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Norfolk, VA

• Develop project estimates, work plans, technical status reporting, and other technical delivery documents as required
• Lead IT teams to develop technical solutions for technology platform enhancements, large client implementations and infrastructure upgrades
• Ensure technical deliverables adhere to architectural guidance, quality standards, and BPO process
• Communicate and escalate project issues and risks as appropriate to ensure transparency, proactive mitigation, and timely resolution
• Conduct reviews and walkthroughs for technical project deliverables in an effort to ensure completeness, accuracy, estimated cost and alignment with business requirements
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

• Monitor network to ensure optimal performance
• Develop and monitor policies for the use of network resources
• Provide network support with a variety of operating systems
• Assist in network design and implementation
• Evaluate and recommend security improvements and system upgrades
• Manage configuration and deployment of virtualized desktops and servers

Newport News, VA

• Perform all supervisory responsibilities associated with the I.T department.
• Create, enforce and monitor company policies and procedures through a wide array of technologies. Forecast costs, equipment, and technology needs for projects and programs as required and related to the organization.
• Prepare long and short-term plans for system development, application deployment, and the requirement of resources to support them. Manage responsiveness of long-term plans for corporate items.
• Anticipate future technology, processes, and security concepts needed to support the company's ongoing success in activities related to infrastructure technology. -Research, test and deploy an MDM solution to establish.

Chesapeake, VA

• Proactively manage all mortgage lending business systems and technology in a complex and fast-moving Microsoft Windows environment across multiple offices and newly established DBA companies.
• Explore, test and deploy new technologies to keep the company up to date on current security standards as well as drive efficiency with established new technologies.
• Establish company guidelines and business intelligence to keep company compliant and audit ready.
• Anticipate future skills, processes, and tools needed to support the company's ongoing success in activities related to analysis and development.- Fully migrated company onsite active directory ( 150+ users) to.

Washington State

· BytePro online database hosting management (including upgrades, maintenance (add/remove/change) and working with existing and new automation scripts as necessary· Contribute to the current knowledge database expansion and technical training material for continued education of the software. · Contribute to best-practice article development.· Generate.

Virginia Beach

Maintain company loan origination system (Byte Software) from server hardware to disclosure creation. Create work flow with management to improve egress and efficiency throughout the entire loan process. Manage and deploy all systems updates to workstations and MS SQL server. Monitor MS SQL server studio for efficiency and make changes where necessary..

Portsmouth, Virginia

• Stage new computer systems, network printers, enter them into peregrine asset inventory database as they arrive to agency. Train users on new hardware where it applies.
• Support all users in IPLANET email system; administer distribution lists, mailbox quota. Migrate users off internet based email client to outlook 2003 for better utilization of email, contacts, and calendar management.
• Create new hire accounts through active directory with specific access rights, map users to network drive(s), create roaming profiles for specific users setup users for VPN access.
• Setup new polycom meetings, web conferences, smart board meetings. Report directly to Department Director; make suggestions for all new I.T equipment.
• Closely monitor network to ensure 98% uptime of all servers/databases. Serve as main contact for network / systems support onsite if any issues arise at central office in Richmond.
• Conduct daily backup of database for agency, take tapes off site every Friday to city hall. Conduct weekly detailed reports for Health Director, and central office.

Sr. help desk tech. Worked with director / manager on daily basis for problem resolution.

Comptia Network+, Computer Programming, Vendor/Product Certification

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Debate team, Scoccer Team.