Daniel Kitchens Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Logan, Ut

Centerville, Ut

Currently directing all aspects of Information Technology while remaining “hands on” with systems administration and technical support operations. Managing a network of mixed versions of Windows, VMWare, Linux, Mac OS, and support of local and mobile workstations. Sonicwall firewalls, VPNs, switches, wireless campus, and all Telecom data lines and core infrastructure.• Responsible for directing all IT strategic planning and budgeting.• Identify short-term and long-term IT strategies while managing fiscal capital expenditures and forecasting the IT budget.• Communicate clearly with senior company executives and participate in meetings.• Daily work requirements including administration and support of MS HyperVisor, VMWare servers, Construction Project planning applications, digital TakeOff for building, Oracle P6 project planning, Timberline Cost Estimating and Accounting, MS Office, deployment and support of workstations and servers, network infrastructures, EqualLogic backups and disaster recovery, and all other IT duties.• Develop written project plans, policies and procedures, task schedules, test and evaluation plans, and system design documents. • Development of new IT technologies.• Identify risks and minimize impact on the company.

Frederick, Md

Currently directing all aspects of Information Technology while remaining “hands on” with systems administration on a network consisting of mixed versions of Windows 2008 and 2012, VMWare 5.5 and 6.0, Linux RedHat, Suse Linux, and support local and mobile workstations. Cisco border routers, Sonicwall firewalls and VPNs, Dell switches and all Telecom data lines and core infrastructure.• Responsible for directing all IT strategic planning and budgeting for the company.• Identify short-term and long-term IT strategies while managing fiscal capital expenditures and forecasting the IT budget.• Communicate clearly with senior company executives and participate in meetings.• Daily work requirements including administration and support of Citrix ZenApp, VMWare servers, SharePoint services, Construction Project planning applications, OnScreen TakeOff for building, Oracle P6 project planning, Interactive Cost Estimating (ICE), MS Office, deployment and support of workstations and servers, network infrastructures, EMC Networker backups and disaster recovery, and all other IT duties.• Maintain IT staff, morale and training.• Develop written project plans, policies and procedures, task schedules, test and evaluation plans, and system design documents. • Development of new IT technologies• Identify risks and minimize impact on the company. • Recommended and led the migration of the internal network off of Novell and onto a Microsoft Active Directory environment. This effort also included the complete migration from Novell Groupwise to Microsoft Exchange including all workstation changes, backups, disaster recovery, user accounts, etc. with zero downtime and no loss of data.

Potomac, Md

Manager, Network Operations, March 2007-August 2008 Team manages a network consisting of mixed versions of Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008, Linux RedHat, Sun Solaris and Mac OSX servers and workstations. Cisco border routers and VPNs, multiple HA CheckPoint firewalls (SPLAT and Nokia environments) and Nortel switches and Nortel core infrastructure.Senior Systems Administrator, March 2004-March 2007 Change Management Coordinator, UNIX System Administration, Microsoft Server, Email Administrator, Basic router and switch configuration, Disaster Recovery, Internal project leader, applications support, Network management, Internal training, Second tier LAN and Desktop support.Systems Administrator, October 2000-March 2004 Unix/Linux Systems Administrator, HP SiteScope, CA Unicenter, Big Brother, Compaq Insight Manager, Dell Open Manager, CheckPoint Firewalls, IPChains, Project Management, E-commerce systems, backup strategy, Sendmail, Qmail, CommuniGate and cc:Mail email engines, Novell Admin, Experience on HP, Dell and Sun server hardwareEmail Administrator, September 1998- October 2000 Sendmail, Qmail, CommuniGate and cc:Mail email, virus controls, SPAM controlsHelpDesk Manager, July 1996-September 1998 HEAT, Track IT, Lotus Notes, Support Magic, hardware and software, phone support, PC and Mac support

Arlington, Va

Shop Supervision, Desktop Publishing/Design, Stripping, Plate Making, Printing Presses, Darkroom