I am an ambitious IT professional who is always looking to improve and learn a new skill. I have been working in IT for 5 years, obtaining certifications for Microsoft, VMware & Nimble Storage along the way. I love being able to work with a client from start to finish, seeing the improvement of the business along the way.At Akins IT, my role pushes me to always provide the best possible solution for our client’s. We are a great team of skilled professionals who all have a passion to help our clients succeed. Everyone at Akins loves their job and that love is shown in our work. Technical Knowledge:Server Operating Systems – Windows Server 2016 – 2003Email Platforms – Office 365, Exchange 2016 – 2003, IntermediaEmail Security – Mimecast ESS, Barracuda SpamfilterStorage SAN/NAS – Nimble Storage, HP 3PAR, Dell EMC, HP MSAEnterprise Antivirus – AVG, McAfee, KasperskyServer Roles – AD, DHCP, DNS, WDS, DFS, IIS Hyper-V, Terminal Services, Power-shellDesktop Support - Windows 10 - XPNotable Projects:1. School's Infrastructure. Created new Infrastructure from ground up to support 500-1000 users. ESXi hosts deployed with DCs, APP Servers, and File Servers. Servers running on shared HP Storage being backed up to cloud with Barracuda. 2. Domain Upgrade. Took client's 2003 domain all the way up to 2012R2. Migrated business critical applications to newly created App Servers. Migrated all Files Shares to newly created File Servers. Coordinated cutover dates and automated appropriate tasks to insure that the end users noticed nothing during the migration. 3. vCenter Deployment. Setup and configured redundant ESXi hosts with appropriate networking. Installed and created new vCenter environment. Migrated existing environment to new vCenter environment with no interruption to the 1000+ students and faculty.