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Allentown, Pa, Us

Guides the overall technology vision, strategy and leadership in the development and implementation of all Information Services & Technology programs at HNL.Lead all aspects of enterprise information services/technology, IT service delivery, IT project/program management, and network/system administration.Develop and implement data-driven technology strategies aligned with business objectives, resulting in increased efficiency and productivity.Champion agile principles and design thinking to drive companywide culture change, fostering innovation and collaboration across teams.Hire, coach, and oversee cross-functional engineering teams, fostering a high-performance culture and achieving shared visions and goals.Define technology roadmaps, simplifying processes, eliminating hurdles, and ensuring compliance with company and legal requirements.

Allentown, Pa, Us

Oversee two divisions responsible for core infrastructure operations, including multi-site data centers, networking, cloud integration, servers, storage, and end user support, aiming to provide exceptional service and an efficient technology experience.Successfully migrated legacy VMware 3-Tier infrastructure to Nutanix Hyper-Converged and Acropolis, reducing server rack footprint by 50%, and implementing secondary clusters for site fail-over and recovery.Manage and support multi-site network connectivity utilizing Cisco's Nexus platform for primary and secondary data centers, ensuring redundant WAN, SIP, and Internet connectivity.Implemented a multi-site Nutanix Hyper-Converged platform for SQL Always On HA, incorporating ERA SQL automation for on-premises SQL server deployment, database management, and backup.Designed and built a VDI infrastructure using Citrix Cloud, Nutanix Hyper-Converge with GPU support, FSLogix for profile management, and application masking. The cluster, with 17 Nutanix hosts and dual Nvidia Tesla GPU, supports 600 active desktops, with NetScaler’s and DUO 2-factor for remote user support.Deployed a multi-site wireless and secure certificate-based infrastructure using Meraki and Microsoft NPS, leveraging Meraki’s cloud platform for centralized AP management, and ensuring wireless health and availability.Manage 60+ remote sites with Meraki cloud and Firewall MX platform for WAN connectivity and SD-WAN optimization. All sites are consolidated into one central configuration template for streamlined deployment, support, and control.Built and manage Cohesity Hyper-Converged backup platform for on-premises backup, with asynchronous replication to a secondary Cohesity cluster and AWS for long-term archive. Ensured in-flight and at-rest encryption and protection against ransomware attacks.

Allentown, Pa, Us

Guided diverse teams in network infrastructure, security, systems administration, and help desk support.Orchestrated the seamless migration of 100+ servers to virtual machines, optimizing VMware environments with advanced clustering.Implemented Windows 7 VDI Infrastructure, deploying 500+ virtual desktops for streamlined user experiences.Expertise in network management, covering Microsoft Exchange 2010, Cisco infrastructure, and remote VPN sites.Extensive experience in designing and implementing Windows 2008 R2 and SQL 2008 Enterprise clusters for high availability and redundancy.

Design and implemented a wide variety of LAN/WAN infrastructures.Lead and managed technical projects to include Tasty Baking Company’s Windows 2000 migration that consisted of coordination, design, planning, and implementation of a large-scale Windows 2000 infrastructure, including a Citrix MetaFrame infrastructure for remote clients to connect over a wireless network.Built, configured and managed a Windows 2000, Exchange 2000, and MetaFrame XP migration for Elliott-Lewis Corporation (A First Energy Company). This migration consisted of 5 remote sites and a new DNS infrastructure was implemented for Active Directory, multiple global catalogue domain controllers for remote sites, and a new Windows 2000 Advanced Server cluster solution to replace their existing File/Print and DHCP services. Setup and configured CheckPoint Firewall's, Websense URL/protocol filtering and large scale clustered multi-node environments. Other responsibilities included customer support, network audits, pre-sales engineering, and software/hardware research and development.

Design and implemented local and wide area networks using the Application Service Provider (ASP) Model. Responsible for network architecture and implementation of new systems and solutions to support companies and individuals with on demand software requests via LAN, WAN, Internet, or Intranet. Set up and maintained several company networks for smaller companies including Firewall’s, file servers with Compaq fiber channel and storage array's, clustered print servers, MetaFrame load balanced servers, backup servers, clustered Exchange servers, Active Directory/Global Catalogue domain controllers, and load balanced Windows 2000 IIS web servers with Nfuse technology and Active Server Pages (ASP).