Responsible for assessing new solutions and technologies prior to purchase and overseeing the implementation once purchase has been madeCreated SLA pricing and service structure for internal and external services. The implementation of the new pricing structure played a pivotal role in Nerd Technology becoming a profitable company for the first time.Created Nerd Technology's MSP pricing and service level structure and was responsible for on-boarding our first MSP customer.Remediate system and network security issues found during various types of third party audits. Oversaw day to day implementation operations to insure best practice for security and performanceManage and administer virtual infrastructure including but not limited to: EMC centralized storage solutions NS120 VNX5300 VMware ESXi VMware vCenter Cisco C series Servers Cisco B Series Servers and 6248 Fabric interconnects Network monitoring and management SNMP network management with Solarwinds Orion and N-Able Windows Event Log collection with GFI Events Manager Exchange monitoring with Spotlight on Messaging Network Security Installation and configuration of Cisco ACS Appliance for TACACS and Radius Authentication Design and implementation of network ACL’s Design and implementation of windows Share and Folder permissions Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory Infrastructure Multiple upgrades from Server 2003 AD to Server 2008 R2 AD Manage and administer AD users and groups Manage and administer Group Policy Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Infrastructure Upgrade from Server 2003 AD to Server 2012 AD Manage and administer AD users and groups Manage and administer Group Policy Exchange Server 2010 Assisted with upgrade from Exchange 2003 Troubleshoot mail flow and performance issues Everyday management and administration Manage and administer EMC Avamar backup and replication solution

Network Operations Support – Providing LAN/WAN/Telephony Support throughout the United States Managing network outages, restoring WAN connections, administration assistance, and consulting Network Monitoring and Management SNMP network management with various software applications Network Security Installation and configuration of Cisco ASA Security Appliances Addition Configuration tasks on a variety of Cisco ASA and PIX Installing and configuring Cisco ACS Implementing a variety of security mechanisms for wireless networks including 802.1x Routing Cisco 1700, 2600, 2800, 3800, 7200 series routers Terminating T1 and DS3 circuits Routing protocols: EIGRP, OSPF, RIPv2 Implementing IOS security Multilayer Switching Cisco 2900, 3500, 3700, 4500, 4900, and 6500 series switches Implementing end to end QoS Design and implement enterprise switched networks Wireless Installation and configuration of Cisco 2000, 2100, 4100, 4400, and 5500 series Wireless LAN Controllers Installation and configuration of Cisco 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, and 1400 series Access Points and Bridges Implementation of Enterprise level Indoor and Outdoor Wireless Networks IP Surveillence Installation and configuration of ONSSI NetDVMS, NetGaurd EVS, and Ocularis Server Systems Implementation and configuration of Windows Server 2003, and 2008 Implementation and configuration of Microsoft Exchange 2007