Dan Shaw Email & Phone Number

Neodesha, Kansas, Us

IT project consulting and facilitating IT infrastructure change for companies. Provide consulting services for clients by evaluating and recommending new systems, technologies, and procedures.• Specialize working with Active Directory, Exchange upgrades, and migrations. • Work with companies to supplement tier 2/3 level issues. • Deliver project plans and documentation.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Following a reorganization was chosen by senior management to lead the Infrastructure department by improving performance, reduce costs, consolidation of network services, improve customer service, optimizing infrastructure and implementation of technical space organization of data centers and secure cloud solutions for 2,400 employees and 16 remote sites. Managed a $5M budget for all IT hardware and software support. Managed multiple projects and initiated project tasks with cross-functional teams using strong organizational and communication skills. IT Cost Optimization• Reduced data complexity in data center and operations at BlueScope North America by reducing services, introduced virtualization, negotiated contracts and removing legacy services. Driven results in cost savings of $2.5M over a 5-year period.IT Customer Service & Support• Upgraded the company email system with three key requirements, secure, accessible from multiple clients and implement legal hold system. Evaluated on premise and cloud-based system. Results include migrating email and One Drive for 2,400 users to Office 365 cloud solution. Technical Consulting• Consulted with BlueScope’s largest North America plant personnel and local management on wireless coverage. Identified the area affected by poor coverage, mapped out current coverage and provided proposed options for resolution. Resulted in improved network availability and performance.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Along with the Systems and Network Services manager functions, Dan also supported cross-team support and project management by taking a lead with project management for the various information technology and technical departments. He takes the lead role with tactical, strategic and international project experiences. Most of the international projects have been between North America, Australia, and China. IT Cost Optimization• Needed to reduce BlueScope North America print management environment monthly expense cost averaged around $100K. Initiated RFP process to five vendors in print management space, vendor presented plans, narrowed down to two finalists. Results included reducing print management cost down to $80K by 20%, introducing paperless initiatives throughout company and strategically placing printers.Technical Consulting• Tasked with upgrading workflow system for invoice processing. Developed team’s system administration skills, account personal, two third party consulting groups, established list of requirements, assigned tasks, scheduled weekly meetings to track progress and issue resolution. Results included giving accounting team new functionality and gained respect for team’s help and technical expertise given.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

Managed a diverse group of individuals and championed the coordination of support services help desk, mobile phone management, and Oracle ERP application support ensuring exceptional service. • Introduced IT Controls process to ensure audit compliance and reduce IT risk exposures. • Implemented a 3rd party vendor mobile services for procurement and management, this produced a $20K annual savings due to the provider monitoring costs and consolidation of plans. • Oversaw the development of a centralized IT disaster recovery plan that establish RTO and RPO supported by the key business units. • Centralized procurement of IT resources, leveraged imaging technology System Center Configuration Manager. This method ensured consistency in all computer builds. IT Customer Service & Support• Needed to develop video conferencing capabilities. Assigned members of team to install video conferencing software, trained users and performed tests with video equipment. Results include flawless execution of new system and training process allowing for video meeting interface.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Superior record of steady career progression over 20-years in IT, mirrors underlying commitment to deliver robust, customer-responsive services and projects in deadline and task-driven environments. Respected for troubleshooting analysis and capacity to think “outside the square” for more effective outcomes. Independent work habits, intuitive business sense, and an instant grasp of new technologies.• Implemented AVPN MPLS Wide Area Data network, while managing the carrier relationship with weekly stewardship meetings. • BlueScope Steel acquired Butler Manufacturing on 27 April 2004. Helped build our North America acquisition office and assisted in consolidation activities with Active Directory integration.• Held a key role in overseeing the moving of 450 employees to new world headquarters. Managed the tasks to move 120 servers and network equipment within a scheduled maintenance window. • Led a project to consolidate the core network in the Data Center environment and lower maintenance costs by 35%.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

I was member of a team that planned, implemented, and supported a manufacturing and engineering environment and systems. Managed VAX/VMS cluster, Microsoft servers and email environment. This included providing 2nd tier support to desktop support group. Performed Disaster Recovery tasks of all critical systems twice a year via a remote 3rd party vendor. Monitored up-time to key critical systems and patched servers. Provided on-call services for after hours support for 2nd and 3rd shift environments.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Worked in the Data Center environment doing backups, file restores, and 2nd and 3rd shift production working on VAX Cluster, Digital Alpha Servers, IBM System/36, IBM i Series AS/400. This included distributing reports, running month-end and year-end reporting. Completed distributing wide format engineering drawings for engineering departments.

Windsor, Connecticut, Us

Performed backups and nightly processing in the Winchester Data Center during each shift. With more experience I was asked to be involved in the month-end processing and maintenance each month.

Mba, Business

Ba, Agri-Business And Computer Technology