Manager Information Technology

Benton E. Cole

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Hockley TX, 77447

Cell 281-***-****

Home 936-***-****

acvo8r@r.postjobfree.com

Senior Technology Management:

14+ years of leadership and management experience in information technology services; adept at overseeing enterprise-wide IT solutions and processes, spearheading high-valued infrastructure architecture services, including security, networking, telephony, storage, active directory, Exchange, CRM, SharePoint, Oracle and Microsoft SQL database.

Well-versed in bridging the communications gap between cross-functional teams of project stakeholders-business analysts, subject matter experts, board executives (C-level project sponsors, senior users, senior suppliers), technicians, developers, and end user communities. Strong proponent of virtualization and other cost-cutting solutions.

Technologies:

Microsoft: Windows, Office Suite, Windows Server, Exchange, SharePoint, SQL, CRM.

UNIX: Solaris 9 - 11, Red Hat Linux

Networking: Cisco switching, routing, Call Manager and wireless. Cabletron, 3Com, Enterasys

Security: Pix and ASA firewalls, IPS, IDS, F5, Symantec firewall and Spam filter, IronPort, McAfee.

Storage: NetApp, EMC, Tintri, Dell, Sun Storage.

Virtualization: VMWare, Hyper V, XenDesktop.

Employment:

Toshiba International Corp.

Dec. 1997 - Present

IT Infrastructure Manager

April 2012 – Present Houston, Texas

Responsible for planning, organizing, budgeting and managing staff for overall operations to ensure the stable operation of the organization’s IT infrastructure. This includes developing, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing key functional areas; particularly service desk, security, network infrastructure, server infrastructure, storage and telecommunications systems. Also schedule and direct activities to resolve hardware and software problems in a timely and accurate fashion.

LAN/WAN Manager

April 2006 – April 2012 Houston, Texas

Responsible for leading the Network, Security and System Administration teams to provide scalable and secure LAN, WAN, Server, Storage, and backup and recovery solutions in a demanding 24x7 environment. Provide scoping requirements, technical guidance, evaluating, recommending and delivering innovative solutions that support the business road map.

Sr. LAN WAN Administrator

April 2002 – April 2006 Houston, Texas

Responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting Networks, Firewalls, Storage and UNIX systems. Providing leadership to junior team members and coordinating projects with other IT teams.

LAN/WAN Administrator

April 1998 – April 2002

Responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting Networks, Firewalls and Servers.

Help Desk technician

December 1997 – April 1998

PC repair and troubleshooting.

Hovis Surveying Company

AutoCAD technician

June 1997 – December 1997

(6 months) Houston, Texas

Electronic drawings for land surveys and PC repair and maintenance.

Education: La Porte High School Graduate – June 1990

Naval Nuclear Propulsion Systems Graduate – March 1991

Computer Learning Center Graduate – December 1997

Continuing Education – Information Technology hardware and software

References: Available upon request

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