Network Manager
CurrentEstablish solid foundation for success for this leading advertising agency, a subsidiary of Interpublic Group with ~60K users; agency contains a subset of 310 users. Balance small-company agility with large-enterprise processes and compliance requirements. Generate stability by building, upgrading, and maintaining highly redundant Exchange Server environments from Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange Server 2016. As agency’s Disaster Recovery Expert and Business Continuity Architect, ensure 140TB of data is protected by a tiered approach; skilled in implementing onsite backup, offsite backup to AWS and Axcient Fusion; critical data is transmitted offsite every two hours. Oversee all Sarbanes Oxley compliance procedures for network functions. Harmonize operations by designing, building, and maintaining all back-end services and infrastructure.Provide vital structure by building a highly redundant Exchange environment, which was maintained during business hours with zero interruption to service. Serve as an independent Network Manager; known to achieve daily operations while 99% remote. Consistently pass SOX audits executed by PWC and EY. Leverage experience and functional knowledge to negotiate, purchase, and implement multiple SANs, including Synology, HDS, and EMC. Build and nurture relationships with strategic technology vendors with a focus on ensuring positive interaction throughout product lifecycle. Honored to be consistently recognized by CISO with fewest vulnerabilities vs. peer agencies. Reduced equivalent of 844 metric tons of Carbon Dioxide by installing VMware. Designed and improved datacenter to meet industry standards.
