Franz Garcia
**W*** Burlington Avenue ? Naperville, IL 60563 ? 630-***-**** ?
**********@*****.***
PROFILE
Technology professional with 12 years experience in administering,
maintaining and migrating messaging and collaboration software. Able to
work in fast paced environment from medium to large user community
providing exceptional support in systems network, email/applications
administration and end-user service.
FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE
SENIOR SYSTEMS/LOTUS NOTES/DOMINO ADMINISTRATOR
. Planned and performed migration of various legacy systems using
Groupwise, Exchange/Outlook and Lotus Notes for both server and client
environment.
. Collaborated with the user community, networking, programming and service
support implementation of software upgrades and major patch installations
for servers, desktops and laptops users.
. Improved system stability by providing a scheduled server maintenance and
patch program.
. Provided tier1 to tier3 level support as needed to ensure smooth
operation of collaboration system.
. Provided hardware technical support for the Blackberry Groupwise and
Lotus Notes environment.
. Maintained and supported Postini and Common Store for Domino archiving
solution and Lotus Sametime application and other collaboration software.
. Assisted in improving Tier1 Client Service Support by creating reference
documentation on technical request and issue resolution approach.
. Implements best practice solutions for the messaging and collaboration
environment, and migration of new or existing application updates.
LAN/DESKTOP SUPPORT (LEVEL II)
. Administered and maintained Local Area Network, Windows NT environment.
. Resolved and maintained network issues in an Ethernet TCP/IP environment,
hardware printer issues, and client workstation support.
. Scheduled and maintained backup plans and patch application for Windows
NT Servers.
. Responsible for documentation of all helpdesk calls including resolutions
. Windows NT Administrator for the Human Resources department.
TECHNICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE
. Top performer for a film coating company consistently exceeding sales
target.
. Developed a strategy to identify and land new business from new and
existing customer base.
. Performed product and account management to existing customer base.
WORK HISTORY
OPEN SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY 08/2010-Present
Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL
. Technology consultant for a legal service company serving the US and
global market.
. SME for the service desk and also point of escalation for the desktop
technicians
. Support role for the migration effort from Lotus Notes to
Outlook/Exchange 2010
Modis, Inc.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK-MELLON 01/2009-08/2010
Senior Lotus Notes Administrator R8, Pittsburgh, PA
Team member of the Senior Migration team responsible for migrating legacy
systems.
. Support 45,000 users throughout the enterprise wide messaging and
collaboration platform.
. Responsible for migrating 25,000 Shared resources from
Exchange/Outlook 2003 and Legacy Lotus Notes 6.5 to Lotus/Domino 8.05.
. Contributed in improving SLA metrics for the 3rd level Lotus Notes
Administration group.
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THE COMPUTER MERCHANT LLC 09/2008-12/2008
Hyatt Corporation (CSC Corporation client site), Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Senior SME Messaging and Collaboration
. Support 15,000 users in an enterprise environment throughout North
America
. Provide technical support for the current migration effort from
Groupwise to Lotus Domino R.8.0
IBM GLOBAL SERVICES NORTH AMERICA 01/2000-09/2008
ABN AMRO Bank Client Site, Chicago, IL
Groupware and Messaging Administrator (Lotus/Domino)
. Support 25,000 users in an enterprise environment throughout North
America
. Support Lotus Quickplace, Blackberry, Domino.doc and Sametime Connect
TDK CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Mount Prospect, IL 01/99-01/2000
MIS Helpdesk/ NT Administrator
. Administration and resolution of Lotus Notes and Domino issues for 500
users.
. Windows NT Administrator for the Human Resources department.
EDP CONTRACT SERVICES (CONTRACT AGENCY) 05/98 - 01/99
FIRST CHICAGO BANK, Wheaton, IL
LAN/Desktop Support (Level II)
. Responsible for resolving Novell LAN/Desktop issues for 1500 users
within Chicago and Suburbs.
. Experience in NW ADMIN, Intel Landesk and SYSCON, PC Anywhere
KIMOTO TECH, INC, Wood Dale, IL 11/95 - 05/98
Technical Sales Representative
. Developed a strategy to actively pursue potential clients, which led
to new accounts.
. Enhanced relationships with existing accounts resulting in an even
higher sales volume.
EDUCATION
Devry Keller Graduate School, Chicago, IL - currently pursuing Masters in
Information Systems Management with Information Systems Security
specialization
Graduate Certificate Program Local Area Network, November 2000
De Paul University, Chicago IL
Unix Certificate Network Systems
Illinois Institute of Technology, IL
Bachelor Science in Graphic Communication, June 1995
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
TECHNICAL CERTIFICATIONS
. MCITP Messaging Administrator Exchange 2007 (In progress)
. Certified Systems Administration Associate Lotus Notes and Domino Release
8.0
. Certified Lotus Notes Specialist 4.6, Certified Lotus Professional R5 &
R6 Systems Administrator
. ITIL( IT Infrastructure Library) Certified
. Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer NT 4.0
TECHNICAL SKILLS SET
Local Area Network
Microsoft Windows XP Windows NT
Peregrine Problem/Change Management Software IronMail email concepts
Remedy Problem Management Software ArcServe Data
Backup
Groupware concepts Citrix Desktop concepts
Blackberry TCP/IP
Documentation and Best Practice Implementation SMTP
QA Process Windows server 2003
IT Infrastructure Library MS Exchange 2007
concepts
MS Powershell concepts Active Directory
concepts
Lotus Notes and Domino R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 AS400
Lotus Sametime Basic Java Programming
Lotus Quickplace Sharepoint concepts