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Easton, Pennsylvania, United States

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Area

Provide end to end computer services to local small and medium businesses. Act as single IT resource for growing medical practice. Successes include growth from 6 workstations to over 30 including creating Active Directory architecture, server room design and installation, transition to electronic medical records and the additional of an imaging department.References available on request.

Leola Pa

Fully virtualize both internal and external facing networks utilizing VMware vSan technology, NSX, Workspace One and VMware Horizons.Lead level 1 PCI audit to establish strict security standards and practices. As part of this process establish security training and testing for employees using KnowBe4.Oversee ERP transition to from InOrder to Netsuite as well as the simultaneous move from Magento 2 to Shopify for web platform. Manage all aspects of network security operations including Fortinet security platforms (Fortigate, Forticlient), Arctic Wolf MDR and managed risk, security training and testing, and quarterly audits.Establish remote network operations center for web hosting environment and remote disaster recovery.Cultivate partnerships with hardware and service vendors to create homogenous network environments across three physical and two mobile locations.Create and present proposals to company owners for creating N+1 redundant network and server infrastructure incorporating multiple options and scenarios with specific benefit and ROI for each.Design, create and deliver technical training for staff.Analyze, document and refine picking procedure using document management technology to increase efficiency by at least 40%.Lead requirement gathering process for all departments for business intelligence reporting and performance analysis.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Area

Oversee workforce training team and provide project management for various workforce related initiatives such as website redevelopment and corporate learning portal creation. Establish HACC as a VMware academy and explore implementation of VMware training programs.Manage relations and establish contracts with area business for IT related training and provide direct training for clients. Train and consult with corporate clients on technologies such as Microsoft Office, Windows and Exchange.Create and document functional process for improvement of lab environments utilizing VMware virtualization.

Ephrata, Pa

Manage IT operations for 10 locations throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Northern Ohio and Arizona.Manage all technical and server related aspects of web presence including server management, domain management, search engine optimization and technical development and coding for the website. Design and implement corporate Exchange email system utilizing Outlook Anywhere technology allowing all personnel, regardless of location, to access the corporate email system and utilize resources such as shared calendaring and scheduling. Evaluate, develop and implement disaster recovery plan and procedures including cloud based remote recovery for offsite locations.Managed implementation of four new locations including assessing possible facilities and managing all aspects of business development including budgeting, purchasing, wiring and implementation.Audited lease schedules and planned lease returns and buyouts that resulted in an annual cost reduction of $450,000. Reviewed and renegotiated contracts for telecommunications, copiers, and related products in Pennsylvania resulting in an annual realized savings of approximately $75,000.Develop and implement policy and procedures for IT related aspects of business function including internet usage, disaster recovery, emergency procedure, help desk requests, etc.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Area

Spearheaded the creation of an IT facility and policy for a company that lacked previous direction in this area. Organized disjointed and disparate IT resources unifying them under a domain server that provided access control for Internet access as well as corporate wide email for salespeople. Wrote and Instituted IT policy for the corporate environment.Budgeted and purchased all IT equipment.Coordinated and expanded web presence using both internal resources and external vendors.

Jersey City, Jersey

Served as a lead engineer on multiple GE projects including the design and implementation of their email gateway structure including managing multiple engineering teams handling simultaneous implementation projects across multiple states. Design, implement and manage all webservers for the GE Corporation including subdivisions. Managed engineering team during large scale implementations spanning multiple GE businesses, physical locations and corporate infrastructures. Worked directly with senior level GE management in the resolution of issues relating to their service and served as the primary liaison and contact point for service issue escalation. Assisted with project management for GE projects and dealt extensively with non-technical GE senior management staff.

Reading, Pennsylvania Area

Plan, acquire, and implement Intranet, and Extranet architecture. Including multi-tiered Sun and Intel based secure environments.Manage all external vendors for Internet related hosting and development.Setup, install, upgrade all software and hardware on all Sun servers on Intranet and ExtranetAdminister all Solaris and NT machines related to Intranet or Internet content or service.Provide 24/7 support for all web servers and the hardware they run on.Implement policies and procedures for content development, testing and deployment.Manage security issues relating to Intranet, Internet, and Extranet.Train developers in proper code technique and proper testing and release methods.Setup and load test cross-platform proxy servers, to recommend which platform (Solaris or NT) is the most cost per performance efficient platform for the company.

Mountain View, Ca

Architected and implemented the network system and structure for ongoing and concurrent development of new Quicken.com software and site revisions including providing project management for the lifecycle development team.Managed 142 servers responsible for hosting the Quicken.com website.Provided guidance and support for server side development for Intuit subdivisions such as Small Business and Mortgage. Successfully managed the expansion of the server infrastructure to reach the milestone 10 million unique visitors per day benchmark.

Computer/Information Technology Administration And Management

Bachelors Of Arts, History

Education and computer science focus - graduated with honors.

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