Report directly to the Chief Technology Officer. Contracted to design, plan and facilitate Archaea’s migration to Microsoft 365 with a focus on the collaboration, file storage, document management and Power Platform components. Serve as the Architect, Subject Matter Expert (SME)/Trusted Adviser for all facets of Microsoft 365 (M365).M365 Admin Roles:• SharePoint Administrator• Teams Administrator• Power Platform Administrator• Power BI Administrator• User AdministratorModernized the SharePoint environment using modern team and communication sites. Implemented Microsoft’s new best practices related to Information Architecture and site theming and provisioning. Used hub sites to group related sites and provide common navigation, branding and associated search scope.Built out the corporate intranet using “Communication Sites”. Leveraged “Modern Team Sites” and “Hub Sites” to create collaboration solutions for Departments, Facilities, Projects, and Extranet requirements. Used PowerShell extensively to templatize sites, lists, and libraries. Leveraged Power Automate and PowerApps SharePoint forms customization to create complex workflow solutions which powered various approval and list tracker applications.Used ShareGate to:• Migrate acquisition file share content into SharePoint Online and OneDrive• Move content within our M365 tenant• Manage Teams• Track external file sharingUsed SharePoint Migration Manager to migrate content from:• Dropbox• Citrix ShareFile

This was my second assignment working at TXDPS. By this time, the user base had grown to 15,000+ users. Set the strategy, planned the work, and mentored a team of two SharePoint administrators. Served as the Enterprise Subject matter Expert (SME)/Architect for all facets of Microsoft 365 (M365). Led the migration from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online (M365 Government Cloud - GCC 3). Leveraged ShareGate and PnP PowerShell to migrate more than two terabytes of data from 150 site collections (containing 7,000 sub sites) to SharePoint Online. Modernized SharePoint for collaboration. Created an “Intelligent Intranet” by leveraging Microsoft’s modern information architecture. This eliminated subsites and leveraged hub sites to connect related sites with common theming, navigation along with targeted search scopes.Rewrote the SharePoint 2013 based, Legislative Tracking System (LEG) to run on SharePoint Online in time for the 87th Texas Legislative Session. Leveraging PowerApps, Power Automate, and PowerShell, created the Bill Analysis Tracking System (BATS). Using workflows and PowerShell ETL tasks, this solution enabled the Department to analyze more than 2,000 bills (and track their progress) by creating more than 10,000 division analysis tasks which contributed to more than 700 fiscal analyses being performed during the four-month long Legislative Session.

Contracted to design, build, and administer all aspects of the SharePoint Online (O365) environment (including security) for the TxDMV. • Served as the Enterprise Subject matter Expert (SME) for all facets of Microsoft 365 (M365). My first task was to create a SharePoint-based Legislative Tracking System for the 86th Legislative Session. Each Legislative Session produces thou-sands of pieces of potential legislation which must be analyzed to determine whether, and to what extent, the Agency would be affected. Built the system which gathers these Bills together; routes them throughout the Agency for analysis; up through management for approval and sends the report back to the Legislature. This was an intricate project with C-level visibility, incredibly high expectations, and tight delivery schedule (< 10 weeks).• Created intranet and extranet sites on SharePoint Online. Following the latest M365 information architecture guidance, utilized Modern Team, Communication, and Hub Sites, to create a robust, “Best Practice” based, environment which fosters internal collaboration and communication. • Create a “Modern,” SharePoint Online-based, Portal (consisting of a Hub site and 12 associated site collections) for use by TxDMV C-Level Executives, their support staff, and Agency Board Members. Agency Executives and staff use this as a collaboration space where they can create content, reports, etc. for dissemination to the Board. This solution has mark-edly improved communications between Agency Executives and their Board Members while guaranteeing that the appropriate information gets relayed and that all legal and regulatory requirements are met. • Used PowerShell and Microsoft’s SharePoint Migration Tool (SPMT) to migrate all TxDMV file shares from on-premises (virtualized) file servers to SharePoint Online, Teams and OneDrive in the Cloud. o Microsoft 365 “Global Admin”

Spearhead CNO's migration to the cloud. Create collaborative, knowledge management solutions by leveraging SharePoint Online, Azure, OneDrive for Business and the rest of the Office 365 platform. This will support the Choctaw Nation's 9,000+ associates - making us all more effective in serving our 200,000+ members.Responsibilities include:- Creating collaboration sites | Rolling out to departments | Training users- Migrating files from network file shares to Office 365. - Designing and building the new corporate Intranet.- Upgrade/consolidate on-premises SharePoint 2007/2010/2013 environments- End-state will consist of a hybrid O365/SharePoint 2016 solution

Contracted to design, test and implement collaboration site, corporate intranet and Records Management solutions on SharePoint 2013 (Office 365). Accomplishments included:- Creating collaboration sites | Rolling out to departments | Training users- Migrating records from the legacy records management system into SharePoint 2013- Migrating files from network file shares to Office 365. - Designing and building the new corporate Intranet.

Contracted to design, build and administer a portal environment to support the Project Management Accountability System (PMAS) consisting of SharePoint 2010 farms in three environments (Development, Test and Production). This application leverages SharePoint 2010 InfoPath Services, Business Connectivity Services, Excel Services and SQL Server Reporting Services to provide visibility to Senior Management regarding project status, costs and trends. The application also processes monthly submissions to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of the VA’s environment as well as well as two subcontractor environments consisting of a total of 12 SharePoint 2010 farms. Daily interaction with the development team providing guidance pertaining to the out-of-the-box capabilities of SharePoint with an eye towards leveraging existing capabilities in order to reduce development time.Created and rolled out a SharePoint based application which uses custom work-flows to handle PMAS Help Desk tickets.Responsible for creating the roadmap for upgrading the environment SharePoint Server 2010 to SharePoint Server 2013 as well as the implementation.

The Texas Department of Public Safety consists of State Troopers, Texas Rangers, Emergency Management and Drivers License. There are approximately 9,000 internal and hundreds of thousands of external users of their systems.Contracted to design, build and administer a portal environment consisting of a server farm hosting intranet and extranet portals serving more than 10,000 users (scalable to over 50,000). Implemented a SharePoint Server 2010 farm with a publishing portal for intranet content, MySites and team sites for collaboration; with search enabled across all sites. Produced highly customized team sites for the Texas Fusion Center which they use to provide real-time, actionable intelligence to forward-operating agents and Intel Analysts during special operations. Work with the Manager of Shared Services and the Public Information Officer (PIO) on moving the intranet over to the SharePoint 2010 platform, designing taxonomy, branding, governance as well as planning for content management. Currently working with Microsoft Consulting Services to implement Microsoft’s Fusion Core Solution (FCS) which will streamline the Fusion Center’s ability to take in requests and disseminate intelligence. FCS is built on SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise and makes heavy use of InfoPath and workflows. It also has custom web parts which allow it to present geospatial data from our ESRI ArcGIS environment. I also built and help maintain the ArcGIS environment.

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP is an Am Law 100, national law firm comprised of approximately 700 attorneys with 12 offices. Locke Lord was formed in 2007, after the combination of Texas-based Locke Liddell & Sapp and Lord, Bissell & Brook, a national firm headquartered in Chicago.Responsible for everything related to the LLBL intranet and extranet sites. Tasked with developing requirements, designing and migrating from the existing intranet sites in Dallas and Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 site in Chicago to a new consolidated SharePoint Server 2007 based intranet. Created and rolled out multiple SharePoint based applications which used custom workflows to handled items ranging from Help Desk Tickets to IT Change Control. Responsible for the administration of 300+ legacy extranet sites that share a common Cold Fusion database. Designed and implemented a new extranet solution for sites moving forward. This platform utilizes MOSS 2007, Active Directory, SSL, Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) and forms based authentication to allow internal and external users to collaborate seamlessly.Additional duties:Responsible for implementation and maintenance of all LLBL databasesMicrosoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008Provide application support for the Firm’s financial applicationsElite Enterprise, Distributed Time Entry, Reporting

VHA Inc. is a national health care provider alliance of more than 1,400 not-for-profit hospitals and 21,000+ non-acute health care organizations that delivers supply chain management services and creates regional and national networks to help members solve key clinical and operational challenges.Recruited to design, build and administer VHA’s portal environment consisting of multiple server farms hosting internet, extranet and intranet portals. Upgraded the internet environment from Plumtree 5.03 to Aqualogic 6.1. Converting intranet from Plumtree to SharePoint Server 2007.

ConocoPhillips purchased Burlington Resources. The deal closed in March 2006.Retained as a senior member of the team responsible for on-going support and integration/migration project support during the transition of Burlington Resources (BR) applications to ConocoPhillips. Technical support activities include responsibility for heritage BR enterprise business applications support as well as web, portal and collaboration systems support. Supported applications include internal audit and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, production monitoring/volume reporting, tax and numerous hosted (application service provider) applications.

Recruited by this Fortune 500 company to design, build, secure and maintain their global web environment. Started with an environment consisting of three web servers. Ended with responsibility for 17 web and application servers. As team lead for the E-Business side of the Enterprise Business Applications team, managed the day-to-day operations of the global internet, intranet and extranet systems. Duties included configuring and maintaining web servers, portal servers, content management systems, streaming media services and security. Provided senior-level technical, design and other assistance on the creation of other company web services. Assisted with the development of design and operational standards and procedures. Oversaw the development of applications, maintained workflow, and ensured the timely completion of various projects. Assisted with the planning and implementation of knowledge management, collaboration and user identity initiatives.

Researched, implemented, administered and ensured security of the hardware, operating systems, and software required to support enterprise-wide Internet/Intranet/Extranet initiatives. Provided senior-level technical expertise as a Domain Administrator. Configured and supported Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows NT, Internet Information Server, Site Server, Commerce Server, Broadvision and Transaction Server. Web applications utilized ODBC, OLE, ADO, certificates, Active Server Pages, and Cold Fusion. Web applications connected to Oracle, SQL, PeopleSoft and Progress databases. Managed the promotion of custom code with Visual Source Safe and MS Site Server in a three tier operational environment consisting of 60 web servers.