Director Of It
Current• Manage IT budget to ensure maximum profitability and cost control.• Identify technology needs through comprehensive needs assessment and review of process improvement opportunities and competitive innovation strategies. • Effectively manage comprehensive national infrastructure for nine locations serving the geotechnical support industry.• Train and mentor IT support staff and back-end developers to achieve objectives.• Identify, vet, and manage technology vendors to performance expectations.Notable Achievements:• Generated savings of $100K+ per year through effective telecom network management.• Consistently excelled managing key projects, including:• Rollout of Epicor ERP system • VEEAM disaster recovery • MPLS to Velocloud SDWAN network • Sophos and Forticlient VPN Connectivity • UCaaS RingCentral rollout • Implementation of Active Directory • DNS • DHCP • LDAP • Sophos Cloud-based Network Firewall and Endpoint Protection • Sophos Wireless Cloud Based Management System • Sophos Mobile Management System • Sophos and Fortigate VPN connectivity • Connectwise Hardware Management System • Smart Deploy Computer Imaging Server • Point of Rental Management Server • Transitioned Office365 to Cloud Based Exchange with AI email filtration system. • Managed replacement and standardization of all printers to centralized vendor and implemented Print Logic printer management system.