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West Palm Beach, Fl, Us

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Demonstrate expertise and success in IT operations by delivering thought leadership for enhanced systems and organizational improvement in line with strategic business objectives. Lead projects for systems and networks with 1000 users across nine cities and six states. Partner across the business with multiple business units to ensure technical solutions meet user requirements and corporate initiatives. Devise short and long-term plans to improve automation, business efficiency, and staff productivity.Key Achievements:- Led all aspects of a large-scale IT project for new network design, network and virtualization hardware, and integration with existing systems in nine cities across the enterprise. - Implemented Veeam backup system integration to replace Backup Exec and 27 TB Nasuni Cloud NAS migration. - Designed and directed IT assessment, data migration, and systems cutover plans for 100-employee acquisition in Bellingham, WA.- Led various M&As of similar scope including on-prem Exchange to Office 365 data migration, workstation and server migration, and network integration. - Significantly reduced accounting document imaging application downtime from hours to minutes by automating detection and resolving service failures with custom PowerShell scripts.- Resolved interdepartmental conflicts at the Metropolitan Airports Commission with simplified technical solutions to relieve pressure on an internal department.- Recruited, hired, and managed a help desk team, assisted with budget planning, and successfully designed, executed, and maintained a VMware vSphere environment.