Paul B. Allvin www.linkedin.com/in/paulallvin

**** ****** ****** **., ******** Twp., Michigan 48390 248-***-**** acvb5f@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications

Paul is an information systems specialist with 24 years of professional experience in management, networking, user support, system administration, office automation, project management and design, analysis, training and programming. His special expertise in information networking includes the following areas:

Information Systems Management

Data Center Management and Design

Server and Desktop Virtualization

Computer Validation

Experience

Sept. 2003 – Present Seco Tools, LLC Troy, MI

Network Manager: Responsible for four staff member and three facilities with 450 end-users, including 220 remote laptop users across North America. Manage servers, desktops, thin clients, virtual machines, printers, desktop software and licensing. Involved in all aspects of the Information Technology Department including staffing, budgeting, disaster recovery, purchasing, equipment evaluations and designs, security, communications, writing executive summaries for project justifications. Part of global network management team.

Moved division from Novell Netware to Microsoft Active Directory

Oversaw building of new data center which included 26 physical servers, EMC and Compellent SANs, AS/400, Cisco backbone, phone and security systems, and redundant power and cooling systems

Upgraded MS-SQL servers from version 2000 to 2008

Designed and installed two high-availability Compellent SANs with replication over WAN

Managed and performed upgrade / conversion of routers, firewalls, switches and VPN to Cisco hardware

Designed and configured load balancing and web-filtering equipment for corporate access

Converted 200 remote laptop users to virtual desktops using thin client and tablet technologies

Developed global corporate policies and procedures for computer use

Project leader for sales force laptop to virtual desktop conversion. Including presentations and cost justifications to senior executives.

Dec. 2001 – Sept. 2003 Freelance Consultant

Consultant: Provided consulting services for various companies.

Project lead for computer validation which includes documenting configuration and installation, as well as testing validation to make sure systems work as intended. Project lasted 10 months at a pharmaceutical company. Included validation of a data center (security, environmental conditions and installation requirements), Windows 2000 servers, firewalls, Active Directory, SMS, ISA and workstations

Designed Active Directory network and converted Netware network to Microsoft 2000 AD network

Wrote and executed validation effort for SAP upgrade on HP-UX hardware

Aug. 1996 – Dec. 2001 Dana Corporation Rochester Hills, MI

Communication Networks Manager: Responsible for 17 facilities with 1000 users. Managed a nine person, $9 million department and was involved in all company I.T. decisions including staffing, budgeting, disaster recovery, purchasing, equipment evaluations and designs, help desk, end-user training, security, communications and writing executive summaries for project justifications.

Managed, designed, implemented and maintained wide area network incorporating twelve locations in the Midwest including: wiring of buildings, routers, hubs and switch designs, server design and configuration, workstation design and configuration, hardware vendor selection and setting corporate standards and computer use policies

Directed conversion of Microsoft NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 Active Directory in a 1000 node network covering 15 locations using direct, indirect and contracted employees

Project manager for the implementation of MS Exchange 5.5 system covering nine locations

Project lead for Lotus Notes migration of 850 users and replacement of 400 desktops

Core member of Y2k readiness team and managed the upgrades of 800 workstations and 15 servers for Y2k compliance

Installed and maintained System Management Server 1.2 for remote control, inventory management and software

Installed and configured corporate Intranet web server and developed web pages with Front Page 98 and 2000

Designed help desk to serve multi-division LAN and AS/400 network

June 1995 – Aug. 1996 Compuware Corporation Farmington Hills, MI

Professional Staff: Consultant to a transportation company responsible for configuration, implementation, maintenance and level three support of Novell Netware and Banyan Vines wide area networks.

Apr. 1990 – May 1995 Grand Trunk Western Railroad Detroit, MI

Analyst: Wide Area Networking Manager responsible for configuration, implementation and maintenance of Novell Netware and Banyan Vines networks. Part of Dataflex development team responsible for all personal computer systems throughout the company, including inventory, voucher, invoice, purchase order, and cab dispatching systems. Project manager for all internal and contracted IVR application development. Member of LAN and communications committee for all company locations.

Oct. 1987 - Mar. 1990 ATF Entertainment Ltd. Auburn Hills, MI

Production Manager: Company produced entertainment for amusement parks. Coordinate auditions, evaluate talent, hiring performers, schedule and run rehearsals.

Education

MBA, Information Systems Management – Wayne State University Detroit, MI 1998

BS, General Management – Oakland University Rochester, MI 1990

CompTIA Security+ Certification

Microsoft Certified Professional

Certified Netware Engineer

Knowledge Overview

The following is a list of hardware and applications that I have worked with through out my career.

Operating Systems

Windows Server 2012, 2008, 2003, 2000, NT 4.0, 3.51

Vmware ESX 3.5, vSphere 6.0, 5.5, 4.1

Windows 10, 8.1, 7, Vista, XP, 98, 95, 3.1x

Apple Mac OS X, iOS 8, 7, 6, 5

Netware 2.x, 3.x, 4.x, 5.1, 6.0

Banyan Vines 4.1x, 5.5x

DOS 3.3, 5.0, 6.2

Applications

Vmware Horizon View 6, 5, 4, 3

Vmware ThinApp 5

Active Directory 2000, 2003, 2008

Internet Information Server 3.0, 4.0, 6.0

MS DHCP Server

MS DNS Server

MS Cluster Services

MS SCCM 2007

MS WINS Server

Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, 2005, 2008

MS Project 2010, 2007, 2002

Symantec, Sophos, McAfee Anti-Virus

VISIO 2013, 2007, 2003, 2000

Lotus Notes 4.6, 5.05, 6.0, 7.0, 8.5

Symantec BackupExec

SolarWinds, Nagios

QuickBooks Pro 2002, 2006, 2012

Exchange 5.0, 5.5

Outlook 98, XP, 2003

Programming Languages

Dataflex 2.3b, 3.01b

PL/1

Basic

Assembly

Pascal

Microsoft Office 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, XP, 2000, 97

Front Page 97, 98, 2000, 2002

Hardware

Dell

IBM / Lenovo

Compellent

Datto

APC

Cisco / Linksys

Barracuda

Apple

EMC

HP

SonicWall / Ravlin

Avaya

Nortel Networks

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