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Pasco County, Florida

Pasco County BOCC Pasco County, Florida 3/11 to present Work in team environment on the Technical Architect team for Pasco County infrastructure.• Collaborate on research, develop and implement new SCADA network for Utilities department• Recommending hardware and software that “fits” into technical architecture of network• Perform service request for county network users. These requests include restore files and folders, adding/deleting users to domain, installing printer drivers on network, etc.• Deploy both physical and virtual servers on network• Work on projects for county deemed desired or needed based on criteria as set forth by Board of County Commissioners.MAJOR PROJECTS & ACHIEVEMENTS• Work on team to research, evaluate and select semi-rugged and rugged laptop for the county standard.• Designed, deployed and administered new FTP site in both the QA and production environments.• Evaluate and refine schedule for network servers to automatically reboot.• Evaluate and upgrade backup solution to Symantec Backup Exec 2010.

Ten plus year career responsible for a four company, seventy-five end-user enterprise with one third of the users at remote job sites accessing network resources via VPN remote access. Grew network from two to eight servers that included primary and backup domain controllers, MS Exchange server, remote server, backup server, web/FTP server, data server and Blackberry Enterprise Server.Manage and maintain LANSetup and maintain HP Procurve network switchesProcure, deploy, maintain and support PC's, laptops, servers and peripheralsDesign and implement Internet/Intranet websites for three companies, www.twfrierson.comPurchase all IS related materials for the company (toner cartridges, software, etc.)Develop and maintain IS budgetSetup and maintain GFI Mail essentials spam filteringManage and maintain Nortel Norstar phone systemMAJOR PROJECTS & ACHIEVEMENTSDeployed, upgraded, maintained and managed Microsoft Exchange server from Exchange 5.5 up to and including Exchange 2007.Deployed, upgraded, maintained and managed Blackberry Enterprise Server from BES version 3.6 to version 4.1.Deployed, upgraded, maintained and managed Veritas/Symantec Backup Exec versions 8.0 to 2010.Deployed, upgraded, maintained and managed Sonicwall Firewall appliance from model XPRS2 to model Pro 2040.Oversaw migration of DSL internet connection to two (2) bundled T1 lines that not only increased internet connection speed but saved money.Created, managed and maintained Cisco wireless internal network.

Spent 20% of time acting as GIS liaison with IS department. Helping to formulate and implement long and short range planning. Assisted with server upgrades and network maintenance.• Design and implementation of B.R.A. Internet website.• Maintain GIS data library.• Create image data sets from raw data for agency review.• Design wetland mitigation areas for construction documents.

Perform nominal system maintenance in a heterogeneous Win95/UNIX environmentTroubleshoot system problems (printing, storage, etc...)End user application support.Design and implementation of CAD standards and proceduresDesign and drafting of concrete structures including piece

Design and draft commercial and residential drawing sets including floor plans, building sections and details.

B.A./ B.S, Management Information Systems

A.S, Architectural Design And Drafting