Providing IT Services through Lion Solutions Group LLC, GITSNet.com, and FieldNation.com. From 2016 to 2019 I worked as an independent contractor traveling across the USA, as well as Central America, deploying STEM Labs for Creative Learning Systems. Working with the local IT staff, facilitators, and school/school board officials to finish the design and installation of each STEM Lab. I configured the Server, Active Directory Domain, Network Printers, 3D Printers, PC’s and MAC workstations, iPads and installed the customized list of software applications for each school. I provided limited training to school staff, as a training team followed our implementation team. I have trained several other Implementation Consultants on the technical process as well as the intricacies of working with school staff and other officials. Have experience working in large data centers, doing server hardware break/fix. Replacing Nodes, Motherboards, Power Supplies, Hard Drives and Memory. Have supported several NCR and Toshiba POS deployments and repairs.

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Audit Focal supporting teams during Security Risk Audits, focusing on Disaster Recovery procedures/policies. Tracks follow-up actions, resolving issues found during inspections, preventing issues from re-occurring.

Functioned as ARCserve & BackupExec SME/Application Focal for multiple teams globally.* Increased reliability and efficiency of several client DR deployments,* SME for Team Canada while resolving a major outage with the Canadian National Bank.* Conducted deep dive in Santiago, Chile for Team Argentina, negotiating with client executives, resolving major customer dissatisfaction. Analyzed system, trained staff and provided 2 months remote guidance. Improved customer satisfaction and back up. Conducted webinars, facilitating comprehension and ways to improve efficiency.* Conducted ARCserve training sessions for United Kingdom and several South American countries, improving the teams' knowledge and efficiency.

Served as ARCserve and BackupExec SME/Application Focal for multiple accounts. Conducted disaster recovery training for for client DR teams.* Resolved 1-year issue with critical server by conducting 2-week deep dive survey to Austin, TX Client Data Center. * Streamlined daily workload from 3 people working 60 – 70 hours per week to 1 person without overtime.

Evaluated clients operations, providing detailed reports. Designed, deployed and maintained DR solutions.* Assisted in the negotiation of sales and support contracts for software, IT and DR services,; helping company gain new customers based on previous engagements.* Assisted Legal firm recover Exchange backups for litigations, saving client from law suits.

Evaluated operations, providing detailed reports. Designed, deployed and maintained IT and DR solutions for multiple clients including nationwide insurance adjuster company, major city governments, large school systems, universities, hospitals, an international manufacturing corporation, and a large Casino Chain. Largest client consisted of a network of 480 servers and 30,000 workstations.* Assisted in the negotiation of sales and support contracts for software and DR services, attaining new clients with history of repeated engagements.* Executed successful recovery of DR data for large Casino, following Hurricane Katrina returning business to normal operation in a timely manner. * Performed Project Management of Software installations involving sub-contracted vendors, Net-Tek staff and client staff for a large county school system with 400+ servers. Project was completed ahead of schedule with high level of customer satisfaction.* Served as Project Manager and lead technical for “Netware to Microsoft network” migrations, resulting in successful conversion and enhanced network.

Maintained the servers and supported end-users which included PC’s, thin clients, and remote network and dial-in users. Citrix applications were critical in life sustaining operations which demanded high level of reliance. Supported data center and network that included well over 1600 machines with mixture of AS-400 / Unix / Novell / NT / Win2k/ Win2k3 servers as well as Citrix Client / Windows 3.1/ Windows95 / Windows98 / Windows2k / Windows XP / Workstations.* Planned and executed network migration from token-ring to Ethernet infrastructure, increasing efficiency and stability of network.* Designed and implemented Microsoft Active Directory structure, migrating from combination of Novell and Windows NT 4, resulting in more efficient and stable network for all network users. * Acted as Project Manager for migration of all data from Netware servers to Microsoft file servers, ensuring proper security within Active Directory was maintained.* Designed, implemented and maintained Citrix MetaFrame XP with Nfuse Portal Network; network consisted of 3 separate Citrix Farms for three different areas within hospital; 6 servers provided service to over 300 local and remote users.* Assisted vendors, packaging software and verifying compatibility with Citrix environments.* Implement and maintained Microsoft SQL databases for various applications. Successfully worked with vendors, ensuring applications communicated with existing SQL servers in datacenter, allowing successful deployment. * Established and maintained ARCserve Tape Backup Library system, protecting over 100 servers.* Established and maintained Corporate Norton Anti-Virus Server, remotely monitoring in excess of 1000 local and remote workstations and servers.

* Provided IT and disaster recovery (DR) services to clients.