IT Manager

LABHESH POTDAR

• *** Warren Ave, Fort Lee, NJ ***24 • Mobile: 508-***-**** • Email: *******.******@*****.***

Analytical and functional oriented IT Manager with experience in designing and maintenance of Enterprise

Infrastructure and Technology Services

Summary of Expertise:

- Progressive 5+ years’ experience in planning IT hardware and software architecture, supporting upgrades and

resolving network issues to ensure secure, smooth enterprise operations with no or minimal downtime

- Key experience working with Windows, UNIX (Linux) platforms, Web Based Servers and applications

- Experience in system and network administration, virtualization and engineering, hardware evaluation,

project management, systems and network security, incident analysis and recovery

- Broad knowledge of hardware, software and networking technologies to provide a powerful combination of

analysis, implementation and support.

- Innovative Thinker who has the ability to engineer, present and lead the implementation of solutions that eclipse

the efforts of leading industry players, consolidating operations and processes for substantial cost savings and

increased efficiency.

- Manage multiple complex projects, coordinating with vendors, and multi-level staff to consistently execute

projects within budget and ahead of schedule.

Primary expertise:

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Network Analysis & Project Management Budgeting & Cost Control

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Administration Business Systems Cross-functional Team

• Enterprise Infrastructure Integration Management

• Network/Server • Disaster Recovery Planning

Architecture & Implementation

• Server LAN/WAN Installation

• System Analysis

Optimization

• Datacenter Virtualization

Technology Skills:

Platforms/Operating Systems Windows 2003/2008/2012 Servers, Windows XP/Vista/7, MAC OS X, Redhat

Linux AS/ES

Server Technologies Active Directory, Apache, Samba, Exchange Server 2007/ 2010, VMware

ESX/ESXi Server, Blackberry Server 5.x, WSUS

Virtualization vSphere 5.1, Hyper-V, Virtual Infrastructure 3, vCenter, Storage Replication,

XenDesktop, VDI, Veeam

Applications MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio

Storage EMC Vnxe3100, iSCSI, LUN allocation

Databases Oracle, MS Access, SQL, My SQL

Powershell, Perl

Scripting

Tools Wireshark, Spiceworks, WhatsUp Gold, SQL Backup and FTP, PRTG,

Dumpsec

System Analyst Test Cases, Systems Requirements Documents (SRD)

Education:

• Masters in Electrical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMASSD) (March 2009)

• Bachelors in Electronics and Telecommunications, Mumbai University (Aug 2005)

Employment Experience:

Vision-Sciences, Inc., May 2012- Present

IT Manager – translates business requirements into business case, project deliverables and manages the related project

budget

Gitangli Khushlani

• Architected and led the redesign of network infrastructure including server, storage virtualization, and increased

systems redundancy which reduced unplanned system downtime by over 80% in a 24x7 IT service environment.

• Authored and implemented a new, comprehensive disaster Recover (DR) and Business Continuity plan incorporating

a remote DR site and procedures for automated and semi-automated failover, recovery and continued operations.

• Reduced telephony services costs 30% company-wide by implementing VOIP over existing PBX.

• Managed IT Projects by defining requirements, managing scope, support staff and budgets

• Analyzed business requirements, functional requirements and served as the liaison with various business units to

gather requirements and resolve issues.

• Maintained the ERP system in order to ensure it provides the company with proper business solutions and accurate

results.

• Worked on SOP’s for some of these compliances and working towards and ITIL environment. Coordination and

definition of types of users and type of access levels

• Created Validation Program to comply with FDA, ISO9000, DOD, SOX

• Reported directly to the CEO

Vision-Sciences, Inc. May 2009- May 2012

Network Engineer – managed and supported the entire network infrastructure and new asset deployment.

Key responsibilities:

• Experience and knowledge with designing, installing and implementing VMware ESX server, VMware vCenter,

setting up V-Motion, HA, DRS, and related VMware products such as VM Workstation, VMware Converter, VM

Backup products and other products for virtualization.

• Experience with VMware Update Manager to install patches and updates on ESX hosts and virtual machines.

• Experience with designing and implementing VMware backup products and disaster recovery solutions.

• Experience of iSCSI SAN/NAS (EMC Vnxe3100) storage technology and work with SANs in VMware

environments and troubleshooting SAN related issues and upgraded firmware of SANs in VMware and different

environments.

• Infrastructure analysis and project management of hardware and software upgrades, patches and initiatives

• Proficient in various routing protocols for example OSPF, BGP, RIP, EIGRP

• Implementation and administration of juniper and instigate firewalls and network management

• Installation and configuration of MS SQL, this included: upgrading SQL databases, SQL backup and recovery

processes, creating utilization and capacity management reports and supporting large databases in a complex

environment

• Developed analytical and reporting solutions using SSRS 2005/2008 for management.

• Implemented Symantec Endpoint Management Server and updated clients at all office locations

• Migrated and upgraded a Windows Server 2003 branch office server to Windows Server 2008R2

• Maintained Servers to keep in compliance with appropriate security updates.

• Maintained Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.x. Familiar with account move, deletes, updates.

• Implemented Exchange 2010 in a 2003 / 2007 environment

• Work with ERP vendor for problem resolution for server, database or end user problems.

• Implemented PDM WORKS a revision control environment for secure items mostly CAD drawings

• Maintained system tape backups and implemented disaster recovery plan.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work independent or as a team member

• Key problem solving and decision-making skills to utilized to understand the detail but also able to take a big

picture approach

• Worked directly with the Director of IT

University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Sept 2006 – Aug2008

Graduate Assistant/ Technical Support

• Provided real-time assistance for a vast array of computer resources and application packages including Adobe Suite,

Macromedia Suite, MS Visual Studio and MS Office

• Performed on - the – spot hardware, software diagnosis and troubleshooting

Gitangli Khushlani

CMC LTD, Mumbai, India, Sept 2005 - Aug 2006

System Administrator

• Setup and administered user and group account and access levels; configuration of quota for users

• Added new hardware to systems (Disks, Tapes and CD's) and installed O/S Patches and applications

• UNIX user administration like Adding user, deleting users, changing permissions of files

• Administration/Configuration of Print Servers/Clients in the Network

• Ensured operating systems are kept up to required patch levels

• Installation configuring and testing of TCP/IP based servers like DNS, NFS, and NIS

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