Douglas Deckard
MCP +I, MCSE
***********@*******.***
Columbus, IN. 47201
Cell, 812-***-****
OBJECTIVE: Seeking a challenging position utilizing my diverse skills sets as a Toolmaker, LAN Administrator, Shop Floor Analyst/Project Coordinator, and Regional IT Manager. I want to play an active role in achieving company goals while enhancing my professional and personal growth within an organization.
Relevant Skills:
● Strong project management skills.
● Demonstrated ability to quickly respond to problem with correct action.
● Experienced with the root Philosophy of ITIL and the key Fundamentals.
● Ability to maintain confidential information
● Exceptional communication skills across divers audience
● Excellent organizational and time management skills
● Ability to manage complex spreadsheets
● Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Faurecia: Regional IT Manager: November 2014 – Present:
● Managed 7 different location across North America- supporting but not limited to Budgeting, Business Project, New Deployments, Infrastructure and staffing.
● Abilities to listen and translate complex IT speak to general audience to reduce confusion and speed up progress.
● Training - as new staff is on-boarded, I took the liberty of making sure that the individual is brought up to speed and is diverse to the culture they are brought into. Faurecia: Shop Floor Analyst/Project Coordinator: April 2012 – 2014:
● Work in coordination with the Program Team and Business leaders to complete the given projects – Serve as the main point of contact from project initiation to completion.
● Work with project sponsors, clients, and vendors to coordinate activities, provisioning, environment setup, installation, and integration testing.
● Work on a team to standardize procedural documents for our department Faurecia: LAN Administrator: April 2001 – 2012:
● Installed and configured servers, as well as performed maintenance and troubleshooting of servers.
● Performed routine system administration tasks including backups and file restores, account installation and deletion, and operating system upgrades.
● Proactively administered and maintained a highly available server farm used in a production environment for multiple businesses.
● Applied all security patches as needed to maintain a secure environment.
● Performed, daily, monthly, and quarterly audit on servers and security accounts.
● Managed and monitored storage array, volumes, and direct-attached storage.
● Managed tape libraries, backup agents and associated software
● Managed the installation of Cisco voice-over IP phone system, that increased user mobility within the facility. This implementation also allows us to control the HR automated attendant and the call routing.
● Managed, designed, and installed of Cisco Network, moving from a flat network to Level 3.
● Managed and migrated the data room within a facility that only required a 4-hour outage.
● Managed the implementation of a traceability system that collected critical data for multiple customers.
● Managed the industrialization, and setup of a new facility for offsite warehousing.
● Managed and migrated a facility through three ERP, and domain changes.
● Managed the Local IT budget, ranging from $250,000 to $500,000 dollars depending on project expectation for the year.
• Key responsibilities for supporting and maintaining all site related IT documents.
• Developed training and support plans for end users. Faurecia: SR. Corporate eSupport Specialist: April 2001 – 2004
● First point of contact for thirty thousand end-users and support staff.
● Responsibilities included, but not limited to troubleshooting of software/hardware related issues with 90% resolution for all desktop support related issues.
● Other responsibilities include monitoring WAN for outages, problem reporting and process improvement.
Doug Deckard: Consulting: 1996 - 2004
● Consulted with several small offices to provide network, hardware, and software support. EDUCATION:
● Indiana Business College, Columbus, IN
Completed courses for MNA (Microsoft Network Administrator). SUMMARY OF OTHER EMPLOYMENT:
B. B. & H. Tool, Columbus, IN: Toolmaker, CNC programmer: 1984 - 2001
● Main responsibility was building and repairing tooling and train apprentices. Technical Proficiencies:
Operating Systems
● Windows Server
2000-2008
● Windows
XP-8.1
● VM Ware
4.1 – 5.1
Networking
● LAN ● WAN ● DHCP ● DNS
● WINS ● TCP/IP ● SMTP ● NTP
● Voice Over
IP(Voip)
● FTP ● Telnet ● SSH
● Cisco Switches ● Fiber Opt 62.5/125 & 50/125 ● Access Points Software
● Word ● Excel ● Power Point ● Outlook
● Front Page ● OneNote ● Snagit ● Freedom
● Project ● Visio ● Putty ● Snagit
● VisionApp ● vSphere ● SQL Management Studio 2000-2008 Hardware
● Dell ● HP ● Compaq ● IBM
● Overland ● Linksys ● Cisco ● Xerox
● Sharp
● Cognex
● Zebra
● Intermec
● Toshiba
● Cannon
CERTIFICATIONS EARNED:
● Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer + Internet – Windows NT 4.0
● Microsoft Certified Professional – Windows 2000 Professional and Server.