Edward Ferguson Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

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▪️ Launched a zero-code, zero-design platform, reducing website creation time by 50% and enabling clients to build landing pages in under 10 minutes.▪️ Increased client website traffic by an average of 40% through targeted SEO strategies and conversion-optimized design.▪️ Led the redesign of over 100 websites, resulting in a 30% improvement in user engagement and a 25% boost in lead generation.▪️ Grew H-town Handshakes networking event by 50%, creating valuable partnerships and generating business leads for local professionals.▪️ Improved project efficiency by 20%, streamlining development processes and maintaining a 95% client satisfaction rate across all projects.

Houston, Texas Area

Team Lead - Americas Infrastructure Delivery TeamTechnical project management of infrastructure deployment domestically and globally, management of internal project resources and recruitment and management of external vendors Provide technical infrastructure recommendations that adhere to functional, supportable, operational, architectural and scalability requirementsGather and analyze business infrastructure requirements in efforts to develop appropriate infrastructure solutions which include technical design, architecture standards, financials and operation procedures. Functions as an intermediary between business project stakeholders and core infrastructure teams in efforts to pinpoint imperative issues and deliver effective/cost-efficient solutions.

Houston, Tx

Systems Manager of Globalized Virtualized Infrastructure Technical lead for Statoil’s global VMware infrastructure which contains over 400 ESX hosts and responsible for supporting 5 unique environments sustaining over 3,500 guests. Functions in an advisory capacity for the IT infrastructure as it pertains to the Virtual server, environmental standards, and/or recommendations in relation to the infrastructure. Interaction with associated technical teams including, but not limited to, data storage, network, Unix, Windows, IT operations, communications security Facilitate communication between business project members and infrastructure teams

Houston, Texas Area

- Manage relationships with media outlets- Implement social media strategies- Work with media outlets to publish timely company information, such as press releases, brochures, and other materials- Ensure consistent framing of messages- Advocate on behalf of the company brand with external stakeholders and the media across all communications channels and vehicles

Houston, Texas

Lead production support for Microsoft Windows Active Directory Domain Services. Responsible for AD, DNS, WINS, DHCP routing and configurations. Redesigned, optimized and upgraded Domain and Forest versions from ADS 2000 to ADS 2008 R2 with strong adherence to Microsoft best practices.Lead VMware systems architect with implementation at 18 international sites. Advised senior management on the benefits of virtualization and successfully lobbied for a budget and resources to implement VMware globally. Lead production support Microsoft (MS) Exchange 2003/2010 and MS BPOS Cloud services3rd Tier technical and on-call support for international offshore oil drilling environment spanning over 22 sites across 14 countries consisting of over 3,000 users. Maintained and created procedural technical documentation in IT practice areas.Participated in multiple on/off site international infrastructure deployments such as Brazil , Dubai, Nigeria, Norway , Singapore, Mexico

New York, Ny

Senior Messaging Engineer responsible for designing and implementing Microsoft Exchange projects and initiatives. Generated off-site disaster recovery procedures and documentation to allow for the continuity of service to end users in the event of critical environmental failure. Project lead for the initial implementation of the “GoodLink Messaging Server” installation (This utility was initially required for Apple IOS device connectivity to Microsoft Messaging Systems). Installed configured and documented GoodLink server configuration and provisioning procedures for disaster recovery team helpdesk and messaging team members. 3rd Tier on-call technical support for a medical environment consisting of over 14,000 users. Project co-lead RightFax hardware/software upgrade. Seamlessly migrated RF version 8.5 to version 9.3. Documented new web client usage instructions for end users. Messaging hygiene product evaluation and implementation. Evaluated products such as Iron Port and ScanMail prior to their successful implementation at Mount Sinai.

New York, Ny

Tier 3 on-call technical support for international legal environment spanning 14 sites across 4 countries consisting of over 3000 users. Project lead for BlackBerry and GoodLink server implementations. Directed domestic and international vendors on the company’s initial East Coast, European, and Asian office Blackberry deployments. Provided maintenance and support for wireless handheld servers. Project lead server consolidation initiative. Responsible for domestic and international VMware (GSX) host deployment. Virtualized applications such as GoodLink and PcDocs Fusion to virtual sessions. This was bleeding edge configuration for its time as data center virtualization was in its infancyProject lead HP Systems Insight Manager deployment. Upgraded the firm’s server monitoring from de-centralized Compaq Insight Manager (CIM) sessions to HP SIM to version 5.0. Worked with server deployment group in developing a procedure to install SIM client to run on existing productions servers. Documented SIM installation and usage instructions for use by firms IT operations group. Firm wide Enterprise Microsoft Exchange Specialist, including AV monitoring and SPAM protection. Responsible for server health monitoring and performing restores of East coast and European office Exchange data. Project contributor in a 4 person MS Exchange of 5.5 to Exchange 2003 migration team. Successfully, consolidated 22 Exchange mailbox servers onto (4) two-node regional Microsoft Exchange cluster servers. Data protection manager for east coast offices. Responsible for designing implementing and troubleshooting backup strategies.

New York, Ny

Project lead, Netware 4.1 to Windows 2000 migration. Coordinated and implemented a seamless integration of Netware and Windows NT 2000 environments. Project scope included: configuration of server DAS hardware/software drive arrays, installation of Windows 2000 OS on domain servers, introduction of Windows 2000 Domain Controllers including DNS WINS and DHCP services, design and configuration of active directory, installation of roaming user profiles user policies and user restrictions, configuration of Windows NT and Windows 2000 file servers, creation of file shares/permissions, writing domain logon script. Project lead for implementation of enterprise Symantec client/server hygiene software product. Project scope included: testing and evaluation of software capability, setup and configuration of antivirus e-mail gateway server, configuration of antivirus management and virus quarantine servers, distribution of antivirus client to servers and desktop computers.Test environment introduction/ implementation for the evaluation of new software packages. I isolated the test environment from production network by creating a Redhat Linux based router to utilize a different network segment.Configured and Installed Check Point 4.1 firewall. For testing purposes duplicated existing checkpoint firewall using Microsoft Routing and RAS. Used Microsoft Network Address Translation to successfully isolated web server and mail servers from public Internet.Provided a seamless transition from PSI ISP to UUNET ISP by rewriting existing DNS records and coordinating with ISP. Set up ISP failover procedures in the event of T1 failure.

Greater New York City Area

Technical support in an educational environment, consisting of over 600 users. Part of three-person team that solely provided server and PC support for administrative users. *Daily tasks included Windows Server/ PC OS installation, setup, and troubleshooting.Project contributor Exchange 5.5 implementation; migrated all users from a POP Sendmail system to MS Exchange 5.5 with MS Outlook. Tasks included creating Exchange accounts and installing/configuring MS Outlook clients. Maintained campus web server and administered all academic department sites permissions.

Greater New York City Area

Completed an intensive in-house management training program designed to introduce new prospective managers to the executive environment.