Kevin Foster Email & Phone Number

Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States

I served in a pivotal role as an IT liaison, providing comprehensive support to software developers. My responsibilities encompassed maintaining hardware and software infrastructure, as well as managing cloud-based applications, ensuring seamless operation and support for development activities.

Austin, Texas Area

I architected and deployed virtual environments to support production, research, and development teams. I collaborated with research and development teams to construct customer environments utilizing VMware, Windows, and Linux.

I built and maintained the infrastructure for Vignette’s Lab Services. I supported Vignette’s engineering, professional services, and customer services teams by constructing test environments and customer configurations for troubleshooting, quality assurance, and performance testing needs.

Co-administrated the Virtual Lab Services network - an Ethernet / ATM, fully redundant, local and wide area network.Performed Setup and troubleshooting of network environments to support the Virtual Lab Service’s special projects.Conducted a bandwidth study using SNMP data collection for web developer work at home project.Installed and maintained the MRTG software to keep a history of our network bandwidth. Provided client server and network support for the Performance and Certification Testing Departments.

Managed and maintained a 500-computer lab for the Performance Software Testing Department.Developed an innovative process for cloning a master image to 500 computers and then making each machine unique using Perl, SID Software, and NT command line language resulting in reduction of project setup time from 2 days to 4 hours and savings of $13,414 per project.Collaborated with project manager and internal customers to determine testing environment setup.

Managed and maintained 100+ users and 20+ shares on a Citrix Winframe server.Provided technical support for 700+ users across eight states.

Sole personal computer technician for 50+ computers in eight departments.Networked four departments using Windows NT 4.0 servers and Ethernet hubs allowing the drafters to reduce their drawing and fabrication process from eight hours to four hours.

Associate In Applied Science, Microcomputer Programming

Training: Interconnecting Cisco network Devices – Global Knowledge Troubleshooting with the Sniffer Pro Network Analyzer – Catapult.

Education record

Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT)

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