Darin Smith Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, United States

Responsible for providing leadership to over 50 IT professional on the IT infrastructure and shared services teams which manages data center and disaster recovery sites, physical and virtual servers, storage and backup infrastructure, desktop hardware, server and desktop operating systems, wireless, local area and wide area networks (LAN/WAN), Oracle and SQL databases, security administration, telecommunications equipment, asset audit and compliance, and IT Desktop Support and Service Desk.

Greater Denver Area

Ensure the efficient operation of the IT Infrastructure group by prioritizing and managing projects, allocating resources, and working closely with stakeholders to identify, recommend, develop, implement, and support cost-effective technology solutions for all aspects of the organization.

Oversaw the rebuild of the IT and Service departments responsible for ensuring the delivery of services to new and existing clients by implementing best practices, methods and processes to ensure short-term and long-term goals are met successfully.

Led multiple software development teams consisting of over 30 .NET, C#, iSeries (RPG, Synon, COBOL) developers, business analysts and quality assurance testers, leveraging Agile methodology (Scrum and Kanban)

Managed the team responsible for secure file exchanges, automated job scheduling and report distribution across multiple platforms.

Researched, designed and advocated new technologies, architecture and infrastructure products that supported enterprise requirements including Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Network Segmentation and an Enterprise Print Solution.

Managed over 30 people on six Enterprise IT teams consisting of Tier I to Tier III engineers in Support Services, Networking, Datacenter, Infrastructure, and SQL DBAs, ensuring that maintenance and support of business-critical productions systems and applications were available to over 2,000 users.

Team Lead for the network operations group responsible for asset tracking and procurement, design, planning, implementation, configuration, and support of an Enterprise network consisting of 2 data centers, 10 communication hubs and over 850 end nodes geographically spread across 7 states

Provided technical network design, planning, implementation, configuration, support and troubleshooting services on contractual basis to small and medium sized businesses.

Responsible for providing technical network design, planning, implementation, configuration, support and troubleshooting services

Responsible for the restructuring of the network/server infrastructure in preparation for migration from Windows NT 4 to Windows 2000, including replacing antiquated Nortel/Bay switches, hubs, and routers with Cisco products while also consolidating and standardizing servers, shares, and printers.

Responsible for the development, customization, implementation, installation, and maintenance of computer and network systems developed internally and in conjunction with outside vendors.

Responsibilities included Enterprise wide LAN administration, hardware/software procurement and inventory tracking, desktop and laptop PC installation and configuration, 3rd level Help Desk problem resolution, and various projects as assigned.