Eric Leuthardt, Mscis Mba Itilv3 Email & Phone Number

Texas, United States

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Throughout his career Eric has been driven to share his knowledge and expertise across a wide range of topics through speaking engagements and teaching classes. He thrives on interacting with groups to help them learn something new and apply that knowledge in real-world settings. Eric has the ability to meet people where they are and provide concrete and actionable steps to move them in the direction they want to go. Eric lives by the mantra that if you don't enjoy it don't do it, and his passion for what he does shines through in his presentations. Eric currently teaches monthly classes on photography, security, and web design.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

With more than 20 years in the IT industry, we have a proven record and in-depth technical knowledge to provide our clients with customized solutions that fit their needs. Specializing in network security and implementing proactive solutions to monitor and remediate potential issues, we provide a wide range of services from security audits to simple virus removal and optimization. Catering to small businesses we work to ensure your technology is secure, efficient, and operating at peak performance.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Creation of innovative and customized website designs to provide your business or personal site with eye-catching branding and intuitive functionality. We specialize in building WordPress sites and web security and look forward to bringing our over 8 years of experience to making your vision a reality.

Built and configured over a thousand servers for various projects and accounts as part of the Enterprise Technology Consultants (ETC) team. Designed and built an Altiris deployment solution to standardize and streamline the build process. Performed the initial project specification for Intel/Windows based projects for multiple international accounts.Designed and implemented a Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 environment consisting of 32 nodes.Implemented Intel/Windows based projects with a heavy focus on MS clustering and virtualization.Performed data center migrations as the Intel lead while coordinating with all involved teamsDeveloped and maintained an Altiris deployment solution used to deploy several thousand servers.

Performed upgrade of Citrix Presentation Server 3 to 4 and provided daily support for the environment.Built, configured, and upgraded desktop and server machines running Windows 2000, 2003 and XP. Maintained 18 Windows 2003 servers, 2 OS X Servers, and numerous workstations and notebooks running Windows XP. Managed daily off-site system backups utilizing Dantz Retrospect.Configured network devices, servers, and websites for appropriate security levels.Troubleshot GPO, DNS and mail problems; configured Cisco routers and switches. Developed security, backup and recovery, and user support policies and procedures. Documented Network and other infrastructure using Visio and other tools.Maintained data storage and security in accordance with HIPAA standards and regulations. Implemented 128-bit encryption, digital certificates, and other measures. Mentored IT staff and delivered user training on MS Office and other applications.Migrated from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003. Maintained GAL updates with national office.Wrote and implemented login scripts.Proposed and designed a disaster recovery system. Tested and evaluated blade servers for disaster recovery location.

Managed all internal systems, system administration, and network engineering operations companywide. Supervised IT staff and continued to work as a hands-on systems and network administrator.Performed upgrade of Citrix Presentation Server 3 to 4 and provided daily support for the environment.Built, configured, and upgraded desktop and server machines running Windows 2000, 2003 and XP. Maintained 18 Windows 2003 servers, 2 OS X Servers, and numerous workstations and notebooks running Windows XP. Managed daily off-site system backups utilizing Dantz Retrospect.Configured network devices, servers, and websites for appropriate security levels.Troubleshot GPO, DNS and mail problems; configured Cisco routers and switches. Developed security, backup and recovery, and user support policies and procedures. Documented Network and other infrastructure using Visio and other tools.Maintained data storage and security in accordance with HIPAA standards and regulations. Implemented 128-bit encryption, digital certificates, and other measures. Mentored IT staff and delivered user training on MS Office and other applications.Migrated from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003. Maintained GAL updates with national office.Wrote and implemented login scripts.Proposed and designed a disaster recovery system. Tested and evaluated blade servers for disaster recovery; A 30-year-old provider of property inspection and appraisal services to large insurance companies. Reliable has three offices and over 300 field personnel.

Provided telephone support to EDS clients worldwide. Clients supported included AT Kearny, General Motors, and Earthgrains.Performed systems analysis, recommendation, troubleshooting and tutoring.Made follow up calls to obtain feedback and ensure customer satisfaction.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Computer/Information Technology Administration And Management

Master Of Science (Ms), Computer And Information Systems Security/Information Assurance

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Associate Of Applied Science, Music And Video Production/Business