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United States

Tacoma, Washington, United States

The position of Manager, Technology Infrastructure exists for the purpose/s of planning, organizing, directing, supervising and evaluating the acquisition of network and server technologies in support of district mission, vision, goals; coordinating, organizing and supervising Technology Infrastructure staff in supporting the district Wide Area Network, Local Area Network, Wireless Area Network, VoIP Networks and access to the K-20/Internet facing networks. This position serves as the system architect as well as the highest level technician for the district and represents the single focal point in the district for network, server and data storage management, including policies, applications, systems, deployments, procedures and security.

Tacoma Washington

Network manager. Responsible for all network systems, server systems day to day operations. troubleshooting, development, system design, upgrades, manage field techs.

Renton, Washington, United States

Provided consulting designing network systems and sub-systems within the ESD and participating school districts; providing information, direction and/or recommendations regarding network installations and configurations; resolving network operational issues; and maintaining network hardware to include extensive network appliance installation, support and sustainment. Extensive server installation, support, design and, troubleshooting. Provided all Destiny Server operations, support, backup systems etc. for 9 counties and covering over 35 different school districts and growing.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

SAIC - Clark County School District.SAIC - Contract / Network Repair -Network Technician III for entire SW valley of Clark County School District. Provided high level LAN/WAN/WLAN repair, troubleshooting and design changes. Front line representative for all network related repairs and escalation for over 80 schools in the SW. Daily contact for all network related outages and repair escalations when others have failed.High level Cisco, Foundry/Brocade, and Extreme Networks - Layer 1,2,3

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Supervised and manage the daily installation, support and operation of Clark County School Districts technology systems supporting the largest WAN project in the country. Provided network switch programming, computer imaging, and inventory; prior to installation jobs. Supervised and provided installation of data/telecom network equipment and phase over old equipment on a complex Novell Netware WAN encompassing hundreds of sites. Performed extensive troubleshooting on network equipment hardware to detect / resolve on site problems during installations. Investigates and recommends methods and techniques for improving our installation for on-site solutions. Supervised 3 - 4 man teams on site for network installation, quality assurance and auditing.

Eareckson As, Alaska

Supervise and manage the daily activities of configuration, installations and operation of data/telecom business systems for USAF Base Operations contract; in support of Ground Missile Defense program operation. Optimizes system operation and resources utilization, and performs system capacity and analysis and planning. Provide assistance to users in accessing and using business systems. Analyzes system faults and troubleshoots and runs diagnostic tests on operating systems and hardware to detect problems. Investigates and recommends methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Initiate preventive maintenance on operating systems as well as repair to system/environment problems. Administers and/or oversees system/environment solutions for multiple projects with varying schedules which are critical to the success of the on-site operations. Support the planning of system/environment requirements for individual projects. Provide data/telecom systems training to include system installation, sustainment, troubleshooting to key communication specialist personnel.

Eagle River, Ak

Performed system administration primarily in a MS Windows environment. Performed and documented system installation and integration. Responsible for routine operations, maintenance of network communications and multiple complex SQL/Oracle databases. Performed troubleshooting and tested network, hardware components, and systems. Handled all daily system administration issues, as well as, full–scale crash recovery situations. System/network administrator responsible for performing system maintenance and troubleshooting hardware, connectivity issues, software and communications to ensure data integrity for the executive officer, two senior managers, and a support staff of eight.  Analyzed and resolved system problems and coordinated with design agency personnel and/or users to effect both “quick-fix” and long range solutions.  Inventoried and developed database for training material and equipment valued at over $200,000 in support of the Alaska Army National Guard Hazardous Waste training program.

Eareckson As, Alaska

Responsible for technical knowledge for the operations & maintenance of all communications-electronics equipment. Ensured there were no interruptions to mission requirements due to maintenance or failures. Ensured adequate supplies and reparable assets were on hand. . Support the planning of system/environment requirements for individual projects. Provide installation of all data/telecom equipment in support of a Nortel bases telephony switch room and network. Provide data/telecom systems training to include system installation, sustainment, troubleshooting to key communication specialist personnel  Collected, maintained, and analyzed maintenance documentation of operations and maintenance activities in support of a $45 million government Base Operations Support Services contract.  Implemented procedures for responding to outages and degradations of performance for all assigned systems. Performed all assigned duties in a 24-hour a day, 7-day a week job control function, which included but not limited to system status reporting, maintenance data collection, facility security, weather observation, and replacing recording tapes. Systems/network administrator responsible for performing system maintenance, troubleshooting hardware, connectivity issues, software and communication systems to ensure data integrity. Analyzed and resolved system problems and coordinated with design agency personnel and/or users to effect both “quick-fix” and long range solutions. Responsible for installation and sustainment of site wide data/telecom system, to include troubleshooting project development. Worked in conjunction with USAF, DOD daily operations on overseeing all network both data/voice, maintaining a zero down time requirement in support of mission critical operations. Inventoried and developed parts database valued at over $1,000,000 in support of six Cooper Bessemer generators.