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Overview

Since post-graduation 2000, my responsibilities have been to implement and manage Microsoft, VMware, CommVault, Okta, Cisco, VCE, EMC & Apple server, network, database and development solutions.

My background includes computer related job experience since 1992 and a Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) with a focus in Management Information Systems (MIS) and Product Information and Supply Chain Management (PRISM) from the University of Cincinnati; College of Business.

Education
Bachelor of Business Administration December 1999
Management Information Systems and Product Information & Supply Chain Management
University of Cincinnati; College of Business8 , Cincinnati, Ohio

Studies focused on the integration of technology into a business environment. Participated in six quarter co-op sessions with the Center for Information Technology Services, College of Nursing & Health and CommuniCare Health Services.

Distributive Education Clubs of America June 1994
Ohio DECA High School Division
Jackson High School , Massillon, Ohio

During high school, participated in multiple activities including band (Coronet), Stage Crew & the Ohio Chapter of DECA (An association of Marketing Students) which included state marketing competitions and co-op sessions with Babbages.

Certifications
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   - BBA
Bachelor in Business Administration
Sunday, December 12, 1999
Related Focus:
- Management Information Systems
- Product Information & Supply Chain Management
: 12/12/1999
      o 6-Quarter Co-Op
Professional Practice Achievement Certificate
- Six Quarter Co-Op -
Sunday, December 12, 1999
Co-Op Assignments:
- U.C.: Center for Information Technology Services 03/1996 to 09/1996
- U.C.: College of Nursing & Health 12/1996 to 02/1997
- CommuniCare Health Services 06/1997 to 01/2000
: 12/12/1999
      o MIS & PRISM
Bachelor in Business Administration
- Commemorative Diploma -
Sunday, December 12, 1999
Related Focus:
- Management Information Systems
- Product Information & Supply Chain Management
: 12/12/1999
   - Microsoft MCP
Microsoft Certified Professional
Friday, April 20, 2007
Related Exam:
- 070-290 04/20/2007 (Windows 2003 Environment)
: 04/20/2007
   - Microsoft MCSA
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
- Microsoft Windows 2003 -
Monday, June 11, 2007
Related Exams:
- 070-290 04/20/2007 (Windows 2003 Environment)
- 070-291 05/02/2007 (Windows 2003 Network Infrastructure)
- 070-293 05/12/2007 (Windows 2003 Network Infrastructure)
- 070-294 05/19/2007 (Windows 2003 Active Directory)
- 070-297 05/24/2007 (Windows 2003 Active Directory)
- 070-228 06/02/2007 (SQL 2000 Administration)
- 070-270 06/11/2007 (Windows XP Administration)
: Windows 2003 06/11/2007
   - Microsoft MCSE
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
- Microsoft Windows 2003 -
Monday, June 11, 2007
Related Exams:
- 070-290 04/20/2007 (Windows 2003 Environment)
- 070-291 05/02/2007 (Windows 2003 Network Infrastructure)
- 070-293 05/12/2007 (Windows 2003 Network Infrastructure)
- 070-294 05/19/2007 (Windows 2003 Active Directory)
- 070-297 05/24/2007 (Windows 2003 Active Directory)
- 070-228 06/02/2007 (SQL 2000 Administration)
- 070-270 06/11/2007 (Windows XP Administration)
: Windows 2003 06/11/2007
   - Microsoft MCDBA
Microsoft Certified Database Administrator
- Microsoft SQL 2000 -
Friday, April 11, 2008
Related Exams:
- 070-228 06/02/2007 (SQL 2000 Administration)
- 070-229 04/11/2008 (SQL 2000 DB Design)
: SQL 2000 04/11/2008
   - Microsoft MCITP
Microsoft Certified I.T. Professional
Enterprise Messaging Administrator
- Microsoft Exchange 2007 -
Friday, May 30, 2008
Related Exams:
- 070-236 05/07/2008 (Exchange 2007 Config)
- 070-237 05/23/2008 (Exchange 2007 Design)
- 070-238 05/30/2008 (Exchange 2007 Deploy)
: Enterprise Messaging Administrator (2007) 05/30/2008
      o Microsoft MCTS (070-236)
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
- Microsoft Exchange 2007 Configuration -
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Related Exam:
- 070-236 05/07/2008 (Exchange 2007 Config)
: Exchange 2007 Configuration 05/07/2008
   - Cisco CCNA
Cisco Certified Network Associate
- Valid for 3 Years -
Friday, July 11, 2008
Related Exam:
- 640-802 07/11/2008 (CCNA Exam)
: 640-802 07/11/2008
      o Global Knowledge CCNA Boot Camp v2
CCNA Boot Camp v2.0
- Global Knowledge -
Friday, June 27, 2008
Related Course:
- Global Knowledge CCNA Boot Camp v2.0 06/23 to 06/27/2008
: 06/23-27/2008
   - Microsoft MCITP
Microsoft Certified I.T. Professional
Enterprise Administrator
- Microsoft Windows 2008 -
Friday, May 1, 2009
Related Exams:
- 070-670 05/17/2008 (Windows Vista Config)
- 070-649 11/21/2008 (Windows 2003 MCSE Upgrade Exam)
   o 070-640 11/21/2008 (Win 2008 AD Config)
   o 070-642 11/21/2008 (Win 2008 App Infrastructure)
   o 070-643 11/21/2008 (Win 2008 Network Infrastructure)
- 070-647 05/01/2009 (Windows 2008 Enterprise Administrator)
: Enterprise Administrator 05/01/2009
      o Microsoft MCTS (070-670)
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
- Microsoft Windows Vista Configuration -
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Related Exam:
- 070-670 05/17/2008 (Windows Vista Config)
: Windows Vista Configuration 05/17/2008
      o Microsoft MCTS (070-640)
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
- Microsoft Windows 2008 A.D. Configuration -
Friday, November 21, 2008
Related Exam:
- 070-649 11/21/2008 (Windows 2003 MCSE Upgrade Exam)
   o 070-640 11/21/2008 (Windows 2008 A.D. Config)
: Windows 2008 A.D. Configuration 11/21/2008
      o Microsoft MCTS (070-642)
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
- Microsoft Windows 2008 App. Infrastructure -
Friday, November 21, 2008
Related Exam:
- 070-649 11/21/2008 (Windows 2003 MCSE Upgrade Exam)
   o 070-642 11/21/2008 (Windows 2008 App. Infrastructure)
: Windows 2008 App. Infrastructure 11/21/2008
      o Microsoft MCTS (070-643)
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
- Microsoft Windows 2008 Network Infrastructure -
Friday, November 21, 2008
Related Exam:
- 070-649 11/21/2008 (Windows 2003 MCSE Upgrade Exam)
   o 070-643 11/21/2008 (Windows 2008 Network Infrastructure)
: Windows 2008 Net. Infrastructure 11/21/2008
   - Microsoft MCITP
Microsoft Certified I.T. Professional
Enterprise Messaging Administrator
- Microsoft Exchange 2010 -
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Related Exams:
- 070-662 06/15/2011 (Exchange 2010 Config)
- 070-663 11/15/2011 (Exchange 2010 Design/Deploy)
: Enterprise Messaging Administrator (2010) 11/15/2011
      o Microsoft MCTS (070-662)
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
- Microsoft Exchange 2010 Configuration -
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Related Exam:
- 070-662 06/15/2011 (Exchange 2010 Config)
: Exchange 2010 Configuration 06/15/2011
   - Microsoft MCITP
Microsoft Certified I.T. Professional
Database Developer 2008
- SQL Server 2008 -
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Related Exams:
- 070-433 12/10/2011 (Database Development 2008)
- 070-451 12/17/2011 (Database Developer 2008)
: Database Developer 2008 12/17/2011
      o Microsoft MCTS (070-433)
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
- Database Development 2008 -
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Related Exam:
- 070-433 12/10/2011 (Database Development 2008)
: Database Development 2008 12/10/2011
   - Microsoft MCTS (070-432)
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
Implementation and Maintenance
- SQL Server 2008 -
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Related Exams:
- 070-432 12/22/2011 (Implementation and Maintenance 2008)
: Implementation and Maintenance 12/22/2011
   - Microsoft MCSA (070-417)
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate
- Microsoft Windows 2012 -
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Related Exams:
- 070-417 5/25/2016 (Windows 2012 Upgrade Exam)
: Windows 2012 5/25/2016
   - VMware Training
      o Global Knowledge VMware vSphere v5.0
VMware vSphere Install, Configure & Manage v5.0
- Global Knowledge -
Friday, January 27, 2012
Related Course:
- Global Knowledge VMware vSphere v5.0 01/23 to 01/27/2012
: 01/23-27/2012
   - Vblock Training
      o Vblock Infrastructure Platforms, Administration and Management: 10/22-26/2012
   - Microsoft Transcript
Microsoft Certified Professional Transcript
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Related Focus:
- MCP 04/20/2007
- MCSA 06/11/2007 (Windows 2003)
- MCSE 06/11/2007 (Windows 2003)
- MCDBA 04/11/2008 (SQL 2000)
- MCTS 05/17/2008 (Windows Vista)
- MCITP-EMA 05/30/2008 (Exchange 2007)
- MCITP-EA 05/01/2009 (Windows 2008)
- MCITP-EMA 11/15/2011 (Exchange 2010)
- MCITP-SQLDEV 12/17/2011 (SQL 2008)
- MCTS-DBA 12/22/2011 (SQL 2008)
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      o Transcript ID: 758135
      o Access Code: HelloWorld
   - Cisco Transcript
Cisco Certified Professional Transcript
Friday, July 11, 2008
Related Focus:
- CCNA 07/11/2008 (640-802)
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      o Verification ID: 396424168634IOAJ

Experience
System Administrator III October 2015 - Present
OPERS1 , Columbus, Ohio
9 year(s) & 1 month(s)
Ohio Public Employees Retirement System

Network Manager August 2014 - October 2015
Assistant Network Manager August 2007 - August 2014
New Trier Township District 2032 , Winnetka, Illinois
8 year(s) & 2 month(s)
Public school district supporting over 4,100 students & 900 staff

Researched, implemented, migrated, managed and troubleshoot educational software, network, data and server solutions across a Microsoft, Apple, VCE, VMware, EMC & Cisco infrastructure. Supporting over 6,500 networked devices including laptops, tablets, desktops, iPads, iPods, Cisco VoIP phones, projectors, AppleTVs & printers for a user base of over 5,000 accounts across two campuses.
     Annual VCE Vblock 300 FX Matrix Upgrade
    Aug 2013, Aug 2014 & Aug 2015
    In order to be eligible for continued support coverage, VCE requires a Vblock to conform to a matrix of software/firmware versions for all hardware & software within a Vblock. These devices include the Cisco 2x Nexus 5548, 2x 9148, 2x 3560X, 2x 1000V, 2x UCS 6140, 10x B200, 1x C200, EMC VNX 5500 and VMware/vCenter/VUM. For the last 2 years I have been tasked to perform these updates over 1 weekend at the end of summer school and prior to the beginning of the new year. Aug. 2013 we progressed to matrix revision 3.5.8, Aug. 2014 we continued to matrix revision 4.5.4 & Aug. 2015 we upgraded to matrix release 4.5.14.
     Cisco Emergency Responder Zone Updates
    in May 2015
    Due to renovations, switch exchanges and changes over time; our ER information in Call Manager has degraded and requires an update. Rather than visiting over 1,300 Cisco VoIP phones, I port mapped every single switch port throughout the district (via SNMP) which included CDP information, extracted information from Call Manager including Phone + Extensions and linked these details to our employee records to relate the primary office location. Once all gathered, I could relate the Device Name to Switch Port to the Room assignment and knocked out 2/3rd of the phones. The remaining we only need to identify the office location, switch information was already captured.
     AirPlay / AirPrint Solutions
    In Feb. 2015
    As we expanded our 1:1 iPad program this year to all students at the district, a growing need for a better projection and printing solution via the iPads was growing. After the introduction of iOS 8, peer to peer AirPlay became available offering iPad 4 & Airs the option to discover nearby AppleTVs via Bluetooth and connect via an adhoc wireless network between the AppleTV and the iPad completely off our network. AirPrint improved greatly after I reconfigured Mac Minis with my custom method for artificially creating the AirPrint advertisements to printers shared on the Mac Minis eliminating the need for third party AirPrint options.
     Exchange 90 Cisco 3560G to 3560X Switches
    Nov. 2014 to Feb. 2015
    Because of a flaw experienced with the 3560G line of Cisco switches, Cisco approved a district-wide exchange swapping every single 3560G switch (saving $500,000+) with a 3560X replacement. The advantage of these newer switches permit us PoE across all 48 ports, PoE+, modular power (offering the option of redundant power) and modular uplink ports supporting 10GB. During this exchange, we proactively swapped out older 10/100 switches with a 3560X making the district universally the same model, re-cabled the IDFs with labeled CAT6a Ethernet and deployed Tripp Lite UPSs supporting all switches for upwards of 30 minutes uptime during a power loss.
     Migrate DC, CA, NPS, WSUS, DHCP, File & Print from Windows 2008 to 2012 R2
    In Aug. 2014
    Part of this summer’s projects, I decided to migrate our main servers from Windows 2008 to Windows 2012 R2. This included 3 Domain Controllers with services like Active Directory, Certificate Authority, NPS (RADIUS for Wireless and VPN), WSUS and DHCP backed up and moved over to freshly built 2012 R2 systems. Additionally, I rebuilt a print and 2 file servers also as 2012 R2.
     Migrate to Avamar Gen4 + Data Domain
    In Aug. 2014
    Due to the growing requirements of our backup environment, we transitioned our Avamar Gen3 with 6 data nodes over to a Avamar Gen4 + Data Domain environment. By doing so we gained many new features, one in particular allowing us to start up a VM directly within Data Domain and live transition it over to the appropriate cluster.
     Migrate to a VCE Vblock 300 FX
    In Aug 2012
    Worked with consultants to migrate our existing 5 Dell R710 VMware cluster/EMC CX4-120 to a Vblock 300 FX. During this transition, I also upgraded our Exchange environment from 2007 to 2010, had our Avamar grid upgraded to 6.1.0-402, worked with consultants to upgrade and migrate our physical Cisco VoIP Call Manager servers over to a virtualized environment integrated in a 2 blade cluster in the Vblock and worked together with consultants to build our VDI infrastructure also integrated into a 2 blade cluster in the Vblock. Finally, transitioned the existing 5 Dell R710/EMC CX4-120 to our Northfield campus building a 3 server cluster to host our Northfield servers and development environment with the remaining 2 servers to act as the VDI infrastructure for our Northfield campus.
     Load balance between AT&T and Comcast
    In Jul 2012
    Implemented a load balanced solution between our AT&T and new Comcast links using two ECESSA PowerLink 1200 devices which host a redundant connection.
     Implement EMC Avamar Backup \ Networker Tape Out Solution
    Feb 2011 to Mar 2011
    Worked with consultants to migrate our existing Symantec Backup EXEC to a new EMC Avamar storage based solution.
     ISP Switch to AT&T
    In Dec 2010
    Switch ISP providers to increase our bandwidth. My role was to prepare and now host our DNS as well as create a new ASA Config pairing up the new IP subnet which were issued by our new ISP vendor.
     Cisco Wireless Expansion and Replacement
    Jun 2010 to Aug 2010
    Upgrade and expand our present wireless infrastructure to meet the growing needs of wireless devices.
     vSphere VM Virtualization
    Jun 2009 to Aug 2009
    Virtualize nearly all of our physical systems to a cluster of 5 VM host servers supporting 56 guest systems.
     Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 Migration
    Jun 2009 to Aug 2009
    Migrate our Active Directory, SQL 2005, Exchange 2007, File/Print and an IIS 6.0 web servers to Windows 2008.
     Various Development Tasks
    Dec 2007 to Aug 2009
    Develop various web based solutions including online remote file access (OFM); custom distribution list creator; port database for the purpose of the Cisco VoIP migration; project management system...
     Cisco VoIP Migration
    Jun 2008 to Dec 2008
    Migrate phone system to a VoIP Cisco solution. My role involved development of a web based solution for entry of all port assignments campus wide. This information was then exported out in a format for import to our Cisco Call Manager; Cisco Unity and ER systems. We have since virtualized our Cisco Unity system.
     Database Integrations
    Jan 2008 to Jun 2008
    Develop database integration completely unifying student’s online experience between foreign systems through an automated script of routines.
   - Active Directory (Student Accounts/Staff Information);
   - Blackboard Connect (Phone Tree);
   - Blackboard Learn;
   - EKTRON (Web site build and hosting application);
   - eSchool/eFinance;
   - Follett Destiny (Library Inventory System);
   - Google Apps EDU (Student Accounts);
   - IVIS (Photo ID/Barcode System);
   - ListServ (Email Distribution Lists);
   - Naviance;
   - Vertical Response (Email Distribution Lists);
   - WinSnap/WebSmart (Cafeteria System)
     Novell to Microsoft Migration
    Aug 2007 to Sep 2007
    Migrate Novell file servers to Windows 2003..

Network Administrator III February 2000 - August 2007
American Systems Consulting, Inc.3 , Dublin, Ohio
7 year(s) & 6 month(s)
ISP & Virtual I.T. company supporting small business information technology needs

Solution provider supporting in-house server co-location, ISP hosting, virtual I.T. consulting and project management for corporate and client server and network infrastructures. Project lead of server migration, data recovery, network and database design, database administration and website development.
    
Administered, migrated, protected, managed, disaster recovery, data center relocation and routine maintenance of Dell PowerEdge, Microsoft Windows 4.0/2000/2003, Exchange 5.5/2000/2003/2007 and SQL 2000 servers for:
      o   house co-location of over 30 managed leased and dedicated customer servers.
      o   Virtual I.T. support of multiple clients for over 40 servers and 800 workstations; some spanning multiple locations.
     Developed internal and client-based ASP/JSP/ColdFusion/Database-related web sites, designed complex ER Diagrams and SQL code for advanced query and table design.
     Designed, implemented and managed corporate and client VPN tunneling and network routing of over 900 parent to satellite offices using Cisco routing, switch, PIX, Microsoft RRAS and other network equipment technologies.

Network Administrator, Co-Op June 1997 - January 2000
CommuniCare Health Services4 , Blue Ash, Ohio
2 year(s) & 7 month(s)
Long-term health care management & in-home nurse staffing company

Managed the technology of the long-term health care and in-home nurse staffing facilities.
     Recommended, implemented and managed hardware and software solutions on Microsoft Windows/Lotus Domino/Novell NetWare servers hosted over a Cisco infrastructure and spanning multiple sites in Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri.

Assistant Network Administrator, Co-Op December 1996 - February 1997
College Nursing & Health5 , Cincinnati, Ohio
3 month(s)
University of Cincinnati educational facility

Facilitated the technology needs of the staff under the direction of the Network Administrator.
     Administration of Novell NetWare and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server technologies.
     General user support and workstation migration to Windows ’95.

Visual Fox Programmer, Co-Op March 1996 - September 1996
U.C. Information Technology6 , Cincinnati, Ohio
6 month(s)
Formally: Center for Information Technology Services
University of Cincinnati I.T. management organization

Member of the Departmental Information Services team tasked to design and develop software applications to meet the needs of the University of Cincinnati.
     Developed “Student Information and Program Progress” for the College of Nursing & Health using Visual Fox Pro v3.0.
     Scripted an automated routine for workstation migrations to Windows ’95.

Sales Associate, Assistant Manager December 1992 - February 1995
GameStop7 , Canton & Cincinnati, Ohio
2 year(s) & 2 month(s)
Formally: Babbage’s & Software Etc.
Computer software & hardware retailer

General retail sales and customer support of computer software and hardware technologies. Trained new employees and served as Assistant Manager of Software Etc. location in Cincinnati.




Skills

Microsoft Server:
- Exchange1-3
      5.5 to 2013
- SQL1-3
      7.0 to 2022
- Windows*
      4.0 to 2022
Misc Microsoft:
- Active Directory1-3
- Custom ADMs1-3
- Group Policies1-3
- Cluster1,2
- DNS/WINS*
- CA/DHCP*
- IIS/SSL/WSUS*
- Terminal Srv2,3
- RDP/IAS/NPS1-3
- NAP/RRAS/VPN1-4
- Office 3651,2
      Endpoint
      EOP
- SCCM 2012 R21,2
- Visual Studio1-3
      6.0 to 2022
- ASP.NET2
- Classic ASP1-3
- Shell Scripting*
- Visual Basic*
- Windows*
      3.11 to 10
VCE Vblock 300 FX2:
- Cisco Nexus 55482
- Cisco MDS 91482
- Cisco UCS2
      FI 6140
      Chassis 5100
      Blade B200 M2
- EMC VNX-55002
Cisco:
- Call Manager2
- ER/RightFax2
- Unity/VOIP2
- WLC/PIX/ASA2,3
- Routers/Switches*
EMC:
- VMware 3.5 to 7.01,2
- RSA2
      Hard/Soft/OD
- Avamar2
- Data Domain2
- Networker2
- CX4-1202
Dell:
- PowerEdge1-3
- PERC RAID1-3
Apple:
- JAMf/Casper2
- Bonjour/MDNS2
Misc Apps:
- SPAN/Wireshark2
- HEAT2,3
- PuTTY/WinSCP1-4
- WebTrends3
- Google Apps EDU2
Misc Servers:
- Apache/Tomcat1-3
- Backup EXEC*
- Cymphonix2
- Datacove2
- ECESSA2
- EKTRON2
- Google Mini/App2
- ListSERV2
- MailMarshal2
- Network Lic Srv2,3
- Novell2,4,5
- Oracle8
- Script Logic2
- Sophos2
- Surf Control2,3
- Symantec2,3
- Trend Micro2,3
- Websense2
Educational:
- Blackboard2
- Naviance2
- SunGard
  Pentamation2
      eSchool+
      Finance Plus
- PaperCut2
- PrinterON2
- SIRSI2
- ezProxy2
- Follett Destiny2
- WinSNAP2
Misc Development:
- ColdFusion3
- HTML/CSS/XML*
- JavaScript*
- JSP1-3
- ODBC/JDBC*
- SQL/ER-D*
- SSIS/DTS1-3
- VB Script*
Management:
- Communication*
- Documentation*
- Conflict Res2,3
- Prof Develop1-3,6
- Project Planning1-3
- Staffing2,3,6
- Team Building1-3,6
- Training1-3,6

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