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Auckland, Nz

Auckland, Auk, Nz

Wellington, Wellington Region, Nz

Zurich, Zh, Ch

Projects - Server virtualisation onto ESX hypervisor and vCenter, both centralized and remote implementations. Technical lead and project manager.Cisco VoIP project – Technical provisioning, deployment and project management.Implementation of wireless infrastructure - Project manager / technical second.Implementation of legacy systems subnet and legacy systems server - ESX hypervisor running on Dell 720 hardware. P2V project ongoing. Server technical lead and project manager.Insourcing services project, helpdesk and hosting services to ABB China. Reduced yearly IS costs and increased IS customer satisfaction by around 20%.ABB Napier factory and office move implementation. Network provisioning and cutover, technical and project manager.New office implementation server, network provisioning and office fit out project manager.Outsourcing server and workstation backup solution to third party (BaaS) and 1st and 3rd line support of network and VoIP systems to third party.Office 365 implementation - NZ Project manager / Introduction to Office 365 trainer.ESX upgrade 3.5 - 5.x and installation of vCenter and then subsequent P2V of server hardware (IBM) Servers and SAN.Other Responsibilities - Overall management of the network and server infrastructure for ABB New Zealand, including capacity planning (disk/network bandwidth/backup capacity) provisioning of services and network links.Ensuring (with the hosting team based in China) that the server and workstation patches are applied using a timely and low risk approach in accordance with the ABB group instructions.Management of any Sev 1 or Sev 2 issues related to server, network or VoIP infrastructure.Dealing with third party suppliers, creating tender documents in line with the ABB requirements.Management of any IS security related incidents and reporting.Security reviews for ABB NZ (Firewall / Server / Networking / Applications).

Projects - Assisted with the implementation of the new baggage handling system at Auckland International Airport. Including; server configuration, baggage system (sortation / screening) testing and staff training.Setup of Sydney Post screening system (Windows 2003 server and MS SQL 2005 database).Other Responsibilities - Software testing – including Pocket PC based applications.Providing High Level Controls systems quotations, server hardware, racking UPS, Etc..New software presentations to sales staff and customers.Supporting Glidepath's many clients and the High Level Control team members as required.Tender documentation.

London, Gb

Systems Support & Administration - Support of ecommerce systems on windows NT/2000 and Solaris 8 servers IIS4.0 / 5.0.Support of around 600 NT / Windows 2000 servers across 4 main sites.SQL (7/2000) database management and support.Arcserve / Enterprise backups for NT / 2000 servers.Load testing of intranet / internet applications. (Loadrunner)Projects - Ecommerce disaster recovery site implementation.Ecommerce load balancing and high availability implementation. (HP Sapphire)OS2 to windows NT migration.Other Responsibilities - Deputy team leader.Team support / change coordinator and mentor.

Bracknell, Berkshire, Gb

Systems support & Administration - Support of both the Novell Netware 3.x, Windows NT Citrix (NT3.51/4) servers. (300+ users)Arcserve backups of all NT / Citrix servers.Main support contact for all in-house programmers.Projects - Citrix Metaframe pilot and implementation for rental stations, head office and customer implant sites.Novell Netware 5 investigation.Year 2000 hardware and software inventory.Year 2000 project support.

Numerous projects including server infrastructure, networking, data analysis, database programming, and IT security in general practice presenter.

Planned and implemented roll out of windows networked PCs to hospital wards.

Programming and project management for Xenon clients including; Morgan Cars, Manchester UnitedFootball Club, Elf oil and Isle of man government.

Completed my Technical/Craft fitting apprenticeship and was then employed as a automotive fitter, working on Rolls Royce and Bentley luxury cars.

Postgraduate Certificates X 4, It Masters Level Certificates

Btec, National Certificate In Computer Studies