M. Peter Paitz

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Escondido, Ca **029

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

** ***** ** ******ation Technology and Technology Management in both DoD and commercial environments.

Active SECRET clearance with current background investigation

Eldorado College with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

A+, N+, MCP, and MCSE

Project Management Training

OBJECTIVE

●Work for a growing company in a challenging position utilizing my technical experience, communication and leadership skills.

●Further my education and professional growth to become a more versatile IT professional and a valuable asset to the team.

EXPERIENCE

7/2016 – Present Peter Paitz IT Consulting (IT Consultant)

Meet with clients to determine requirements, define the scope of the project, and plan timescales and the resources needed.

Clarify a client's system specifications, understand their work practices and the nature of their business

Analyze IT requirements to define software, hardware and network requirements within the company and give independent and objective advice on the use of IT.

Develop agreed solutions, present solutions in written or oral reports, implement new systems, and purchase systems where appropriate.

Help clients with change-management activities and act as liaison with staff at all levels of a client organization.

Organize training for users and other consultants.

1/2015 – 7/2016 Intuit (IT Technical Project Manager)

●Manage and coordinate multi-site connection projects from state to state and country to country such as MPLS and VPN connection designs.

●Working with the PMO to simultaneously manage multiple projects such as application migration to infrastructure upgrade and 3 party vender connections

●Manage the build and implementation of multiple BM and VM servers for the upgrade and migration of application into new “Mesh Topology” / spine leaf network architecture or to AWS. Using ServiceNow tool to track project requests, status, and assigned resources.

●Manage the upgrade, expansion of data centers by ensuring the correct hardware such as switches, routers, rack space, and UPS have been acquired and assigning the correct resource to complete the installation of hardware

●Build business relationships while being the liaison between the business, customer, and third party vendors to insure projects are successfully completed on time and within budget.

●Manage resources with overseeing the process of planning, executing and delegating responsibilities within the Platform Infrastructure organization

2/2013 – 1/2015 Goal Structured Solutions (IT Project/Operations Manager)

●Working for a financial company using MS Project to create and implements project definitions, schedules, budgets, and objectives for medium to large sized projects of moderate complexity.

●Manages projects such as Data Center migration, MPLS and VPN connection, complete company organizational moves, HR software implementation, Data warehouse build,

CRM in place upgrade from 2011 to 2013.

●Reviews statement of work, contracts, and billing time to insure accuracy and accountability.

●Manage cost, schedules and quality by overseeing project deliverables. Ensure schedule and budget are met. Identify needs for changes and revises within established guidelines and policies.

●Perform ongoing review of project status, identifies project risks develop, recommend and implements risk and mitigation solutions as approved

●Interfaces with team members and stakeholders to anticipate and manage changes to projects such as technical requirements, business requirements and schedule. Determine when additional resources are needed.

●Insure the IT department is SOC 16 complaint to conform to annual audits

2/2011 – 2/2013 DOMA Technology (Government IT Contractor)

●Lead and participate in highly complex system integration projects.

●Conducted meetings with upper management to plan and manage project to minimize down time to complete. Examples such as, complete system upgrades for technical classroom training, and software upgrades, for North Island, Miramar, and 32nd St Military Bases.

●Evaluates existing operating systems/ software and recommends changes and also conducted training to employees and customers.

12/2009 - 2/2011 Peter Paitz IT Consulting (IT Consultant)

●Assess companies IT infrastructure and growth necessities to establish and design an infrastructure that will accommodate company’s expanding needs.

●Advise and train companies and small business of better IT practice and cost effectiveness in order to provide efficient long-term solutions.

●Maintain and/ or upgrade current infrastructure peripherals.

●Provided technical IT support and training as needed to insure a stable well-functioning infrastructure.

3/2008 -12/2009 IT Mentor Group (Network Engineer Manager /Government IT Contractor)

●Working as a Network Engineer Manager at SPAWAR on the NED-N T&E (Network Enterprise Domain-Networking Test and Evaluation) conducting various trade study analysis of networking equipment for the JTRS (Joint Tactical Radio System) program.

●Manage, Design, draft, and implement NED-N T&E Lab infrastructure and test environment including servers, switches, and Avocent KVM switching

●Conduct formal evaluation of test procedures and documentation for the JTRS program.

●Perform various network thru-put testing using Ixia test tools IxAutmate, IxNetwork.

1/2007 - 3/2008 TEA (BMD, BTS Lab Technician / Government IT Contractor)

●Work in the BMD (Ballistic Missile Defense) / BMD Test Site (BTS) Lab supporting Unclassified and Classified desktops and servers.

●Design, plan, and implement datacenter rack builds, upgrades and installations for the growing needs of the BTS lab.

●Install and configure IP Video Systems for recording and playback of BMD test missions to review and make available for presentations.

●Ensure that the BTS lab is operational and fully functional at all times.

●Install multiple video switchers such as Extron’s and KVM’s to accommodate multiple plasma TV and projectors.

● Put together a monthly report on tasks and configuration changes that were performed throughout the month to the BTS lab for a consolidated report to present to SPAWAR.

8/2005-1/2007 Goal Financial (IT Project Manager)

●Work with 3 senior managers to draft and implement technical strategy including collocation, helpdesk, service level agreements, and information security to refine IT Operation expenditures affecting 300 customers.

●Manage multiple internal projects by creating a custom management tool to track IT Operations, Application Development, and QA saving time and money.

●Coordinate between 6 outside vendors using internal resources, moved the company’s IT infrastructure to a collocation facility to insure a 3 9s environment, and managed MPLS and VPN connections.

●Develop project plans, resource plans, and project estimates in collaboration with multiple departments and teams for acquisition and merger straregies.

●Create a customized project plan for the development and connectivity of 3 branch offices.

●Ensure that milestones are achieved on-time, on-budget and in scope by dealing with or escalating issues with sufficient time for course correction.

●Lead weekly team meetings with Applications Development, QA, and IT Operations and participate in project review meetings.

10/2004-8/2005 SAIC (Network Support Analyst / Government IT Contractor)

●Support engineering activities and transform concepts to develop detailed network diagrams designed to meet system specifications for proposals on government contracts.

●Conduct research,analysis and design reviews to guide the development, integration, and implementation of network design. Duties include systems engineering planning (SEP) review and technical writing, performance management, capacity planning, testing/validation and operations oversight. Conduct periodic meetings with the client to communicate/implement these changes.

●Collaborate with other mission partners on network connectivity information technology issues to insure a productive development.

●Involved in designing, developing, and integrating sophisticated, mission-critical J Message based communication between FA 22 fighter and C2P, thereby enabling ground based and ship based command and control communications.

3/2003-10/2004 BAE Systems (Tech II Security & Systems Administrator / Government IT Contractor )

●Perform Testing, Configuration, Upgrading, Installation, and Management of WAN based AIS equipment in remote Coast Guard sites such as Pendleton, Point Loma, and San Clemente Island to support and deliver feedback in the development of the AIS system.

●Perform CDLMS Install, and shipboard operational verification. Also conducted “POFA” testing to insure communicational connectivity between CDLMS and LINK system.

●Manage local IP addresses, network shares, and computers using “LAN Guard Network Scanner”.

●In charge of network security and backups also securing software licenses, and infrastructure peripherals.

LEADERSHIP AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS

●Implement formal policies and procedures to enhance operational efficiency within IT departments.

●Able to quickly identify and analyze problems to achieve successful solutions.

●Excellent management, verbal, communication and written skills.

●Adept in handling many tasks simultaneously to their successful conclusion.

●Outgoing, goal oriented, and enthusiastic team player.

KNOWLEDGE AND STRENGTHS

●Microsoft project - Engineer, Design, Trouble shoot and maintain infrastructure / networks

●Microsoft Share Point - Server and PC Hardware/Software installations

●Microsoft Office 2010, 2007 - Network, Server, and PC Trouble shooting and debugging

●Microsoft Server 2000 - RAID Mass Data storage Systems

●Microsoft OS XP, 2000, 2007, 2010

EDUCATION

2006 – Completed Project Management training

2005 – Completed DOD PII, and classified information training

2002 – Completed technical training and received A+, N+, MCP and MCSE

1997- Eldorado College with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

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