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Bethesda MD

• In charge of managing all aspects of internal IT operations for a publicly traded commercial real estate firm across 40 locations. Areas of responsibility include new system design and implementation, budgeting, IT.
• Implemented disaster recovery solution that improved recovery time by more than 30% while reducing monthly costs by 25%
• Implemented multiple systems to enhance and properly manage security as well as incident response policies and procedures.
• Implement new systems and services on in-house virtual environments as well as external cloud environments.
• Rolled out single sign on and multi-factor authentication to enhance security, while improving end user experience.
• Manage systems and policies to ensure 100% SOX compliance as well as work with auditors to continually improve/streamline the audit process.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Founded and managed an IT consulting organization providing, network design/support, and audio/video deployment expertise to small and medium sized businesses as well as government agencies.* Provided technology solutions to government, biotech, real estate, hospitality and sales clients.* Worked tirelessly to ensure 99.9% uptime of systems for all.

Silver Spring, MD

Charged with ensuring the delivery of highly reliable services to 900+ users across 5 locations for this provider of armed guard services to global government facilities. Scope of accountability spanned technology strategy and execution, budget planning and monitoring, project management, vendor relations and contract negotiations, user training and.

Bowie, MD

Consulted with clients to analyze needs and issues; evaluated and recommended strategies; and guided the on time and within budget delivery of infrastructure, remote access, messaging, and backup/recovery solutions.* Deployed and maintained Citrix MetaFrame environment for Montgomery School District that enabled students to access critical software and.

Silver Spring, MD

Recruited to design and implement technology solutions for Maryland and New Jersey offices.* Collaborated on the design, build out, and management of LAN/WAN infrastructure encompassing Windows Active Directory, MS Exchange, backup/recovery, wireless, and VPN structures.* Evaluated and purchased technical assets; developed hardware and software standards.

Rockville, MD

Responsible for providing hardware, software, and networking support to user base across 2 floors for the Rockville Maryland site.