Network Analyst
The Devereux Foundation
Devereux is a leading provider of mental health services in the non-profit sector, operating in eleven states.Responsible for the nationwide support of the network infrastructure; gained broad experience in technology assessment and deployment, budgeting, contract negotiations, service level monitoring, and project management. Effectively communicated corporate initiatives to all levels of management and technical staff, insuring employee engagement.- Identified, investigated, and recommended technology initiatives, standards, and policies that met strategic goals. - Commended for proposing and implementing WAN technology upgrade (50 sites) reducing costs by over 20%, improving response time and network efficiency. - Reduced telecommunication costs by 30% through aggressive inventory review and contract negotiations.- Gained benefits of server consolidation (over 60% reduction) and resiliency through design and implementation of VMware in a SAN environment.- Installed network tools and appliances that improved resolution time to application and network issues by 50%.- Supervised the rapid growth of Windows server installations for application support; included a 100% increase of an active Citrix farm to 20+ servers.- Managed installation of a 30-node WAN infrastructure, including the installation of numerous servers, internet access, filtering, and firewall.- Proposed and managed data center infrastructure upgrade that improved performance and implemented redundancy. - Implemented and managed help desk services, supporting an employee base of 5,000+.