OVERVIEW OF QUALIFICATIONS

  • Accomplished and Goal-Orientated
  • Certified in many IT platforms
  • Experienced in project planning and management  
  • Excel in developing and motivating highly focused teams
  • Highly experienced in physical server consolidation through virtualization
  • Highly experienced in the management of virtual server and desktop environments

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Microsoft Certified Professional (Windows XP \ Windows 2003)
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (Windows 2003)
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (Windows 2003)
  • HP Certified Platform Specialist (HP ProLiant Servers)
  • VMware Certified Professional (VCP VI3)
  • VMware Certified Professional (VCP vSphere 4)
  • VMware Certified Professional (VCP vSphere 5)
  • CompTIA Server+

       


TECHNOLOGY 

OPERATING SYSTEMS:

  • Windows XP - 7
  • Windows Server 2003 – 2008 R2
  • VMware ESXi 4.x – 5.x
  • VMware ESX 2.x – 4.x  
  • VMware vSphere 4.x – 5.x
  • Novell Netware 5.1 - 6.5
  • Linux

 

NETWORK TECHNOLOGY:

  • Proteus / Adonis IPAM
  • VLAN
  • VMware VDS
  • DNS
  • TCP/IP v4
  • DHCP / BOOTP
  • PXE
  • WINS

SOFTWARE:

  • VMware PowerCLI
  • HP Rapid Deployment (Altiris)
  • HP Systems Insight
  • Lumension Patch Management
  • Microsoft SCOM
  • Symantec Ghost Solution Suite
  • Tivoli Storage Manager
  • Trend Micro Office Scan

      

   

  • Quest vRanger
  • PlateSpin Migrator
  • Quest vFoglight
  • Citrix Presentation Server
  • VMware vCenter
  • VMware View 
  • Visual Studio 
  • PowerShell

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY / FUNCTIONS

Shands Healthcare, Gainesville, Florida                                      April 2011 - Present 

System Engineer Level III 

  • Maintain proficiency in as well as offer guidance and leadership to Level I and II staff
  • Lead Engineer for VMware vSphere/ESX Infrastructure 
  • Lead Engineer for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure – VMware View
  • Project management of new systems, application, workflows and major systems upgrades
  • Research, analyze and test current and future technologies
  • Change Management Counsel voting member
  • Enterprise Monitoring Systems Steering Committee member
  • Enterprise IP Administration
  • Active Directory Steering Committee member
  • New datacenter hardware research and decision team
  • Datacenter planning Committee member
  • Virtual Desktop Steering Committee Lead

Shands Healthcare, Gainesville, Florida                                      March 2003 - April 2011

System Engineer Level II 

  • Maintain proficiency in all Level 1 functions to support Level I staff
  • Implement and maintain system security and configurations of 600+ company servers while providing IT support, to include planning, software and hardware configuration
  • VMware vSphere/ESX Support Engineer
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Support Engineer – VMware View
  • Storage Management in conjunction with SAN storage team 
  • Enterprise Anti-Virus support
  • Enterprise Email Support
  • Enterprise Citrix\Terminal Services support
  • Enterprise Identity Management support
  • Server to desktop integration
  • Corporate Compliance Control

Shands Healthcare, Gainesville, Florida                         November 2000 - March 2003 

System Engineer Level I

  • Maintain proficiency in all Field Support function to offer guidance and support
  • Active Directory Administration
  • Perform hardware, software and network upkeep on server class hardware
  • Deployment of server hardware and operating systems in data center (sysprep and imaging)
  • Execution of patch management
  • Backup management of servers

Shands Healthcare, Gainesville, Florida                  November 1998 - November 2000 

Customer Service – Field Support

  • Perform hardware, software and application maintenance of workstations
  • Sysprep, base system imaging and deployment of workstations
  • Analyze technology to recommend, and plan the future layout of computers and peripherals
  • Execution of patch management of workstations
  • Troubleshoot and support of end-users

EDUCATION

Santa Fe College Gainesville, Florida
Associates of Arts in Business Administration

Courses of note

  • Public speaking
  • Technical Communication
  • Ethics
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Business Management

 

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