MICHAEL R BERRY
Gary, IN 46406
Mobile: 219-***-****
*************@*******.***
PROFILE
Enthusiastic IT professional with over 16 years of experience in
management, network engineering and customer support, with an established
history of increasing responsibility and leadership. Comprehensive
technological expertise including data transport, server administration and
result oriented management. Ability to deal with the increased risk,
challenge, competition, change and opportunity associated with the roles in
business today.
CERTIFICATIONS
MCSA - Microsoft Certified Systems CompTIA's A+ Hardware and Software
Administrator Certification Technician Certification
Novell CNA - Certified Novell Cisco Systems CCNA - Cisco Certified
Administrator Certification Network Associate Certification
Cisco Systems CCNP - Cisco Certified BTTC - Bloomberg Technical Training
Network Professional Certification Certification
Education
Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh, PA
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications Associate of
Science (AS)
Calumet College of Saint Joseph
Whiting, IN
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Pre-
Bachelors (2016)
Skills
. Investment Management Systems
. Windows Server 2012 Administration
. Office 365 Administration
. Citrix Metaframe Server Administration
. RSA Ace Server Administration
. EPIC EMR System
. Cisco VPN Administration
. BES Server Administration
. Reuters/Bridge Station 8.X Administration
. Bloomberg Administration
. Reuters Administration
. Cisco Systems Routers and Switches 2600, 1841, and 7100. Catalyst 2960,
3560, and 4507 R L2/L3
. Cisco VPN & Security product line PIX 515, ASA 5510 & 5525
. Network Associates (formerly Network General) network analyzer: Sniffer
Protocol
. Cisco Aironet 1300 and 1600 series
. WLAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
. Extensive knowledge of Cisco IOS
. Working knowledge of TCP/IP, OSPF, MPLS, BGP, EIGRP, DHCP, and DNS.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2/12 - Present
City Of Gary, Gary, IN
MIS Director
Provide daily IT management for the City of Gary technology infrastructure.
Ensure the cities technical problems are resolved in a timely and cost-
effective manner. LAN and Web Admin responsibilities include providing
insight and direction to other network support specialists to plan,
coordinate and implement network security measures. Provide weekly reports
on network management and functionality such as fault, performance,
configuration, accounting and security management. Manage vendor specific
software and hardware integrations to comply with current municipal
standards and policies.
Other LAN Admin responsibilities include providing insight and direction to
other network support specialists to plan, coordinate and implement network
security measures. Provide weekly reports on network management and
functionality such as fault, performance, configuration, accounting and
security management
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends,
emerging technologies, web based access portals and software development
best practices by attending relevant conferences and reading widely.
Created and communicate company values and standards for acquiring or
developing systems, equipment, or software within the company. Share
knowledge, mentor, and educate the organization's vendors, management,
staff, and citizens with regard to the cities technological vision,
opportunities, and challenges. Develop, track, and control the development
and deployment annual operating and capital budgets for purchasing,
staffing, and operations. Establish standards of performance and monitor
conformance for staff (through performance review) and vendors (through
service level agreements). Make certain the company's internal
technological processes and customer-facing services comply with State of
Indiana expectations and applicable laws and regulations for privacy,
security, and social responsibility.
8/07 - 7/10
Harris Bank Chicago, IL
LAN/Wan Administrator - Daily installation, maintenance and support of
Investment Management Systems and infrastructure devices. Provided Tier
III desk side and server side support (Active Directory, MS Server
2003/2008, and Novell NDS). Day to day interaction with (100 plus) end
users providing technical support and problem solving resolutions with
Harris Investments and Harris Banks LOB and Mission Critical applications.
Perform network and systems administration functions including
installation, management, and maintenance of hardware workstations,
servers, switches, routers and software components. Initiate various
duties in relation to ongoing maintenance & stability of the network,
including performing, ghosted images, recoveries, loads, version migrations
and upgrades.
7/03 - 10/05
Tugtel Communications Inc. Gary, IN
Senior Network Engineer - Providing customer support with emphasis on
design, installation and troubleshooting of complex data networks.
Responsible for developing in depth technical documentation and designs for
product positioning of LAN/WAN equipment.
Assist in the identification of client requirements; help with quote,
proposal/contract generation and answer client questions on bids/proposals.
Perform customer site surveys when needed. Offer daily product and service
knowledge to provide the level of technical commitment needed to guarantee
customer satisfaction.
6/00 - 10/02
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL
Systems Support Analyst -. Provided third level support to International
and local attorneys, paralegal, and secretaries. (Approximately 3,000
users) Administrative responsibilities include daily user account
maintenance in Exchange 2000 and Windows 2000 Server. Installing
applications for users using Novell ZEN works 3.0 Application Launcher.
Ace server key FOB creation and modification. Proficient in WordPerfect
6.1 & 9x, MS Office 9x & 2000, Right Fax, cc:Mail, MS Outlook, Imanage 4.1,
& 5.2 document management software, Reachout: remote dial-in, Back-Office,
Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis, and Visio
Consultant Engagements
7/10 -present
Forsberry computers and networks
Provide system support with local government and civilian community in
Northwest Indiana. Supported the Gary Sanitary District with their AD
migration from MS 2003 Server to MS 2008 Enterprise Server. Daily support
to home users with PC repair, installations, virus removal and trouble
shooting.
7/06 - 8/07
Digital Staffing/Harris Investment Management
LAN/Wan Administrator - Daily installation, maintenance and support of
Investment Management Systems. Tier III desk side and server side support
(Active Directory, MS Server 2000/2003, and Novell NDS). Day to day
interaction with (100 plus) end users providing technical support and
problem solving resolutions with Harris Investments and Harris Banks LOB
and Mission Critical applications. Perform network and systems
administration functions including installation, management, and
maintenance of hardware workstations, servers, switches, routers and
software components. Initiate various duties in relation to ongoing
maintenance & stability of the network, including performing, ghosted
images, recoveries, loads, version migrations and upgrades.
11/05 - 4/06
Digital Staffing/Fagel & Haber LLC
Network Administrator - Daily responsibilities included effectively
planning, implementing, and maintaining a wide range of Information
Technologies. These technologies included: Microsoft Windows 2000 Servers,
Microsoft 2003 server, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange 2000, Microsoft
Exchange 2003, Internet Information server, Citrix, Cisco VPN, Imanage, and
other Microsoft applications. Assisted in the development and
implementation of LAN backup strategies and hardware redundancy planning to
ensure data integrity and provided solutions for disaster recovery
situations. Provided level 2 desktop support to attorneys when necessary.
1/03 - 6/03
DePaul and Associates/Mellon Financial Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
Sr. Network Consultant - Providing enterprise solutions for Mellon Bank and
its other financial partners. Support such equipment as, routers and layer
2 & 3 switches. Experience with Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator and Nortel
Contivity Extranet Switch, web based management interfaces. Day to day
account creation and maintenance via Microsoft's Active Directory, User
Manager, and Novell's NW Admin. Daily desktop support for North America
and Europe utilizing Microsoft System Management Server, Remote Desktop
Connection technology, Terminal Services and Citrix Metaframe. Exchange
server 5.5 and 2000 mailbox creations, migrations, and moves. Ace server
secure identification administration include, creation and modification.
AS400 and UNIX mainframe administration include account suspensions,
activations, and password resets
6/99 - 1/00
City of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Site Lead - Creating and moving user accounts. Providing new passwords,
drives mapping, modifying log-on scripts and maintaining user rights once
moved in user manager for domains in NT, and NW Admin in Novell.
Integration of updates, fixes/patches or replacements of PC hardware,
operating systems and application programs capable of providing a solution
for Y2K updates. Providing quality-driven ethics and tools to assure
project productivity from a strategic, organizational, and tactical
viewpoint. Followed the general methodology exercised within all City of
Chicago departments, and utilized network management skills to insure the
client's network will work at its best, meeting user needs. Management
process included a departmental inventory, providing report and
documentation of departments' assets, estimate of manpower, and
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