Ray Olson Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Supervise and oversee the systems administration to include Golden Entertainment’s enterprise servers, strategies, storage devices, operating systems, e-mail system, virtualized environments and backup solutions.Interface with Vendors/VARS, internal and external resources to propose new technology solutionsManage the testing, server patching, implementation, maintenance and documentation of enterprise systems, including compliance with SOX and internal audit.Design, architect, implement and follow through on new strategies and solutions for Golden Entertainments datacenter build out for the corporate office.Setup and maintain the VMware infrastructure at an enterprise level.Provide level 2/3 response and support for complex issues related to the server infrastructure, working with internal and external resources. Support level 1 with related issues and provide knowledge transfer.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Design and Implement Private BIM CloudsDesign and implement virtualization solutions using Hyper-v, VMware, and CitrixActive directory clean up and designMicrosoft Windows server upgrades and implementationsMicrosoft Exchange upgrades and implementationsNetwork diagnostics (look through the server and switch environment looking for errors and making suggestions based on technology best practices).Revit DeploymentAutodesk Software DeploymentStorage ArchitectureSharePoint AdministratorExchange 365 Administrator

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Supervise and oversee the systems administration services group to include Molycorp’s enterprise servers, strategies, storage devices, operating systems, e-mail system, virtualized environments and backup solutions.Interface with Vendors/VARS, internal and external resources to propose new solutions to the Technical Review Board (TRB) on new solutions relating to servers, Application’s, Email, Authentication and Communications.Manage the testing, server patching, implementation, maintenance and documentation of enterprise systems, including compliance with SOX and internal audit.Design, architect, implement and follow through on new strategies and solutions for Molycorp.Setup and maintain the VMware infrastructure at an enterprise level.Manage and maintain enterprise Microsoft Active Directory (Windows2008) and Exchange 2010 multi-server environments at all locations.Manage VMware ESX5 environment which includes High-Availability, distributed resources and Site Recovery Manager.EMC storage environment architect (VNX5300) setup and design of storage pools, high-availability and fiber optic channel switches.Setup and maintain Cisco UCS environment from the virtual switching to the virtual networking and ESX.Design and maintain the enterprise data center environment (Las Vegas) and redundant site (Greenwood Village).Setup and maintain the enterprise SQL, SharePoint, Blackberry, 2 Factor Radius, Lync, ForeFront and Citrix server environments.Design, lead and incorporate new company acquisition server infrastructures into the Molycorp enterprise.Responsible for backup strategies, management and SOX compliance of all Molycorp data and ensuring security.Provide level 2/3 response and support for complex issues related to the server infrastructure, working with internal and external resources. Support level 1 with related issues and provide knowledge transfer.Barracuda 400 enterprise grade anti-spam and anti-virus firewall.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Provided Information Technology out-sourcing services for large corporationsManaged day to day operations for a large client of over 50 servers and 200 users in the US, Europe, and MexicoVirtualized existing servers utilizing VMware, Hewlett Packard server hardware and EMC SAN products.Implemented Replication of Virtual Servers a crossed the enterprise.Performed upgrades of Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 from single server and multiple server across different office environments.Integrated Sharepoint servicesManaged EMC Avamar backup the environmentReorganized Active Directory Design from a single office to multi-office environment.Managed Blackberry Enterprise Server

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Migrated network from Novel Netware to Windows 2003Managed 20 servers and 274 users across the United StatesTook the environment from multiple domains to a single domain with multiple sites Upgraded from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008Managed the Exchange organizationAssisted with managing the Blackberry Enterprise ServerManaged backupsManaged Cisco 3000 series Concentrator for VPN accessImplemented Cisco PIX and ASA for site to site VPN access to remote sitesManaged server for two factor authentication for all external accessImplemented Microsoft ISA servers as firewall's and reverse proxy servers to protect OWA and Active-syncIntegrated Riverbed WAN AcceleratorsManaged Tandberg Video Conferencing across the enterprise

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Provided AutoCAD support and trainingProvided Information Technology out-sourcing services for small to medium sized corporationsInstalled, managed, and upgraded windows NT 4.0, 2000, and 2003 networksInstalled, managed, and upgraded Exchange 5.5, 2000, and 2003 serversMigrated Novell Netware networks to Windows NetworksMigrated Novell Groupwise servers to Microsoft Exchange serversimplemented Microsoft Proxy 2.0 servers