David Perkins Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Serves as an Information Technology Specialist (SYSADMIN/NETWORK), Keller Army Community Hospital, West Point, NY.
• Provides support to users in more than 13 outlying buildings on the West Point installation as well as responsible for providing Wide Area Network (WAN) connectivity for Tobyhanna, Natick, Picatinny, Montrose, JB MDL.
• Work requires analyzing and defining network requirements, configuring, and optimizing network servers, hubs, bridges, routers, and switches; planning and coordinating the installation, testing, operation.
• Develops/implements configuration management plans for complex local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs) and creates network maps for establishing maintaining the network architecture, infrastructure.
• Responsible for technical planning, analyzing, design, development, testing, configuration, integration, installation, implementation, quality assurance, maintenance, and management of network systems used for the.
• Performs MS Windows server system administration duties on Physical and Virtual server environment to ensure optimal data availability and functionality of installed network servers.

• Analyzed and developed a strategy to implement Patch Management on Enterprise application servers to bring security patching up to date and move applications to Adventist Health domain
• Performed root cause analysis of existing infrastructure and implemented hotfixes to restore stability and complete functionality to domain controllers and other critical servers
• Created documentation of Security Patch Management Diagram and steps to update each application and bring all servers up to current patch levels while documenting all changes to systems
• Coordinated with vendors to upgrade specific application software in preparation for moving application to new Adventist Health Domain that was at end of life either from server operating system or SQL server or the.
• Successfully applied patch management process control procedures developed to entire domain and reduced the patch management process to a 5 day monthly schedule for existing systems engineers to manage security patching
• Successfully condensed 150 servers into 87 servers, migrating them from one VMWare environment to another saving the enterprise over 100,000 in license fees

• Collaborated with IT staff to ensure smooth and reliable operation of software and systemsfor fulfilling business objectives and processes.
• Worked with executive team members, decision makers, and stakeholders to define business requirements and systems goals, and to identify and resolve business systems issues.
• Designed and deployed new applications and enhancements to existing applications, software, and operating systems.
• Performed cost-benefit anaylsis and return on investment estimations for proposed systems to aid management in making implementation decisions.
• Conducted research on software and systems products to justify recommendations and to supportpurchasing efforts.
• Interacted and negotiated with vendors and contractors to secure system-related products and services, where delivered accurately, ontime and within budget.

Roseville, CA, US

• Provided solutions architecture for enterprise, encompassing 5 complex companies and with over 400 employees, 90+ commercially dispersed properties over California and Nevada by understanding internal and external.
• Performed system and network modeling, analysis, research, and planning to implement best practice solutions that met business needs within financial budget guidelines and performed cost savings of over $750k annually
• Presented and translated designs to stakeholders to ensure the design met business requirements and corporate objectives and goals and translated requirements and scope to vendors to successfully complete all projects
• Monitored deliverables to ensure the projects were completed within the required time frame and within budget
• Provided guidance and decisions on changes required throughout the design process and participated in development along with the team of information technology professionals as the Subject Matter Expert
• Reviewed, analyzed and redesigned complete technology infrastructure to improve strategic objectives of the enterprise and disaster recovery operations

Sacramento, California, US

• Subject Matter Expert that assisted in the team that designed, implemented and maintained infrastructure, system and application support for Enterprise Wide Project Server 2010 Test, Quality Assurance Testing and.
• Migrated over 5,000 resources and 4,000 project plans and corresponding project sites to Project Server 2010 from 2007 for Sutter Health Information Services.
• Designed and implemented a Administrator SharePoint Web Application and supporting SharePoint site with various libraries to document process control tips/tricks, links, books, best practices, how-to documents and.
• Performed duties in a self-directed manner with minimal supervision or direction in administering the enterprise demand and capacity management solution for a 2 billion dollar portfolio.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving and project management skills focused on corporate goals with emphasis on ITIL service management standards.
• Evaluated workload, available resources, and adjust schedules and priorities as required in administration, testing, and quality assurance process control procedures.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Provided level 1, 2 and 3 support services for Project Server 2007 and 2010 for Microsoft Licensing globally. Including, basic use, design, Implementation, and application maintenance tasks and operation of SharePoint.
• Delivered diagnosis; database growth; training; optimal performance and uptime metrics for problems involving Project Server; SharePoint; SQL; IIS; Windows Server; SSIS, SSRS and SSAS used internally at Microsoft.
• Provided Project Server administration for all tasks related to ensuring that projects server environment was running as expected such as; assist Project Managers with management of users and permissions; manage.
• Provided SQL Server administration for all tasks related to DBA and management to ensure SQL and server environment are running as expected such as; SQL capacity and error reporting; SQL jobs management; SQL Database.
• Provided management of all system accounts, security and distribution groups required by application to operate optimally.
• Provided level 3 for all reporting management support for Project Server 2007 and 2010. Collaborates with global PMO staff to understand requirements and depth of experience required to complete globally. Determines.

Colorado Springs, CO, US

• Designed, Implemented and maintained IT infrastructure for current business location, including: Network; Telephony; Firewall; Router; switches; server and workstations architecture, Antivirus and Malware protection.
• Provided information technology support for clients in eight countries, supporting numerous operational areas and projects including software development, hosting, and managed services operations.
• Designed, Implemented and maintained Help Desk operations, Systems and Network Monitoring and Management, and Project Management Support for the United States.
• Developed and maintained vendor relationships and manage the purchase of hardware and software products to support organizational goals.

• Designed, implemented and maintained servers and desktop systems.
• Troubleshot service outages and resolved problems with careful research of logs and testing resolution before employing them to production systems.
• Directed helpdesk operations and trained technicians through establishment of good policy and practices with training efficiency, emphasizing customer service to the end user and followed guidelines setup by the IT.
• Troubleshot and repaired system problems on workstations, servers, routers, switches, and various network components that utilized various software platforms such as Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, Microsoft.
• Maintained disaster recovery plan for church which included monitoring 15 servers and over 50 workstations with antivirus and anti-spyware protection, providing quick restore images.

Colorado Springs, CO, US

• Designed, Implemented and maintained user accounts for staff and student population of over 2500 personnel utilizing Active Directory.
• Oversaw troubleshooting and system incidents, problems and change management on workstations, servers, switches, routers, and telephony components that utilized various software platforms like Windows, Linux and Unix.
• Implemented network migrations to segregate staff and student network segments using SSID wireless networks; Managed switch parameters with VLANs and WVLANs creation; telephony with legacy PBX to VOIP conversion.
• Directed team workflow and prioritization; business processes and procedures; Improved customer services relationships between helpdesk staff, faculty, and students.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• As a Platoon Sergeant responsible for 38 personnel, I led and trained over 4,000 sergeants and soldiers in over eight different countries in austere conditions to understand and apply the core US Army competencies and.
• Awarded 8 Army Commendation Medals and 7 Army Achievement Medals and many Combat Campaign Medals during my service in four hostile fire zones including: The Gulf War, Haiti, and two tours in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
• Trained soldiers in specific knowledge, skills, and attributes necessary to accomplish all missions to the highest standards for these military occupation specialties—13F10, 13F20, 51K10, 51K20, 51B10, 51B20, 51R10.
• 13 series are field artillery and 51 series are all civil engineer positions and encompassed 12 years of Project Management totaling over $100 million in construction projects completed in time and under budget.
• Worked with and help deploy numerous technologies over this 18 year period, such as SINGARS, migration of military networks including: GroupWise, Novell Networks, TCP/IP networks, Microsoft and Microsoft Office.

Master Of Science (Ms), Information Technology

Bachelor'S Degree, Information Technology Management

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), General Studies