Reporting directly to the Managing Partners, I oversee a myriad of tasks, including:IT Management:Responsible for the day-to-day working order of all things IT. I am responsible for the decisions being made that impact the technology being used by all 70 employees. This includes but is not limited to:• Design and implementation of Lipton's IT infrastructure. Create the roadmap for all technology initiatives.• All hardware and software procurement, installation… Show more Reporting directly to the Managing Partners, I oversee a myriad of tasks, including:IT Management:Responsible for the day-to-day working order of all things IT. I am responsible for the decisions being made that impact the technology being used by all 70 employees. This includes but is not limited to:• Design and implementation of Lipton's IT infrastructure. Create the roadmap for all technology initiatives.• All hardware and software procurement, installation, configuration and deployment.• All server maintenance, upgrades, updates in both Physical and Virtual environments.• Ensuring that our remote workers have reliable and secure connections, allowing them to work from client locations and at home, easily replicating the in-office experience.• Ensuring the reliability and security of the backup systems and Disaster recovery procedures.• Managing a team of data archivists propelling our efforts towards a paperless office forward.Operations:• Responsible for all staff movement within the office. Planning for growth, promotions and all team movement.• Management of the firm's Joint Health & Safety Committee and Social Committee• Management of the firms T1 Tax Season Processing Team, responsible for ensuring the delivery of over 2500 client- facing documents during Tax Season. • Liaison to the building management, responsible for coordinating any projects related to the infrastructure and construction of the office.Hybrid/Remote Work Environment • Ensuring a robust, seamless remote connection to the office via VPN and Terminal Services• Provide support to staff, regardless of location, using remote support tool.• Ensuring Hybrid workers the ability to seamlessly switch between in-office and remote work environments.• Provide new tools to ensure communication and whereabouts of the staff are available at all times.• Creating a new “Remote-Training Orientation” for all new employees who started working during the Pandemic. Show less

Responsible for ensuring that all computers, technical and peripheral aspects of the company are in working order. This includes, but is not limited to, the administration and maintenance of all servers and desktops systems, ensuring that the daily backup has been run successfully, testing new software to ensure compatibility with the current setup, providing initial and ongoing training to all employees, and updating and monitoring the company’s three websites and intranet. Also accountable… Show more Responsible for ensuring that all computers, technical and peripheral aspects of the company are in working order. This includes, but is not limited to, the administration and maintenance of all servers and desktops systems, ensuring that the daily backup has been run successfully, testing new software to ensure compatibility with the current setup, providing initial and ongoing training to all employees, and updating and monitoring the company’s three websites and intranet. Also accountable for the department’s inventory control, maintaining a detailed procedures manual, solving staff and client technical issues both remotely and on-site and ad hoc special projects as required by partners. • Spearheaded a companywide modernization from Window 98 to Windows XP professional, this included hardware updates as well as full staff training on the new system.• Using Symantec VPN enabled safe remote access for all employees to connect from home.• Designed the company’s 3 websites and local intranet from ground up.• Oversaw the conversion from paper to electronic filing of Personal and Corporate tax returns.• Improved company efficiency by assisting in the implementation and conversion to a paperless system (Hummingbird DM)• Introduced a free anti-spyware solution, reducing the spyware by over 90%.• Created promotional material and website for the firm’s annual charitable golf tournament• Created guidelines for all policies and procedures for the IT department in the event of an emergency/turnover.• Set up all employees with a dual monitor system to increase work efficiency and assist in the paperless efforts.• Act as the liaison between the firm and an outsourced company located in India, arranging for and administering the communication and file transfers between the two companies.• Using Norton Ghost, created and continually update images for both laptop and desktop deployment. Show less