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West Seneca, NY E-mail
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com
Harold Van Gorder
Objective Quality focused IT Professional with ITIL
Foundation V3 Certification and A+ Certified with
20+ years experience as a Systems Engineer and
hardware and software consultant. Proven ability to
create and deliver solutions that meet corporate
objectives tied to business and technology
performance. An effective trainer of technicians
and laypersons.
Professional 2011 - 2014 HSBC Bank NA Buffalo, New York
experience Incident Service Manager
To lead team as one coherent unit and deliver as
per agreements
To delegate within the team to utilize man power
efficiently
Train team members for all new features and new
nodes
Interact with Senior management as and when
required
Real Time and continuous follow-up with Global
support teams for all critical Incidents for
resolution
Manage and coordinate all activities during over
all Incident life cycle
Chair bridge calls for effective coordination,
Incident resolution and service restoration
Continuously follow-up with support teams for
relevant notification updates, agreed SLA'S and
drive for resolution
Produce proactive reports, trending analysis,
service level reporting, process consultation and
application of ITIL best practices
Provide detailed Root cause analysis to the problem
management team
Provide feed back which includes but not limited to
incident description, executive summaries, detailed
timelines, action plans, workarounds and resolution
2006 - 2011 HSBC Bank NA Buffalo, New York
Service Desk Supervisor
Service desk supervisor for 31 staff members for
U.S and offshore locations
Responsible for all internal and external customers
Managed and installed Xerox safecom printers in all
HSBC branches
Assisted in deploying new applications to all
branches
Administered all local and remote backups
Administered PBX and Avaya phones
Granted and configured Cisco phones
Managed all new installs for servers, switches ad
other network resources
Managed all remote workers via Citrix and VPN
Created user manuals and how- to documentation
Maintained staff schedules and administrated their
reviews
2003 -2006 Household
International Wooddale, IL
Citrix Consultant
Configured and administered Citrix application and
printing
Maintained Citrix server and farm
Ensured availability and performance of critical
nation wide client and server application
Supported windows server and Citrix Xenapp
Maintained a multi tiered Citrix infrastructure
Demised the Buffalo farm
Made recommendations regarding the infrastructure
Granted user access
Military 1984-1990 U.S Navy
experience Boiler Operator
Maintain boilers, generators and evaporators
Provide all electrical and fresh water for the crew
Maintain the integrity of the ship
Perform routine maintenance and repairs as needed
References Available upon request