Technical Consultant

• Oct 2015 - Present

Senior Systems Engineer

• May 2011 - Oct 2015

Responsible for Designing, Deploying, and Managing Enterprise Datacenters that provide Slot Systems operation and functionality for Bally Gaming customers. Valued member of a Revenue generating team of Systems/Network Engineers that interface with multiple Bally customers and vendors. Responsibilities include; Systems Architecture Design, Project Management, Storage Engineering, Network Engineering, Database Implementation and Maintenance, and Disaster Recovery Solutions.• Delivering Enterprise billable solutions at Customer sites or Bally Technologies Integration Center.• Manage Internal Lab that is used for testing and researching new technologies and opportunities.• Mentor and lead Junior Level Systems Engineers.• Lead in Project Initiation, Planning, and Implementation of complex Datacenter Solutions.• Implement, Configure, and Manage multiple vendor Storage Systems.• Implement HA solutions using Microsoft Failover Clustering, SQL Server Failover Clustering.

Computer Systems Analyst

• May 2007 - May 2011

I managed and maintained disaster recovery infrastructure for 6 Datacenters, 60+ Servers, 450+ Exchange mailboxes, and 6+ SQL cluster servers. Valued team member with responsibilities that include, Tier II Helpdesk Analyst, Systems, Network, and Database Administration.• Migrated 3 sites from Extreme Networks to a Cisco Networking topology.• Managed 6 geographically dispersed Backup Servers that retained over 7 Terabytes of data per week.• Lead Application Support Admin for Opera Hotel PMS system that facilitated 833 rooms and 20+ application users.• Managed Micros POS Database and Application Servers that supported 7 restaurants and 10+ revenue centers.• Responsible for deploying, managing, and maintaining high availability of 6+ SQL Server Failover Clusters for IGT Slot system. • Responsible for the overall Systems/Network documentation which also included change management procedures, compliance with Internal Audit regulations, and process improvement.• Project lead and reported to IT Manager for Campground Manager Project that covered a 105 allocation space for RV Park. • Created custom intranet web applications for the Marketing and IT Department to stream line business processes and promote business efficiency.

Computer Lab Supervisor

• Aug 2005 - May 2007

Worked as a Student at Murray State University where I was responsible for providing 1st Tier support to students; and assisted Systems Administrator with deploying new computer images to 100+ desktops and 20+ Laptops everysemester.•Assisted Systems administrator in deploying new images using Norton ghost and DeepFreeze. •Supervised and maintained 6 Campus computer labs.•Provided outstanding analysis and troubleshooting skills for computer lab workstations.•Supported a 5000+ student population.