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Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

• Responsible for aligning IT resources with the firm’s business goals, maintaining a full range of systems currently in use, and identifying emerging technologies to ensure top-tier capabilities and a competitive focus. • Maintain a budget responsibility of approximately $450K and manage up to six direct reports, including Systems Administrators and Help Desk Technicians.• Manage numerous vendor relationships encompassing hardware, software, office equipment, and turnkey solutions. Initiate the vendor identification process, negotiate contracts, and complete final vendor selection with companies that include Adobe, AltiGen, APC, Canon, CA Technologies, OpenText, Dell, HP, and Microsoft.• Work closely with executive leadership in the hiring and onboarding of new personnel, provide hiring recommendations for senior staff, and provide hands-on training for employees across the organization.• Guided multiple enterprise conversion projects that included: four major upgrades of the firm’s document management system (DMS), Novell NetWare to Windows Server 2012, Novell Directory Services to Microsoft Active Directory, Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Exchange 2010, multiple ISP conversions, local server storage to Oracle Sun Storage arrays, and Spiceworks to Dell KACE IT help desk.• Successfully addressed challenging data and telecom outages at the firm brought about by rapid growth and expansion. Researched, planned, purchased, and installed a wireless fiber optic bridge in less than one week, to connect a newly acquired building with adequate bandwidth for assigned personnel. Completed the project at 24% below budget and achieved more that 99.99% uptime with the system since 2007.• Worked to convert the company’s legacy HTML-based website to a WordPress CMS platform running on an Apache, MySQL, and PHP web server. Perform regular maintenance tasks, update installations, and complete changes and additions to content, without hiring an outside web developer.

• Responsible for administering a mixed networking environment that included HP 9000, OS/2, and Novell NetWare Servers. Managed four direct reports in Las Vegas and two indirect reports in Phoenix to complete various installations, run business critical applications, and support more than 3,000 users across five states.• Led a major data migration project, transitioning the company from internal server storage to an array of EMS Symmetrix SAN devices. Leveraged expertise to complete the project without outside consultants, successfully extending database access to support offices, while creating internal redundancy for national databases. Finished the migration with zero data loss and full access to critical applications throughout the project.• Developed a comprehensive backup and recovery plan, with hourly snapshots of RAID 10 physical disks, ensuring a minimal one-hour loss of data, even if 50% of the disks failed.• Developed various acquisition proposals to obtain support equipment for the department, working on behalf of the technicians to secure buy-in from leadership.

Longmont, Co, Us

• Responsible for completing daily administration duties for a Data General mainframe, HP 9000 workstations, and Novell NetWare file servers. Managed two PC Technicians while carrying out installation and configuration tasks.• Spearheaded a project to connect the hospital’s disparate UNIX-based clinical laboratory computer systems. Developed a software interface using the HL7 protocol to successfully complete the project in 30 days, at a savings of approximately $30K compared to hiring outside consultants.• Created enterprise-wide training programs and delivered classes to more than 800 hospital personnel covering tablet systems for bedside charting, basic Windows skills, and the Novell GroupWise collaboration platform.• Oversaw the installation of a wireless network in the hospital’s clinical environment, covering 100K square feet with 60 access points. This $160K project significantly improved operational efficiency and provided better patient care by enabling immediate chart updates and real-time access to critical patient information.• Designed and implemented the organization’s first centralized backup server for eight Novell NetWare servers. This project achieved regular automated backups, without repeat visits to servers in remote locations.• Completed the implementation and configuration for a previously purchased Novell GroupWise email server. Worked closely with Novell engineers and technical support personnel, built product knowledge to become the resident expert on the technology, and conducted a 30-day beta test ahead of the full-enterprise rollout.• Served as the interim Manager of Information Systems to prevent any impact to hospital services during an extended medical leave by the regular manager.

Master Of Science, Information Technology Management

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration - Emphasis In Management