Stacy Simpkins

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert SharePoint 2013

MCITP SharePoint 2010 Administrator

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate Windows Server 2012

MCITP Windows Server 2008 R2 EA

5833 Driftwood, Sarasota, Florida 34231

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Objective

Seeking a position where I can maximize my education, training, experience, and certified expert knowledge of Windows

client/server operating systems and networks, effective communication skills, and strong background in SharePoint

administration to benefit the goals of the organization while at the same time obtaining an opportunity where I can grow in

responsibilities both technically and within the organization.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Magenium Solutions • Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 • 03/2014 – 01/2015

SharePoint Solutions Architect

Possesses Current Microsoft Certifications, as follows: Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert

- SharePoint Server 2013, Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate Server 2012, Microsoft

Certified Solutions Associate Office 365, Microsoft Certified Information Technology

Professional, SharePoint 2010 Administrator, Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise

Administrator, Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Certified

Information Technology Professional Windows Server 2008 R2 System Administrator,

Microsoft Certified System Engineer – Windows Server 2003R2, Windows 7 Configuring

and numerous others, see last page for link to Official transcript and access codes.

Installs, configures, troubleshoots, and maintains SharePoint 2013 farms via PowerShell

scripted deployments, via AutoSPInstaller, and via PSConfigGUI.exe.

Spearheaded Office 365 migration of data from file server to Office 365 SharePoint and

OneDrive for Business, analysis for blocked file types, site topology creation, and staff

education on SharePoint and Office 365 administration.

Consults on Host-named site collection creation, backup and restore, and junior admin

training materials for SharePoint 2013 and 2010.

Performs search troubleshooting and configuration for optimal performance via PowerShell.

Drives Web application, Site, and Web Design and Development using HTML5, CSS,

JQuery, SharePoint designer, and Design Manager.

Handles SharePoint 2013 migration from SharePoint 2010 or SharePoint 2007.

Completes Project Server 2013 migration from 2010 using 5 database detach and attach

utilizing Convertto-SPProjectDatabase.

Instructs on Project Server 2010 troubleshooting, installation, configuration, and migration to

Project Server 2013.

Rolls-out Nintex 2013 and 2010 deployment and configuration with both Project Server and

SharePoint.

Provides knowledge transfer to client SharePoint Administrators and Developers.

Troubleshoots Group Policy application and Local Security Policy to support client

environments for running SharePoint least privilege.

Configures anonymous access for SharePoint and other various IIS settings.

Recommends technology strategy by gathering client requirements and mapping to desired

objectives; while diagnosing current environment, articulating barriers and risks, and

recommending delivery approaches that include time and cost estimates and a plan for the

full project life cycle.

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Implements architecture by building components and custom designs that included

prototyping, data migration, consistent technical integrity, and documentation.

Exceptional knowledge SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Server 20103 architecture;

including, but not limited to, farm/web architecture, Sites, Lists/Libraries, Web Parts (List

Views, Content Query Web parts, Data Form Web Parts, Search Web Parts, etc.), Content

Types, Columns, MMS, Content Hub, Search, User Profile, My Site, Publishing

Infrastructure, BCS, SSS, and Workflows.

Fantastic overall understanding of the Microsoft Information Worker infrastructure and

architecture as it relates to Project server 2010 and 2013, solution integration.

Extensive Professional experience with n-tier application architectures development.

BlueCross and BlueShield Association • Chicago, Illinois 60601 • 11/2012 – 03/2014

SharePoint Architecture Administrator

• Installed SharePoint software and SharePoint related tools and applications to support SharePoint-based

Enterprise Business Systems. This includes, but is not limited to: optimizing search configuration, user profile

synchronization, My Sites, Managed Metadata, Secure Store service, and other SharePoint service applications.

• Lead the development of a governance model for SharePoint as a collaboration platform, using insight gathered

through interactions with teams at the BlueCross and BlueShield Association to guide the overall governance

model.

• Configured SharePoint web applications with SSL certificates.

• Created custom SharePoint Master Pages, Page Layouts, and jQuery controls and acquired development

experience with HTML5 and CSS3.

• Installed, configured, and maintained Project Server 2010.

• Installed Nintex Workflow for SharePoint Server 2010 and Nintex Workflow for Project Server 2010.

• Proficiently installed and configured DocAve6 content management and administration tools.

• Applied necessary patches and cumulative updates to the SharePoint Platform in a current fashion in order to

maintain application performance requirements.

• Maintained daily, weekly and monthly backups via PowerShell management console and scripts, in order to

insure systems maintain integrity.

• Ensured ability to support applications with adequate performance through active capacity management and

system tuning.

• Developed rough order of magnitude (ROM) and bill of materials (BOM) for various SharePoint related

projects.

• Provided application specific support for enterprise applications. This includes planning, implementing, and

administrating enterprise IT products for full life-cycle management. Follows architecture strategy of

growing, maintaining or retiring IT products and services in the enterprise application portfolio.

• Provided developer and end-user support for enterprise applications. This includes addressing user incident

tickets, resolving server and application performance issues, and client desktop interface issues when

applicable.

• Addressed IT incidents through to resolution in a timely manner. Participates in Problem Management of

enterprise IT systems if necessary. Schedules Changes and Releases of software following the guidelines and

policies setup by the governance committee.

• Developed HTML and JavaScript knowledge.

• Utilized SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio to design master pages and implement jQuery.

• Troubleshot InfoPath forms using InfoPath 2010 and SharePoint Designer 2010.

Social Security Administration – Region V Headquarters • Chicago, Illinois 60661 • 2/2008 – 11/2012

SharePoint Administrator\LAN Administrator

SharePoint Administrator\Designer

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Conceptualized and developed SharePoint Deployment strategy for SSA region V Regional

Office on an ongoing basis and serves as regional lead/expert.

Briefed senior levels and various levels of management and staff on emerging information

technologies and trends.

Provided IT training and consultation to various levels of staff with various technical levels,

as needed or requested by management.

Spun up a SharePoint 2010 single server farm utilizing SQL 2008 R2 as internal database

and configures various required services, as needed.

Designed, Installed, Configured, Administered, and Troubleshot Microsoft Office SharePoint

Server 2007 Farm and Windows SharePoint Services Server Farm and Site collections for,

the Six State, Chicago region and for the nation.

Optimized Central Administration on Windows SharePoint Services v3.0 Server Farm for

incoming mail, outgoing mail, site collection quotas, auditing settings, logging policies, and

general settings related to farm and the results of performance monitor.

Migrated Windows SharePoint Services Farm from physical single server install over to

three server farm topology, from physical server farm to virtual server farm, and then from

the Chicago Regional Headquarters virtual server based farm to SSA Headquarters,

Baltimore, MD, virtual server farm currently running on MOSS 2007 at the time of

migration.

Tested and Performed backup and restore of SharePoint farm utilizing stsadm –o backup and

stsadm –o restore based backup and restores, as well as, Central Administration based

backup and restore.

Maintained SharePoint storage diagnostic and utilization reporting, monitoring, and

mitigation, for 60GB of data across 10 web applications as of 7-31-12.

Established site collection quotas and applies quotas to site collections.

Created and Modified Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and MOSS 2007 workflows that

generate custom, business purpose-driven, emails regarding business processes.

Designed, Developed, and Maintained Web and SharePoint sites using SharePoint Designer

2007, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Expression Web, and FrontPage.

Lead training sessions for new site owners and provided basic SharePoint designer training

on customizing sites via the use of content editor web parts containing java script and

cascading style sheets designed to optimize site layout in the browser.

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Supported site owners for over 20 site collections and provided consultation and training,

when required, on SharePoint design and site administration.

Authored over 500 pages of SharePoint technical training materials and internal white papers

for use in end-user to site-collection administrator training sessions that I conducted for site

owners in a six state region.

LAN Administrator

Installs, configures, and maintains Windows Server 2003R2 and 2008R2 for use in various

roles, such as: application server, file/print server, backup server, windows update server, or

web server (IIS 7.5 and IIS 6.0, where applicable).

Administers Chicago VMware infrastructure and serves as Level Two RVI Administrator

providing national consultative and hand-on support to level 1 administrator’s in Chicago,

Boston, New York, and other regions regarding all technical aspects of a VMware ESXi 4.1

environment.

Analyzes current network and system requirements using Data Collector Sets and

Performance monitor, where applicable, and makes needed adjustments to meet operational

needs.

Implements disaster recovery (DR) plan for the Regional Virtual Infrastructure (RVI)

implementation and serves as member of National workgroup in charge of overall RVI future

design and design implementation.

Manages Active Directory objects using Group Policy Objects (GPO’s) and Command Line

Interface (CLI) commands to provide optimized access to shared and individual resources

via effective use of folder redirection and Distributed File System (DFS) roots.

Administers Active Directory for Users and Computers and creates objects, organizational

units, creates/links GPO’s, and performs various other tasks within active directory.

Rebuilds Random arrays of independent disks (RAID) in various configurations as the

situation requires based on analysis of Windows Management Instrumentation counter

analysis and recommended best practice for given scenario.

Troubleshoots LAN connectivity, authentication of users and computers, and other issues

using Microsoft Management Consoles and Active Directory for Users and Computers.

Utilizes knowledge of DHCP Servers and DNS servers in order to troubleshoot and

administer LAN infrastructure issues, as needed.

Migrates clients from Windows Vista to Windows 7 enterprise via Windows Deployment

Server role running on Windows Server 2008R2 using boot image deployment share for

various subnets with DHCP option 66 and 67 correctly configured.

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Installs HP P4300 Lefthand 4 node SAN configured in a network RAID 10.

Configures SAN Volumes and attaches volumes as useable Datastores for VMware ESX 4.1

virtual servers.

Social Security Administration – Area 4 Headquarters • Okemos, Michigan 48864 • 8/2005 – 2/2008

Area Systems Coordinator

Planned and conducted major, self-initiated, study off all automation programs as they relate

to national and regional programs for the offices in my cluster.

Managed and provided consultative training to cluster employees on all national and regional

programs, including but not limited to: Microsoft Office.

Maintained Windows Server 2003 Environment for local field offices and kept

clients/servers updated.

Upgraded clients from Windows XP to Vista using Symantec Ghost imaging utility.

Social Security Administration – Field Office • Muskegon, Michigan 49441 • 9/2002 – 8/2005

Claims Representative

Provided customer service and referral services to individuals needing the service of other

programs or organizations.

Self Employed • Zeeland, Michigan 49464 • 5/2001 – 8/2002

Independent Contractor w/ Sara Lee

Planned, developed, and implemented Microsoft Access Based Databases used to analyze

and calculate Labor rates and Fixed and Variable Overhead rates for the Sara Lee Foods

Zeeland Facility.

Conducted onsite database maintenance and computer application training for the Zeeland

Cost Accounting Staff and provided direction and technical guidance and documentation of

the solution to the analysts who would be responsible for maintaining the database after the

end of my contractual agreement.

Prepared Yield reports on a daily, weekly, monthly, and year to date basis.

Sara Lee Foods • Zeeland, Michigan 49464 • 7/1995 – 5/2000

Iowa Cost and Michigan Yields Analyst

Utilized mainframe computer applications and created interfaces with Microsoft Excel

spreadsheets in order to prepare the weekly, monthly, and year-to-date Cost of Production

reports for management.

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Effectively planned and organized weekly yield analysis meetings with various members of

management to discuss production goals and process yields for all of Sara Lee Foods

Zeeland Facility products.

Reviewed Cost reports for fluctuations and trends in order to advise management.

Initiated, planned, developed, and implemented the yields tracking database via extensive

knowledge and skill in Microsoft Access and SQL statements.

Department of Veterans Affairs • Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 • 1/1994 – 7/1995

Accounting Manager

Reviewed construction contracts for 189 million dollar parking garage and made

disbursements in excess of 1-2 million dollars to vendors after analyzing contractual

agreements for adherence to established production deadlines and ensuring that same was

completed via conducting meetings with agency engineers.

Conducted performance appraisals for staff of 7 individuals according to the established

deadlines and procedures.

Optimized standard operating procedures and policies for the accounting department.

EDUCATION

Bachelors in Business Administration, Accounting Major / Business Management Minor, Baker College, Muskegon, Michigan

– 3.60 GPA out of 4.0 – Graduated Cum Laude

CERTIFICATIONS – too many to list

Verification Website, Transcript ID, and Access Code:

https://mcp.microsoft.com/authenticate/validatemcp.aspx Transcript ID: 859884, Access ID: 188018Ss

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