Show more Provided support for Windows 2000 Active Directory, Windows NT Domain. Network consisting of 400+ users and over 40 development/application servers. Partnered with various corporate teams to coordinate and prepare specific orders per hardware/software specifications. Coordinated and applied specific server/application security standards and additional software installs for production processes. Interfaced with various teams of developers (Intranet/Internet applications) to validate that applications are following the general information security and corporate security policies. Collaborated with the security administrator on the design and implementation of security profiles and strict password polices, across multiple platforms in the department. Executed routine security audit scripts on 2000/NT servers, and reported any security lacks to management. Provided support level one and level two technicians with any issues related to support of the standard desktop in the department as well as with Investment applications. Show less



USRobotics

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Palm LEvel 2 support

  • 1997 - 1999