Experience

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  Davenport Group

  • Orlando, Florida, United States

  • Business Technology Advisor

    • Apr 2024 - Present
    • Orlando, Florida, United States

    Pre-sales support and design of security solutions and projects within the Davenport portfolio. Focusing on customer facing solutions and consulting on regulatory assessments / implementations.

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  i-Tech Support, Inc.

  • United States
  • IT Services and IT Consulting
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Advanced Systems Engineer/Solutions Architect

    • Dec 2013 - Apr 2024

    Stepped up to this role within the organization as rapid growth stretched the engineering skills and we needed a leader/mentor role within the organization. Focus is on advanced systems solution design and implementation. Here are some of the successes and skills that this position has afforded me:Helped grow the organization to over 10 million dollars annually and created opportunities from simple conversations with the customer to 250k successful projects. Developed and administered our private cloud presence at Coresite Orlando. I am currently migrating our customers to our managed Microsoft Entra solutions. Support large enterprise customers such as Ravago Americas with VMware migrations from Hyper-V and designed standards and practices for the distributed virtual environment. Also, trained staff on Veeam backup solutionsDesigned and implemented Veeam Cloud Connect and BCDR practice for I-Tech customers for their disaster recovery and business continuity. Created and drove the NetApp initiatives for customer storage needs. Certified in both block and NAS solutions.Completed testing and currently both VCP-DCV 2019 and VCP-DTM certified via VMware. Completed all tests for my Cisco CCNP Enterprise certification. Designed and implemented VDI technology solutions at multiple customers to speed up workstation deployment and standardization. Implement advanced networking technologies with Cisco datacenter integration and dynamic routing protocols including Layer 2 features such as PVLANs, secure wired solutions(dot1x) and dynamic ARP inspection. Implement Cisco ASA, Meraki and Sonicwall security solutionsImplement Nexus, UCS and Catalyst advanced architecturesCurrent focus is on presales development and mentoring new staff for advanced roles with standardized approaches for consistent project success. Shifting to public cloud deployments using my networking and datacenter history to move into the public cloud space.

  • Director, Managed Services

    • Apr 2011 - Dec 2013

    Responsible for the managed services team including our help desk crew.

  • Senior Network Engineer

    • Aug 2010 - May 2011

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  The University of Vermont Health Network - Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital

  • Plattsburgh, New York, United States

  • Senior Network Specialist

    • Jun 2004 - Aug 2010
    • Plattsburgh, New York, United States

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  i-Tech Support, Inc.

  • Maitland, Florida, United States

  • Project Engineer LAN/WAN

    • Jan 2001 - May 2004
    • Maitland, Florida, United States

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  The University of Vermont Health Network - Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital

  • Plattsburgh, New York, United States

  • Network Specialist LAN/WAN

    • Dec 1996 - Dec 2000
    • Plattsburgh, New York, United States

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  Charisma Group

  • Lake Mary, Florida, United States

  • IT Support Specialist

    • Aug 1991 - Aug 1996
    • Lake Mary, Florida, United States