Oleksandr Kondra Email & Phone Number

Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Act as System Administrator for 10+ Microsoft Servers running Windows Server 2008/2012 and Linux Servers. Administer all network equipment, including switches, routers, firewalls, VPN, and security appliances. Serve as Microsoft Exchange Administrator for 100+ user accounts. Maintain a virtualization environment (VMWare ESXi, Nutanix), SQL Server, Network Monitor Servers, Backup servers, Document Imaging systems, and Web Servers.

• Worked in a dual role as the Director of Information Technology/SeniorSystem Administrator• Managed IT infrastructure including Network LAN, WAN, Disaster Recoveryfacilities, telecommunications and IT help desk.• Effectively prepared and presented large-scale projects to the board ofdirectors• Designed and managed a project of connecting Company offices by fiberopticnetwork. It dramatically increased network speed up to 1Gb/s• Managed a project of implementing fiber-optic network for one of theCompany factories• Managed all IT vendor relationships, Negotiated related contracts andcreated annual IT business plan and budget• Implemented, managed, and maintained a server 2008 Active DirectoryEnvironment dramatically improving security and reducing usermanagement cost• Participated in hardware reduction cost projects by providing servervirtualization technology. Provided detailed updates and plans to meetproject deliverables• Converted servers to KVM based virtual environment• Administered KVM virtual machines• Monitored daily backups, antivirus status, shared storage space andnetwork activity, adjusting network equipment and settings as needed.• Designed, managed and maintained group policies.• Migrated 100+ users from full internal e-mail system to Google Apps so allemail resided in the cloud

• Presenting a total IT solution with Hardware, Software and Services• Vertical Market Specialist with Banks, Manufacturing and Government.• Cold Called and set meetings with business owners in assigned territory• Challenging objections to create a positive outcome• Manage the transition of new sales to implementation• Manage project timeline and ensure integrations are completed byrequired deadline• Implement processes and seek improvements for future integrations• Responsible for handling all customer service questions and issues• Provide support to our sales group on all sales calls, while providing expertknowledge on the benefits of the integration• Collaborate with customers to streamline the integration process to reducetime to market• Work onsite with customer to answer any questions in regards to thebenefits and the work that needs to be done for integration• Supervised all IT integration processes, steered implementations of newand upgraded systems