Zachary Drees Email & Phone Number

I am a seasoned and innovative IT professional with extensive leadership and systems administration experience spanning a variety of sectors. Recognized for optimizing IT processes and solving complex technical problems, I have a verifiable history of contributing directly to organizational success throughout my career. As such, I have consistently exceeded performance goals and I am adept at maximizing operational impacts with minimal resource expenditures. Professional focal points include physical and virtual infrastructure management, enterprise systems, budgeting, forecasting, project management, user experience, vendor relations, risk management, employee training, and client satisfaction and retention. Delivering superior administration on the latter areas of expertise requires utilization of effective communication and interpersonal skills, as well as business acumen, technical acumen, project management, and resource management to support efficiency and maximum returns.Currently, I am an Assistant IT Director and Systems Administrator with Lake Area Technical College. In this role, I have led multiple successful IT projects including the creation of a cybersecurity/phishing program with accompanying annual training and the deployment of the campus’s first SAML connection. I also introduced an enhanced data backup strategy that improved data redundancy and doubled our backup restore point to 15 days. In addition, I rebuilt the company’s VMware Horizon environment from the ground up to include a scalable infrastructure with 150+ virtual machines. Colleagues describe me as a progressive, driven, down-to-earth, technical andmanagerial expert who excels in dynamic, diverse environments that value innovation, collaboration, and lifelong learning.I am pursuing new opportunities and can be reached through this profile, or by phone at: 605-982-8528

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  Northern State University

  Management Information Systems