Experience

The Methodical Group

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

• Business Development

  • May 2023 - Present

  We Are Methodical: “We are orderly and systematic in thought, behavior and speed.” The Methodical Group prides itself on delivering high-quality digital solutions to meet the ever-changing needs of our clients. We leverage the absolute cutting edge of technologists, architects, developers and beyond to deliver PRECISION solutions at the speed of your business. Every time. Our recruiting, staffing, hiring, onboarding, and talent workforce engine supports your needs with the ExactSkills (TM) you need – when you need it. With global changes shifting the manner in which people live and work, we help organizations rethink their technology, process and teams to stay on track with their goals, and ahead of the competition. Show less



Datarift LLC

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Microsoft Platform Architect

  • Oct 2019 - May 2023

  Providing cloud solutions to mid and enterprise customers. Focusing on migration, user experience, automation and implementation of technologies within the Microsoft Platform Providing cloud solutions to mid and enterprise customers. Focusing on migration, user experience, automation and implementation of technologies within the Microsoft Platform



IT Partners

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

• Microsoft Practice Manager

  • Mar 2018 - Oct 2019

  Project based IT consultant focusing on local municipalities and mid to enterprise businesses. Project based IT consultant focusing on local municipalities and mid to enterprise businesses.



Upcomp Technology Services

• United States
• Computer and Network Security

• Microsoft Solutions Architect, IT Environment Architect

  • Dec 2012 - May 2015

  Project-based IT consultant for medium to Fortune 500 businesses in the Southern California region. Sales Engineer. Implement IT business strategies and provide 'future proof' solutions in both a pre- and post- sales capacity. • Installation, configuration and migration of Windows 2000 through 2012 Active Directory, Group Policy, DHCP, and DNS with planning and deployment of forest structure, DFS, remote sub-domains, OU design, site replication, FSMO and DC placement, group membership, security, and site topology • Installation configuration and migration of Exchange Server 5.0 through 2010 in Hub Transport, Mailbox, Client Access, Active/Passive Cluster, Edge Transport, and Unified Messaging roles with planning and deployment of antivirus and antispam services, firewall/antispam/antivirus configuration, user and mailbox migration, Powershell scripting, and deployment of SSL certificates for OWA, RPC over HTTPS, TLS, S/POP, S/SMTP, and S/IMAP • Clustering Windows Server 2008, 2012 with Exchange Server 2007 and 2010 (CCR & SCR) utilizing SANs and log shipping • Virtualization of servers and desktops with VMware, Hyper-V, SCVMM including physical-to-virtual migration, client deployment, and resource monitoring • VDI implementation with VMware ESX Server, Microsoft VDI , and gateway web access software from VMware, and Microsoft • Deploy ‘self service’ auto-provisioning of cloud resources using a combination of SCORCH, SCAM, SCSM, SCCM, SCOM, Azure, powershell and VBScript • Office 365 migration expert across multiple platforms. Lotus, Okta, Exchange 2007-2013, Azure • Implementation of Microsoft cloud services. ADFS, FIM, DirSync, MIIS, MSOL • Enterprise Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security installation, deployment, policy generation and management Show less



Datarift LLC

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• SR. Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer

  • Apr 2002 - Dec 2012

  Installation, configuration and migration of Windows 2000 through 2012 Active Directory, Group Policy, DHCP, and DNS with planning and deployment of forest structure, DFS, remote sub-domains, OU design, site replication, FSMO and DC placement, group membership, security, and site topology Installation configuration and migration of Exchange Server 5.0 through 2010 in Hub Transport, Mailbox, Client Access, Active/Passive Cluster, DAG, Edge Transport, and Unified Messaging roles with planning and deployment of antivirus and antispam services, firewall/antispam/antivirus configuration, user and mailbox migration, Powershell scripting, and deployment of SSL certificates for OWA, RPC over HTTPS, TLS, S/POP, S/SMTP, and S/IMAP Clustering Windows Server 2008, 2012 with Exchange Server 2007 and 2010 (CCR & SCR) utilizing SANs and log shipping Firewall, UTM, and security appliance configuration on Cisco ASA and PIX, Checkpoint, Firebox, SonicWall Branch Office Cisco VPN remote access design, implementation, and access management Installation and administration of SQL Server 2000 through 2012 including clustering, replication, security, data migration, SQL Reporting Services and SSIS, backups, disaster recovery, and data file management Network and Wireless Network infrastructure planning, design and implementations using Cisco, Juniper, Avaya, HP, Dell, Motorola, F5… Routers, switches and firewalls, proxies, and load balancers to achieve High Availability ‘future proof’ solutions Manage servers and firewalls at datacenters with load balancing hardware and bandwidth management utilities Perform capacity planning and assessments of network and service infrastructure Domain name registration, IIS hosting, SSL certificate installation, and website configuration Design and deploy Free Space Optics laser networks to line of sight real estate. Show less



Fox Restaurant Concepts

• United States
• Restaurants
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Director of IT

  • 2007 - 2009



Flashcom

• IT Manager/Engineer

  • 1999 - 2002

  Build network infrastructure to support 5000 employees and 5 million subscribers for (at the time) the largest privately held DSL provider in the nation. Build network infrastructure to support 5000 employees and 5 million subscribers for (at the time) the largest privately held DSL provider in the nation.