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Richmond, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

• Responsible for all messaging, web directory services including Exchange Hybrid and Proofpoint Email Gateway / Archiver• Access and Identity Management for workforce into applications thru role based groups and sso control• Manage Office 365 environment - Entra IDP and Application Management, Exchange Online, Endpoint Manager and Teams• Work with project sponsor and project management team to ensure milestones and deliverables on projects are met• Implemented ADFS and Hybrid for Directory Services, Exchange On Premise connecting to Office 365• Migrated 950 users to Exchange online and enabled MS Teams• Worked closely with the compliance team to ensure industry compliance standards are met• Managed Windows CPC for Offshore Teams

Houston, Texas, Us

• Responsible for all messaging, web and directory services• Manage a team of 9 engineers responsible for BAU activities• Work with project sponsor and project management team to ensure milestones and deliverables on projects are met• Implemented ADFS and Hybrid for Directory Services, Exchange and Lync on Premise connecting to Office 365• Migrated pilot group of 50 users to Office 365• Managed Office 365 including Exchange online, Skype for business and Teams• Worked closely with the compliance team to ensure industry compliance standards are met• Managed legal team applications including Symantec Enterprise Vault and Vantage• Managed Citrix xenmobile infrastructure for EMM solution

Houston, Tx, Us

• Microsoft Exchange Administrator responsible for mailbox governance including mailbox creation, mailbox access control, distribution group setups, report generation working with 2500 mailboxes and overall health monitoring.• Created several PowerShell scripts for report generation and automation around Exchange and Active Directory• Implement Disaster Recovery plan and procedures around current Microsoft Exchange environment• Prepared project plan in preparation of Microsoft Exchange 2010 upgrade/migration to Microsoft Exchange 2013 as well as upgrade/migration of Microsoft Lync 2010 to Lync 2013• Upgraded Exchange environment to 2013 and migrated 2500 users to new hosted infrastructure provider• Upgraded Lync 2010 to 2013 and migrated all users to new Lync Pool• Helped manage other Microsoft applications including Lync 2010, SharePoint 2010 and Active Directory 2008• Completed assessment of Active Directory health and topology and provided recommendations on improvements to sites and services, DNS and Group Policy• Improved GPO implementation by removing unused GPOs and consolidated those that related to similar OU level targeting. Restructured ADUC taxonomy as part of this project• Create and maintain backup strategies using Commvault Backup• Help network team troubleshoot problems around slow WAN, LAN and latency between application and end-users.• Project manager responsible for managing a phone upgrade project from legacy system to SIP based Cisco UC.• Implemented new email security platform called Mimecast• VMware Administrator responsible for maintaining hosts and clusters at 2 main datacenters• Security engineer performing vulnerability scans and actively managing several remediation projects

Coppell, Texas, Us

Garden Ridge went through a re-branding exercise and as a result the company changed names to At Home Group Inc.• Played integral part in getting end user mailboxes switched to the new domain name

Plano, Tx, Us

Heads IT Infrastructure operations for Vmware, Exchange, Active Directory, SQL and Application servers while helping manage the help desk overflow.• Documented system integration and workflow procedures. • Designed, implemented and seamlessly migrated 900 users to new Exchange 2010 environment at Garden Ridge's new Data center in Plano. • Spearheaded project of design, implement and migrate data from Clustered environment to new file server at the new site. • Implemented DR solution using CA RHA and D2D Backups for virtual, physical and Exchange s servers. • Aid Development team from time to time on SAP and .net issues that involve the infrastructure team. • Successfully upgraded the virtual infrastructure to VMWare 5.1 using a migration approach to new hardware. • Extensive knowledge and administrative expertise of vSphere 4/5.1, vCenter 4/5.1 working with 6 hosts and 60 servers. Responsible for creating VMs templates, VMs thru vCenter converter P2V and vm templates, vSwitch setup including vMotion and separation of VLANS and subnets, resource allocation, setup of data stores and vShield. Also responsible for VMWare upgrades, patches on the hosts as well as daily backups using CA D2D.• Designed and put together a detailed phased approached solution to implement a SAN solution to help with Vmotion and DR of all virtual servers.• Administer Active Directory on Windows 2008 Domain. This involves DNS changes, updates, AD replication, DHCP, User management including group management, password resets and Group Policy Design and control. • Setup Garden Ridge Sharepoint 2013 portal to primarily house IT documentation.• Primary Backup administrator for Garden Ridge for all Windows based servers.

Houston, Texas, Us

LOOPER REED & MCGRAW P.C., Houston, TX Apr. 2006 to Mar. 2013Senior Systems Administrator & IT ManagerSuccessfully spearheads IT operations for the Houston office, while managing the help desk. Managed and mentored the help desk staff member. Established and managed the annual IT budget, and introduced industry-leading technologies within budget guidelines. Oversaw the addition and deletion of domain accounts, Group Policy Object management, and oversight of all network components including DNS, DHCP, and TCPIP. Collaborated with the Value-Added Resellers and external consultants to strategize the best methods for infrastructure growth and upgrades. Contributed towards the overhaul of the company’s VoIP phone system to Cisco, which provided extensive vlan experience.• Led the organization’s first standardized image deployment, which centered on the design of a Windows XP image via Windows deployment services and scheduled roll-out to more than 200 workstations.• Seamlessly migrated 210 users from the multi-site Exchange 2003 environment to a single site Exchange 2010 environment.• Effectively transitioned 95% of servers to vmWare, which included the setup of virtual machines, Virtual templates, Virtual switches, and Virtual NICs.• Spearheaded the hardware and software aspects of product life-cycle management, which included replacing desktops and laptops every 4 years and ensuring license agreements were kept current. • Credited with saving the firm significant expense through improved use of software assurances within license agreements and elimination of upgrade costs. • Introduced an automated workflow ticketing system via Dell’s Kace Appliance that improved help desk response time and follow up. • Played an integral role in migrating 8 physical servers to a virtual platform, and served as the Lead Virtualization Expert.

IT Consultant, PC Networks Plus, Houston, TX 2001 - 2006Provide network infrastructure consulting, hardware upgrades and applications installation and support for Louisiana Foods (distributor), Houston/Dallas-based law firms and other large clients. Monitor network performance, manage Windows 2000 and 2003 servers which include Active Directory and Exchange. oversee network security and provide informal client training on implemented networks and business solutions.Key Achievements:Instrumental in increasing customer satisfaction levels by fully explaining problems and solutions and by suggesting ways to prevent similar problems in the future.Successfully upgraded a client from Windows 2000 to 2003 server environment.

Diploma, Business Administration

Mcp 2008, Information Technology

Virtual Certified Professional, Information Technology

Mcse 2000, Information Technology