• Provide leadership and direction to the IT Operations team consisting of 11 people in multiple areas of IT• Manage all IT Operations at each residential and commercial property within the Durst portfolio• Oversee the IT Support desk • Responsible for designing and implementing base-building network infrastructure in new development properties• Lead weekly IT Department meetings to discuss status of current projects/tasks and ensure policies and procedures are being followed• Work with department leaders to ensure their IT needs are being met and to discuss upcoming IT needs

• Manage short and long-term IT and AV projects from inception to completion as well as perform on-going system maintenance as needed• Support product selection process through vetting of products and solutions presented by third-party vendors• Led IT Data Center relocation

Roles & Responsibilities:•Lead Microsoft Exchange Engineer: 2007, 2010, 2013, 365•Lead Microsoft OCS/Lync Engineer: 2007, 2010, 2013•Lead Enterprise Data Backup/Restore Engineer: EMC Avamar and Data Domain•Experience with VMWare, VNX, Recover Point, Palo Alto firewall, Palo Alto Traps, disaster recovery planning, DNS, Group Policy management, Cisco UCM, Linux, and Active Directory•Working knowledge of Cisco networking concepts and protocols•IT Project Manager: Manage short and long-term IT projects from inception to completion as well as perform on-going system maintenance as needed•Support product selection process through vetting of products and solutions presented by third-party vendorsProjects Summary:•Migrate company to Exchange Online/Office 365•Led, designed, and configured migration to Exchange Server 2010•Led, designed, and configured migration to Lync Server 2010 and 2013•Manage Network infrastructure design for development properties•Managed and designed IT Data Center relocation•Managed and configured EMC Avamar Grid upgrade to latest hardware and software versions (2012 and 2015)•Managed, designed, and implemented server infrastructure for Open Text Document Management System•Managed MaaS360 and DUO Security Implementation•Installed, configured, and deployed Collective Access (Open Source Collections Management Software) •Configured and deployed IT help desk ticketing system•Installed and configured IT auditing software (NetWrix) •Installed, configured, and deployed project management software (Primavera) into organization

IT Infrastructure SupportDesktop SupportPC ImagingInstall and configure new hardwareMap network printers to PC'sRemove viruses/malware from PC'sInstall and configure desktop PC's & laptops to domainsPerform blackberry & PC assessmentsSetup new users & applicationsHandle physical asset tagging