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Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Partner with the CIO, BGCA Service Areas and IT teams on strategic business and IT planning• See that the technical architecture is current, appropriate and flexible for the organization’s needs• Identify new information technology opportunities to achieve business goals, and establish priorities with clear value and measures• Communicate technology plans to BGCA leadership and BGCA at large • Build and develop working relationships with key vendors and technology leaders outside BGCA; seek out best practices and proven solutions• Stay up-to-date on technology trends, understand and research emerging technologies, and evaluate feasibility and practical application for the benefit of BGCA and the Movement• Guide overall infrastructure design• Manage the deployment, monitoring, maintenance, development, upgrade, and support of IT systems, including networks, data centers, servers, PCs, operating systems, and associated hardware• Develop plans, budgets and schedules for projects that will maintain or change the current environment• Prepare RFPs, solicit bids and evaluate vendors to ensure that BGCA receives needed and high quality services at a an appropriate cost for both build and sustain• Manage projects; multiple, simultaneous, and varied, leading cross-functional teams and service providers

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Provide leadership and management of a team of Senior Systems Engineers in support of the organization's information technology infrastructure. - Provide direction and guidance in support of Active Directory, Exchange 2007, Cisco Networking and Phone Systems, Aruba Wireless networking, Enterprise Desktop Support, EMC VNX storage, HP and Cisco servers, and the CA ArcServ data backup environment.- Perform periodic project management for various IT department projects as well as for various departments within the organization from inception to completion.- Recommend strategies for infrastructure software and hardware deployments and upgrades.- Maintains staff technical proficiencies through cross-training initiatives and by identifying training requirements.- Establish and communicate performance goals and expectations, conduct periodic feedback sessions and coaching, and enforce organizational policies and procedures.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Performed engineering and operational support of the company’s Active Directory, Exchange 2007 and 2010, and Windows server environments.• Successfully migrated over 18 terabytes of corporate data from local storage on six (6) Windows 2003 servers to an EMC VNX SAN - was awarded the company’s “Operational Excellence” award for this project.• As part of a company acquisition, successfully decommissioned an Active Directory 2008 domain which involved migrating Exchange 2010 mailboxes, file servers and application servers into the existing corporate Active Directory forest - was awarded the company’s “Operational Excellence” award for this project.• As part of the company’s goal to virtualize servers, performed a physical to virtual migration of 25 physical Windows 2003 and 2008 servers to VMWare 4.0 guests. • Selected as project lead for the upgrade of the company’s Active Directory forest from the functional level of 2003 to 2008.• Deployed and maintained an Exchange 2007 CCR lab environment as part of a proof-of-concept project for Exchange Web Services applications.• Utilized Microsoft Hyper-V R2, deployed an Exchange 2010 test\development lab consisting of redundant Mailbox, Client Access (CAS), and Hub Transport server roles as well as database availability groups and CAS arrays. • Configured and\or resolved issues pertaining to Group Policy Objects, settings or configurations to include but not limited to drive and printer mappings, folder redirection, and Control Panel settings. Resolved customer issues or requests pertaining to user account lockouts, logons, on-boarding and off-boarding, and security group membership for various business applications.• Architected and deployed Microsoft Lync Server 2010 to support Instant Messaging requirements.• Resolved customer e-mail issues or requests to include but not limited to mailbox and distribution group modifications or access, e-mail message tracking, configuration of conference rooms.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• Implemented Exchange 2010 server roles to include mailbox servers as part of a two server Database Availability Group, Client Access Servers, and Hub Transport servers.• Architected a solution to incorporate Exchange 2010 Mailbox, Hub Transport, and Client Access Servers into an existing Exchange 2007 organization spanning multiple Data Centers.• Successfully extended the corporate Active Directory schema for the deployment and configuration of Microsoft Lync Server 2010. This involved installing Lync Server 2010 objects and attributes into the existing Active Directory forest.• Periodically conducted analysis and capacity planning for on-going storage issues with Exchange 2010 and 2007 mailbox servers and Windows 2003 and 2008 File Servers. • As part of a company acquisition project, utilized an Exchange 2007 Edge to configure e-mail routing to and from an existing Exchange 2003 mailbox server.• Subject Matter Expert for escalated issues pertaining to Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange 2003, 2007, and 2010, user account and group administration, wireless messaging devices, and Windows servers. • Act as a consultant to subsidiary companies for issues and projects related to Active Directory and Exchange 2003, 2007, and 2010.• Worked with departmental leaders to define Disaster Recovery Retention Periods and Recovery Point Objectives for critical Tier-1 applications. • Developed project plans using Microsoft Project 2007 for business driven projects related to e-mail and data storage; plans included resource and task assignments and establishing milestones. • Created metrics and provide monthly reports to upper management for customer issues, e-mail storage, inbound\outbound spam and virus traffic, general e-mail traffic, and File Server storage. • Created and maintained operational work-flow and procedural documents to ensure SOX compliance standards for System Access Management and Microsoft Patch Management are maintained.

London, Gb

Local Area Network\Infrastructure Manager for three geographically separated office buildings to include two in the metropolitan Atlanta area and one in Nashville, TN for a fortune 500 Insurance Brokerage corporation. • Responsible for the architecture, design, coordination and implementation of network infrastructure move from Nashville data center to Franklin, TN center which was a six-month process. This involved the movement of servers, desktops, routers, switches, and circuits.• Responsibilities also included client facing with business unit presidents and executives on issues relating to equipment purchasing, application support, and technology issues. • Designed, deployed, and managed a Windows 2000 Active Directory forest during an eight-month project. Created and managed group policies and user accounts. • Configured and monitored domain controllers, organizational units, sites, DNS, and DHCP.• Utilized Activity Directory security databases and templates, established security policies in accordance with company directives. • Designed, deployed, and performed daily administration of MS Exchange 2000 servers and provided daily support of MS Outlook 2000 clients. • Responsible for ensuring all corporate directed hardware and software projects were fully completed. Initiated and managed projects for all three of the afore-mentioned offices.• Provided inputs and suggestions to the Chief Financial Officer for issues relating to the Information Technology budget.

Associate'S Degree, Management Information Systems, General

High School Diploma