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Reese, Michigan, Us

Managed IT department, performed hiring, vendor and contract management, equipment procurement, set goals for infrastructure improvements to improve redundancy and ability to sustain data or cyber based outage.

Reese, Michigan, Us

Supported existing network, servers, firewalls, email services, wi-fi, file shares, and 3rd party vendor software.

Denmark, Germany, Uk, Usa, Canada, Australia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Japan, S Korea , Dk

Providing onsite IT migration services for an AVASO Technology Solutions client customer. Providing one on one individual service to each employee by performing migration steps and working with each employee to insure that their migration was completed successfully.

Ithaca, Michigan, Us

Provided support and maintenance for 12 school districts PowerSchool student information systems. Utilized VMware to support dozens of Windows servers and kept those servers patched and current as a best practice. Responsible for Data Center environmental controls support as well as facility HVAC management software. Further supported Data Center reliability by managing generator operation and contracts, as well as service vendors for Liebert UPS and HVAC systems.Coordinated technology upgrades with vendors for onsite premises meeting room remodeling projects including TVs, audio/visual connections, floor trenching, and overhead lighting. Served as project manager for onsite and various school district security camera installs or replacement. Collaborated with RESD Instruction Department to implement, support, and act as liaison for The Michigan Data Hub processes in order to facilitate student data exchange requirements by the State of Michigan via PowerSchool.

Miami, Fl, Us

Hired to fill role of onsite expert with Warehouse Management System with responsibility to maintain and train employees. Role was to include management of local network and all networked equipment responsible for facilitating warehouse operations. Prior to site implementation, Ryder's customer changed their mind on setting up operations in Bridgeport, MI. This resulted in the entire operation at this site being cancelled, there by eliminating the need for all employees slated to work at this site.

Saginaw, Michigan, Us

Managed a department of 6 consisting of 3 application developers, 1 Network and Server Administrator, and 2 Help Desk personnel. Many of the job duties of the prior role as Programmer and System Administrator carried forward into this role as well. Participated in several internal committees include IT Task Force. Worked with other department managers as well as the Executive Team. Participated in external SEN peer group for professional growth. Responsible for offsite data co-location center and data replication methods and strategy. Managed inbound IT requests whether projects, upgrades, or break-fix issues. Hired staff and performed reviews. Maintained software licensing compliance, document IT ISO method updates, physical datacenter security, backup strategies, SAN strategies, VEEAM strategies, VMware strategies, Checkpoint firewall strategies, and Anti-virus & Anti malware strategies. Work with IT staff on strategies for TeamViewer remote support, DashLane password manager use, network access rights, corporate password criteria, VPN access, 3rd party email services, and vendor management. I also served as the backup to our Risk Manager for building access security and frequently managed service providers such as HVAC or electrical contractors when on-site. Implemented audio/visual for meeting room remodel projects, off site meetings, and company hosted conventions.

Saginaw, Michigan, Us

Served as application developer utilizing INFO/BASIC programming language on the Universe database platform running on HPUX operating system. As a programmer, gathered project requirements, designed application and database files, wrote application(s), tested applications, and implement applications. Administered the Universe environment as well as our HPUX mainframe platform both from an operating system perspective and hardware perspective. Determined when trouble tickets should be placed. Procured mainframe system and maintained maintenance contracts. Served as Network Administrator and Checkpoint firewall administrator for years as well. Created and managed Help Desk since its inception within the company. Recommended external software as appropriate for PCs, servers, network, or mainframe needs.