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Founding Partner of Advanced Business Technology, Inc. Provided technical expertise to small, medium, large, and international organizations for a wide range of premise and cloud based IT solutions including Backup & Disaster Recovery, Email & Web Defense, Enterprise Storage, Infrastructure, Networking, Virtualization and VoIP Phone Systems.

Designed, implemented, and managed Wide Area Network consisting of 15 locations using fiber optic MetroE networking and Cisco Routers and Switches. Managed and maintained multiple Data Centers including 75+ Server Farm and 800+ Workstations, and Cisco 6509 Core Switch. Programmed and supported Cisco PIX and Check Point firewalls. Intricate knowledge of Windows Server products, including Active Directory and Exchange. Migrated NT4 Domain to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory as well as Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003. Worked with IBM FastT DS4300 SAN, including upgrades, supporting over 20 servers. Supported ESX 2.5 VMware farm consisting of 20+ mission critical servers. Developed IT Help Desk system within SharePoint. Created numerous Visio diagrams of Network and SAN topologies, as well as other technical documentation. Managed several wireless networking systems. Assisted with roll out of PACs system across multiple locations. Provided support for multiple SQL and Oracle databases.

Managed Information Technology Department for Regional Hospital including IT Technicians and Data Processing Staff. Supported Managed and upgrade networking consisting of 200 Users. SCO Unix – CPSI Installed Exchange 5.5 Installed Dedicated Internet Cisco and Ascend Pipeline Routers HIPAA Chairman Joint Commission Accreditation NT 4 to Windows 2000 Server Upgrade Installed Firewall Installation CPSI for Clinical Departments including Nursing, Radiology, Dietary, Lab, and Pharmacy. Construction Project Renovation – 50% of the Hospital and adding an additional 50% to the Hospital. Windows 95 and 98SE Workstations. 4 Locations. Nortel 51C Merdian Phone Systesm. In house cabling. Year 2000 Project. Budgeting and Strategic Planning. Lanier Voicewriter System.

Analysis and implementation of Visual Basic and Visual C++ program code as part of large programming team for A-Plus Tax Software Package. Performed quality assurance for 1040 Federal Windows product. Conversion of DOS Business Tax products into Windows 95 applications using Visual Basic.

Designed and installed complete system from ground up - Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Peer-to-Peer network with 15 nodes using 10-Base-2 topology. Installed, configured and tested entire system including all scripts, remote dial-up, backup, e-mail, anti-virus protection and printing. Facilitated removal and re-installation of the complete system when office was relocated. Established multiple dial-up connections to Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) mainframe for all nodes. Created custom scripts in Crosstalk to automate all dial-up connections to DEP. Designed, implemented and maintained custom Microsoft Word Visual Basic Application for creating reimbursement order letters. Designed and implemented invoice tracking database using Microsoft Access. Provided disaster recovery of entire computer and network system on several occasions. Provided support and/or training of all windows applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Internet Explorer, Quicken, DAC Easy Payroll and Symantec PC Anywhere. Provided technical assistance for establishment of a T-1 link to DEP’s Oracle based imaging system.