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West Branch, Michigan

• Update ESXi host and SAN infrastructure, bring email (Exchange), SPAM filter, and message archiving in house. Put ISP redundancy and automatic failover procedures in place, set up off site backups and replication, evaluate and replace help desk software and procedures, evaluate and update all software licensing, review HIPAA Risk Management procedures, and manage IT department.

Clare, Michigan

• Manage personnel, hardware, and vendors. Maintain virtual environments in VMWare and Hyper-V on multiple VLANs & locations, backup production images, implement QAD ProScan bar coding (hand scanner) system for manufacturing environment with Red Hat Linux, tie in Factivity upgrade. Implement exporting data from Progress/OpenEdge Database to Transportation Management System, help to train employees in use of new system, document all procedures and changes and train users.

Saginaw, Michigan

• Server and Network Administration, service, maintain, and troubleshoot 7 locations. Deploy and manage company-wide ShoreTel IP Phone System, SharePoint Server, VMWare and VEEM Administration, Network Management, Acronis SnapDeploy, Exchange 2013 Server, Server 2012 R2 upgrades, disaster recovery, hardware configuration, maintenance, and documentation. Active Directory Management, and vendor interaction, support for corporate software, virtual sessions, hardware, Cisco and SonicWALL firewalls, routers, phone systems and switches.

Saginaw, Michigan

• Server Administration, Network Management, employee management and vendor interaction. Analyze, develop, recommend, implement and maintain plans for disaster recovery, equipment purchase, obsolescence, budgets, backups and disaster recovery. Maintain Corporate ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software (VISIBILITY) as well as SQL Database Maintenance, build and maintain SharePoint Server, Exchange Server, directory filing, software selections and upgrades, providing support for all other corporate manufacturing software and licensing. Gather and report necessary documentation to management, meet all IT/MIS objectives. Manage the outsourcing of phone, internet, printing, and communications providers. Design and maintain asset management database.

Freeland, Michigan

• Lead Network Engineer, Server installation and management, Server 2008 upgrades, Exchange 2010 upgrades, firewall installations, Domain configuration, disaster recovery, firewall installation and management, network analysis and reporting, IT troubleshooting, infrastructure management.

Midland, Michigan

• Managed user and hardware profiles. Entered job costing information, vendors, customers, and coordinate weekly job cost tracking reports with payroll department. Maintain Corporate ERP software (Syteline, StarBuilder, and Celerity), built and implemented SQL 2005 server and Microsoft Exchange 2003 server into active directory domain. Performed daily information backups and file restoration as necessary. Managed networking, hubs, switches, routers, writing & implementing web based queries, reports & tables. Purchased hardware and software for company and clients. Kept in contact with vendors for hardware and software maintenance, upgrades, opportunities and service. Cloned machines & software packages for large-scale GPO distribution and updates. Configured and maintained plotters, scanners and printers. Programmed, updated & maintained Coral Tadiran digital phone & voicemail systems. Recommend updates and schedule maintenance for all company systems. Programmed, assigned and worked with cell phone and land phone vendors and users. Maintained database for hardware and users, purchase upgrades and software.

Midland, Michigan

• Daily monitored and maintained 4 locations, 300 plus PC's, 500 plus users, NT, Novell, AS-400, UNIX and Communication Servers, multiple applications, hardware and inventory. Assisted in projects and development, created new users and managed security. Application support for multiple applications in a Health Care environment (including web-based applications) such as, Medic, ResQ, IDX, Reflection, MediFax, Vision, Client Access, SoftMed, Ncoder, Matkon, DocuWare, Pathways, Sentinel, etc. Full support for Microsoft Office 97/200/XP including Outlook/Exchange email, security and accounts creation. Created and maintained Novel and NT user accounts and security. Created and posted web-based documentation for PC and server software installations. Worked closely with others in a 12 person team environment to maintain PC support for over 1600 PC's and many more users. Worked closely with management members from various departments to meet constantly changing needs.

Bachelor Of Applied Science, Computer Programming

Studied Visual Basic, C++, and Java programming. Studied relational database design and management including Microsoft SQL, MySQL.

Associate Of Arts, Liberal Arts

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta KappaStudied Liberal Arts including Music, Literature, and Art.