Sedric D. Rodgers
** * ****** ** *******, Arizona 85233 Phone: 480-***-**** ac4hie@r.postjobfree.com
Certifications
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator Server 2012
Microsoft Certified Professional
A+ Technician
CCSP – Currently Studying
Six Sigma Black Belt – Currently Studying
Education
Masters in Business Administration/ Global Management, 2011
Bachelors of Science/ Information Technology, 2008
Associates of Science/Computer Networking, 2000
Key Skills
Network & System Security
AirWatch MDM
Risk Management
Authentication & Access Control
InfoBlox
Cisco Ironport Appliances
VMware ESX
SharePoint 2010
System Monitoring
Regulatory Compliance
System Integration Planning
DNS
DHCP
Multi-tier Network
Architectures
SDLC
PLC
SQL Server
Oracle 10g, 11g
VB & Powershell Scripting
Unix-Based Systems (Linux)
Windows Server 2000 – 2012
LANs, SANs, WANs, VPNs, Routers, Firewalls, TCP/IP
CA Dataminder
Legal Files
Agile Project Managment
IIS
Clarity
Active Directory
MS Exchange 2003 – 2010
MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint)
Seasoned, results-oriented professional equipped with 18 years of extensive experience in successful technical leader roles. Effective manager skilled in developing and mentoring cross-functional teams that drive customer-focused results. Exceptional ability to build rapport with customers and direct reports to exceed organizational goals.
IT Experience
APS/World Wide Technology/Zero-Day Senior Principal Advisor/IT Manager,
Phoenix, AZ 12/2014-Present
Assist with content migration and server overlays to prepare for final server cutovers from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 r2 supports multiple active deployments spanning a wide variety of industries. Coordinates the decommission process of Windows 2003 & 2008 SQL database, application, and file servers
Responsible for compiling and presenting the daily deliverable task report to the executive committee.
Compile and facilitate the builds of 600 Windows 2003, 2008, 2012 the virtual and physical servers
Provides visionary strategies for the organizational technology platform to ensure the business model continues to flourish and sustain a competitive advantage in its respective sector.
Works directly with the Engineering teams to assemble VM templates in the Development, QA, and Production environments to improve implementation efficiencies and reduce stand up times for provisioning servers.
Collaborates with DBAs, business areas, networking, and management staff to ensure quality assurance practices, server blueprints, policies are aligned with the organizational standards
Directs multiple technical and business teams weekly to align organizational requirements with agile project tools
Facilitates weekly meetings with regional management staff to ensure server infrastructure project tasks reflecting value and stakeholders are satisfied with deliverables.
Reviewed server hardware inventory quarterly with Engineering Staff to eliminate waste and replenish infrastructure demands
Compile presentations for technical and business departments and managed the master SharePoint site
Established server automation and provision work-flows to eliminate wasted man hours and optimized the server build response times.
Maricopa County Office of Enterprise Technology, IT Manager/Exchange Architect
Phoenix, AZ 6/2014 - 12/2014
Works with customers to architect and implement new technology projects; which include working with vendors, performing project management, communicating with customers, directing subordinates, and coordinating with vendors.
Troubleshoots and resolves technical issues with team members while providing guidance and training on complex techniques.
Compiles and presents monthly financial and directive reports to Deputy CIO hosted on the SharePoint
Works with customers to ensure and understand their business needs and how departmental provided services can be best delivered to meet their needs.
Provides ongoing monitoring and proactive administration to ensure SLAs are met.
Responsible for developing, configuring, and implementation of enterprise Exchange and SharePoint.
Manages a team of 3 Senior Groupware Administrators that support Microsoft Active Directory, DNS, and WINS, DHCP in a multi-forest and multi-domain model in Windows 2010 and 2012 Windows environment.
Support and management enrollment, enterprise security across 1600+ mobile devices in AirWatch platform
Responsible for monitoring, reviewing, declining, and approving Exchange Team time submittals
Accountable for configuration assignments, operating system upgrades, patch fixes, and administration of Cisco Ironport 350, 360, and 370 Appliances
Manages internal and external InfoBlox DNS configurations for all Maricopa County supported agencies
Oversees the Active Directory Coalescence effort for migrating 26 domains that involves removal of roaming profiles and implementation of folder redirection
Supports County’s Faxination that integrates electronic fax transmission
Liable for the success and compilation of the short-term and long-term vision for the Maricopa County Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory and DNS environment
Responsible for developing, configuring, and implementing enterprise Exchange 2010 and SharePoint sites for 15,000 users
Edward Jones,
Tempe, AZ
Contractor Leader / Senior Windows Administrator 10/2007- 06/2014
Privacy management – Responsible for ensuring organizational litigation content is secure and accessible to the appropriate associates on NAS and SAN volumes for the ZL Platform
Responsible for directing, leading, hiring, and coaching all contractors on IS Reg-leg
Developed a startup VBS script that populates the business users’ desktop experience with the necessary icons for easily accessing the litigation web client environments
Worked directly with Storage Team to identify Performance and Capacity thresholds on the Celerra to allow NAS automation processes to occur on its nightly scheduled task jobs
Collaborated with the Legal, Compliance, and Regulatory Executive Team to bridge the gap between the current Business Process Workflows and retention strategies to enhance communication channels throughout the firm
Configured ZL clustering on 150 Windows 2010 Servers to improve optimization, up-time, data integration, and search ability across document, forms, and content knowledge management systems
Responsible for multi-million dollar currency projects for the Business Solutions Development Department that cater to the legal responsibilities of the organization
Accountable for direct reports including interviewing, training, planning, rewarding, assigning, directing work, approving hours, appraising performance, measuring, and disciplining
Member of the Interviewing Panel for candidate selection and competency training session
Guided cross-functional teams in the agile design, validation, acceptance testing, and implementation of secure, networked communications across global remote sites for several key clients
Served as the Disaster Recovery Coordinator for the Business Solutions Development Department
Single-Sign On solution was integrated with internal Active Directory to ensure password hierarchy security model remains compliant with firm’s standards
Worked directly with IBM and EMC vendor to validate all the content and meta-data was migrated over to the file archival solution
Worked directly with the with the vendor and Jones internal business areas gathering requirements for the proprietary Legal Files Solution
Supported E-Discovery, E-mail, messaging, and archiving solution that ran on UNIX backbone
Created Service Object Oriented and Business Process Modeling for training and data-flow illustrations
Implemented a File Storage and Retrieval solution that runs Java and J2EE standards that connects to SAN storage architecture
Migrated 5 TB of data from a previous solution to allow improved data mining and storage capabilities across the organization
Installed and supported Windows 2008 R2 servers throughout the environment
Served as a Guest Internal Auditor on Tempe, AZ Disaster Recovery Site Audit
Elliott Data Systems,
Chesterfield, MO
Lead Customer Engineer/Project Manager
2001-2007
Documented interface functionality, working with HL7 vendor and HIPAA specifications, performing secure interface installation and troubleshooting
Instituted proprietary E-Forms, E-Sign, and E-Fax solutions across the Missouri Baptist Healthcare division that included all satellite locations and neighboring hospitals
Assisted the Internal Healthcare Team on developing new procedures surrounding the new E-Function technology
Responsible for monitoring and capturing client medical data to interface with vendors’ Healthcare Point-of-Care proprietary software products
Supported Pre-Sales and Post-Sales support for portable medication and documentation wireless bedside registration computer carts and medical accessory equipment that contained HIPAA content and electronics forms
Worked directly with IT, Finance, and Human Resources to better understand the necessities of the Healthcare facility and the Patient Care satellite locations
Provide input during the development of systems, methods, and procedures to facilitate efficient and effective Technical Support/RMA department operations
Assist in ensuring all methods and procedures are properly documented according to the agreed upon SLA
Directed disaster recovery portion of system implementations linking schools, universities, libraries, and hospitals nationwide into shared networks
Implemented enterprise security strategies safeguarding information electronic assets and ensuring compliance with regulatory industry mandates
Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO
Information Technology Manager
1999-2001
Introduced Clustering Architecture into the storage retrieval environment to ensure scalability, high-availability, failover, and the ability to load-balance the technology effectively
Trained internal support team on the product to knowledge-share for transitioning of support responsibilities
Develop strong working relationships with stakeholder groups within Global IT
Mentoring, coaching, and directing professional technical associates in accomplishing client objectives
Coordinating the completion of multiple projects and service deliverables, ensuring that customer project and services objectives are balanced against available resources
Assisted in the migration of 100 – Exchange Servers that span across three environments (Development, Clone, and Production) and included 85,000+ user mailboxes
Ensured all Active Directory Attributes were validated and updated appropriately via powershell and vbs scripts
Led comprehensive security infrastructure upgrades in cross-functional ad hoc environment, intrusion detection, token-based authentication and remote management for various midsize and large companies
Able to Travel * Available for Full-Time Assignments