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Alexandria, MN Area

After 10+ years of building my career as an I.T. Professional, I felt compelled to continue to work with the small -midsize businesses in my surrounding area to offer guidance and strategic planning around their technology needs. Years of immersing myself in different technology environments has built an amazing foundation of knowledge that I can use to.

Responsible for providing administrative support and being a steward of data quality and business processes specific for all things within our customized Salesforce environment. Acting Release Manager for production sprint releases for Salesforce development lifecycle. Responsible for the direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and.

Alexandria, MN

System Administration of existing infrastructure, leveraging modern technologies to upgrade outdated solutions set in a small business environment but phasing to corporate structured.Provide organization & team leadership and guidance for an organization on the rise, looking to create a corporate Information Architecture structure for all internal.

Alexandria, MN

Design, build and maintain systems and desktop infrastructure; Plan systems infrastructure, including server space usage, storage area network (SAN), database reference, security settings and systems requirements.Ensure security via hierarchy of support, delegate and administrative permissions - Set up support, delegate and administrative permissions for.

Glenwood, MN

Administer and deploy enterprise wide ERP/MRP solution to align with company goals and initiatives. Openly consults with department managers and key stakeholders to gather requirements to develop I.T. solutions consistent with organizational objectives.Administer, test, install, and maintain infrastructure, software, upgrades of ERP environment serving.

Alexandria, MN

Collaborate with internal Technology Services Team members to provide support and solutions to Tastefully Simple's corporate headquarters. Working as a team utility player, spanning across three different business units; Service Desk-Network/Systems-Business Application Management. Where my daily duty include but are never limited to...Provide expertise.

Fargo, North Dakota Area

Managed Capitalized expenditures, purchases and renewals; Manage all business Information Technology processes and policies to ensure continuity between different divisions of service lines offered by Wanzek Construction; Manage and administer Verizon 500+ line business account.Project Management for I.T. systems/infrastructure to support construction jobs.

Administer, maintain and improve companies 20+ server infrastructure and network infrastructure ensuring continuing up time for corporate headquarters and remote construction sites across North America.First project spearheaded was a virtualization project, migrating previous infrastructure of a variety of physical and virtual servers to a new fault.

Administered I.T. network and systems infrastructure for approximately 350 users across 5 locations in the upper Midwest and Canada. Implemented completely new server infrastructure for future proofing additional growth of the company and allotted for new Disaster Recovery infrastructure that was mirrored with newly implemented SAN and IBM BladeCenter.

• More than 4 year’s experience as an IT Consultant, actively working with clients to provide knowledgeable and professional service in an effort to improve their network environment, and in some cases brand new from.
• Provide remote/onsite support and guidance by offering accurate troubleshooting processes with proactive solutions and professional recommendations to improve.
• Coordinated and managed an organization Corporate office move through management of the purchase process, ISP service changes, presenting quotes, also the design and implementation of new equipment. Ensured appropriate.
• Worked with a large financial institution to identify and prioritize software needs for an upcoming disaster recovery plan.
• Designed and implemented Altiris Management/Deployment Server for an organization of more than 400 workstations.
• Acted as the technology coordinator for a public school district to prepare and administer an electronic testing in preparation for a Mandatory State Test and Readiness Assessment in a meshed Windows/Mac environment.