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Lexington, Ky, Us

United States

Built IT Team including system administration, Help Desk, and ERM application supportImplemented Lean processes for Healthcare ITSaved nearly one million dollars in vendor contracts by close review and evaluation of servicesManaged multiple organization wide projects including opening new clinical locations, deploying badge print/print to Fax mission critical software upgradesManaged all aspects of organizational security including: physical, network, cyber and remote accessOversaw large scale machine deployment including replacement of one third of all desktop/laptops Managed/Maintained VMware/Azure/AD/Citrix/RDP/VOIP environmentsResponsible for strategic planning, team goal setting and accountability, and HIPPA compliance

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Consulted on hiring technical staff and hiring practices for a nation technology company.Consulted with a technology startup on creating software product roadmap, product viability and market analysis.Consulted with a major regional restaurant group to identify and evaluate online ordering software, staff scheduling software, and social media strategy.

Georgetown, Kentucky, United States

· Work closely with the ShieldT3 IT team and ShieldT3 partners to ensure the consistency and availability of technology across the organization.· Act as superuser for the laboratory information management system, including developing training documentation and on-boarding new hires· Facilitating daily operations including any manual resulting to test site operations systems· Leveraging Talon support for any infrastructure issues or improvements needed· Responding to security monitor events from IT support partners and / or reporting any to the proper organization· Collaborating with local test site systems to reconcile tests received versus resulted

Frankfort, Kentucky, United States

Lead major modernization project including design, acquisition, deployment of all infrastructure including network, server, backup and recovery.Responsible for all computing functions and staff. Routinely briefed the Secretary and senior staff on all IT mattersSystems administration: Active Directory, MS Windows Server 2019 administration VMWare, MS Hyper-VWorked with application development team on multiple projects including: KY online business registration portal, voter registration database, and notary public registrationResponsible for all IT operations, planning, budgeting, and reportingDeveloped roadmap for modernizing/virtualizing all infrastructure, legacy applications, and desktop environmentManaged all technical projects including, server virtualization, machine and user security audit, disaster recovery planning, and updating mission critical virtual server environment using Microsoft Project and Team ServicesWorked directly with the Secretary of State and senior staff on sensitive security issues regarding voter registration

Denver, Co

● Responsible for managing all technical projects. Including: wireless network upgrades, VOIP deployment, business process analysis, and system wide Office365 deployment● Responsible for all IT functions including: Staff and faculty support, network and desktop infrastructure, planning, equipment purchasing and deployment● Responsible for writing, implementing, and enforcing all IT policy for the College● Hiring and coordinating staff, maintain thirteen student labs including: Visual arts, digital animation, and recording arts● Responsible for all technology purchases, inventory and accounting● Systems administration including Active Directory and Mac Remote Desktop support

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Managing numerous infrastructure projects including: web and network infrastructure upgrades, MS-Active Directory, physical and virtual servers using VMWare, and Sharepoint deploymentMerged technical and creative workflow using Agile methodologiesBuilt the College technical staff and support servicesDesigned and implemented web technical infrastructure in an academic environment including: IIS/Sharepoint and LAMP/Drupal

University Of Kentucky, College Of Arts And Sciences

Built a unified technical and creative services unit whose purpose was to provide technical and creative services to all college faculty, students, staff and alumniOversaw all strategy, planning, budget and operations of a $1.4 million unitSupervised and mentored 17 professional staff, 12+ functional teams and over 50 student staff in a highly matrixed organization, relying on ‘service leadership’ and ‘tribal leadership’ principles. Identified talent and made all hiring decisionsBuilt the college’s online instruction capacity from the ground up. Built project management, instructional design/support, and media production teams. Generated $2.5 million annually in tuition from online courses

University Of Kentucky, College Of Arts And Sciences

Directed daily operations of academic and administrative computing in the University’s largest college.Managed all technical and staffing functions, including help desk, Active Directory administration, machine room, VMWare virtual environment, application development, desktop support (over 1000 Mac’s, PC’s and Linux), mobile devices, network infrastructure, print functions and backup/recovery and security of over 400 TB of user dataDeveloped hiring, training and mentor program for undergraduate and graduate student staff

Arts And Sciences Technical Services

Assured customer satisfaction for over 2000 users including faculty, graduate students and staffCreated the colleges information systems architecture and technical services unit maintaining 1000+ devices Managed hundreds of Mac, Windows and Linux servers and virtual servers in an Active Directory

History, History

History

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

Majored in History with a focus on colonial american history. Minored in English Cross Cultural Leadership Group Film Club