Chris Richardson Email & Phone Number

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Canada

Primary role was leading a team of 5 technicians supporting a mix of Azure DevOps Kubernetes Projects and on-prem Linux servers.Secondary responsibilities included:Microsoft 365 user, SharePoint, Teams AdministrationArchitected Collaboration solutions for my team and organizations based on Teams, SharePoint and Office 365

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Led a Managed Services team that was responsible for the full CI\CD process on AWS (Amazon Web Services). During my tenure, the solution (Elastic Path) transitioned from Docker and AWS RDS (MySQL) to AWS (AKS) Kubernetes deployed via Terraform.

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

AWS (Amazon Web Services) DevOps administrator working on a managed services team.Responsibilities included:Full CI\CD Lifecyle of an Enterprise grade, highly scalable ecommerce solution running on.AWS EC2, ECS, Docker, RDS MySQL.Solution included: DataDog, OpsGenie, New Relic and Jenkins. Also, worked with Amazon Kubernetes.

Kelowna Bc

Primarily responsibilities:Windows Server AdministrationMicrosoft SQL Server Administration Active DirectoryVisual Basic ProgrammingAlso specialized in Clinical Systems including:Profile EMR (Electronic Medical Record)

Kelowna

Corporate Systems: HRSpecializing in building custom VB applications that tied into databases via stored procedures

Kelowna, Bc

Duties included complete systems administration of:90+ lab servers, 15+ virtual servers, 30 staff computers, the office network, backups, VMware, Xen, email servers, file servers, etc.Also worked with the QA team on software development at times.

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Small business IT consulting company.Specializing in infrastructure support: Networks, Printers, Computers, Servers, Email, Backup Systems, PC Security, and Internal and External Websites.

• Supported Windward’s Point-of-Sale software package Windward System 5.• Also, performed IT support for SharePoint, Exchange, Network maintenance, FileServers, Server and Desktop setup and maintenance, Microsoft Virtual Machines.

• Administration and maintenance of Windows and Linux servers.• Administration including Windows XP \ 2000 \ 2003 (Active Directory, Group Polices),Microsoft Office 2000-2007, Exchange 2003, databases (SQL Server 2000, MSAccess), Symantec Antivirus, backup (Backup Exec 10d) \ 24 tape (LTO2) library,storage administration (Windows 2003 \ NetApp SAN), VMware ESX 3.0, SymantecGhost 11, HP Managed Switches, Dell and IBM SMS, Citrix\WYSE Terminals.• Helpdesk co-ordinator supporting 200 workstations and 100 Laptops.• Research new technology and solutions.• LAN \ WAN Design and implementation experience

• Administration and user support for a network of 90+ workstations, laptops and 8servers.• Supported Windows NT\2000\2003, Exchange 2003, SQL Server 2000, MicrosoftOffice 2002\2003, Symantec Antivirus 8 Corporate Edition, Veritas Backup Exec 10 (2TB, 20 Tape Library), Dell\EMC SAN. Workstation and Server support wasaccomplished using a combination of Windows Group Policies and custom scripts.(DOS and VBscripts)• Personally developed a (CRM) Customer Relationship Management application usingMS Access, Visual Basic for Applications and SQL server 2000. The system fullysupports 90 simultaneous users and has excellent reporting capabilities and excellentperformance.

Application and IT support for Seagate Info. Worked with a select group of Fortune 500 companies.

Performed communications involving radios, computers, and specialized communication systems. Built PC based computers and established Ethernet \ Windows NT\95 networks. Special emphasis on maintaining secure \ encrypted information systems.

· Bookkeeping, month and year-end adjustments, bank reconciliations, and amortization schedules.

Diploma, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Studied part time while working full-time at Seagate Software, Vancouver, BC

Certificate, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Activates: Anything involving: Water or Mountains Societies: Microsoft Certified Professional and Microsoft.

Business Administration, Accounting Option