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Current OverviewAs a founder of the company, one has had to be an all rounder. From the basic, but critical daily administration of the business, and to the apex development of business strategy and steering of the vision. A dynamic journey, it has been a whirl wind of unpredicactable experiances. A process that requires a clear, focused, and goal oriented mindset. As an opmist, one has learnt to remain calm, positive when dealing with catastrophic situations. An element that has solidified from being a catalyst for personal growth, into a living standard. Critical functions:• Leadership provision and guidance• Executive Management• Development and driving of business strategy for all portfolios and financial approvals• Provision of resources and fund raising• General management, Product Management, R&D Management, Customer Service Management and Sales Ops Management• Financial & Human Resources Management• Goal, Targets Setting & Planning• BudgetingEssential Responsinbilities:• Purpose• Aim & Mission• Policy Development• Organization’s Structure development• Ops Budgets• Stakeholder Liaison• Skills Management• Strategic Planning• Quality Management

• Setting a vision for how technology will be used in the company, proposals for clients and projects.• Ensuring that technological resources meet the company's and client’s short and long-term needs.• Generating and outline the goals for research and development.• Outlining timelines for the development and deployment of all technological services.• Implementing executive decisions on behalf of the company's and client’s technological requirements.• Mentoring team members.• Maintaining a consumer-focused outlook and aiding in the delivery of IT projects to market.• Developing & managing technology budgets and time frames.• Tracking technology trends and developments.• Maintaining best technology practices & regulatory standards.

• Responsible for third level support for all server related issues.• Participated in complete system builds, migration, code deployments and patch management• Implement security policy and virus protection.• Administered change management related to server upgrades and software installation.• Prepared and maintained documentation of technologies, standards and procedures.Proof of Concepts (Windows Server 2008 Deployment)• Configure Server Core; configure networking ; security and system setting on the Server Core• Added and removed server roles and features ; configured AD Domain Services roles; configured• network infrastructure roles; configured file and print services; WSP Host on Server Core.• Added backup features, and also used unattend.xml files to automate Windows Server 2008 setup.• Performed unattend ed domain controller installation.Technical Environment – Windows 2000 Server; Windows 2003 ; Windows Server 2008; VMware Server and Tivoli Storage ManagerResponsible for : Day-to-day support on Windows Server and back-up/ restoration for more than 6 Intel Servers ; job entailed frequent visit to Data Center , due to the nature of the work.

• Provided technical support for hardware/software configurations and applications.• Administered and supported local / LAN printer & LAN IDs• Administered/ provided trouble shooting MS Outlook , Spar Systems (SS3, Later (SIGMA Deployment Backend – Front-End)• Utilised Remedy for call logging