Experience

GarrisonPro

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  Tampa Bay GarrisonPro is an I.T. Consulting firm with a specialty in cyber security, compliance management, and computer support. • We work with clients in regulated industries to streamline, simplify, and manage regulatory compliance. • We provide cyber security expertise to secure and protect businesses from sophisticated cyber threats • We provide full-spectrum, on-call computer and network support services https://www.garrisonpro.com/



MILVETS Systems Technology, Inc.

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Geospatial Data Engineer

  • Jan 2016 - Aug 2017

  United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL • Maintained the 240TB+ Special Operations Forces (SOF) geospatial data catalog by tracking, importing, and synchronizing data updates to distributed storage sites. • Verified ongoing data catalog health by monitoring disk array metrics, allocating Storage-Area-Network (SAN) disk quotas, and performing preventive data maintenance. • Balanced network traffic across a high-availability multi-site enterprise environment via custom configured and maintained Apache web servers. • Integrated… Show more • Maintained the 240TB+ Special Operations Forces (SOF) geospatial data catalog by tracking, importing, and synchronizing data updates to distributed storage sites. • Verified ongoing data catalog health by monitoring disk array metrics, allocating Storage-Area-Network (SAN) disk quotas, and performing preventive data maintenance. • Balanced network traffic across a high-availability multi-site enterprise environment via custom configured and maintained Apache web servers. • Integrated continuous geospatial updates from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency into a web-based application environment based on ESRI ArcGIS products. Show less



NCI, Inc.

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Cross-Domain Systems Engineer & Linux Systems Administrator

  • Oct 2014 - Jan 2016

  United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL • Designed and constructed custom implementations of the SOF operational network for testing purposes. Custom networks frequently included Active Directory Domain Controllers, Microsoft Exchange servers, SharePoint, Web, and SQL Database Servers, which allowed for the fielding, testing, and vetting of a large range of applications. • Minimized potential issues, performance bottlenecks, and data errors on a set of Red Hat Linux geospatial servers in order to ensure geospatial data… Show more • Designed and constructed custom implementations of the SOF operational network for testing purposes. Custom networks frequently included Active Directory Domain Controllers, Microsoft Exchange servers, SharePoint, Web, and SQL Database Servers, which allowed for the fielding, testing, and vetting of a large range of applications. • Minimized potential issues, performance bottlenecks, and data errors on a set of Red Hat Linux geospatial servers in order to ensure geospatial data availability and accuracy. • Instructed and trained other system administrators on how to improve their operational proficiency and information security when working with Linux and Red Hat servers. • Automated administrative functions and maintenance operations via custom scripting. • Administered and maintained the Cross-Domain VMware vSphere development lab. • Located and mitigated potential security vulnerabilities on the development network before software went operational via ongoing scans, patches, and penetration tests. • Shaped US Special Operations Command’s pilot program implementation of the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) SecureView cross-domain desktop virtualization software by acting as the subject matter expert (SME) and lead SecureView virtualization engineer. Show less



ARMA Global Corporation

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Infrastructure Virtualization Engineer

  • Mar 2014 - Oct 2014

  United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL • Leveraged the VMware vSphere platform to engineer, support, and enable a virtualized Server 2003, 2008 R2, and 2012 environment incorporating over 8,000 virtual servers on four separate networks in a high-demand distributed datacenter environment. • Ensured 100% virtual infrastructure availability by configuring and deploying VMware Fault Tolerance and High Availability virtual server nodes. • Allocated ESXi host resources to VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) pools, allowing… Show more • Leveraged the VMware vSphere platform to engineer, support, and enable a virtualized Server 2003, 2008 R2, and 2012 environment incorporating over 8,000 virtual servers on four separate networks in a high-demand distributed datacenter environment. • Ensured 100% virtual infrastructure availability by configuring and deploying VMware Fault Tolerance and High Availability virtual server nodes. • Allocated ESXi host resources to VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) pools, allowing both power & workload efficiency, while preventing hardware outages. • Preserved virtual machines in a “known working” state by utilizing VMware snapshots to roll back configuration changes and software installations in the event of a failure. • Balanced customer requirements for data capacity and performance by allocating Storage Area Network (SAN) Fibre Channel disks to datastores & datastore clusters. • Designed VMware Host and Storage profiles to enforce hardware policy compliance and virtual server performance standards across the distributed datacenter environment. • Engineered virtual machine baseline templates to allow for the rapid deployment and creation of configuration compliant, secure servers. • Constructed and deployed ESXi hosts through the VMware ESXi 5.1 and 5.5 hypervisor.

• Microsoft Systems Center Integration Engineer

  • Sep 2013 - Mar 2014

  United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL • Tailored specialized monitors, alerts, management packs, and reports for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager to ensure end-user service availability. • Streamlined the administration of a multi-domain environment by composing network tools, inventory management abilities, and user logon scripts in Powershell 2.0 & 3.0. • Administered and installed critical software patches for client applications and operating systems via the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)… Show more • Tailored specialized monitors, alerts, management packs, and reports for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager to ensure end-user service availability. • Streamlined the administration of a multi-domain environment by composing network tools, inventory management abilities, and user logon scripts in Powershell 2.0 & 3.0. • Administered and installed critical software patches for client applications and operating systems via the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) suite.



Venatore, LLC

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Server Availability Administrator

  • Dec 2011 - Sep 2013

  United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL • Stabilized email speed, reliability, and accessibility for 6,000+ end users in a geographically separated, dual datacenter Microsoft Exchange 2010 environment by designing and implementing Email Database Availability Groups (DAGs). • Employed EMC Avamar data archive software to preserve data integrity and availability of 700+ servers via daily and incremental backups over a Storage Area Network (SAN). • Delegated and managed computer accounts, end-user rights and asset credentials for a… Show more • Stabilized email speed, reliability, and accessibility for 6,000+ end users in a geographically separated, dual datacenter Microsoft Exchange 2010 environment by designing and implementing Email Database Availability Groups (DAGs). • Employed EMC Avamar data archive software to preserve data integrity and availability of 700+ servers via daily and incremental backups over a Storage Area Network (SAN). • Delegated and managed computer accounts, end-user rights and asset credentials for a 12 domain, 30,000+ user environment to ensure Information Security compliance, secure user access, and virtual resource policy compliance.

• Information Systems Management Technician

  • Dec 2009 - Nov 2011

  United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL • Dispatched and maintained virtual desktops for thin client users via VMware View. • Allocated Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) resources to meet performance demands. • Supported numerous end-users experiencing a multitude of issues on-location.



Connecticut Air Force National Guard

• Staff Sergeant, 103rd Air Control Squadron, Network Maintenance & Cryptographics

  • Jul 2003 - Jun 2009

  103rd Air Control Squadron, Orange, CT • Assembled and supported a virtualized Red Hat Enterprise Linux datacenter in order to provide a simulation platform for Air Traffic Control operators and radio personnel. • Coordinated and managed on-site cryptographics hardware and processes to ensure continuous, encrypted, secure transmissions of signals and communications.