Manager Active Directory

Bruce Herron

***** ********* ***** ****** ******, CA 92555

949-***-**** ac8o8p@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE:

Looking to join a team-oriented organization that will utilize my strengths and experience, and also challenge me to grow.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

March 2014-Present Linq3 Technologies, LLC Long Beach, CA Senior UNIX Administrator

• Part of a small team of UNIX admins that manage and deploy systems and environments related to various state lottery “Pay at the Pump” systems.

• Provide support for several environments for development, QA, UAT and Production.

• Provide development staff with diagnostic information from logs and database queries.

• Provide technical resolutions for trouble tickets from end-users. May. 2005-Present OC Network Support Foothill Ranch, CA Owner/Operator of OC Network Support

● Provide ongoing/onsite general computer and system administration for small and medium-sized businesses in Orange County

● Provide Managed Remote Monitoring Services to client Servers, Workstations and Networks

● Create, plan and design solutions tailored to specific needs

● Provide remote assistance when needed via phone and remote control services

● Create and maintain documentation of network and systems changes

● Manage domains, DNS, VPN, SSH access, Backup solutions and Remote Access

● Assist clients as needed for all Information Systems needs Mar. 1994-Mar . 2005 ICU Medical, Inc San Clemente, CA Network Manager

● Decision-maker and strategist for I.T. Department for multi-site international company of 500+ employees

● Responsible for management of all facets of the I.T. Department for all sites

● Department Head and Manager of I.T. staff and budget

● Key member of Transition Team designed to integrate acquired organizations into Company infrastructure and culture

● Designed and implemented new technology solutions to streamline operations and reduce operating costs

● Planned, upgraded, expanded and maintained all computer network systems

● Selected and implemented all disaster recovery and backup systems

● Responsible for all storage management – File Servers, Mail Servers, NAS

● Responsible for all electronic communication – Web, SMTP (email), DNS/Domain Management, FTP, SSH, SFTP, VPN, Site-to-Site WAN, Helpdesk system and financial systems

● Implemented Citrix server farm for secure application delivery to all remote sites and mobile users

● Selected and implemented effective anti-virus and anti-trojan strategies

● Responsible for all security approval and administration duties enterprise-wide

● Decision-maker for Information Security-related policies and changes

● Implemented monitoring systems to assure uptime of critical systems 24/7

● Implemented cost-controlling desktop automation for licensing compliance, PC deployment, imaging, configuration changes and PC inventory and standardization while maintaining minimal I.T. staff

● Implemented helpdesk system for responsive centralized trouble ticket creation, tracking and resolution

SKILLS:

● Environments: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/Server 2003-2012/XP/7/8/10, FreeBSD Unix, Linux, Novell Netware, VMWare, VirtualBox, Active Directory, NDS, LDAP, Citrix Metaframe/XP, Altiris and MS Exchange.

● Devices: Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, Wireless Access Points, and VPN Concentrators, Watchguard, Checkpoint, Ravlin, Vyatta, Wireless barcode readers, HP Jetdirect, Konica/Minolta Print Servers.

● Tools: Norton Ghost Enterprise, Altiris Deployment Manager, Fabric, Tripwire, Snort, Symantec EndPoint Protection, MS Office, Outlook, Bash, Ethereal, TCPDump, Kismet, Netstumbler, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora/Redhat, ddrescue, logwatch, Shell scripting and many other tools.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

● Provided Corporate I.T. Strategic direction aligned with Company-wide goals and initiatives.

● Rapidly provided strategies to accommodate new infrastructure requirements (i.e. New T1/T3/Frame Relay/Secure VPN tunnels/private WAN for new ERP and cell phone systems.) Migration from NDS to Active Directory. Migration from Novell Groupwise to Microsoft Exchange.

● Designed and implemented all Internet connectivity and security enterprise-wide. Consolidated disparate backup systems to enterprise-wide system, affording easier management and lower costs. Key member of Transition Team to Quickly evaluate and integrate all systems from newly-aquired sites into Corporate-adopted systems.

● Provided all firewall and network security to all sites. Constantly reviewed and upgraded storage systems to accommodate rapid growth and Corporate goals.

● Authored and maintained all Corporate-level I.T. policies and procedures for User Community and I.T. staff.

● Setup Helpdesk ticketing system to effectively track and complete help requests with and setup metrics for measurement of efficiency.

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