Ricky Carleton Email & Phone Number

Fuquay Varina, Nc, Us

Fuquay Varina, Nc, Us

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

I manage projects and act as a liaison between teams to reach rapid and effective solutions.

Orange County, California Area

• Extensive and varied experience managing Windows Server 2016 and earlier• Multi-Site, enterprise Active Directory design and maintenance experience• Multi-Site DNS design and administration• Wide-ranging Office 365 administration and PowerShell scripting knowledge• Nagios deployment and configuration to include PS Scripting integration with result monitoring and alerts• Configuration and migration to Azure Backup from a self-maintained off-site backup solution• Experience installing, deploying and leveraging several different RMMs, including N-Central, Kaseya, and LabTech• Well-seasoned in meeting the needs of demanding clients requiring significant uptime• Polished communication skills that make clients feel heard and understood • Solid understanding of how to sell the products we support in non-technical terms that focus on client needs• Stay abreast of current and emerging technologies, and how they can improve our clients' networks and meet their needs

Camp Pendleton, Ca / Camp Fallujah, Iraq

Assumed full responsibility as the subject matter expert for Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange environments to the Operations Officer. Technical lead for planning, analysis, design, implementation and maintenance of network systems. Lead architect of numerous training network deployments where I trained Marines on Server technologies and ensured network availability and reliability. Acted as the Server Chief to the Operations Officer in Iraq in 2006 in the unexpected absence of the Marine previously assigned to the position.• Maintained and improved an enterprise Active Directory environment with over 3700 user accounts, 40 Windows Servers, and six sites.• Maintained an enterprise Microsoft Exchange deployment for all the sites with internal and external mail routing• Self-trained on Server 2003 and Exchange 2003 in order to, in the course of three months, transition from the traditional Tactical Data Network Specialist role to Server Chief over the Multinational Forces West (MNF-W) server environment• Appointed as primary manager over $2.3 million worth of networking and systems gear• Manage over 10 staff members• Trained over 40 Marines in Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange management, as well as general server maintenance

Computer Engineering

Part-time and full-time attendance as time permits. Seeking degree in Computer Engineering.

Pre-Engineering

Part-time and full-time student preparing for transfer to NC State's Computer Engineering program.