Act as an outsourced, hands-on, IT Manager for various organizations, including a beverage manufacturer, coworking space, biotech startup, commercial bakery, architectural firm, financial services company, and defense contractor.Work with CEOs, CFOs, and owners to develop an IT infrastructure and support strategy that best fitst their needs and budget.Responsibilities include: managing vendor relationships, prioritizing IT ticketing support queue, providing support for desktop, server, network, and SaaS issues, managing cloud backups and central anti-virus, provisioning new circuits to meet connectivity and bandwidth requirements, tracking hardware and software assets, and maintaining IT documentation in IT Glue (Saas).

Worked with CIOs, IT Directors, and business owners to find the best cloud and telecom solutions at the lowest cost.Assisted organizations in migrating their applications and infrastructure to the appropriate cloud service providers.Partnered with other advisors to bring additional technical knowledge to the table.

Built IT consulting company from the ground up with my business partner.Developed a managed services platform that allowed us to scale our customer base while meeting or exceeding business SLAs.

Oversaw all aspects of IT support for a highly technical engineering team from initial start-up phases through its acquisition by L-3 Communications in 2005 when the headcount reached approximately 200 people. Select accomplishments: Scaled network and server infrastructure to meet the needs of a fast-growing startup. Mentored and managed a small Unix / desktop support team. Obtained D.O.D. Security Clearance and worked closely with the Site Security Officer to ensure the security and integrity of supported systems and data.

Promoted from help desk position to a senior network administrator role in less than a year. Responsible for the setup, administration and monitoring of a small data center which included 35 Windows NT 4.0 / 2000 Servers.Performed Microsoft Exchange Server administration for a server with approximately 1200 mailboxes.

Started on-site computer and network consulting company. Responsible for all aspects of business. Clients included home users, elementary schools, small businesses, real estate offices, 11 Burger King Franchises, etc.