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Akron, Ohio, US

• Led several initiatives to grow and upgrade business processes. Also, as we are a SMB, all aspects of IT operations were handled by my small group.
• Architect-ed and implemented a VMware Virtual server environment from a single host in 2012 to a multi-host VSphere and VDI environment today resulting in a 75% reduction of the physical server footprint with an.
• Implemented a project to migrate from a Barracuda Firewall to a Fortinet system with IPS, VPN site-to-site, VPN Client, & Web Proxy in June 2019.
• Planned and implemented BitLocker drive encryption on over 120 laptops scattered across the country from January to March 2019.
• Manage and maintain 100+ physical and virtual Windows servers OS’s 2003-2016 providing a physical and virtual platform for corporate applications, Web services and file sharing.
• Created and managed AD Group Policy, DHCP, DNS, AD user account creation & rights management.

North Canton, Ohio, US

• Collaborated with the members of the Windows Server team on a wide variety of hardware and software issues, virtualization efforts, and other creative problem solving initiatives.
• Led an antivirus vendor comparison project between McAfee, Symantec & Microsoft Forefront endpoint protection products which resulted in a significant annual cost savings from previous license agreements while.
• Implemented global McAfee ePO upgrade and deployment to 15,000 computer clients worldwide with VirusScan Enterprise and Host Intrusion Protection.
• Completed extensive work with the security organization on a variety of issues including encryption, DLP (Data Loss Prevention) evaluation, investigative work, vulnerability mitigation, security policy implementation.
• Developed expert knowledge of McAfee ePO 4.5 & VSE 8.5i & 8.7i, and working knowledge of Windows 7, Server 2000, 2003, 2008, SCCM, AD, VMware ESXi V-sphere 4.

North Canton, Ohio, US

• Supervised day-to-day operations of a team of six System Administrators for Active Directory, SMS, PC Image creation and management, desktop software evaluation, & antivirus management.
• Designed and Implemented the PC hard drive encryption project to 8,000 PCs around the globe.
• Implemented the transition from a Symantec Ghost based image system to Microsoft Windows BDD.
• Developed extensive experience in administration, troubleshooting and deployment of Windows XP, Vista, Safeboot, McAfee ePO 3.6.1 & VSE 8.0i & 8.5i SMS 2003, BDD, MS-Office 2007.

North Canton, Ohio, US

• Managed and supported PC hardware and software installation, troubleshooting, and third level support for the Helpdesk.
• Directly supported the Senior Executive team as “personal” technician for a very dynamic and demanding group. Was happy to satisfy any needs and took great pride in personal ability to maintain high quality service to.
• Developed extensive experience administering and troubleshooting Windows XP, 2000, NT, MS-Office 2000 & 2003, RIM Blackberry and BES, McAfee ePO 3.1 & VSE 7.1 & 8.0i.

North Canton, Ohio, US

• Led the transition from a Mainframe based Helpdesk to a PC centric team.
• Led the project to institute the first enterprise grade call management system.

Worked my way up from part time Mainframe Operator to shift lead.

Ba, Communication Arts, English, History

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