Derek Hardmon Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

- Set strategic direction to core systems administration and conversion consulting- Identify and evaluate client’s risk rating through vulnerability and risk assessments- Provided technology services including network management, infrastructure design, cyber security training and managed services

Greater Atlanta Area

- Supervision of all aspects of global information security, cyber security, data protection, and information as well as security risk management- Close monitoring security systems for threats, changes, and trends related to intrusion and harmful activities occurring which involve system user configurations, incident response program, and changing.

Greater Atlanta Area

- Attainment of timely and within budget completion of project by managing project implementation methodology- Efficient handling of change controls specific to the bank’s core processing system to maximize resources- Close coordination with department executives to analyze every employee’s access level on a quarterly basis- Launch of a company-wide.

Greater Atlanta Area

- Administration of global deployment of best practices and standards for all corporate IT systems- Expert leadership to the network and security implementation of data protection and control, strategic computing, technical support, and disaster recovery- Planning and execution of organizational goals, policies, and procedures- Presiding over of.

- Determined and established all network infrastructure, telecommunications, business continuity, and disaster recovery processes for new Sandy Springs branch location.- Decreased annual vendor costs significantly by installing, configuring, and maintaining in-house Document imaging system. - Maintained all functions of Digiserver remote deposit system.

• Designed, installed, configured, and supported various imaging solutions infrastructures to automate the capture, storage and management of data and documents.
• System analysis with focus on project management, consulting, and design
• Managed the day to day operation and maintenance of the RAWDATA domain which then consisted of 4 Windows 2000 servers, PDC, BDC, DHCP and Exchange 5.5 with OWA through SSL, WIN2000/XP Workstations and network printers.
• Setup and monitored daily system backup jobs using Veritas Backup Exec v8.6
• Evaluation and testing of various Imaging solutions such as Application Xtender, ImageNow, and PaperVision in order to provide the best possible solution to existing as well as future clients
• Installed, maintained Blackberry Enterprise Server solution.

• Tier II analysis for General Electric Appliances helpdesk administering all NT servers local and remote (DHCP, DNS, WINS, IIS4.0, Terminal Server)
• Maintained user accounts and exchange mailboxes for a user base of 475 personnel.

• Primary focus was systems integration, systems infrastructure design, performance monitoring and optimization for legal, manufacturing, and hospitality firms.
• Administered the companies' local area network consisting of both NT and WIN2000 servers (WINS, IIS4, and Proxy Server2.0) and various Win 98, NT, and 2000 Workstation clients. Ran system back-ups and monitored network.
• Installed, configured and ran live updates of network anti-virus software (eTrust Inoculate IT and Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition)
• Setup Exchange and GroupWise enterprise email systems which included establishing new MX/A records as well as migration between both software packages from legacy mail systems.
• Monitored and maintained the integrity of various DMS such as iManage and WORLDOX

Greater Atlanta Area

- Responsibilities included assembling and inspecting Desktop Computers (motherboards/ hard drives / video, sound, network cards), set CMOS, loaded factory default values and prepared systems for factor image from network.- Provided desk side hardware and software support to over 250+ users in office environment, utilizing troubleshooting skills- Made.