Alan Webber Email & Phone Number

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Ca

Miami, Florida, Us

Kanata, Ontario, Ca

Thornhill, Ontario, Ca

Thornhill, Ontario, Ca

Thornhill, Ontario, Ca

Ottawa, Ontario, Ca

Mr. Webber was brought in as a subject matter expert in Microsoft Server and associated layered services and applications to provide the necessary System Engineering support needed for the varied need of the client (PWGSC) to address both its daily and project workloads and to move forward with several key initiatives that will help transform that infrastructure into a more efficient environment.

Ottawa, Ontario, Ca

Supporting a Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2008 R2, Microsoft Exchange (was there 2003 and 2010) and multiple- domain Active Directory Forest structure across multiple geographical domains housing multiple sites and application environments for testing of both external and internal application and system testing with a user base in excess of 5000 users.Server iImplimentation of various COTS and nonCOTS systems within the organizationVMware Infrastructure 4.0 or 5.0 (in the process of moving to 5.0) support Design and implimentation of CISCO Nexus virtual switches and networking infrastructureExperience from physical to virtual environments in VMwareExperience building ESX infrastructure hosts

Gatineau, Qc, Ca

Supporting, configuring, deploying and troubleshooting of 308 remote multiple Active Directory domains running Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003 R2 Server, Microsoft Exchange 2003 across Canada utilizing high speed, cellular and dial-up connections to the Elections Canada’s Multi-domain Active Directory network.Troubleshooting connectivity of networked locations, Active Directory, Group Policy, Cronos backups. IBM X-series Servers Microsoft office and in house applications. Provided management support in an enterprise heterogeneous environment for Windows 2000/2003 operating systems, Microsoft Exchange 2003, numerous COTS products such as MS Office, and Active Directory services, in multiple domain controller maintenance, creation and administration to a user base of over 5000 users and across multiple geographical locations across Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Ca

Assisted in maintaining the configuration of all BCP components such as HDS USP VM Storage platform, Brocade and HP Procurve switches, Multiprotocol Routers, VMware ESX 3.x Enterprise Platform, Citrix Presentation server, MS Exchange and BES.Maintain lab configurations to provide an as near possible mirror environment for testing and QA pertaining to configuration changes intended for the Production environment.Member of the Change Management Board.Member of the BCP team in charge of executing and testing of production failover and failback of critical systems.Member of the BCP team in charge of testing recovery procedures, identifying potential problems and documentation of the results.Maintain documentation for all BCP SystemsIn charge of developing and maintaining Disaster Recovery plans, standard operating procedures, technical documentation, test plans, processes and procedures for all Production Systems including OS install and configuration, as well as all COTS and custom applications

Global, Us

Supporting VMware ESX 3.5 Enterprise clusters and Implementing the upgrade of these systems to V-Sphere 4.0 to virtualize a mixed environment of Microsoft, SUN and Linux systems to match the current structure of the original physical labsSupporting a Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2008 R2, Microsoft Exchange (was there 2003 and 2007) and multiple- domain Active Directory Forest structure across multiple geographical domains housing multiple sites and application environments for testing of both external and internal application and system testing with a user base in excess of 5000 users.Installing, configuring and supporting Microsoft Server technologies(COTS product) (Ver.2000 Std/Ent, Ver. 2003 Std/Ent, 2008 Std/Ent/Core, 2008 R2 Std/Ent/Core) in a multiple complex production environments using various configurations, technologies and Enterprise solutions.Creation of Microsoft Server technologies virtual machines (COTS product) (Ver.2000 Std/Ent, 2003 Std/Ent, 2008 Std/Ent/Core, 2008 R2 Std/Ent/Core)Physical to virtual conversions of servers various Microsoft Server technologies.Support and maintenance of Nortel Contivity and CISCO VPNs for global access to Ottawa VPN of both internal CSC users and external Vendors access.Implementation of Microsoft SCOM 2007 (COTS product) in a Lab environment for Custom MIB testing.Implementation and support of Windows 2008 Server Clusters.Implementation and support of Globalscape sFTP ServerImplementation and support of SQL 2005 and 2008 (COTS product).Operational support of Citrix CAG and Presentation 4.5 server farm.Develop and troubleshoot automated Scripts using Powershell in a production environment.Maintain infrastructure documentation standard operating procedures, technical documentations, Test Plans, processes and procedures and the transfer of this knowledge to CSC internal resources

Supporting VMware consolidation and Lab moves from US to Canada

Successful completion of a design and implementation of Exchange 2007 for a client into their existing Exchange 2003, transition all systems to the new environment and remove the legacy exchange environment. Once completed a migration of a second domain (company acquisition) AD and exchange 2003 systems into the new exchange 2007 domain and decommissioning of the old domain and exchange systems.( 500 Users)Installed and configured Microsoft Server 2003 R2 64bit Member Server with Exchange 2007 Sp1 into existing Exchange 2003 environment, Migrated all user mailboxes, calendars, free/busy and public folders in domain to exchange 2007 decommissioned exchange 2003.Migrated second 2003 AD domain and exchange 2003 environment to new AD domain/Exchange 2007 environment using Quest Software.Troubleshooting environmental issues with AD replication, Group policies, DNS.Developing and troubleshooting automated Scripts using Powershell in a production environment.

Successful completion of a 14-month contract with Bell Aliant’s enterprise heterogeneous environment working on the outsourcing and migration of Jacques Whitford (5000+ users ) located in 18 sites across North America) from an NDS/GroupWise to a multiple domain Active Directory/Exchange 2003. During this time he has been tasked with many operational and project related duties including being part of the server 24/7 on-call rotation for all 75+ productions Jacques Whitford servers and the numerous systems running on them. Implemented and supported HP System Insight Manager to manage and monitor and automate hardware and software patching and reporting for the HP Proliant Server environment at Jacques Whitford.Migrated ADP US payroll database and client systems from Novell to Microsoft Server 2003.Implementing and documentation of ISA 2006Implementation/deployment and support of various Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 operating system in a Native mode Active Directory 2003 (COTS product) environment including SMS 2003(COTS product), Symantec Enterprise Vault 8.0, Exchange 2003,IAS 2006, 2003 Cluster, Symantec NetBackup, Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.0, Remedy ARS, Microsoft Data Protection Manager Documentation for the operational support of the environment Server virtualization using ESX 3.0 server using v-moition and virtual center. Virtualizing services such as blackberry enterprise server, DHCP, Print Services.Supported Nortel Contivity VPN for Jacques Whitford user access and support of CISCO VPN for Bell Aliant systemsDeveloping and troubleshooting automated scripts using vbscript in a production environment

Aliso Viejo, Ca, Us

Supporting all kinds of different migration scenarios working on migrations for HSBC, Yahoo, Intel, NASA to name a few. Identifying and resolving customer’s technical issues, Migration process and procedure, in various heterogeneous Enterprise Windows Server( NT, 2000,2003,2008) operating systems, Exchange (5.5, 2000, 2003, 2007) and numerous COTS products environments utilizing his knowledge of Exchange Routing, mail flow, SMTP, storage groups, Free/Busy, and Public Folders and a strong knowledge of Active Directory, Windows operating systems, networking, clustering, Schema, AD Replication, Group Policy ADSI Edit, LDAP, and DNS across all types of Microsoft Server technologies. Working with large enterprise migrations ranging from 5000 to 50,000+ AD objects/ users and exchange mailboxesInterfacing with R&D resources to resolve Escalated/Critical production issues. Managing “HOT Sites” and Premier Support Customers. Participating in conference calls and WebEx as a technical resource for migration issues for high profile/high availability customers across North and South America and participating in an on-call 24/7 rotation supporting Migration customers globallyImplementation and support of VMware ESX 2.5 Enterprise systems for development and testing of migration issues and procedures for issue resolution.Support through client request and support engineers online wiki and blogs to support partner and client issues and share high quality, applied expertise in online technical communities

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Working for the External Business unit on contract to an Enterprise heterogeneous environment of Atlantic Health Sciences based out of the Saint John Regional Hospital supporting region 2 of the New Brunswick hospital system with users in excess of 5000 in a multi domain structure across multiple (excess of 15) geographic sitesOur focus included Network infrastructure and connectivity, security, Server implementations ( ISA 2004, 2003 Domain Controllers, 2003 File Cluster,Print Server). In charge of software and hardware standards, tasked with overall system integrity and tier 3 incident resolution.Planned, implemented, deployed and supported multiple domain Active Directory, Exchange 2003, Microsoft Windows Server NT, 2000, 2003 Operating Systems, various COTS products, IAS, Wireless infrastructure, VPN’s, firewalls, switches and routers.Migrated the region from a Novell/GroupWise 6.5 to a Windows/Exchange 2003 environment.Working extensively with the TCP/IP protocol in an Ethernet LAN|WAN environment and done lots of remote administration using such tools as Citrix Metaframe, terminal services, RILO, PC Anywhere and VNCSupport of the network including configuration and support of Baystack and HP Procurve switches.Support CISCO VPN for client connectivity

Chantilly, Va, Us

Participated in a team whose primary focus was to architect, implement, deploy and maintain/support enterprise solutions for both blue Cross; as well as, external clients like Dept. of Health, RCMP and DND with a user base in excess of 5000 users and spanned across several geographical locations in excess of 15 locations across Canada. This enterprise heterogeneous environments included support in a Microsoft Windows Server NT, 2000, 2003 O/S, Exchange 2000 (was there 2003), multiple Active Directory domains and numerous COTS products. Implementation, configuration and support of the DR Site created in Halifax NS for DR Failover after September 11th complete with e-mail, multi-domain Active Directory(COTS product), Database servers for application, data and system failover for Medicare, MSI systems, Quickpay and all other Blue Cross essential business systems replacing SUNGUARD disaster recovery plan. Supporting, maintaining and troubleshooting COMPAQ EVA SAN DR environment and Brocade Storage Fabric. Responsible for all aspects of implementation and documentation and support of Microsoft Operation Manager for monitoring of all production and DR systemsSupporting DR Network including HP Procurve switches.Writing technical documentation, Disaster Recovery Plans, process and procedures to fail over to DR site including step by step instructions on restoring systems in the main site..speaking to business unites to gather needs and requirements for maintaining systems availability. Participating in planning and stratagy meetings and project team meetings.

Working for the External Business unit servicing external customers he performed warranty work and initial hardware and software setups for COMPAQ, IBM, Toshiba and HP (PC’s, laptops and servers).During my time here I dealt with hardware and software installations, upgrades and troubleshooting. Worked extensively with the TCP/IP protocol in an Ethernet LAN|WAN environment. Performed on-site troubleshooting of various types of networks and servers. Involved in several medium to large projects for various levels of government and for other external clients. Setup VPN’s (Nortel), firewalls, switches and hubsImplementing and supporting Windows 2000 Server systems for clients such as RCMP and DND with user bases in excess of 5000 users.Remote administration using such tools as Citrix Metaframe, PC Anywhere