DAVID LABICKI

Lake Forest, IL ***** 847-***-**** ad39fi@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/labickiitmanager/

EXPERIENCE

ABBOTT (2-2022 TO PRESENT)

Senior Project Manager (Contract Position)

Scope: Short term contract to work with the storage team and data facilities on current and future projects

Led a team to develop and implement Ansible, an automated patching solution for over 14,000 servers. The solution replaced Dell’s Blade Logic system.

Worked with the Data center to become a Tier III rated data center. The data center meets the Tier III rating and will remain operational 99.982%.

Implemented Liebert DSE system for Abbott’s main data center. A savings of Abbott of $1.2M within 3 years.

Collaborated with four external vendors to create a comprehensive backup and disaster recovery (DR) solution, streamlining data protection operations across 28 sites while bolstering security against ransomware threats. The result was 3X shorter recovery times, across 86 sites. The solution eliminates $18M in capital expense in year 6.

MCDONALD’S (4-2021 TO 2-2022)

Identity Management-Project Manager (Contract Position)

Scope: Short term contract to migrate 50+ privileged accounts to SSO Migration: The SSO migration allows the users to login to AWS through a dashboard and manage their own access.

Partnered with application development teams to understand their AWS Roles and security requirements.

Work with the security teams on implementing the defined business roles within Access & Identity Management.

Provide guidance to ensure security policy, compliance requirements, and best-practices are implemented across the McDonald’s environment.

Review and create AWS cloud roles and authorizations to maintain least privilege access.

Create, document, and promote detailed AWS IAM Role designs.

Granted least privileges possible for application users.

BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION (6-2020 TO 9-2020)

Technical Architect (3-month Contract Position)

Scope: Optimize performance, enhance security, and ensure a seamless transition to EON mode for Vertica

Successfully designed and implemented a 12-node Cisco Blade EON cluster for Vertica, leveraging the separation of computational resources from communal storage.

Orchestrated connectivity to the new PURE storage solution, ensuring seamless data management.

Detailed integration with internal and external identity and authorization stores.

Implemented robust authentication and authorization mechanisms, including Single Sign-On (SSO) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).

Integrated with BDBSA’s Digital Passport Identity and Access Management system.

Leveraged CyberArk for Privileged Access Management controls.

NOVARTIS (3-2020 TO 6- 2020)

Project Manager (3-month Contract Position)

Scope: Three-month contract to Migrate the Chicagoland users to Office365 including Exchange Online.

Managed enterprise-wide Exchange 2016 migration; documented work plans, facilitated daily stand-up meetings, developed migration strategy for mailbox migrations.

Developed project plans, project tasks, and acceptance testing. This included Microsoft Azure.

CF INDUSTRIES (3-2019 TO 2-2020)

Consultant (Contract Position)

Scope: Short term contract to support and upgrade Office365, VxRail, VMware, VNX, RecoverPoint

Migrated users from on-site Exchange to Office365. Upgrade EMC RecoverPoint and VNX to latest versions.

Developed standards and guidelines for technology solutions across enterprise-wide hardware and software applications.

Led and collaborated with project teams for systems administration.

Analyzed the impact of IT projects on Enterprise Operations infrastructure.

Evaluated alternatives and recommended effective solutions.

W.W. GRAINGER, INC. (10-2017 TO 11-2018)

Infrastructure / Operations Project Engineer (Contract Position)

Scope: Long term contract with W.W. Grainger to support the VMware environment-250+Hosts, 5,000+virtual servers.

Oversaw the day-to-day operations and improvements across four vCenters datacenters, 5,000 VMs, and 250 hosts. Including monitoring system performance, configuration, maintenance, and repair.

Responsible for planning, testing, and implementing processes for migrating data and the vSphere infrastructure from the Niles data center to the Lake Forest data center.

Created testing cycles for AWS and successfully migrated 200 servers to the AWS platform.

ELCA (3-2017 TO 10-2017)

Infrastructure / Operations Engineer (Contract Position)

Scope: 3-month contract to migrate Exchange on-prem to Office365 – 1000+ users, 300+ virtual servers

Successfully migrated on-premises Microsoft Exchange 2010 to Exchange Online for ELCA.

Performed system upgrades for financial applications, including JHA Workflow and Sage Timberline.

Transitioned from EMC VNX 5500/Clariion cx400 to a hyper-converged storage solution, Nutanix.

Developed clear strategies and effective plans for integrating on-premises Microsoft Exchange with Exchange Online within ELCA’s environment.

Led large-scale infrastructure projects, including solution design, project management, and software upgrades.

Orchestrated architecture, planning, testing, and implementation processes for migrating data from on-premises to Office365/Exchange Online.

Managed a hybrid implementation using Azure Active Directory for 1,200+ users.

Designed and implemented 3 SMTP servers for scan-to-email and network alerts.

Responsible for work estimation, planning, stakeholder management, and project quality.

BLICK ART MATERIALS (12-2014 TO 12-2016)

Network Project Manager

Scope: Total ownership of enterprise network with 1100+ users, 350+ virtual servers, $1.2M budget oversight.

Managed an extensive network with 1100+ users, 350+ virtual servers, and a budget oversight of $1.2 million.

Collaborated with business units to develop technology strategies aligned with corporate goals and customer requirements.

Created Blick’s first Change Management policy, leading to improved network performance and enhanced collaboration.

Established a Change Advisory Board committee to facilitate effective change leadership.

By migrating tape backup to disk (including site replication), Blick achieved a cost savings of $500,000.

Spearheaded a 4-month initiative to fully implement a free, cloud-based conferencing solution, eliminating the need for a $60,000 annual Cisco license fee.

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS (6-2014 TO 12-2014)

Project Manager (Contract Position)

Scope: 6-month data center migration project 850 servers, 200 domains, 2000+ users, 100s of TB of data.

Contracted to lead the construction of a new enterprise data center at Illinois Tool Works.

Managed project scheduling, migration planning, deliverables review, resource allocation, vendor contracts, and risk mitigation.

Conducted systems analysis, orchestrated data, and storage migration, and executed a VMware upgrade.

Built and installed systems, implemented monitoring tools, upgraded firmware, and designed Office365 solutions for 100+ domains.

ALDEN HEALTH CARE SERVICES (12-2011 TO 4-2014)

Network Manager

Scope: Lead Domain Administrator Maintained Active Directory supporting 1,000+ users.

Recruited to enhance the healthcare IT network.

Defined and executed a robust virtualization strategy.

Installed and configured cloud-based solutions.

Built and supported virtual and physical servers.

Implemented and configured Active Directory in a multi-domain environment.

Assisted in training a third-party firm to handle level I and II help desk requests.

Virtualized all systems, resulting in improved efficiency, flexibility, reliability, and infrastructure stability.

Orchestrated a seamless migration to Office365, enhancing team collaboration and mobility.

Enabled single sign-on for 1,000+ users.

Installed a solution for remote control of wireless infrastructure.

Collaborated with vendors to design and implement a Cisco wireless solution, connecting 40 remote sites.

Designed and delivered a Storage Area Network (SAN) solution for enterprise servers.

Allstate (5-2010 TO 11- 2011)

Citrix Engineer (Contract Position)

Scope: Tested and analyzed new virtualization solution on 400 VDI (Citrix) users

Managed Citrix XenApp 5 on Windows 2003 Server environment Configured and repaired user profiles (Citrix Profile Manager), wireless networking components, and related configurations; Managed AD, security groups, and group policy configurations.

Resolved 105 technical roadblocks allowing virtualization project to continue moving forward.

PFIZER (5-2009 TO 4-2010)

Hardware Buyer Lead (Contract Position)

Scope: Managed desktop hardware purchasing function for over 10,000+ users

Served on IT Strategy team advising on short- and long-term technology standards Approved and executed all US desktop hardware bulk orders, partnered with vendors to create and edit catalog items, quantified potential savings and productivity improvements, and provided expert recommendations to Global Sourcing Department.

Optimized equipment pricing by forging strong business relationships with vendors and suppliers.

Improved efficiency by modifying order processing workflows and standardizing procurement policies.

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL (5-2007 TO 4-2009)

Server Engineer (IT Infrastructure / Data Center Manager)

Scope: Managed 1500-server data center and printing infrastructure (1,200+ physical / 1,300+ virtual servers) supporting 8000 users

Led data center operations to include capacity planning, infrastructure project management, and upgrades/installations Built, secured, and managed print server infrastructure Served as PC LAN point-of-contact for Server and PC teams.

Designed / executed data center expansion helping Northwestern achieve business growth target.

Upgraded and stabilized print environment resulting in significantly fewer help desk tickets.

Generated $65K savings by decommissioning 115 Dell servers.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Senior Computer Support Specialist Software Tester / Auditor Help Desk Supervisor Senior Support Specialist

EDUCATION

MBA – Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

Bachelor of Science, MIS – Cardinal Stritch University

Associate in science, Computer Science – Gateway Technical College

CERTIFICATIONS

PMP 2022

Scrum Master 2019

ITIL Certified

VMware Certified Associate

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

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