Project Active Directory

SUMMARY

Goal-oriented, IT professional focused on results and customer

satisfaction. Extensive knowledge in planning, maintaining and building

data centers which scale as business grows. Result driven leader with

expertise in leading cross-functional teams in business or technical

projects. Renowned as a hands-on leader who collaborates, pays attention

to details, embraces change, coaches or mentors members and facilitates

the use of new technology.

Experience:

Glory USA Inc., West Caldwell, New Jersey

Lead Infrastructure Architect / Project Leader

09/2006-Present

Extensive knowledge in planning strategically aligned data centers which

scale as business grows. Develop, document, implemented, and maintain

policies, procedures and associated training plans adhering to ITIL

standards, SOXand JSOX. Proactively monitor data center performance and

develop trends reports that confirm decisions to add or reduce capacity.

Implemented automation of system deployment/provisioning of new servers and

desktops. Oversee Tier 1 - 4 (NT, 2000, and 2003) servers,

Cisco/Juniper/SonicWall infrastructure (LAN/WAN), Enterprise security

platform (Trend advance Neat suite), Ms Hyper-V, Email (Lotus Notes 3.X-6.X

/Exchange5.X-2007), Legacy Citrix MetaFrame environment, Storage works, MS-

WSS 2-3X, MS-MOSS 2003-2007, StarWinds iSCSI Storage SAN, Blackberry

Enterprise Severs 2.X-4.5 (BES), desktop support and deliver technology

projects.

Achievements

. Responsible for designing, implementing, monitoring and managing the

companies Active Directory, Email, SharePoint, SharePoint Service 2.X-

3.X, ISS, Apache, Ajax, MS-SRS, OpManager, HelpDesk Plus, ADManager,

WSUS, and Etc.

. Identified all infrastructure costs for the development of a 500

Thousand dollar Budget.

. Overlooked infrastructure budget and managed costs as needed.

. Designed and implemented successful Windows NT to 2000 and then 2003

migration with no unscheduled downtime and no IT overtime (impacting

300 PC and 39 servers nationwide.

. Redesigned Legacy logon scripts into one single multi use VB-Scripts

for the automation of application installation, network logon scripts,

notification of password expiring, and PC inventories.

. Designed, tested, implemented and migrated 230 Gigabytes of Email for

Lotus Notes to Exchange over a 2 day weekend with no downtime.

. Design with vendors and implemented nationwide MPLS network with a

remote client VPN System increasing remote works efficiency by 35%.

. Implemented a collaborative system with WSS and MOSS which provide

increased project completion by 25%.

. Employed an issues ticketing system that provided issue tracking,

system inventories, part purchasing approval process, inventory life

cycle, contract management, and knowledge base.

. Orchestrate a device management system that proactively monitored

system, services, and process flows for their health, reducing

downtime by 30% (we ID issues before they happened).

. Design, tested, implemented a trend analysis reports that assisted in

justifying upgrades for 20 servers and bandwidth for 3 sites.

. Sourced and implemented 4 DNS, 3 DHCP, 1 MOSS, 1 WSUS, 2 WSS, 4 SQL

2000-2005, 8 ISS, 2 FTP, 2 NAS, 1 SAN, and 7 AD servers.

. Manage and maintained 4 SQL servers (SQL 2000, 2005, 2008 Std-Ent.)

. Manage and maintain 4 Terminal server 3 legacy Citrix MetaFrame

servers.

. Developed power scripts for simple server/workstation security

automation.

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (L.A. Dreyfus Company), Edison, New Jersey

Lead Infrastructure Engineer / Project Leader

09/1996-9/2006 Superior knowledge of IT operation, strategic

alignment, project plans (scopes, timelines, project budgets, resource

allocation and deliverables), risk management, goal development,

procedures, adhering to industry best practices, presentations, statements

of work, budgets, and proposals. Broad computer/network operations

experience in data centers with mixed computing systems consisting of

Windows Active Directory, UNIX, and Novell. Developed and implemented

various automated business improvements. Oversee IT operational

infrastructure, desktop support and delivery of technology projects while

adhering to SOX rules. Created and presented presentations to Board of

Directors, Wrigley executives, and Dreyfus Strategic Planning Team.

Achievements

o Answerable for NJ and IL "IT Operational Costs" of a 1.6 million

dollar North Eastern Regional IT budget.

o Overlooked infrastructure budget and managed costs as needed.

o Responsible for extending the Active Directory Schema for the

implementation of MS Exchange 2003, HP Light-Out Processor, MOM, and

SMS.

o Devise a trend analysis reports using MS- MOM that justified

implementing a Lights-Out Datacenter for Wrigley's North Eastern

Regional IT department.

o Use ADSI Edit to modify the size of Exchange store sizes.

o Implemented a fully functional test domain for testing modification

before moving to production.

o Assisted in the implementation of Iplanet for 3 New Jersey Locations

that hosted 400 employees.

o Designed a successful Windows 2003 migration with no unscheduled

downtime and no IT overtime (impacting 5,000.00 PC and 200 server

world wide)

o Implemented lights-out and secured data center under budget by using

employees instead of outside contractors

o Designed, budgeted, and successfully implemented a 100 base LAN for a

42 acre manufacturing campus

o Developed a repository for IT procedure which encouraged knowledge

transfer and fostered skills development for peers and personnel

o Analyzed help desk database for common issues and developed solutions

that reduced service requests by 50%

o Developed ad-hoc VB-Scripts for the automation of application

installation, network logon scripts, remote logon scripts,

notification of password expiring, and WMI PC inventories.

Systems Administrator, (09/1996-05/1999)

Responsible for rolling out a regional Active Directory pilot for the

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. Hands-on Administrator that optimized,

secured, and supported internal Windows Active Directory, UNIX, and

Novell, and LAN/WAN infrastructure. Maintained single-sign with out of

the box service provided by Lotus Notes and QAD. Maintained data files

and monitored system configuration to ensure data integrity and

security. Designed, updated, documented, and maintained daily backup

system for disaster recovery.

Achievements

o Designed an AD Platform used as the template for the Global rollout of

AD for the WM. Wrigley Jr. Company.

o Responsible for managing legacy NOS's and intergrading them with

Active Directory.

o Implemented a mobile DR Data Center for all critical system.

o Modeled Wm. Wrigley Jr. AD with Ms-Adam before getting company buy-in

to this project.

Additional Experience:

Field Engineer, Vitronics Incorporated, Eatontown, New Jersey,

09/1994-09/1996

Responsible for the ongoing maintenance and repair of the PCs on 350+-

node Novell LAN, Unix, Macintosh environment and set-up and

configuration of newly acquired PCs. Worked closely with the site LAN

manager in the support of all network integration. Designed and

configured twelve departmental Novell servers.

Electronic Electrician, Southern Container Corporation, Dayton, New

Jersey, 02/1994 - 09/1994

Coordinated automated equipment installation with vendor and designed

preventive maintenance procedures. Programmed ladder logic code for PLC

across three shifts on-site and remotely.

Computer Bench Technician, Cenfonix Tech. (USA Inc.), Edison, New

Jersey, 03/1993 - 02/1994

Coordinated help desk and manufacturing activities.

R&D Technician, Megamation, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey,

02/1991- 03/1993

Provided PC, LAN, and component level support for the R&D engineering

staff of a robotics manufacturing company.

Education:

Thomas Edison State College, Trenton, New Jersey,

09/2002 - 05/2008

Currently pursuing Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, GPA

3.0

Brick Computer Science Institute, Brick, New Jersey,

09/1989 - 01/1991

Certificate Program in Data Processing

Technical Skills:

Hardware

Work Stations All major IBM compatible brands

Servers HP, Dell, Compaq and all major IBM compatible brands

NAS HP, Compaq, Dell, Iomega and NetApp

SAN HP, StarWind, EqualLogic (PS4000)

PDA (H.H.T.) Intermec, HandSpring, Palm, Sony, Symbol, Blackberry

and IPAQ

Network Hardware Cisco, HP, 3Com, Sonicwall, Adventail, Allied Telesyn.

Netgear and WellFleet

Wireless Access Intermec, Cisco, Linksys, Dlink, and many other 802.X

Points and Open Air Models

Telecom Systems Lucent, Avaya, Mytel, Coretel, Walker and Cisco

Convergence Cisco VOIP AltiGen, Linksys VOIP, Asterisk and Avaya

Equipment VOIP

Software

Project-Management Ms-Project, Six Sigma, MiniTab 14, KT (Kepner Tregoe),

Tools Ms Share Point, PMPoint, SharePoint teams, and Lotus

QuickPlace

Productivity Tools Ms-Access, Ms Office, Ms Outlook, Visio, and Lotus

Notes

Design Tools AutoCAD, Visio, Party CAD and Auto Sketch

Business Software Dynamics Great Plains (6.5 -9.X), QAD, SAP, PeopleSoft,

ERPStats, Open4, Pilgrim, PowerWay, FBO's MLS,

Doc-e-Serve, TimeTrak, StarLIMS, MicroMan, QTS (QMS)

and Crystal Reports

Programming Progress, C++, ASP, JavaScript, Intellisync MobileApp

Designer and Ms-SQL Query

Web Design Tools Dream Weaver, Ms-FrontPage, Adobe Premier, Adobe

PhotoShop, Adobe After Effects and Fireworks

Servers OS Ms-Windows NT-2003, VMware, Citrix, Unix, Novell,

Progress, Exec, -MOM, Ms-SUS, Ms-SMS, Ms-SQL, MOSS,

WSS, OpManager, Solar Winds, Service desk Plus, HP Open

View, IIS, FTP, DHCP,WINS, DNS, Notes, SMTP, AIX,

Solaris and Linux

Email Severs Lotus Domino 4X-6X and Ms Exchange 5.X - 2007

PDA Software Eagle Technology RF, Intellisync Mobile Suite,

Satellite Forms v.5.2 and Intellisync Handheld

Enterprise, Enterprise Severs 2.X-4.5 (BES)

Other Languages:

Fluent in Portuguese, conversational in Spanish, and some knowledge of

French

Memberships:

Current Member of the IEEE and IEEE Computer Society

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