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• Project lead for data center relocation to new headquarters.• Implemented network at new warehouse and headquarters.• O365 administration.

Private Equity Firm.• Supervised IT operations at 16 acquired companies. Supervised IT Managers, IT operations, custom ERP development, IT budget & procurement, IT vendor & contracts, IT security, risk mitigation, continuous improvement and help desk.• Industry experience in Manufacturing, Engineering, and Distribution for: Automotive, Aerospace, Defense, Appliance, Lawn & Garden, HVAC, R&D.• Designed, planned and implemented new tier 3 data center that included new hardware for servers, storage, firewall, network, wireless network, storage network and phone system.• Redesigned wide area network infrastructure increasing bandwidth, increasing security and decreasing costs by utilizing latest technology on the market.• Implemented Exchange Online and Office 365.• Designed and implemented a Microsoft Server Active Directory Domains, Virtual Servers, and Exchange Enterprise mail systems.• Project lead for ERP module implementations and changes.• Performed IT system & service assessments.• Planned and implemented IT system & service consolidations.

6 sites, 200+ employees, Manufacturer of specialty cold formed parts.• Designed and maintained project schedules, target dates, developments and testing of the IT systems throughout project's lifecycle.• IT Infrastructure planning and upgrades of network, server and storage.• Designed and migrated to Microsoft Windows Server domains and utilized MS Remote Desktop Services.• Designed and migrated to Microsoft Windows Server domains, Exchange mail system, Avaya phone system.• Project lead for ERP module implementations and changes.• Redesigned and implemented new firewall and VPN solution.• Implemented new security solutions for email and malware.• Implemented and administered door access and building security.

5 sites, 450+ employees, Manufacturer of pierce fasteners.• Designed and implemented a corporate domain reducing three separate domains into a single domain, a corporate mail system reducing four mail systems into a single system and utilized Microsoft Terminal Services for productivity gain.• Planned and executed a data center relocation.• Redesigned wide area network resulting in redundancy and cost savings.• Planned and implemented Microsoft Windows Server 2000.• Assisted with ERP/CRM implementation.

• Worked with multiple customers to install/upgrade their networks, Microsoft servers, backup solutions, workstations, antivirus and telephone systems.