Manager Of Information Technology
Izzy Design
Manage a team of 8 Analysts and Associates by providing each member with job assignments, project plans, and roll-out schedulesWorked in depth with web development and deployment of E-Commerce sites for all divisions.Worked in depth on the upgrade, conversion, and implementation of a new Syteline 5.0 and Progress 9.1 ERP system during the 2001 calendar year.Manage and budgeted all IT purchases and upgrade items for all divisions to include, software, servers, workstations, switches, routers, etc.Managed all Cell, Long Distance, T1, and frame relay contracts for all sites.Support 26 file servers and 400 workstations on a switched Ethernet environment located in Texas, Illinois, and MichiganEngineer, design, and implement project roll out plans for the total replacement of Microsoft NT Servers and Workstations, Microsoft Exchange 5.5, and SQL7 at all sites, upgraded to Windows 2000 platformInstalled and supported a 250 phone Lucent Definity switchMaintain software-licensing on Superior’s Microsoft Select AgreementInstalled and maintained Zebra and Printronix bar printers for manufacturingInstalled and supported WatchGuard Firebox II Plus and Firebox IIIInstalled and supported Cisco Pix 515 and 506 Firewall and site to site VPN connectivity as well as home user VPN connectionsInstalled and support all T1 connections for point to point frame, voice, video, and VPN WAN connections to include negotiating AT&T contracts, router configuration, CSU/DSU configuration, and trouble shooting line connectivity Installed and supported VPNet 1010 Virtual Private NetworkInstalled and supported all E-commerce serversManaged all IIS, Macromedia Generator, Visual SourceSafe, Web Trends Log Analyzer, Microsoft Site Server, and Taxware software for Superior web sitesInstalled and implemented new Windows 2000 Forest for the Superior Furniture divisions