Engineer Manager

T R AV I S C R AW F O R D

**** ******* ** *** * Dallas, TX 75219 214-***-**** ******@*****.***

A distinguished Information Technology Manager with experience in Project Management and Infrastructure Management.

Expertise managing Information Systems, Infrastructure Design and Vendor Relationships. Solid background both in engineering

and managing engineers. Proven ability to bridge technology and business goals to give the end user the product they envisioned.

Excellent communicator, with emphasis in building strong vendor relationships; capable of making professional presentations.

Qualification Highlights

• Information Technology Strategy Development Systems Engineer

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• Project Management Client Relationships Data Center Management

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• Team Building Vendor Management Windows Server 2000 2008

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• Citrix VMware\ESX Active Directory

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• Windows Clustering HP Servers Management\DFS

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• Terminal Server Groupwise DELL Servers

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• Infrastructure Architect Hardware Management Outlook

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• Healthcare IT SQL 2005\2008 Office 2003\2007

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Professional Experience

CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER Dallas, TX

Group Manager/Sr Systems Engineer, Feb 2009 to Present

Recruited to design new infrastructure for mission critical applications and streamline the process of

bringing an application to the production environment.

Key Results:

Played a key role in migrating our Dallas data center to its current location in Carrollton.

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Fostered a teamwork/open door environment conducive to positive dialogue across the

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organization.

Hired engineers that succeed in providing level 3 support to our company’s infrastructure.

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Developed infrastructure standards for server builds which has decreased the amount of time it

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takes to bring an application to the production environment.

Led a team of engineers that upgraded our Active Directory environment to 2008 R2. The project

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finished ahead of time with no complications.

Led a team of engineers that migrated our then current print servers to a new Windows 2008 R2

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print cluster on time and within budget.

Lead all systems engineer meetings.

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Led a team of engineers that upgraded our Citrix infrastructure to new HP BL460c G6 blades

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successfully.

Part of a team that successfully implemented Exchange 2010 into our environment.

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Lead a team of engineers that are responsible for doing technical assessments for new

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infrastructure in our environment.

Responsible for procuring quotes from vendors for the technical assessments turned in by the

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systems engineers in my group.

Responsible for maintaining vendor relationships as it pertains to the systems engineer group.

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Responsible for maintaining positive relationships with our clients (Doctors and Nurses) in the

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hospital.

Currently manage and maintain an environment that houses over 1500 servers.

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Professional Experience (continued)

HCA Healthcare Ft Worth, TX

IT Manager, Jan 2002 to Feb 2009

Hired on to build and deploy servers in a Windows environment.

Key Results:

Deployed over 300 Windows servers that supported applications used by both corporate and

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hospital staff.

• Successfully upgraded our Active Directory environment from a Windows 2000 environment to a

Windows 2003 environment.

• Successfully created HCA’s first VMware environment which still currently hosts the hospital’s

mission critical application, Meditech.

• Saved company hundreds of thousands of dollars every year by ensuring systems were up.

• Hired IT staff that consistently drove innovation in our company’s IT department.

• Managed and environment that housed over 2000 servers.

• Created and maintained budget for our departments yearly expenses.

Education & Certifications

University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Management Information Systems) Cum Laude

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