J&R Homes LLC, North Liberty, IA J&R Homes is a custom home builder in the greater Iowa City area. We work with clients from beginning to end, helping them navigate the building process.President/Managing Partner• Entrepreneurial spirit led to the development and formation of J&R Homes LLC. From my own experiences, and speaking with many in the community, it was clear there is a need for custom home builders. There are many people that are not satisfied with the cookie cutter developments, or the same generic house occupying every corner of our neighborhoods. Thus, J&R Homes was born! Specializing in building custom homes for those not satisfied with existing inventory, or those that just want to design/build their own home. • We offer customers an opportunity to design their own home from the ground up. Walking them through every stage of the building process. From design, to drawing plans, to picking out materials, we help the customer navigate what many view as a stressful process.• Manage the scope and budget of a project

Senior Storage Engineer-NAS Asked by management to switch teams to support the unstructured data environment during a period of restructuring.Key Accomplishments• Work with Cloud Engineers to build Storage Gateway’s in AWS using Terraform• NetApp ONTAP upgrades in North American and European Data Centers• Create Cloud Brokers in NetApp CVO for Cloud sync• Auditing for security controls• Support NFS/SMB/CIFS environment through allocation/deallocationsSenior Storage Engineer-SAN Promoted to Senior Storage Engineer. Evaluate new products through POC’s. Work with vendors on purchase of hardware and support contracts. Key Accomplishments• Evaluate and perform proof of concept on Pure Storage Array• Support EMC VMAX arrays, core SAN switches(Cisco MDS and Brocade), and replication of Production environment in North American and European Data Centers• Lead Bi-annual DR TestingIntermediate Storage Engineer – SAN Hired to help the Engineering team support the FC environment through day-to-day tasks such as monitoring, storage allocations and OS upgrades. Key Accomplishments• Microcode Updates for Hitachi arrays and Ingenuity updates for all EMC arrays• Implementation of Hitachi HUSVM arrays in Cedar Rapids and Los Angeles• Evaluate emerging technologies

San AdministratorNew hire as part of a multi-year project to support installation of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system EPIC.Key Accomplishments • Maintain block level storage systems• Support Brocade fiber switches – Core/Edge design• Create zoning policies

• Assigned to the Server Maintenance Team at AEGON Information Technology (AIT) on the Kirkwood campus. The team is responsible for supporting an environment of 1700+ servers.• Built new servers to meet AEGON’s individual Business Unit initiatives.• Experience with multiple hardware models including: Dell PowerEdge 2850, 2950, 6850, 6950, HP Proliant DL 380 G1-G5, 580, ML 370, 380, etc.• Proficient with Microsoft Server OS’s: Windows 2003 Server (x86 & x64), Windows 2000 Advanced Server, etc.• Setup RAID configurations; install HBA’s if server is on the local SAN.• Built Virtual Servers using Aegon’s VMWare ESX server environment.• Install IIS for web servers.• Provide 3rd-level support to the AEGON Help Desk.

•Provide Application support to all Business Units within PGI including Equities, Fixed Income, and Real Estate.•Supported the installation and configuration of complex third party client/server based applications for the Investment Staff including Bloomberg, Reuters, FactSet, Autex, Instinet, & LiquidNet.•Project Leader supporting the purchase, installation, and configuration of IPC VoIP Trader Phone system. IPC is a leading provider of telephony communication solutions in the financial services industry. Total budget for project was $350,000.