Geoffrey Cook Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Austin, Tx, Us

Provided the technical leadership and expertise to migrate the Expesite production environment to new data center and subsequently from Windows 2003 to Windows 2012 R2.Credited with leading technical efforts to turn around failing project and guiding the successful migration of production hosting environment from a Savvis to a RackSpace data center. Developed new project plan that reduced delivery timeframe from 5 to 3 months. Guided team in cloning virtual environment comprised of 30+ servers and 20+ terabytes of documents.Led team in the initial planning and definition of technical strategy to migrate the Expesite production hosting environment from Windows 2003 to Windows 2012 R2. Provided high-level engineering support and knowledge transfer for the Expesite platform to the Accruent hosting team.

Hebron, Ky, Us

Managed initial assessment phase for 2-year program to modernize core backbone infrastructure. Led team in conducting site surveys across 11 sites, documenting current state, defining future state and costs, and recommending strategies to build a standardized Cisco / Fiber environment for the enterprise.

London, On, Us

Drove the introduction and adoption of policies, procedures, and standards across the organization to maximize productivity, strengthen financial performance, and comply with regulatory requirements. Managed all aspects of IT operations, infrastructure, and systems supporting corporate users and customers. Based on success, role expanded to provide operational management for marketing, client services, and training operations.Led outsourced development partner in developing new credit card processing and subscription management functionality for e-PPE. Provided project management oversight for strategic initiative to ensure projects were defined, scheduled, and executed in adherence to corporate and product priorities.Led large-scale project to roll out the e-PPE platform to 800+ Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) member schools. Developed and managed project plan, led multi-department project team, and communicated successes and issues to project stakeholders.Championed the development of a repeatable product delivery framework and tools that standardized and simplified the on-boarding process for new customers.

Hebron, Ky, Us

Planned, tracked, and managed multiple simultaneous projects supporting enterprise-scale (13,000+ PC's) Windows migration and Active Directory migration. Collaborated with engineering team to plan, define, and manage the execution of critical projects.

Hold complete oversight for all aspects of IT operations, infrastructure, and systems supporting corporate users; hosted web-based Vision collaborative platform servicing customers within the real estate development, construction, and facilities management sectors. Oversee the evaluation, selection, design, deployment, and management of physical and virtual server, security, storage, disaster recovery, VoIP, messaging, and remote access platforms. Define technology strategy and roadmap, introduce standards and best practices, respond to client RFPs and RFQs, and build and lead team of 3.

Lewis Center, Ohio, Us

Held several roles, summarized below:Project Manager:Interfaced with clients to identify needs and issues. Defined strategies, advocated value proposition of solutions, and guided the implementation of technologies and best practices to reduce risks and increase capability. Planned, tracked, and managed all aspects of projects with a strong return on investment (ROI).Technical Supervisor:Recruited into the Desktop Services Department to analyze and resolve clients’ desktop issues. Promoted within one year to coordinate desktop deployment projects on-site for a large client. Chosen following success to manage the Repair Depot and Field Service Operations for the Columbus branch. Led a geographically distributed team of 20 providing in-store and on-site support to customers.