Keith Hardee Email & Phone Number

Lumberton, Nc

In this role I am responsible for IT services and partner with site leadership to deliver value to the business. This is achieved by:1. Working with site leadership to understand requirements to support plant objectives.2. Coordinating with SME teams to ensure projects are implemented on time, per company standards.Current responsibilities / focus areas • Plant IT Services ○ Applications ○ Business Support ○ Infrastructure / Network ○… Show more In this role I am responsible for IT services and partner with site leadership to deliver value to the business. This is achieved by:1. Working with site leadership to understand requirements to support plant objectives.2. Coordinating with SME teams to ensure projects are implemented on time, per company standards.Current responsibilities / focus areas • Plant IT Services ○ Applications ○ Business Support ○ Infrastructure / Network ○ Operations ○ Personal Computing ○ Communications ○ Administrative (Project Management, Budget)Achievements include:Modernized overall IT infrastructure (including servers, storage, networks, computers, telephone system, security and access controls) in addition to overseeing the related maintenance and operational controls. Increased systems reliability and recovery capabilities through server and storage virtualization and consolidation, upgrading the office and plant floor networks, and operation process improvements. Show less

Evaluate and develop future IT strategies for the corporation.Designed and implemented virtual infrastructures for a local manufacturing facility and the corporate datacenter. Some of the benefits of the projects included: • Greatly improved availability and disaster recovery. • Reduced hardware and maintenance costs. • Reduced power consumption costs. • Reduced implementation time for new servers from … Show more Evaluate and develop future IT strategies for the corporation.Designed and implemented virtual infrastructures for a local manufacturing facility and the corporate datacenter. Some of the benefits of the projects included: • Greatly improved availability and disaster recovery. • Reduced hardware and maintenance costs. • Reduced power consumption costs. • Reduced implementation time for new servers from weeks to hours.Utilized the following technologies to improve the data center infrastructure: • Storage Area Network • Disk to Disk backup utilizing open source tools • Tape Library backup utilizing open source tools • Created disaster recovery plan and documentation for critical servers and servicesReplaced an Avaya VOIP PBX system with and open source solution (Asterisk). Some of the benefits included: • Enormous savings. Payed for itself in less than 1 year. • Added functionality, such as: • Voice mail to email • Conference Rooms • Call queues Show less

Hired as an entry level AS/400 Programmer, moved to Network / Server Team as those needs increased. The role of our site expanded to also provide support and direction for two international sites.Responsibilities included:• DBA, Network and Server Administrator for multiple sites. • Assisted with SAN / Cluster implementation at remote site.• Reduced hardware costs by consolidating multiple servers to one box using virtualization. • Coordinated server… Show more Hired as an entry level AS/400 Programmer, moved to Network / Server Team as those needs increased. The role of our site expanded to also provide support and direction for two international sites.Responsibilities included:• DBA, Network and Server Administrator for multiple sites. • Assisted with SAN / Cluster implementation at remote site.• Reduced hardware costs by consolidating multiple servers to one box using virtualization. • Coordinated server replacements and upgrades for multiple sites.• Automated security patching and virus scan product upgrade to the desktop for multiple sites.• Designed disaster tolerant server infrastructure for an Oracle based system.• Managed relocation of systems to Rocky Mount due to Laurinburg plant closing.• Performed pre-audit reviews for multiple sites to identify areas needing improvement.• Improved server uptime through tuning and backup / recovery process enhancements. Show less

Started as intern through Pembroke State University and hired as Programmer Analyst.Responsibilities included:• Implemented OS/2 LAN Server file and print services and OS/2 Warp rollout to desktops.• Developed a barcode labeling system for packaged product.• Performed maintenance programming for legacy AS/400 systems.