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Rochester, New York, Us

I perform integration on new breweries, wineries, and distilleries that Constellation Brands purchases. Work hand-in-hand with the network team for network installation, upgrades, and total infrastructure replacement. Site surveys, network sizing, wireless access point site survey and installation, ISP orders, vendor coordination for infrastructure installation, hands-on network installation, end user phone, and compute integration. Once integrated, I act as the primary IT resource for facility expansion and other IT projects.

San Diego, Ca, Us

I manage all things Ballast Point IT: Servers, end user computers, networks, VPN, network contract management, Wi-Fi, point-to-point wireless, camera system planning, purchasing, installation, and management, Enterprise storage management, NetBackup coordination, NAS storage administration, ESX and Hyper V installation and management, Aloha POS system design, installation, and management, running cables, managing remote locations. Also, beer sampling. IT lead for new retail locationsDesigned and implemented network infrastructure, camera systems, POS system, and corporate network for Ballast Point retail locations in Long Beach, CA, Daleville, VA, Chicago, Il, and Irvine, CA, . Designed and implemented network and infrastructure for Ballast Point Daleville, VA corporate offices and main east coast production facility.IT integration lead for Constellation Brands Craft and Specialty divisionBallast Point Brewing Company, Funky Buddha Brewery, Four Corners Brewing, Nelson's Greenbrier Distillery.

San Diego, Ca, Us

I take care of everything Ballast Point IT: Servers, networks, cameras, storage, POS systems, running cables, end users, remote locations, and performing amateur tasting reviews.

San Diego, Ca, Us

- Build and maintain over 4000 VMs in remote Switch datacenter and in satellite offices- Migrate ~400TB of VMs and data from legacy EMC storage and compute hardware to Tegile storage and Cisco UCS hardware- Troubleshoot resource over-provisioning and right-sizing using VMWare vRealize Operations Manager- Maintain DNS, DHCP and other domain services- Operate as primary contact for consolidation of geographically disparate vSphere environments to Switch co-location using VMWare Converter- Migrate corporate infrastructure to meet purchasing company’s standards including server domain migrations, IP address changes, backup system reconfiguration, email, and user migrations- Provide level-three support to corporate users while training junior administrators when possible

Escondido, California, Us

- Supported over 100 different clients comprised of over 2,000 users on ~250 VMs- Created and configured load-balanced TS broker server clusters using IIS for web-based applications- Engineered new VMWare virtual server farms customized to new user requirements - Upgraded and maintained Dell KBox helpdesk ticketing and asset system- Worked with both internal and external resources to engineer and create VPN tunnels to provide access to and from various customer environments

• Supported over 1,200 customers and 2,500 virtual and physical servers across five domains• Provided support for Rovi Entertainment Store for customers such as Best Buy, Toys R Us and Dixons by configuring IIS, updating certificates and code and maintaining uptime via a Citrix NetScaler load balancer in a VMWare environment• Worked as a key member of the DivX/Rovi systems integration team• Virtualized and migrated ~75 physical servers from San Diego to Tulsa into VMware vCloud • Updated security practices and IPs for servers, backup devices, printers and workstations to conform with new domain standards• Modified and migrated corporate services: DHCP, DNS, and AD• Maintained a Microsoft Exchange Cluster replicating with CCR• Maintained DataDomain Deduplication device to work with NetBackup to back up 40 TB of data

San Diego, California, Us

- Supported over 1,200 customers and 2,500 virtual and physical servers across five domains- Provided support for Rovi Entertainment Store for customers such as Best Buy, Toys R Us and Dixons by configuring IIS, updating certificates and code and maintaining uptime via a Citrix NetScaler load balancer in a VMWare environment- Worked as a key member of the DivX/Rovi systems integration team - Virtualized and migrated ~75 physical servers from San Diego to Tulsa into VMware vCloud - Updated security practices and IPs for servers, backup devices, printers and workstations to conform with new domain standards - Modified and migrated corporate services: DHCP, DNS, and AD- Maintained a Microsoft Exchange Cluster replicating with CCR- Maintained DataDomain Deduplication device to work with NetBackup to back up 40 TB of data

San Diego, California, Us

- Worked on a team of four to support over 400 customers, 1,000 workstations, and 50 remote users- Primary Backup Tape Administrator for 25TB of data using using NetBackup- Performed basic maintenance on Windows 2003 and 2008 servers- Responsible for timely and accurate new hire account creation, including set up and configuration of hardware and Cisco telecommunication equipment- Configured, supported and instructed end users on Cisco AnyConnect VPN solution- Performed initial end user setup, configuration and orientation- Managed configuration and support of Blackberry devices- Provided primary support Ricoh, Dell and HP printers and print servers- Used WSUS to update and maintain end user machines

Round Rock, Texas, Us

- Acted as Backup Tape Administrator for data center, adhering to best practices for reliable backup and offsite storage using Backup Exec, Retrospect and Legato NetWorker- Contributed to the integration of a purchased company, including workstation and server domain migration, IP migration, process standardization and end user education- Modified DNS records for internal servers and applications- Racked servers, ran cabling and managed the data center- Created DHCP reservations- Provided help desk services: new account configuration, telecommunication equipment, hardware/software troubleshooting- Responsible for timely and accurate new hire account creation, including set up and configuration of- Managed the distribution, set up and maintenance for blackberry server and devices-Used WSUS to update and maintain servers

Us

- Created, modified and configured licenses for software packages for all Captiva products- Worked with sales department to ensure accurate order fulfillment- Tailored licenses to customer specifications- Was a key member of a team that migrated production processes from an acquired company (Captiva Context)- Shipped new and updated software packages to Captiva's customers both foreign and domestic- Performed facilities duties as needed

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