Ron Joyce Email & Phone Number

Greater Atlanta Area

As the Director of Information Technology I am responsible for the infrastructure of the entire company with 5 offices across the east coast of the United States. Responsibilities include LAN & WAN Networking, Firewall & VPN Management, Inter-office Communications, Servers, Storage, Workstations, Telecommunications, and more.

Orlando, Florida Area

System administrator for over 4000 Microsoft Windows servers across the enterprise. Systems are located in several large data centers and numerous remote locations throughout the world.• Support Microsoft Windows 2003 through Windows 2012 R2 servers.• Created Microsoft multi node cluster servers for high availability SQL servers.• Maintain large VMware virtual server infrastructure running over 2500 virtual servers. • Performed numerous physical to virtual (P2V) server conversions. • Patch and secure systems to maintain PCI compliance.• Active Directory and GPO management• Utilize HP Server Automation (Opsware) tool for deploying patches and software to servers. • Built and maintain Dell OpenManage Essentials system for monitoring servers.• Backup and disaster recovery using NetBackup, Arcserve, and Avamar backup software.

Atlanta, Georgia

Sr. Network EngineerResponsible for planning and implementing network access systems including Cisco routers and switches, wireless access points, security appliances, firewalls, and network monitoring software. Manage and maintain the Cisco voice over IP telephone and voicemail systems. Installed and manage ProofPoint anti-spam technology. Also responsible for system administration of Microsoft Windows 2003 servers running Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange, Blackberry Enterprise, as well as file and print servers.• Install and maintain all network hardware such as routers, switches, firewalls.• Managed multiple VMware virtual servers running on HP servers and Dell Equallogic iSCSI SAN.• Designed and implemented remote network access utilizing SSL VPN technology.• Implemented enterprise network monitoring with SolarWinds Orion, SurfControl web filtering, Norton Anti-virus, and Proofpoint anti-spam solutions.• Manage Cisco VOIP infrastructure with Call Manager and Unity voicemail systems.• Setup and maintain network connectivity for remote offices, implemented Riverbed WAN optimization appliances.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

System administration of all campus wide systems such as Microsoft Exchange e-mail system, PeopleSoft HR, Student Administration, and Financial systems. Maintain over 150 Enterprise level servers consisting of Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, and Red Hat Linux. Also responsible for all network gear including Cisco switches, routers, firewalls, and wireless access points.• Implemented an EMR (electronic medical records) system running Oracle 10g databases with Oracle Fail-Safe running on a 2 node Microsoft Windows cluster.• Managed network equipment including Cisco routers and switches, firewall service modules, PIX and ASA security appliances, and VPN concentrators.• Managed EMC Clarion SAN environment for Windows and Sun Solaris servers.• Took part in designing and implementing the campus ERP infrastructure systems utilizing Sun Solaris servers running PeopleSoft and Oracle 9i databases, EMC SAN storage, Cisco ASA firewall, and Big-IP load balancers.• Managed and maintained PeopleSoft infrastructure including installing upgrades, troubleshooting process schedulers and report nodes, crystal reports, and web servers.