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Madison, Wi, Us

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Portage, Wi

- Responsible for all IT functions including the management, hiring and development of personal and budgeting and procuring of all computer based expenditures for the corporation- Developed multiple custom financial packages for the diverse financial management principles- Designed, configured and maintained the corporate LAN and WAN.- Provided infrastructure and support for production HMIs and PLCs.- Maintained high system availability and… Show more - Responsible for all IT functions including the management, hiring and development of personal and budgeting and procuring of all computer based expenditures for the corporation- Developed multiple custom financial packages for the diverse financial management principles- Designed, configured and maintained the corporate LAN and WAN.- Provided infrastructure and support for production HMIs and PLCs.- Maintained high system availability and performance with minimum resources and expenditures.- Developed modernization and succession plans for all IT systems. Show less

Portage, Wi

- Participated at the director level in the development and the implementation of TriEnda, LLC’s strategic blueprint - Meet regularly with the CEO and CFO and other stake holders for continuing business improvement and management- Responsible for all IT functions including the management, hiring and development of personal and budgeting and procuring of all computer based expenditures for the corporation- Managed, maintained, upgraded and customized the corporate ERP… Show more - Participated at the director level in the development and the implementation of TriEnda, LLC’s strategic blueprint - Meet regularly with the CEO and CFO and other stake holders for continuing business improvement and management- Responsible for all IT functions including the management, hiring and development of personal and budgeting and procuring of all computer based expenditures for the corporation- Managed, maintained, upgraded and customized the corporate ERP solution.+ Lead multiple projects to map, streamline and correct logical manufacturing processes.+ Logistic Resource Management application was added to streamline shipping processes+ Custom screens, tables, reports and business logic were developed to further enhance/extend the functionality of the ERP solution. - Separated TriEnda’s computer resources from Wilbert’s infrastructure, including upgrades to Exchange and Active Directory with minimal issues and impact on the users- Implemented and maintained a private cloud utilizing VMware’s virtual infrastructure to facilitate the separation from Wilbert; Virtualizing 95% of TriEnda’s servers- Implemented and maintained an iSCSI based SAN solution to reduce cost, provide redundancy and maximize server uptime- Designed, configured and maintained the corporate LAN and WAN.- Planned, budgeted, tested and implemented all IT based resources for an additional manufacturing facility in Indiana+ Selected and managed contractors for a complete IT build-out including data room and facility wiring+ Designed, implemented and managed a Cisco Call Manager Express VoIP phone system+ Configured and deployed a second virtual datacenter and SAN cluster that replicated to primary datacenter.+ Configured, tested and implemented a second ERP database and replication to provide separate inventory and resource management while providing financial roll-up. + Provided ongoing support remotely for Indiana personel Show less

- Primary member of the Infrastructure Group. Group was responsible for all LAN and WAN operations Wilbert’s 14 facilities- Implemented and maintained iSCSI SAN- Implemented a centralized Help Desk/IT asset management system.- Provided remote support to all Wilbert Facilities, including after-hours support- Researched, budgeted for and implemented a Traffic Shaping WAN device to normalize WAN traffic to the 14 facilities- Moved primary datacenter to a colocation facility to… Show more - Primary member of the Infrastructure Group. Group was responsible for all LAN and WAN operations Wilbert’s 14 facilities- Implemented and maintained iSCSI SAN- Implemented a centralized Help Desk/IT asset management system.- Provided remote support to all Wilbert Facilities, including after-hours support- Researched, budgeted for and implemented a Traffic Shaping WAN device to normalize WAN traffic to the 14 facilities- Moved primary datacenter to a colocation facility to reduce downtime caused by physical infrastructure issues and increase telecommunication capabilities while minimizing capital investment.- Designed, planned, implemented, tested and documented a datacenter Disaster Recovery Site + A second “Warm” datacenter was configured at a colocation facility+ Datacenters were configured to allow systems to be restored remotely and segmented failover testing+ Project was delivered on time, under budget while exceeding project specifications relating to acceptable downtime and data loss SLAs- Managed relations with telecommunication vendors including evaluation of services, contract review and ongoing maintenance and changes- Designed, developed and tested a complete WAN conversion from Frame Relay to MPLS- Assumed the responsibilities of the Portage IT Manager when position was eliminated in August 2006 Show less

- Lead and implemented the project to upgrade and consolidate 6 separate Windows NT domain into a single corporate Windows 2000 Domain- Upgraded and consolidated the Exchange 5.5 Organization into Exchange 2000 Organization- Managed 100+ end user devices including workstations, laptops and thin clients- Upgraded all end user devices to Windows XP using Remote Installation Services- Deployed and maintained Windows Update Services to assist patch management- Consolidated… Show more - Lead and implemented the project to upgrade and consolidate 6 separate Windows NT domain into a single corporate Windows 2000 Domain- Upgraded and consolidated the Exchange 5.5 Organization into Exchange 2000 Organization- Managed 100+ end user devices including workstations, laptops and thin clients- Upgraded all end user devices to Windows XP using Remote Installation Services- Deployed and maintained Windows Update Services to assist patch management- Consolidated Citrix farm into the corporate farm for seamless access to corporate resources- Key member of ERP migration and testing team+ Responsible for the infrastructure, server configuration and troubleshooting+ Developed custom extraction code to pull existing data from the old ERP solution and import into the new solution.- Responsible for a small remote site and later the separation of that site from the company- Managed 150 node Inter-Tel PBX Show less

Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Information Systems