Experience

Aurora Plastics Inc.

• Director Of Information Technology

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  Direction and build out of modular IT operations to satisfy customer requirements, user support needs, and proactive maintenance of all existing critical applications across a growing corporate footprint currently consisting of five manufacturing sites. Supervision of strategic software deployments to support new or existing business needs. Definition of job descriptions and reporting structure to grow our IT staffing in line with the growth of the Aurora Plastics business portfolio. - Management and optimization of of yearly IT expense budget for 5 sites - Proposal of capital projects as part of yearly budgeting and leadership process - Project management and tracking of approved capital projects through completion - Deployment of Office 365 as a mixed E1-E5 environment - Deployment of unified on-premises Mitel VoIP phone solution covering three sites - Deployment of Teams VoIP based phone pilot site to better address hybrid workforce future - Deployment of Palo Alto based edge security with intrusion protection systems - Deployment of cybersecurity alerting systems covering all cloud, network and internal domain - Modernization of meeting rooms and collaborative screen sharing technologies using MS Teams - Migration of all sites to a single domain and single ERP (MS Dynamics GP v18.3) - Conversion of acquired sites to Cisco wired and Meraki wireless network infrastructure - Conversion of physical server environments to VMware ESX based platform - Implementation and ongoing management of planned IT hardware lifecycle replacements - Proposal and deployment of Solarwinds IT monitoring and LANsweeper asset tracking - Proposal and deployment of next-generation Carbon Black endpoint protection - Championed and supported deployment of Microsoft Power BI to provide interactive reporting - Championed and supported IT team deployment of Rubrik backup solution for all sites - Support of Rockwell Automation based PLC manufacturing environments Show less



Pentair

• United Kingdom
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• IT Infrastructure Manager

  • Sep 2015 - Aug 2017

  IT Manager for Global EFS SBU with nine direct reports providing Level 1 through 3 support after ERICO was acquired - Lifecycle management for all IT Infrastructure related to 1200 users distributed across 17 offices - Management, planning and approvals for IT infrastructure capital and expense spending - Management and network administration of Electrical GBU DR / legacy ERICO data center - Project management and on-site coordination for site deployments - Cisco VoIP and Telecom architect and administrator for legacy ERICO sites - Vendor and contract evaluation and approval working with sourcing and legal departments - Ensure audit compliance related to SOX, DHS (Homeland Security) and NRC (Nuclear Regulatory) Show less



ERICO

• Canada
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• WW Manager Infrastructure and Applications Operations

  • Aug 2015 - Sep 2015

  Managed a team of six professionals that maintained the IT operational environment (networks, phones, servers and mobile devices) for ERICO, a multi-national manufacturer with sixteen offices.

• Infrastructure Architect

  • Mar 2013 - Aug 2015

  Responsible for the day to day operations LAN, WAN and VoIP systems throughout ERICO's global footprint as well as their design.- Recommendation and proposal of hardware replacements, upgrades or removals- Development and adjustments to hardware lifecycle standards- Development and maintenance of 5 year capital plan to meet lifecycle requirements- Day to day administration of Cisco VPN and VoIP systems for new users or changes- Responsible for tracking uptime and utilization for all WAN circuits- Design and execution of global WAN strategy- Design and execution of global Wireless LAN strategy- Configuration and management of all LAN hardware- Validation of data and voice billing from outside vendors on a monthly basis- Negotiation for service contracts from outside vendors related to voice and data services- Project management for proposal and execution of on-site upgrades at global locations- Planning and analysis for future infrastructure capital spending covering all infrastructure hardware Show less

• Infrastructure Administrator

  • Nov 2011 - Mar 2013

  Responsible for the day to day operations of LAN, WAN and VoIP systems throughout ERICO's global footprint.- Recommendation and proposal of hardware replacements, upgrades or removals- Day to day administration of Cisco VPN and VoIP systems for new users or changes- Responsible for tracking uptime and utilization for all WAN circuits- Configuration and management of all LAN hardware- Validation of data and voice billing from outside vendors on a monthly basis- Negotiation for service contracts from outside vendors related to voice and data services- Setup and maintenance of Citrix Netscaler to support Xenapp VDI environment- Assistance setting up Citrix Xenapp servers to support VDI initiative Show less



Malleys Chocolates

• United States
• Higher Education

• Network Engineer

  • Feb 2007 - Nov 2011

  Responsible for the day to day operations of LAN, WAN, Servers, PCs, and all POS devices at the Malley's stores throughout the Cleveland area. - Recommendation and proposal of hardware replacements, upgrades or removals - Day to day administration of Cisco VPN - Responsible for beginning and maintaining PCI-DSS compliance - Configuration and management of all computer and network hardware - Maintenance and daily support for all POS systems - General PC support for all employees Show less



The Bonne Bell Company

• Network Engineer

  • Feb 2002 - Feb 2007

  Responsible for day to day operations of LAN, WAN, Servers, PCs, and Wireless access points at Bonne Bell covering multiple US sites and one Australian office.- Recommendation and proposal of hardware replacements, upgrades or removals- Day to day administration of Cisco VPN- Configuration and management of all LAN hardware- PC Support for users- NAS installation, planning and maintenance to handle large artwork data storage- Configuration and management of Windows based servers- Assisted migration from Novell file servers to Windows base file servers- Support of day to day operations for Lotus Notes / Domino email- Responsible for the security and hardening of the public facing web site Show less

• PC Helpdesk Technician

  • Feb 1999 - Feb 2002

  Responsible for PC and Network solutions at Bonne Bell for two Cleveland based offices- Recommendation and proposal of hardware replacements, upgrades or removals- PC Support for users- Configuration and management of Windows based servers- Support of day to day operations for Lotus Notes / Domino email- Project management and execution of Y2K compliance covering Novell file servers- Project management of a 250k proposal that overhauled entire infrastructure introducing fiber uplinks, Lotus Domino email, Cisco Catalyst switches and Cisco PIX firewalls Show less