Finding new solutions to technical gaps in our environment, from discovery to negotiation to purchase and implementation. Security Patching: Critical security patch deployments using KACE & WSUS to 52 global offices of on-prem servers and end-points and off-prem end-points.Active Directory: Design, implementation, maintainance & migrations of Microsoft Active Directories for both our core infrastructure as well as mergers and acquisitions.Vulnerability Management: Using a vulnerability scanner to discover, categorize, prioritize and knock out critical infrastructure vulnerabilities. Acquisition Architect & Project Manager: Played key technical design and strategy role for integration of server and workstation based technologies for North American business acquisitions made between 2000 and 2023. Integration stages from due-diligence (discovery) through execution of integration plan were completed for each of our acquisitions. Built solid, step-by-step integration plans for all areas of infrastructure. Emphasis on Active Directory forest migration with tools such as ADMT and QMM.Disaster Recovery Technical Project Manager: Tasked with pulling together a large global team to successfully design, coordinate, and execute a corporate-wide disaster recovery drill who's end-goal would be to recover our enterprise business system successfully at another location after having physically shut all communication off to our main data center. Drill was 100% successful, and has laid the ground work & templates for the yearly continuation of this drill.Citrix Systems Specialist: Designed, built and deployed four highly specialized Citrix farms which have a main purpose of serving the SAP GUI out to 5000-7000 users between 92 sites on a global scale. Server Engineer: Shared responsibility with other members for maintaining our server environment. Experienced managing Windows Server OS, VMWare ESX, backups, hardware management, electrical, cooling, & racking.

Global Computing Strategist: Responsible for global client computing strategy and operations. My team follows the latest industry trends and determines the best direction to take our client infrastructure. We heavily rely on feedback from our customers in order to make decisions which we feel will best improve their daily experience with technology. Project Manager Global Windows 7 Conversion: Evaluated and chose the tools, developed the processes, and lead a team of 70 employees from around the world to successfully cut-over 6000 Windows XP client machines to Windows 7 before Microsoft's April 8th 2014 deadline. Received very high employee satisfaction feedback. Wins: Evaluated many, and chose one SSO vendor for implementation into our client environment thus solving one of an end-user's biggest headaches (remembering usernames & passwords)Technologies and processes in our space include: Active Directory, Citrix XenApp, Dell KACE, Symantec End-Point Protection, Bit9 Parity Suite, all client hardware, all strategy focused on clients & end-users.

Worked through the ranks of Field Engineer through Network Engineer. Started off solving end-user hardware & software problems at various companies around South-Eastern Wisconsin. Towards the end of my tenure I helped Johnson Controls prepare for Y2K through upgrading their Novell Netware server systems. Billed out 100% of my time at Johnson Controls, Brady Corporation, Falk Corporation, Baird, & Kraft Foods.

General IT maintenance around campus supporting software & hardware for various services.

Serviced computers and printers throughout many businesses in Southern Wisconsin.

Sold computers & support to retail walk-in customers mostly during the day. During retail customer downtime I built and supported machines which were sold.