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Chicago, Illinois, Us

Monterey, Ca, Us

• Planned, executed, and supported complex IT Projects for several dozen clients (Small Business, Mid-Market, State, Federal, and Law Enforcement).• Guided organizations through major changes to IT operations and functioned as the primary managed service provider for multiple mid-market and enterprise sized clients in both the public and private sectors.• Specialized in transitioning clients from traditional on-premises infrastructure to public and hybrid cloud-based infrastructure.• Led the company to become one of the first Microsoft Small and Mid-Market Cloud Solution Providers.• Designed and managed the installation of a regional fiber optic network that connected multiple cities, public schools, libraries, and public safety agencies in partnership with California State University, Monterey Bay. This project saved taxpayers millions of dollars each year and has been used as a model for similar partnerships nationally.

We provide Managed Workspace-as-a-Service solutions tailored to Small and Mid-Market businesses. We plan, design, deploy, and support any and all aspects of our client's IT needs. We are committed to helping our clients leverage enterprise cloud technologies that would normally be out of reach. Our solutions not only shift IT from a capital expense to an operational expense, but drastically increase efficiency, security, accessibility, and business continuity (Backup and Disaster Recovery).

Co-Founded with 3 other partners to provide web design, hosting, and digital marketing services to small and mid-size businesses.• Designed, implemented, and supported a fully customized hosting platform based on Amazon Web Services (S3, Route 53, EC2), Microsoft Office 365, Docker, and Ubuntu Linux.• Exited the company after a successful sale.

Campbell, Ca, Us

Managed network operations for enterprise and mid-marketclients in Monterey, San Jose, and San Francisco.Performed remote and on-site deployments of traditional andwireless networking infrastructure from Cisco, SonicWall, HPJuniper Networks, Ubiquiti, and Meraki.Performed remote and on-site deployments of Microsoft ServerSCO Unix, Ubuntu Linux, and Redhat Linux-based systems.

Managed network operations for enterprise and mid-marketclients in Monterey, San Jose, and San Francisco.Performed remote and on-site deployments of traditional andwireless networking infrastructure from Cisco, SonicWall, HPJuniper Network.Performed remote and on-site deployments of Microsoft ServerSCO Unix, Ubuntu Linux, and Redhat Linux-based systems.