James D. Waldrep

*** ******** ****, *********, ** 30188

Phone: 770-***-****(H) 404-***-****(C) Email: abl3qg@r.postjobfree.com

Systems Administrator - Designed, developed, installed, documented, and

supported a major revenue-generating application for a large metropolitan

newspaper. Innovative and detail-oriented with the ability to develop and

produce successful solutions to meet any organization's mission and goals.

Exceptional interpersonal skills allowed balancing company priorities with

available resources without sacrificing efficiency or integrity. Excellent

organizational and communication skills displayed interacting with all

levels from Executive management to end users. Accomplishments demonstrate

creative design, developmental, organization, strong leadership, management

skills, and strategic planning. Consistently investigated and produced

cost-effective, durable, and profitable solutions on-time, within budget

and with immediate benefits.

Functional Expertise - Extensive knowledge of electrical and mechanical

applications, adaptation capabilities derived from a substantial career of

automating functions for cost-savings, improved productivity, disaster

recovery and safety.

Leadership & Management - Proven management skills and accountabilities

have refined my leadership capacity and effectiveness for utilization in

all types of industries. Centralized and restructured support functions to

further improve and reduce operating expenses. Have managed staffs ranging

from 5 to 10 technicians and project staffs as large as 50.

Application Design & Implementation - Designed, arranged, and coordinated

installation details of several server and network projects with budgets

ranging from $100,000 to $6,000,000. I am well-versed in Project

Management, Rapid Application Deployment, Business Intelligence, and

Disaster Recovery. Several installations from the mid 1990's are still in-

use.

Creativity and Innovation - Developed many new areas of automation and have

been published in several trade publications. Devised a simple method to

thwart viruses on several platforms and have received numerous praises for

ingenuity.

Communication Skills - Excellent protocol with all aspects of planning and

support from Corporate Management to end users. Written skills

demonstrated with a variety of requests for documentation of many in-house

applications for training and support purposes.

Interpersonal Skills - Recognized for exceptional interpersonal and

negotiating skills with assignments directly from top management.

Extensive work with vendors, legal, accounting, unions, technical, and

mechanical representatives while keeping the goals and policies of the

company adhered to.

Problem Solving and Negotiation - Managed the support of numerous areas

simultaneously requiring advanced diagnostics, problem solving, as well as

application, time management and conflict management skills. Proficient in

identifying and resolving server and network issues at all levels.

Technical & Software Experience - Extremely-strong DOS, Windows System

Administration, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Exchange Server 2003/2007,

IIS,MS-SQL Server 2000/2008, Pervasive SQL 6/10, Print servers, Enterprise

Endpoint Security, Lotus Notes, Visio, Timbuktu, Symantec and numerous

other antivirus and security solutions. Excellent Citrix and MS-Terminal

thin client environment administrator knowledge and skills. EMC Replistor,

Veritas Backup and Remedy.

Professional Experience

Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Cox Enterprises) Systems

Administrator (1987-2009)

Designed, installed, and supported standalone and network-based

applications in a large Production server-based environment. Developed and

monitored failover techniques and redundancy strategies to minimize

downtime. Chaired and organized monthly user group meetings. Documented

and categorized procedures for training other technical personnel in

support capacities. Maintained communications with upper Management as to

changing needs assessments and projections. Scheduled and performed daily

routines to improve system and server performance.

Education

Gainesville Junior College - Business Major

North Georgia College - Business Major

References Available upon request.

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