Responsibilities include systems administration, network analysis, consulting, implementation and maintenance for a variety of clients. In addition I provided design, pricing and technical assistance to the sales team. Additional responsibilities include managing projects in various stages of the process (prospect, proposal, implementation and maintenance). Varied technical environments of mainly Active Directory based networks of 100 to 1000 users utilizing Exchange 2003 or 2007 along with additional applications such as SQL and Sharepoint.Virtualized client server environments reducing hardware, and other recurring costs. Introduced virtualization technologies to our product and solution portfolios. Designed, sold and implemented virtualization solutions for both Active Directory and mixed environments.Perform systems and network assessments, make recommendations and design solutions.Perform project implementations, systems and network troubleshooting, repair, and disaster recovery in Active Directory based environments of 100 to 1,500 users. Recovered Exchange installation of 1,500 users for a school district which had attempted a 2003-2007 transition, failed and tried to reinstall 2003. Performed Exchange 2000 - 2003, 2003 -2007 migrations and transitions for various clients.Forge and manage vendor relationships.

Responsibilities include management of all electronic systems, including voice, data and cellular services; Manage budget, research and purchase electronic systems and services; Manage vendor relations and negotiate service levels and contracts.Technical Environment: 300 Active Directory Users, 15 servers and 125 workstations (many shared). Windows 2003, Exchange 2003, SQL 2000, Sharepoint and specialized applications such as Raiser’s Edge, Idexx Cornerstone & Chameleon. Analysis of Society business and support requirements: Worked with multiple contributors – board members, senior management and various department individual contributors -- to identify business needs and define requirements; subsequently developed overall IT strategy and vision plan for the next five years. Implementation planning: Planned and implemented complete network migration from a Windows 2000/NT environment to Windows 2003/XP including all of the Society’s applications. Implemented replacement of backup systems and strategy. Installed disaster recovery and business continuity planning and procedures.Communication and evaluation process: Initiate meetings with President, Directors and Dept. heads to deliver the needs analysis, propose solutions and gain buy in from the top down on the changes or processes that may be required to achieve success. Continue to deliver status and results in weekly executive staff meetings. Contract negotiation and vendor management: Negotiated new voice, data and cell phone contracts, resulting in $35,000 annual savings. Negotiated SLA with third party support vendor, resulting in $50,000 annual savings

Provided system and network analysis, design, pricing and technical assistance to the California sales teams, as well as technical support to the field service team on complex applications. Managed multiple projects in various stages of the process (prospect, proposal, implementation and maintenance). Provided sales team members with pricing and training on new products.

Provided administration, consulting, design, & implementation of voice and data communications needs for large customer base. Managed the local NEC Customer Field Service Team with engineering support for NEC & Centigram accounts.

As the single point of contact for all messaging related issues in Northern California, I provide both on-site and telephone technical support for the operations team and customers.