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Auburn Hills, Mi, Us

Rochester, Michigan, Us

Lead technology director of the University Technology Services - Technical Architecture and Support Team (10+ direct reports), reporting to the Chief Information Officer. Direct and coordinate all aspects of systems engineering, architecture, and management. Assist the Chief Information Officer in providing technical leadership for the university, with responsibility for systems engineering and technical architecture, including virtualization, storage, cloud services, identity directory access, and the data center. Design and oversee the engineering and architecture of critical infrastructure systems, such as enterprise resource planning, e-learning, research, access identity management, and collaboration systems. Collaborate with the university community to determine technology needs. Establish, maintain, evaluate, and report on service levels and system dependability. Work closely with the CIO to supervise, review, direct, and provide project management for technical upgrades, new solutions, and problem resolution. Provide procurement-specific advice and vendor management on an ongoing basis. Manage and empower a team of professional employees. Forecast and utilize the team's annual budget.+ Modernized legacy IT infrastructure to a modern software-defined data center (SDDC).+ Consolidated storage environment in order to drive cost control, performance, redundancy andresiliency.+ Developed the strategy, led and implemented modern Active Directory infrastructure withMicrosoft Entra ID.+ Directed, designed, and deployed the Microsoft 365 and Security Stack.+ Orchestrated implementation of new IT processes and procedures resulting in CapEx & OpExsavings.+ Led, architected and implemented state-of-art backup & disaster recovery platform

Rochester, Michigan, Us

Interim promotion through a succession plan following the retirement of the CIO. Assisted the interim CIO in defining and implementing key performance indicators in order to achieve the university's technology goals. Provided strategic and operational direction for the Technical Services and Support group (10+ direct reports).+Envisioned, led and created of the first High-Performance Computing center at Oakland University +Led the IT response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Implemented innovative methods to support work from home for all staff members, as well as online classes for professors and students. Transitioned technology resources successfully with little or no disruption to service.+Successfully implemented and facilitated the use of Amazon Web Services for business and research. +Built and successfully restructured an existing technology team through effective goal-setting and performance management.

Rochester, Michigan, Us

Lead technology director of the University Technology Services - Technical Architecture and Support Team (10+ direct reports), reporting to the Chief Information Officer. Direct and coordinate all aspects of systems engineering, architecture, and management. Assist the Chief Information Officer in providing technical leadership for the university, with responsibility for systems engineering and technical architecture, including virtualization, storage, cloud services, identity directory access, and the data center. Design and oversee the engineering and architecture of critical infrastructure systems, such as enterprise resource planning, e-learning, research, access identity management, and collaboration systems. Collaborate with the university community to determine technology needs. Establish, maintain, evaluate, and report on service levels and system dependability. Work closely with the CIO to supervise, review, direct, and provide project management for technical upgrades, new solutions, and problem resolution. Provide procurement-specific advice and vendor management on an ongoing basis. Manage and empower a team of professional employees. Forecast and utilize the team's annual budget. +Modernized legacy IT infrastructure to a modern software-defined data center (SDDC).+Consolidated storage environment in order to drive cost control, performance, redundancy and resiliency.+Led, architected and implemented state-of-art backup & disaster recovery platform.+Orchestrated implementation of new IT processes and procedures resulting in CapEx & OpEx savings.

Rochester, Michigan, Us

Principal member of the University Technology Services (Central IT) Technical Architecture and Support team. Provided technical leadership, analysis, recommendations, services, and support for the Microsoft Windows Server and Active Directory environment, VMware infrastructure, and SAN/NAS environment. Performed diagnostics, analysis, and upkeep. Led large-scale IT initiatives and projects. Collaborated with the Director to develop the technical guidelines and direction. Directly supervised and managed student engineers.+Consolidated multiple forest/domain environments into a single forest/domain structure.+Domain structure virtualized and upgraded to Windows 2008 R2.+Contributed significantly to the successful transition to VMware vSphere 5.5.+Designed and implemented a high-security infrastructure to support PCI-DSS compliance.+Designed and built a secure HIPAA-compliant environment for an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) application using Microsoft Remote Desktop Services.

Rochester, Michigan, Us

Principal member of the University Technology Services (Central IT) Technical Architecture and Support team. Provided technical leadership, analysis, recommendations, services, and support for the Microsoft Windows Server and Active Directory environment, VMware infrastructure, and SAN/NAS environment. Performed diagnostics, analysis, and upkeep. Led large-scale IT initiatives and projects. Collaborated with the Director to develop the technical guidelines and direction. Directly supervised and managed student engineers.+Consolidated multiple forest/domain environments into a single forest/domain structure.+Domain structure virtualized and upgraded to Windows 2008 R2.+Contributed significantly to the successful transition to VMware vSphere 5.5.+Designed and implemented a high-security infrastructure to support PCI-DSS compliance.+Designed and built a secure HIPAA-compliant environment for an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) application using Microsoft Remote Desktop Services.

Spokane, Washington, Us

El Dorado Hills, Ca, Us

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Houghton, Mi, Us

Houghton, Mi, Us

Provided installation, configuration, maintenance and day-to-day system administration to the Active Directory domain and other network services – over 1100 users, 900 workstations and 50+ servers. Key areas of responsibility included 3rd tier technical support, troubleshooting and applications management.+Designed, implemented and deployed server monitoring system based on GFI Network Monitor Network Monitor 7.+Upgraded Active Directory domain environment based on Windows 2003 to Windows 2008.+Developed and implemented a new full life cycle procedure for AD objects.+Collaborated with ITS department.+Directly managed group of student assistant administrators.

Lansing, Mi, Us

Primary Windows Administrator with direct responsibility for Active Directory, messaging system (MS Exchange), databases (MS SQL) and NAS storage. Secondary support for delivering internet services for over 3500 subscribers based on IP network - single autonomous system (AS10423).Provided daily support and training for corporate users.+Designed, built and implemented a new corporate network infrastructure across LAN, WAN links, secured by IP Sec VPN – included headquarters and 17 branch offices.+Architected and implemented a new Active Directory structure.+Designed and deployed Exchange infrastructure.+Increased company revenue, improved operation and reduced IT cost.+Direct management and supervision over network technicians and helpdesk.

East Lansing, Mi, Us

Developed an application with a SNMP v3 protocol for searching MAC addresses within MAC tablesConfigured and setup new VLANs on HP ProCurve equipment

London, Gb

Delivered high level technical support for internet broadband subscribers (2nd Tier) for phone and e-mail. Performed network monitoring, troubleshooting and problem resolution. Collaborated with the Network Operations Center and IT WAN department. Reported and escalated major issues to the Global Support Center in Amsterdam, Holland.+Participated on the team that successfully introduced and implemented multiple new products and services that led to increased customer base and revenue.+Trained over 100 customer care employees.+Developed multiple web applications and improved various operational procedures for helpdesk and customer care.

Certificate, Ou Leadership Academy, Organizational Leadership

Leadership Excellence Course & Executive Coaching

Project Management Principles And Best Practices

Postgraduate Studies, Software Engineering

Ccna, Cisco Networking Academy

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