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Franklin, Tn

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Brentwood, Tn

Directed network operations in the national backup data center; oversaw a 1.1M data center migration project completing on time and under budget; liaison between I.T and legal departments managing litigation hold and eDiscovery services for an average caseload in excess of 250 cases per year

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Oversaw I.T. and call center operations for 120M regional banking institution; supervised multiple complex projects including complete redesign of WAN infrastructure; senior member of annual disaster recovery and risk assessment project

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Led a startup network support business to cash flow positive state within the first nine months of operation; managed I.T. support services for 500+ customers in the middle TN region; directed multiple, simultaneous network, server, and application projects

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Oversaw the implementation of the Network Engineering Division created to address emerging VoIP pressures on the telecommunications company; primary design engineer on all network infrastructure projects; project manager for the Nortel data network for the new Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN

Managed network and computer operations for four sites, and 100 employees for a major SC healthcare provider.Installed and maintained server operating systems. Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Microsoft IIS Server.Responsible for design, implementation and maintenance of network security systems. Cisco Pix firewalls, Corporate Anti-Virus servers, Anti-SPAM servers, Microsoft Active Directory Security.Configured and maintained business software systems including: Accura.Net (healthcare system), GreatPlains (accounting), ADP (payroll), Microsoft Office (productivity), Intuit TrackIT (IT asset tracking and remote control)

Managed the network service department. Oversaw project management of all installations and system repairs. Supervised network engineers, administrators, and PC technicians. Provided high-level network engineering support for top customers (firewall, infrastructure management, security assessments, wireless LAN, circuit design engineering)

Configured and managed high speed data equipment and circuits in Illinois, Indiana, Seattle, Phoenix (Primary Central Office (CO) in Chicago, 16 Local Serving Offices (LSO’s)). Tier 1 Internet ProviderInstalled and configured customer premise equipment (CSU/DSU’s, Routers)Assisted customers with LAN/WAN configuration issues such as: TCP/IP addressing, Network Address Translation (NAT), Routing, Firewall, DNS, Web and Mail Servers.Assisted sales team with high speed data and integrated voice/data engineering issues.

Managed International Frame Relay Wide Area Network (Cisco, 3Com, & Lucent Equipment); International Telecommunications and Data Communications (T1, FT1, ISDN, 56K, DSL)Assisted Local Network Engineers - Locations: NC, CA, MO, Canada, Mexico, South America, Australia, The Netherlands, and India; Gig Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Ethernet, Token Ring.I.T. Security (CheckPoint, Guardian, Cisco, 3Com); I.T. Policies, Standards and DocumentationSoftware Development - Lotus Notes Programmer; Programmed and administered company website