E ric Haynes
Elgin, Illinois ****4
**************@*****.***
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Accomplished IT Professional driven to manage costs and establish strategic, mutually
b eneficial partnerships and relationships with users, vendors and service providers.
E nsure projects are completed by deadline through management of IT processes
/ procedures, administrative operations, training and deployment. High-performing leader
a ble to inspire and manage multicultural teams to achieve outstanding results. Open and
c lear communicator at all levels with demonstrated business and strategic vision and
d isciplined execution .
SKILL HIGHLIGHTS
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Windows Server 2003,2008,2012 Cloud Computing
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Microsoft Exchange Server VOIP
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Microsoft SQL Server San Technology
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Microsoft Dynamics Off Shore Relationships
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Great Plains Leadership/ communication skills
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Microsoft Office 2003,2007,2010,2013 Employee Relations
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Windows XP to 7 Migration Hands On
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Adobe Suite CS5,CS6 Client Account management
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Cisco Routers Vendor Management
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Cisco Switches Data Center Migration
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Brocade Switches Network Administration
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Active Directory Data Center Migration
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
04/2004 to 07/2013
Director of Information Technology
Johnson Publishing Company Chicago, Illinois
• Responsible for overall planning, organizing, and execution of all IT functions for
J ohnson Publishing Company and Fashion fair Cosmetics. This included directing all IT
o perations to meet customer and internal department’s requirements as well as the
s upport and maintenance of existing infrastructure, applications, and development of
n ew technical solutions.
• Provided leadership, vision, mentoring, and management to the IT Department.
• Held departmental meetings to review strategic goals and initiatives, promoted team
b uilding and work to provide growth paths for staff.
• Assisted in recruiting, hiring, and providing appropriate training for IT staff.
• Served as primary contact with outside vendors in the generation of RFPs, bids,
c ontracts, agreements, and other vendor interactions,
• Maintain the integrity and continual operation of the IT network including the wireless
n etworks.
• Assured the continual functioning of mission critical operations.
• Developed, and certified all back-up and disaster recovery procedures and plans.
• Responsible for the ordering, acquisition, inventorying, and disposition of hardware and
s oftware.
2 /2002 to 3/2004
Networking Engineer
MCC Technology, St. Charles, Illinois
• Installed, configured and maintained Windows Servers,
E xchange Server, SQL Server.
• Responsible for installing, maintaining and supporting Local
a nd Wide Area Networks for external clients that MCC
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s upported.
• Maintained Switches and Routers, Firewalls and Wireless
S ystems.
• Managed email, anti-spam and virus protection.
• Provided Help Desk upport.
• Troubleshoot and repaired Mac OS devices.
8/1996 to 2/2002
CEO/ Network Consultant
EC Systems, Inc.
• Owner and operator of consulting company that provided onsite service and repair of
c omputers. Designed and configured Local Area Networks and WANs. Provided sales of
h ardware and software.
• Provided Database Development through Microsoft Access.
C AREER ACHIEVEMENTS
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• Utilized my managerial and leadership skills to perform data center move to new location
o ver a weekend and company was back in business Monday morning with absolutely no
p roblems at all.
• Designed infrastructure from ground up at new location with all new equipment. New wiring,
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S trategically placed ports for high end copiers.
• Saved company over $486,000.00 by utilizing my negotiating skills to negotiate a new
t elephone contract.
• Saved over $115,000.00 on cellular phone bill by decreasing the amount of wireless devices
n eeded and by negotiating new contract.
• Moved core applications to the cloud.
Education
Bachelor of Science: Electronics Engineering 1986
ITT Technical Institute of Chicago
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