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Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

Wichita, Kansas

Manager of a multi-site/multi-state network building department from ground up. Sorting out existing network that was built over an 12 month period and failed to meet corporate objectives. Developing a private intranet with future growth capabilities with full redundancy over 3 diverse geographic locations to provide 24/7/365 up time. Telecommunications. Network security. Documentation of network, systems and enterprise. Developing and implementing policy and procedures. Developing Corporate IT brand. Vendor selection.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Small business IT consulting. Desktop support/repair. Network connectivity and installation. Linux/Windows support. Building Brand awareness.

Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Philadelphia

Managed all phases of IT operations for 3 offices in 2 states and over 70 employees with annual revenues of $250,000,000 for a world-wide Energy Risk Management and full line general insurance agency based out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Managed and set priorities for the design, maintenance, development and evaluation of infrastructure systems. Conducted research and made recommendations on products, services, protocols and standards in support of all infrastructure efforts. Designed, recommended and implemented short and long-term strategic plans to ensure in-house and remote network, security, and communications infrastructure capacity meets existing and future requirements. Planned, acquired and coordinated installation of in-house and remote network, security, and communications systems hardware and software company-wide. Prepared bid proposals, contracts, scope of work reports and other documentation for infrastructure projects and associated efforts. Negotiated with vendors, outsourcers and contractors to secure infrastructure-specific products and services. Assessed, approved and administered all network, security and communications systems equipment and software; managed and ensured effectiveness of security solutions. Developed, implemented and maintained policies, procedures and associated training plans to ensure the proper licensing of infrastructure software running on the company’s assets. Designed and enforced request handling and escalation policies and procedures. Provided guidance to junior members of the team. Participated in the Senior Management Committee; created and implemented company policies. Successfully migrated company from Netware 3.12 environment with 7 users to a multi-node wide area network serving 60 users over 3 sites in multiple states. Worked with management and end users to migrate from a paper based filing system to an imaged based system.

Oklahoma City

Started a fully automated wine shop and built it to the 5 largest store in Oklahoma City with sales in excess of 1.2 million.

Rebuilt a small Novell Platinum business on the verge of failure to a thriving multi city/statewide operation. Provided image integration to county government and large multi-national company. Provided state contract support for the State of Oklahoma.