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Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Participated in business gap analysis and implementation of a security framework to obtain regulated industry-recognized HITRUST certification• Deployed Meraki Systems Manager and Apple’s Device Enrolment Program(DEP) to ensure consistent endpoint security configurations • Lead the selection and deployment of endpoint detection and response (EDR) software to protect against viruses and malicious actors.• Deployed Jira Service Desk to accelerate helpdesk ticket response times and provide audit capabilities for authorization work• Upgraded to G-Suite Enterprise and configured features to include advanced browser management, Data Loss Prevention(DLP), and other security dashboard features.• Achieved company recognition within the first 4 months of employment

Greater Seattle Area

• Directed selection and deployment of video teleconference systems that resulted in company-wide adoption and significantly lowered costs by 50%• Selected and deployed wireless network upgrades for the company environment increasing coverage and reliability.• Led migration of corporate IT systems to a new location while maintaining business continuity and minimal downtime • Managed corporate IT help desk. Coached technicians to succeed with break/fix issues, upgrades, and software deployment tasks.• Responsible for corporate IT budgeting, vendor relationships, and purchase process

Greater Seattle Area

• Responsible for configuration, maintenance, and support of end-user devices such aslaptops, phones and printers.• Assisted with configuration and support of various servers within a hyper-v environment• Maintained antivirus, active directory/group policy, WSUS / patch management, print management and data backup/restoration services.• Responsible for network management and configuration of Cisco and SonicWall devices as well as network troubleshooting• Spearheaded vendor selection and deployment of company-wide print services. Effortsresulted in increased production capabilities and decreased projected costs by 23% overa 4-year term.• Re-designed, documented, and re-cabled the primary switch stack for the organization’sback-of-house operations. Occurred while maintaining the highest availability in a 24x7x365 fully converged environment. The efforts resulted in faster troubleshooting and greatly improved documentation.

• Initiated & supported sales of integrated mobile computing solutions to the local government market• Responsible for pipeline growth through out calling, vendor lead follow-up and associated sales• Decreased key account receivables by ~$200,000 while increasing gross profit by five percent margin• Supervised warehouse operations including shipping, receiving, inventory management• Established best practices sales order tracking system that reduced inventory by 30%.

• Responsible for territory management and growth of legal resource publications in the state government and education market places• Provided software demonstrations of legal research tools and search strategies to legal staff• Negotiated pricing and contract terms with legal staff and procurements departments

• Responsible to drive demand creation, territory management, and sales tracking of electronic components for military and aerospace clients within the Seattle area. • Presented quarterly results of services to enterprise accounts and facilitated the negotiation of new business. • Achieved advanced certificates in electronic technical sales and supply chain assessment

• Partnered with OEM sales group and management teams to win strategic business resulting in a sales increase of $1.3 million of additional revenue • Received branch recognition overall sales performance. Sighted as the highest increase in gross profit, the highest book to bill ratio & greatest percentage above plan for the quarter• Gained manufacturer recognition from Texas Instruments for strategic partnership and sales growth in Q3 of 2004• Coordinated the quote of approved vendor list for supply chain management bid. The efforts resulted in the largest on-site engagement in Colorado

Certificate In Project Management

The comprehensive curriculum covers Predictive and Agile methodologies. The courses focus on enhancing project management skills.

Network And System Administration/Administrator

Ba, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Gonzaga Knights, Gonzaga University Ski Team, Big Brothers Big Sisters, & L'arche International