Anthony Allmon, Cissp Email & Phone Number

United States

Carson City, Nv, Us

Carson City, Nv, Us

Manager of the infrastructure and service desk teams and top-level technical escalation point. Total ofeight direct reports between both teams.Key Accomplishments:• Completed security audit of ITS with assistance from vCISO• Brought ITS into compliance with IG1 of the CIS v7 controls • Consolidated WAN architecture from multiple vendors to Fortinet• Architected new building networks from ground up• Managed all cloud assets, including: Azure, O365, Exchange 365, Cloudflare, DNS, and more• Administered Active Directory/Azure AD hybrid environment• Redesigned and updated Active Directory certificate environment• Managed core server infrastructure using VMware on vSAN• Used tools such as PowerShell and Ansible to automate tasks and deployments when possible• Evaluated license and product usage, reducing budget by substantial amount while continuing to grow business• Developed relationships to acquire business critical hardware in a backordered economy• Migrated remote datacenter to business-centralized location for optimal performance

Primarily responsible for servers in the Metro Detroit data centers, with growing global responsibilities as the department evolved. Monitored and maintained data center health, optimizing costs where possible. Developed North American Windows HPC standards and helped build global VMware environment.Key Accomplishments:• Migrated legacy systems from physical to virtual, preserving existing operating systems• Designed company high performance computing environment and standards• Collaborated on architecture design of global VMware environment• Reduced operating and administration costs by migrating physical systems to VMware• Managed and consolidated mixed VMware environment including ESX/ESXi, 2.5 to 5.5• Designed and built out primary data center while consolidating two regional data centers• Managed firmware and driver updates using Dell OpenManage Essentials• Automated server hardware management and support with Dell OME and SupportAssist• Provide upper level OS and hardware support for Windows and VMware servers• Extensive experience building, maintaining, and optimizing Windows servers• Consolidated remote data centers and applications to regional data centers, eliminating redundant expenses

Supported the Cadillac, Michigan manufacturing facility. Day-to-day maintenance and monitoring of all data center operations. Shop floor machine support as well as help desk when necessary.Key Accomplishments:• Managed and maintained local data center including Windows NT, 2000, 2003 servers• Managed SQL Server 2000/2005 including backup, recovery, security, and migrations• Maintained Active Directory and enforce security/permissions using Group Policy• Migrated and consolidated existing Windows NT and 2000 file servers to Windows 2003• Setup and configuration of end user’s devices including desktops, laptops, printers, and PDAs• Managed software inventory and licensing using Altiris• Developed and implemented replacement and maintenance schedule of end user PCs

Master Of Science - Ms, Datacenter Systems Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Dual Major: Biochemistry And Molecular Biology, Physiology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Chemistry

Associate Of Business - Ab, Computer Information Systems