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As the Chief Operations Officer I am responsible for the design, support, and implementation of a broad spectrum of technology solutions for medium, and large-sized businesses. Specific duties and/or areas of subject matter expertise include: Server Administration:• Setup and configure Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and SSL/VPN connections.• Install/Configure virtualized environments using MS Hyper-V in support of client applications.• Manage, test, and create client data backups with extensive experience using Acronis, Dell AppAssure, Uni-Trends, and Microsoft backup utilities.• Provide multi-tiered, team-based support for client needs, ranging from troubleshooting software and hardware, installation, configuration, testing, monitoring, maintaining, providing reports, and optimizing system software and hardware for peak performance.• Domain installation/configuration, group policy deployment and administration, database installation and migration.• RAID 0/1/5/6 configuration and repair. Network Administration:• Configuration of network IP ranges to host a wide variety of equipment, ranging from printers, wireless devices, servers, workstations, etc. • Perform network security monitoring and administration; analyze network traffic to identify excessive and/or aberrant data traffic to optimize performance.• Experience with 10/100/1000 MB Ethernet, WAN/LAN, SMTP, POP, IMAP, and VOIP.• Deploy a variety of network security appliances including WatchGuard firewall devices.Desktop Administration:• Providing technical support for logical disk management, peripheral connection technologies and devices, including USB, FireWire, eSATA, SCSI, iSCSI, VGA, DVI, HDMI, and serial interfaces.• Extensive experience in workstation repair using anti-virus / anti-malware utilities, and virus detection software, including the installation and configuration of software and management engines, diagnose and repair related problems and infections.

Co-Founder and Board Chairman for Wilderness Corps, a non-profit organization whose mission it is to permanently protect and restore Wilderness and other wild lands and water courses via the promotion and development of a National Group of Leaders through Wilderness Stewardship. Wilderness Corps provides programs for young Adults, Veterans, and Senior Citizens from all over the United States to learn best practices in Environmental Stewardship, Trail Rehabilitation and Volunteer Management.Relevant Responsibilities:• Develop and promote Environmental Stewardship Leaders who will be responsible for promoting the appropriate use and protection of the natural environment through conservation and sustainable practices. • Promulgate best practices governing Leave No Trace principles and sustainable wilderness ethics. • Leverage a rapidly expanding network of Wilderness Corps alumni and volunteers to become leaders with a shared vision of excellence in the disciplines of wilderness stewardship, trail rehabilitation and maintenance, and volunteer management.• Deepen volunteer engagement and provide leadership opportunities for communities throughout the United States.Website: www.wildernesscorps.com

Santa Cruz, California, Us

Within the Information Technology department, I fulfilled the role of Technical Project Manager with responsibility for a broad spectrum of both network & application infrastructure enhancements, including:• Implementation of Cisco Call Manager / VOIP / Presence Solution• Engineering a more robust, scalable network architecture• Redesigning the IP & VLAN configuration for the entire company• Implementation of Active Directory / LDAP DS infrastructure• Planning/Coordinating the relocation of the company’s data center

Dallas, Tx, Us

Worked as an Enterprise Architect for AT&T’s Mobility Solutions Services organization. In this position I was responsible for the design and delivery of moderately complex and innovative Enterprise Wireless Data Solutions that are uniquely customized to enterprise-wide customers’ unique business requirements. Relevant Responsibilities:• Assisted and supported AT&T enterprise sales teams with the sale of moderately complex wireless data solutions. • Worked directly with clients to design mobile data solutions customized to meet the enterprise’s business objectives. • Created and conducted wireless data strategy workshop sessions for enterprise clients to assist with defining technical solutions to enable process improvements. • Developed and/or authored technical articles and white papers that positioned AT&T as a wireless data industry innovator and thought leader. • Developed technical white papers and/or guidelines based on experience from previous projects that assist enterprise clients with the design and implementation of wireless data platforms. • Designed comprehensive mobility solutions for all segments, particularly Global and Strategic enterprise clients. • Successfully planned and scheduled appropriate internal/external resources to ensure for a timely completion and implementation of schedules and budgets. • Utilized comprehensive project management methodologies to coordinate sales teams and other internal technical resources with clients to notify them of project status and completion dates, or any changes in schedule. • Functioned as a field interface to AT&T Product Development and with leadership in generating requirements, providing feedback and resolving issues on new and existing product and service offerings.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Worked as a Sr. Systems Engineer providing principal technical consultative support to very large enterprise clients. In this capacity I also served as technical advisor to internal sales account teams within AT&T. I was engaged to provide systems integration and sales engineering support for clients specializing in machine-to-machine (M2M) network connectivity. Relevant Responsibilities: • Successfully designed and implemented custom connectivity solutions for enterprise clients. • Solution designs incorporated connectivity between mobile endpoints on the radio access network and enterprise back-end systems behind the firewall. • Front-end, mobile-carrier network interfaces required the design and implementation of mobile subnets that can relay data back to the carrier network via the core consisting of the GGSN/SGSN network elements (i.e. private VRF solutions).• Back-end, client network interfaces received mobile data via various access mechanism including MPLS, Frame Relay, and IPSec

Worked as an outside consultant assigned to project manage a very large and complex systems convergence initiative for Verizon Wireless, a leading wireless communications company offering nationwide digital and analog cellular services.Relevant Responsibilities:• Successfully planned and executed the integration of 450,000 mobile customers from an affiliate network entity to the client’s legacy billing system. • Worked with management, end-users, vendors, and IT staff to define both the business and technical requirements for system convergence.• Developed a full-cycle systems convergence project plan per the SDLC methodology (Research, Analysis, Design, Code/Unit Test, System Test, Conversion, & Post-Conversion validation).• Provided day-to-day project management to ensure timely completion of project deliverables.• Conducted weekly status meetings to discuss and resolve outstanding project issues. • Worked with the IT staff to develop testing strategies, implementation/contingency planning, and troubleshooting split revenue stream issues pertinent to message processing and commissions.

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

Worked as a Billing Analyst with project management responsibilities for systems integration and enhancement, process improvements, and the development of new business channels via the creation and implementation of affiliate PCS markets. This immediately resulted in the addition of up to 280K new customers representing a 15% increase of net subscriber market share (as measured in 1999). • Successfully planned, developed, and project managed a billing system conversion which integrated 30,000 new wireless customers into the company's billing system resulting in a potential $1.25M increase in revenues.• Project managed the logistics for implementing a national digital wireless product launch which effectively increased the company's network footprint by approximately 250,000 customers.• Performed a market analysis to determine how to expand an affiliate's network coverage areas to include more profitable markets. Resulted in the creation of a strategic plan for the development of 12 new PCS markets representing an addition of up to 1.5 million new customers by 2003.• Introduced and implemented the Enhanced Directory Assistance (EDA) product to the affiliate company, thus providing an additional revenue source, and allowing the company to offer an enhanced service product offering yielding greater customer satisfaction and convenience.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Applied Mathematics