Engineer Manager

Thomas McGirr

Contact: *********@*******.***

Street: *** ** ***** **

City: Seattle

State: Washington

Country: United States

Zip: 98177

Homephone: 206-***-****

Mobilephone: 206-***-****

Workphone: 206-***-****

Years of Work Experience: 10 to 15

Current Employer: B-Line LLC

Current Title: Manager

Of Network Operations

Current Salary: 75K to 99K

Current Duties: I manage a tema of system engineers, Helpdesk, SQL DBA's and Telephony Engineers. I reporrt to the CIO my main duties are keep all systmes running, porject planning for increasing capcity, Esure the company is with all audit guilines PCI and SAS 70

Looking for: I am looking for a simlar job I have been in my current role for almost 7 years and I want a new challenge

Maximum Travel: 50

College Attended: UW

Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors

Available Start Date: 2008-11-31

Cover Letter

Talented, results-driven Network Operations Leader with extensive IT experience in start-ups and established companies in financial & Internet sectors as well as production environments.

Resume

TOM MCGIRR

109 NW 104th

ST Seattle WA 98177 206-***-**** *********@*******.***

PROFILE OF CAPABILITIES

Talented, results-driven Network Operations Leader with extensive IT experience in start-ups and established companies in financial & Internet sectors as well as production environments. Broad-based knowledge of Microsoft product portfolio & business process improvement methodologies. Go to person to creatively resolve challenging problems that result in increased organizational efficiencies, productivity & profitability. Respected leader & builder of high-performing, synergistic teams that are accountable for innovative, cost effective solutions. Recognized for integrity, commitment to quality & strong work ethic. Excellent analytical, communication & relationship-building skills supported by expertise in:

System Integration/Upgrades Data Center Construction

Disaster Recovery Strategies IT Security

Internal Controls/Audits Process Reengineering

EXPERIENCE

B-LINE, LLC, Seattle, WA 2001Present

(Leading purchaser & service provider of bankrupt debt for major banks in the US with 300 employees and $270M in revenues).

Manager of Network Operations

Recruited to recommend/design/build/install systems to transform company from manual to fully automated environment. Lead team of Senior and Junior Systems Engineers SQL DBAs & Help Desk Administrators responsible for supporting all computer & telecommunication systems, network servers, inter-office network communications, printers & copiers, connectivity, disaster recovery policies & testing. Manage facility relocations and design, including cooling & generator back-up systems, fire suppression & electrical power. Administer $20M budget. Write/implement policies & procedures on security & audits. Oversee computer operation scheduling, backup, storage & retrieval functions. Handle SQL administration, encryption, all hand-held devices & Windows-based phone systems. Have led 150+ large- & small-scale projects to successful completion.

1 Designed/built/installed Accounts Receivable checks processing system, increasing productivity by 5x [from $75K to $1.25K receivables/day] with 66% fewer people.

2 Oversaw migration of all security, data storage & email from Novell to Active Directory and GroupWise to Exchange server with 0 loss of data & downtime.

3 Consolidated 3 SQL servers to a clustered HP Itanium system with 3TB on EMC storage platform, resulting in no unplanned outages for 3 years.

4 Centralized >25M images from multiple servers to single server and linked intranet directory, enabling Customer Service Reps to have immediate, up-to-date access to clients accounts that accelerated problem resolution by 50+%.

5 Completed 30+ security audits in a 2-year period initiated by 10 of largest, key financial clients, passing 100% to ensure business continuity.

6 Project managed 2 teams, chartered to prepare for 2 major external audits with the following results:

7 Performed vulnerability testing to achieve PCI compliance in 2006;

8 Tested 50+ internal controls to achieve SAS 70 compliance in 2007.

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ONVIA.COM, Seattle, WA 19972001

(Formerly online computer seller of products to develop business models. Now business to governments sales data aggregator with 150 employees and $l25M in revenues).

Lead Systems Engineer

Led team 4 Systems Engineers responsible for building/maintaining all production systems in a start-up environment, including web servers, 2 Sun clusters running Oracle, EMC Symetrix storage systems, BIG-IP load balancers, Exchange 2000 servers & pix firewalls. Performed data center build outs & moves. Elected employee of the month 6X by company.

1 Configured 150 web servers using imaging software, completing build out in less than 30 days.

2 Designed in-house, previously nonexistent production data center, including cooling, security, battery & generator systems, enabling move of entire website in 3 Integrated production websites, Exchange servers, connectivity & security of 4 company acquisitions, consolidating all to one centralized data center and lowering costs by 3,000,000

4 Planned/executed systems installation to occur over a weekend for facility relocation of 900+ employees. All systems were go by 6:00am the following Monday with 0 interruption to business.

MEGADEPOT.COM, Seattle, WA 19951997

(Internet seller of computer components with 150 employees and revenues of $120M).

Senior Systems Engineer

Recruited to manage web and build SQL, 7.0, Exchange & 30 NT 4 web servers load balanced by BIG-IPs . Designed/installed/maintained domain servers. Managed company switches & firewalls

Managed all day to day operations for 50 production servers.

ELIPISE, Inc

., Seattle, WA 19931994

(Tattoo company with 6 locations in Seattle, Renton and Lynwood, WA).

Computer Manager

Hired to build desktop PCs and connect all 6 offices to a center email & money processing software package. Built 20 PCs running Windows NT 3.5. Set up domain controllers, files & print servers.

Established ISDN between offices for connectivity. Selected 3rd party vendor to provide email system.

EDUCATION

1984

BA

Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

CERTIFICATIONS

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer [MCSE]

WatchGuard / Checkpoint Firewalls / F5 BIG-IP

TECHNICAL TRAINING

Microsoft: SQL Server Database Administration / Windows 2000 & 2003 / IIS6

Exchange Server: 2000 / 2003 / 2007

Office SharePoint: 2003 /2007

SANS Institute: How to Stop Hackers / Security Leadership for Managers / Auditing Networks

Microsoft Office: MS Word / Excel / PowerPoint / Access / Project

Active Directory / GroupWise / HP Itanium / EMC Symetrix

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