Active Directory Software

Jay Goodwin BSc

JayG@Goodwin-House.

com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I not only bring extensive experience and troubleshooting skills, but also

people skills and common sense. I started my career in 1996, and completed

a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Management in 1998. My career

has covered a broad range of technologies. This makes designing,

installing, managing and troubleshooting enterprise systems second nature.

So even though I have spent the last few years specializing in Exchange, I

have strong skills in many other technologies. I am considered very hands-

on and enjoy meeting and surpassing technical goals. I believe I would be

a strong addition to any team.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

MCSE 2000 core upgrade, MCSE NT4 Bachelor of Science

Telecommunications Management

DeVry Institute of Technology,

California

Graduation: October 1998

CCA - Citrix MetaFrame 1.8

SKILLS OVERVIEW

Enterprise Level Exchange Design Microsoft Exchange 5.5, 2000-2010

Windows and Exchange Clustering Power Shell / Power Shell

Disaster Recovery AD and Exchange Scripting

Backup and Restore Methods Active Sync / Mobile Messaging

ITIL and Prince2 Experience Clustering Technologies

Enterprise Active Directory Active Directory Design

Network Load Balancing Power Shell/VBS

Basic Linux ISA 2004 / 2006

VMware BlackBerry

Scripting

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

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Senior Consultant

Aug2008 -Present

Microsoft Exchange Senior Consultant role. Customer contact, detailed

knowledge of products, design documentation, and system build are key areas

in this role. Though Exchange is the dominant focus, a broad range of

knowledge in Microsoft technologies is necessary. Examples are AD and ISA

as primary supporting knowledge, and VMware and networking as secondary.

Creating high-level and detailed enterprise level Exchange design documents

for clients and implementing the designs and performing migrations for all

versions of including Exchange 5.5-2010.

Key Projects:

Grey Communications

Exchange 2007 Design, Installation, and Configuration

Exchange 2007 design and build for London office of a

multi-national multi-domain marketing company. Asia already on

Exchange 2007, USA still using Exchange 2003. Communications with

Asia were opened up to allow Exchange 2007 to perform internal

routing.

Trader Media (AutoTrader)

Exchange 2007, Installation, Configuration, and Migration

3500 users, Exchange 2003 to 2007 redesign and upgrade. Site

Spanned CCR Cluster. Load balanced Internet connections, HTS, and

CAS. ISA 2006 dual server array with stand-alone CSS. Active

Sync for iPhones and Windows mobile. Power Shell script written

for migration. As normal, decommission was performed following

Microsoft Best Practices.

Luton Airport

Exchange 2007 Design, Installation, and Configuration

Design, build and migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007.

Exchange 2007 was built in a VMware Virtualised environment.

Destination server needed to use original server name, staging

server was used and a two-hop migration was performed.

Decommission performed on legacy Exchange servers.

Syndicate Asset Management West Dunbartonshire County

Virtual Infrastructure and VDI Council, Scotland

VMware and VDI deployment. Exchange 2007 Design,

VMware ESX 3.5 cluster using IBM Installation, and Configuration

blades and shared SAN storage. Build and Migration to Exchange

VDIs managed with Quest 2007 across three sites from two

vWorkspace. Active Directory, domains in the same forest.

Exchange 2007 and SQL servers in Decommission performed on legacy

virtualized environment. Exchange servers.

Candor

Independent Consultant

Oct 2003 - Aug 2008

Ran my own IT Contracting and Consulting Company for 5 years. Company

focused on AD and Exchange support contracts, project work, and

contracting/consulting.

Consulting Projects:

NHS - Dudley PCT

Exchange Infrastructure Redesign and Clustering

Sept 2007 - Aug 2008

The Exchange infrastructure was not implemented with enough

forward planning and needed auditing and reconfiguration. Along

with configuration changes and complete rebuilds, the environment

was documented and consolidated. Other projects performed for the

client include off-site disaster recovery of both Active Directory

and Exchange data, Windows Mobile E-Mail Messaging, and Outlook

over Internet (RPC-over-HTTPS), and DoubleTake Replication

software.

Veolia Environmental UK

Exchange and AD Domain Migration/Merge

Apr 2007 - Sept 2007

Assisted planning and migrating of two domains into one parent

domain due to a company merger. This included the tasks of

migrating user accounts, mailboxes, computer accounts, and running

security translations on servers before migration. The actual

migration was done with a combination of VBS scripting, ADMT,

Exchange Move Mailbox Wizard, and manual intervention.

University of Warwick

Exchange Clustering, Installation and Configuration

Nov 2005 - Apr 2007

Built Secure Clustered Exchange infrastructure with capacity for

7000 users. SMTP, OWA, and POPS/IMAPS were all moved onto their

own load-balanced pairs. Front-End and Back-End servers were each

put in their own ISA secured networks. Interoperability with

other systems using the same MX records (domain name) was one of

many requirements.

Calderdale College South Holland District Council

Exchange 5.5 to 2003 Migration Exchange 2000-2003 Migration

Aug 2005 Jan 2005

Exchange migration, 700+ Assisted in preparation and

Mailboxes, 7 AD Domains migration. 200+ users

South Holland District Council Mortgage:Brain

Citrix Farm Office 2003 Roll-out New Branch Office AD + Exchange

install

Dec 2004 July 2004

Office 2003 Roll-out on 11 Installed Domain Controller in

server Citrix Farm. second site in Active Directory

Preparation, Documentation, domain. Installed Exchange

Roll-out, and Post-Roll-out server in second site and

Support. configured servers for

replication and mail through

head-office.

Mortgage:Brain

NT4 to Active Directory 2003,

and Exchange 5.5 to 2003

migration

May 2004

Migration to mixed mode AD 2003,

and Exchange 5.5 to 2003 in full

native mode for over 100 users

and 15 gigs worth of mail

(single mailboxes that were over

600mb in size).

Independent Specialist Technology (1st Software), Warwick

Network Manager

2000 - 2003

Interviewing and hiring the first my first team-member changed the job

dramatically. Started focusing more on services and proactive solutions

and less on fire-fighting. One of the first projects was to implemented MS

Exchange server. Another major project during this time was to organise

the move of all of the network equipment from one building to another

during a complete office move. This move included; getting the

network/telecom structured cabling installed, Air-Conditioning for new

server room, updating DNS internally and for internet domain names, and

organising and configuring new phone system,

Independent Specialist Technology (1st Software), Warwick

Network Administrator / Senior Technical Consultant

1999 - 2000

Managed new NT Domain project and other system implementation projects

including Hardware and Software recommendation. Created a new domain and

migrated users and services. Install Terminal Server with Citrix MetaFrame,

SQL server, and 1st Software's software on client servers and support them.

Designed and Implemented a company Tape Backup System. Moved company

from public Internet IP addresses to a private range with an installation

of an Internet Proxy/Firewall and a new IP addressing scheme. Setup

services for e-mail, WWW, FTP, and News. Management of 2000, NT 4.0,

WINS, DNS, DHCP and Enterprise Administration. Supported company helpdesk

and 700+ client companies on various technical issues.

IndyMac Mortgage Holdings, Pasadena, California

Senior NT Technical Support

1996 - 1999

Worked for fast paced and quickly growing Mortgage Company. Polished an in-

depth knowledge of NT 4.0, Win95/98/2000, and MS Office products and a good

understanding of Ethernet standards, and TCP/IP and other protocols.

Configured and troubleshot front-end applications, network connectivity,

and backend servers. Installed SQL Servers and created database, other

system implementation projects included NetCensus, Citrix, Remedy, and

Standardized NT 4 Desktop. Installed and supported Financial reporting

systems including Bloomberg, and Bridge/Telerate. Interfaced Technical

Support Team with Network and Server Administration teams filtered problems

and provided guidance. Performed complex technical analysis of software,

hardware, and various systems and coordinated implementation of new

hardware and software components in the office as well as branch offices.

Trained new technicians as well as new users.

Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, California

Security-Hospitality

1995 - 1996

Responsible for greeting and directing members and visitors of the church.

Observed property and people for security and safety. Reported directly to

the police and the supervisor any important occurrence while keeping the

situation under control.

U.S. Army, Ft. Carson, Colorado

Heavy Equipment Operator

1992 - 1995

Leading and training of squad. Involved directly in supplying over 1,500

soldiers daily with food, water, fuel, and ammunition. Was assigned

US$200,000 worth of equipment and was responsible for updating computer

records of equipment usage.

Personal Interests

Computers have always been a hobby, from building PCs to playing games

since the 1980's on a Radio Shack TRS-80. I also enjoy music and play

guitar and write lyrics/music with my daughter. In any other spare time I

spend time with my family and fly RC model helicopters.

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