Guy Vann ad4t8i@r.postjobfree.com 609-***-****

Top Secret clearance issued by the Federal Air Marshals, Technology Integration & Project Management Interface Management / Business Solutions / Technology Operations Management

Technology-Sophisticated, Global Presence Corporations

24 years of experience in the Information Technology field with a strong background in VMware, e-mail, messaging, and network design, as well as upgrades, documentation, trouble shooting, planning and server management. Possesses the ability to translate internal customer needs into technology solutions and implementation strategies.

TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTS

Install, Upgrade, Migrate & Configure

Operating Systems: – O365 EXO Kiteworks Flat, Raw File Systems (FAT/FAT32/NTFS/Ext2/Ext3) Power Shell Scripting VMware ESX Server

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Trinity-Health 4/5/2010-2/19/2023

Exchange Cloud Email, Knitworks, Power, Shell Scripting, Blackberry, Active Sync

Worked on Microsoft AD as well a LDAP servers

Wrote PowerShell scripts used in the bulk migration from Exchange 2003 to 2007

Wrote PowerShell scripts used in the administration of Exchange online.

Edited and wrote training documentation for use of Outlook 2007

Troubleshooting Kiteworks ftp server

Maintained Blackberry server and Blackberry devices.

Responsible for Microsoft Active Sync phones

Day to day monitoring of administration Exchange online environment

Day to day monitoring and administration of Iron Mail, Enterprise Vault

Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina 7/10/2009-4/5/2010

Contractor-Exchange Server 2007 Power Shell Scripting

Helped migrate a database of 30,000 from (IBM/TAO+ Exchange2003) to 2007

Maintained Power shell scripts used in the bulk migration from Exchange 2003 to 2007

Designed and executed mailbox database distribution in the new environment.

Wrote documentation on the use of Outlook 2007

Troubleshooting of remedy tickets

Helped design and document a temporary archiving solution.

Responsible for day-to-day monitoring of Exchange 2007 environment

Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA 1/2008 –7/2009

Contractor- VMware, EMC & Commvault

Responsible for implementation of the VMware environment

Develop, design & configuration ESX servers and database.

Maintain overall control and responsibility of the data backup operation.

Coordinate and schedule all work requests and jobs as requested by users.

Responsible for design and implementation of the VMware environment

Troubleshooting application, operating system, server hardware, network communication, and storage within the virtual frame

Install and configure 2008 servers performing maintenance and upgrades as needed.

AIRGAS, Radnor PA 7/2007 - 1/2008

Exchange Administrator

Supported, maintained, and optimized existing messaging infrastructure which includes over 10,000 users on Exchange 2007, Blackberry, Symantec virus protection.

Planning and performed migration from Exchange 2000 to 2007

Determined the best server layout.

Prepared the Active Directory/Domain for Exchange 2007 by running a DCDiag/Netdiag/REPLMON/Exchange Best Practice Analyzer 2.7 with the Exchange 2007 Readiness test.

Installed Exchange 2007 on the Hub Transport (Bridgehead) server.

Installed Exchange 2007 on the Client Access server.

Installed Exchange 2007 on the Public Folder server.

Wrote Power Shell commands for the administrations Exchange 2007

Project Manager in charge of 3 techs during migration of Blackberry to 3.5 then 4.1.6

Monitor system utilization, capacity and event logs.

Performed best practices related to email routing, filtering, monitoring, storage, backup, and replication.

Archived and conversion of Lotus Notes to PST.

Standard & Poor’s, Hightstown NJ 2/2006 - 7/2007

Contractor- Exchange E-Mail Engineer

Provide day-to-day Exchange 2000/2003 E-mail support and product delivery systems support for a global network with over 500 servers & 40,000 active email accounts in 23 countries in a 24 x 7 environment.

Responsible for installing, administering, monitoring, and maintaining internal Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 in a global exchange environment.

Supporting systems that provide services to multiple customer bases simultaneous, namely DNS, SMTP, HTTP(s), and LDAP

Responsible for implementing and supporting Windows Active Directory Infrastructure

Develop, maintain and document security standard guidelines and procedures that is appropriate and consistent across the company within Active Directory

Provide high level tape backup library with Commvault, monitor all regularly scheduled tape backup jobs, and investigate failed tape backup jobs to resolve problems.

Respond able for tier 3 support to help desk calls and remedy tickets.

Daily review of logs on Exchange infrastructure

Provide hands on support for WAN connectivity issues dealing with Cisco routers.

Support for Treo PDA devices and good technologies servers

Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA 8/2005 –2/2006

Contractor-Project Manager & E-Mail Engineer

Provided project planning and leadership to a team of 5 consultants, assigned to messaging related projects over a period of 6 months. Wrote project plan statements, which consolidated (9 exchange 5.5 sites with over 2000 users nationwide) into one Active Directory domain.

Had oversight of job assignment and keeping project on track, completed vision of the network design, wrote Statement of Work and documented the network and all related documentation to the exchange migration project. Provided high level support to network administrators.

Responsible for management and administration of an Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003migration

Project Management, Planning, Documentation and Architectural Design of large-scale upgrade of Exchange NT to Exchange 2003 E-mail and messaging related services.

Monitor systems to facilitate proper performance and perform diagnostics as needed.

Develop, implement, and document configuration standards, policies and procedures for operating, managing and ensuring the security of the network.

Responsible for design and deployment and testing of Windows 2003 Server, Exchange clustered servers supplied technical solutions to ensure success of the projects, the security of the IT environment, and the efficient use of IT and human resources.

SAIC /Dept of Homeland Security, Egg Harbor NJ 9/2002 – 8/2005

Contractor-Messaging Engineer & Administrator

Responsible for Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003 upgrade/migration of a large Government agency in a technical environment that consisted of over 10,000 users, not including groups and system duplication projects.

Built, configured, and supported Windows 2003 Clusters as well as Exchange 2003 clustered servers.

Installed, configured, and administered IIS and FTP servers in the network, established security policies and routine maintenance of IIS server, organized testing on web security issues, ran tests on third party software, wrote several documents on installations and configuration of servers for internal use

Responsible for deploying, designing, administering, monitoring, and maintaining the internal Exchange Instant Messaging server environment.

Responsible for provision of escalation support, troubleshooting of messaging system implementation patches updates, service packs, and repairs.

Administration of Outlook web access servers responsible for application development and support

Monitor and troubleshoot message routing configuration of messaging connectors and replication in a clustered environment.

Configured and maintained Cisco 2600 routers, installed access list, and implemented routing protocols.

Installed Brocade Silkworm switches, setup zones, maintained HBA cards with latest firmware.

Maintained, tested, and restored backups on Dell EMC4700 SAN

Developed and deployed several groups policies.

Administered Active Directory infrastructure, through LDAP, VBS and CSVDE scripts.

Maintained mission critical data by writing several documents on standardized policy for Veritas “backup and restore” of Exchange mailboxes.

Installed and tested fight fax for Sabre system

Brooks Brothers, New York, New York 1999-2002

LAN/WAN Administrator

Established local hardware and software standards, to support two plants in North America, Level 3 supports approximately 300 machines. Reduced help desk calls by 30%

Part of team that migrated from Microsoft NT to Windows 2000; setup Active Directory and Exchange 5.5

Configured and maintained Cisco routers, installed access list and security, worked on HP Smart Switches.

Moved from static IP to DHCP; setup WINS, Exchange, DNS servers; and employed RAS server for traveling sales staff.

Monitored network traffic using package sniffer, and intrusion detection; set security policies for the two North American plants.

Installed wireless network (symbol 24) as well as VPN.

Migrated to the company from GroupWise and MSMail; administered the new Citrix Meta frame thin client and set up accounts and created users in Exchange 5.5 after migration.

Responsible for Oracle and Microsoft Access, ODBC connectivity and backup, investigated any reported connection problems, and designed several SQL Server 7 databases.

Built all Compaq and Dell power servers from ground up and installed Raid 5

Developed and tested disaster recovery plan, installed arch server for all domain backups, controlled the tape library.

Installed network application for infection control, responsible for maintenance records and updating patches for network security.

EDUCATION

Computer Learning Center Cherry Hill NJ 1998-1999

Graduated Magna Cum Laude

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS

VMware VCP

Microsoft Certified System Engineer MCSE

Microsoft Certified Database Administrator DBA

Microsoft Certified Trainer MCT

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

IBM Right Source-Philadelphia PA 7/2000

Online Consulting-Philadelphia PA 8/2001

Dell EMC-Parsippany NJ 7/2006

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