Derek Kruger, Mba Email & Phone Number

Thatcher, Az, Us

Thatcher, Az, Us

Mt. Pleasant, Sc, Us

Project Manager

Safford, Az, Us

Lead team in the day-to-day operation of a 24x7 production network for a $15 million a year international label manufacturing plant. Hands-on technical support of Windows clients, servers, AD, Azure, and Office 365 systems. Built a lean IT team of two FTEs by leveraging vendors. Recently scaled out our VDI deployment to enable WFH during Covid.

San Antonio, Texas, Us

Franklin, Tn, Us

Serving as the AD/Exchange administrator for a publically traded healthcare provider. Have architected and am running an 8,000 user Windows 2008 R2 Server Active Domain with an Exchange 2010 Messaging system using Microsoft and industry best practices with over 40 remote sites in 19 states.

Overhauled service model to support all city departments with top-level issue distribution and resolution, meeting disparate needs of all stakeholders. Manage IT Department, including Finance, Marketing, IT Planning, Supplier Management, Organizational Development, and maintaining IT Policies. Oversee vendors, department spend, needs prioritization, and strategic planning.Led forklift upgrade of city network and phone system, including transitioning to existing network and computer infrastructure to support new VOIP phone system and increase overall bandwidth and reliability city-wide. Completed project early and under budget by 30% by leveraging staff and vendor resources.Achieved 50% reduction of hardware in datacenter by executing large-scale upgrade of Windows server systems to Windows 2008/R2 based on Windows Clusters and Microsoft Hyper-V.Reduced software spend by 60%. Reduced annual software spend, resulting in savings of $600,000 over three years while bringing city-wide systems up to date with hardware and software.

Consulted in the SMB (Small & Medium Business) area. Provided general system support for Windows based systems. Served as primary technology consultant in advising and recommending storage, telephone, and system continuity solutions.

Led team to design high availability Windows based laboratory information systems and performed initial installation and configuration of servers and systems. Worked directly with world-class hospitals and laboratories to include Cleveland Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital. Reduced support cost 40% through design of remote administration and support configuration using open source and SSH to comply with emerging HIPAA regulations.Worked with OEM vendors (Dell, HP) to document and deliver hardware and software solution bundles to clients.Supported clients on Windows and SQL servers as well as laboratory software.

Boise, Idaho, Us

Led support engineering teams focusing on Windows NT, Exchange, SQL, and Internet server products. Took over as site backup administrator, managing backup and recovery of all site production, databases, and servers.Served as Project Manager for Windows NT client implementation at memory fabrication plants; part of Micron's purchase of Texas Instruments silicon production facilities.Provided on-call and 24x7 support for Fab clean rooms and HA servers and workstations.

Phoenix, Arizona, Us

Cmba, Mba - It Management

Bs, Political Science

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Political Science