James E. (Eddie) Davis III

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Summary

Versatile IT professional with expertise in diverse range of technologies and vast knowledge of Enterprise Infrastructures. Well-organized, result oriented individual with proven ability to implement technology, standards, procedures and processes that improve business functionality. Solid technical hands-on skills but also capable of leading and motivating individuals to maximize levels of productivity, while forming cohesive team environments. Comfortable with providing the hands-on work “in the weeds”, designing or architecting technical solutions, or leading a group of technical resources.

Highlights

Cloud Computing

Self-directed

Hybrid Identity Implementations

Collaborative

Infrastructure Design and Architecture

Strategic Thinking

Messaging Migrations

Networking

Project Management

Internet Technologies

Education

Auburn University

1999

MBA: Business Administration (minor in MIS)

Auburn University

1993

Bachelor of Science: Business Administration (concentration in MIS)

Technical Expertise

Certifications: MCSE: Cloud Platform & Infrastructure, MCSE: Productivity, MCSE: Messaging 2013, Passed MD-100 Exam Jan 2020 (working towards M365 Enterprise Admin Expert), MCSA Office 365, MCSA Windows Server 2012, Cisco CCNA, Citrix CCP-N, MCP 2012, MCP 2000, MCP 4.0, ITIL Foundation

Operating Systems: Windows XP, 7, 8, 10, Windows Server 2003-2019

Hardware: Laptops, Workstations, Servers (HP, Dell, Compaq, IBM, Cisco), RAID, SCSI, Printers, Switches, Routers (Cisco and Juniper)

Software: Active Directory, Exchange 5.5-2013, Skype for Business Online, Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security Suite (EMS), System Center Suite, PowerShell, SkyKick, BitTitan tools, VMWare vSphere 3.x, 4.x, & 5.x, Veeam, IIS, GFI Languard, Lumension EMSS, Trustwave vulnerability scanning, Symantec, Trend Micro, McAfee, CommVault, Cisco IOS, Juniper Junos, MS Office Suite, Visio, Microsoft Project.

Professional Experience

Constellium, Atlanta, GA July 2017 to Present

Constellium SE is a global leader in innovative and high value-added aluminum products and solutions dedicated primarily to aerospace, automotive and packaging markets. With a global network of 28 production facilities, state-of-the-art technology centers and offices around the world. Constellium employees ~13,000 employees. The company is headquartered in Paris (France) with corporate offices in Baltimore, MD (U.S.) and in Zurich (Switzerland).

IT Infrastructure Service Manager - Workplace & Mobility

Responsible for the overall Workplace & Mobility Infrastructure at Constellium (particularly within North America). This includes strategic planning with other Central IT resources and North American resources. Making sure North American locations are aware of and following Corporate policies and procedures. Assisted North American techs with issues as needed. This includes working on and leading various technical projects.

Completed tenant to tenant migration for a joint venture that we purchased. This was done using Binary Tree’s tools, Binary Tree white glove service, and ShareGate for OneDrive migrations. This also included performing a migration of user and computer objects from one AD forest to Constellium’s AD forest.

Currently implementing Server 2019 RDS environment with Wyse thin client for use on manufacturing floor.

Implemented Intune/Azure AD Conditional Access Policies to prevent non-hybrid Azure AD joined devices and non-compliant mobile devices access to Office 365 services.

Decommissioned Exchange 2007 servers and redirected SMTP mail flow through O365.

Worked with 3rd party vendor to migrate on-prem SharePoint farm to SharePoint Online

Primary 2nd level support for SCCM issues and questions.

Primary resource for Lansweeper issues and questions.

Assisted with UCC project moving sites from various solutions (Vonage, PBX) to hybrid Skype.

Implemented digital signage throughout North American locations for employee communication using Chrome devices and Signagelive.

B2B Technologies, Atlanta, GA Sept. 2014 to July 2017

B2B Technologies is a Microsoft Gold Managed Partner. The consulting expertise spans the full spectrum of tools and technologies needed to deliver to your organization complete, end-to-end productivity solutions. B2B’s goal is to make the people in your organization more productive by delivering state-of-the-art information technology.

Practice Manager - Infrastructure

Responsible for the overall Infrastructure practice at B2B Technologies. This includes development of service offerings, pre-sales engagements, post-sales delivery, team building, mentoring, and strategic planning. I have led various infrastructure projects from discovery, to planning and design, and finally to hands-on implementation to include the following:

Migrated over 1,000 mailboxes from various Exchange and other messaging systems to Exchange Online using both native Microsoft tools (hybrid, cutover, and staged) and 3rd party migration tools (BitTitan and Skykick)

Designed and implemented hybrid identity solutions between on-premises Active Directory and Azure Active Directory for over 15 Office 365 migrations over the past 2 years

Migrated a client from First Class messaging system to Exchange Online using combination of BitTitan and Microsoft’s PST Capture tool

Numerous planning/design sessions (both in pre-sales and post-sales capacity) for hybrid identities implementations, messaging migrations, and to utilize Azure AD for SSO and security

Implemented Exchange Online DLP policies, retention policies and other security measures for a university in Illinois

Performed numerous on-prem to Azure assessments to help clients understand the true costs and ROI of a move to the cloud

Acculynk, Atlanta, GA Sept. 2013 to Aug. 2014

Acculynk secures online transactions with a suite of software-only services backed by a patented authentication and encryption framework that provides greater security for issuers, EFT networks, merchants and payment processors. Acculynk’s PaySecure® utilizes a graphical PIN-pad for the secure entry of a consumer’s PIN online and is available to merchants through existing acquirer relationships, enabling speedy implementation. PaySecure is currently enabled on over 3,200 merchant websites. Acculynk has partnerships with 11 EFT networks to process PaySecure transactions and with six leading payment processors, and is certified with PULSE, First Data and MasterCard, among other key industry leaders.

Director of Technology (very hands-on)

Solely responsible for entire IT infrastructure (over 200 servers and 300 total devices) across 3 data centers and 2 office locations for a growing payment processing start-up company.

Worked with the various payment processing vendors to implement site-to-site VPN connections from either Juniper or Cisco devices in colocation data center.

Completed all upgrades and patches for all servers and devices throughout the organization.

Provided support for entire environment for laptops/mobile devices to virtual servers to networking equipment (Juniper and Cisco).

Evaluated current infrastructure and developed plan of action based on risk, cost, and timing.

Analyzed current IT spending and implemented opportunities to reduce spending (saving the company over $50,000 annually in my first 3 months).

Assisted with PCI audit and performed any needed remediation.

Moved company from on-premises Exchange 2003 to Exchange Online/Office 365 using cutover method.

Redesigned Juniper switch/firewalls to reduce complexity and time to implement new services.

BlueLinx Corporation, Atlanta, GA (spinoff from Georgia-Pacific) Sept. 2004 to Sept. 2013

BlueLinx Corporation (NYSE: BXC) is the largest building products wholesaler in the country. Annual revenues of approx. $2.0B with 1,800+ employees.

Technical Lead/Manager, IT Operations

Directed Information Technology operations within $2 billion company providing building products distribution services to over 11,500 customers operating 25,000 locations across the United States, Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean Islands. Oversaw Data Center Operations, Network Engineering, Telecommunications, Help Desk and End User Support for internal selling systems, back end office automation, and Internet technologies across 2 sales and operations centers and 55+ distribution warehouses. Renegotiated and managed vendor contracts. Managed up to 17 staff members and a $6 million budget.

Managed company wide implementation of Verizon VoIP services with a total 3-year savings of $1.1 million.

Envisioned and managed implementation of Cisco UCS/NetApp Flexpod providing virtualization services to over 200 servers.

Created supportive team environment that was defined by collaboration and knowledge sharing; high retention rate within the team.

Active member of Enterprise Technology Group and Architecture Review Board.

Managed team on $3 million project to redesign and replace existing network and telephony infrastructure.

Along with CIO and other IT managers, established strategic and tactical plans for all corporate technologies in alignment with business goals and articulated them to team members and other associates.

Partnered with Department leaders to design, implement and manage IT core technical competencies, services offerings and back-office operations.

Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Atlanta, GA May 1996 to Sept. 2004

Senior Engineer/Lead Analyst/Technical Lead

eSolutions

Lead for Web Infrastructure support across entire Enterprise. This included support for over 400 web servers, which involved IIS, Com+, Visual InterDev, and SharePoint Portal Server, and Visual SourceSafe support.

Consulted on all aspects of the web site deployment which included site hosting, site design, site review, etc.

Network/DMZ Architecture in coordination with Network Solutions, Network Operations and Security. Provided gatekeeper role for Corporate DMZ.

Ensured high availability and scalability of Enterprise Internet, Extranet, and Intranet web sites.

Handled all promote to production for Enterprise web sites.

Provided assistance and support as needed for G-P's Biztalk environments and EAI environment.

Liaison between GPS, OneBI, Developers, and Network support groups.

Distribution Division

Team Lead for 5 Tech/1800 user support group including 100+ NT Servers, 1500+ NT Workstations, and 300+ Windows 95/98 laptops. This included supporting Microsoft Office 97, Exchange 5/Outlook 98, Reflections 7.0, Norton Antivirus 4/7.5, Microsoft Project 97, Visio 5, RightFax 7.01, and numerous Access developed databases.

Implemented SMS 1.2 infrastructure for 2 primary sites and 64 secondary sites. Administered this entire infrastructure including some SQL 6.5 administration.

Used SMS Installer (and Wise for Windows Installer) scripting to complement expertise in batch file development.

Provided 2nd/3rd level support for issues ranging from desktop applications (Microsoft and home-grown) to server applications to WAN connectivity.

Coordinated, researched, and implemented various technical projects.

Trained and educated both end-users and other technicians on all aspects of Microsoft multi-domain environment.

NSP Corporate Graphics, Inc., Auburn, AL March 1993 to May 1996

IS Coordinator/Systems Administrator

Solely responsible for all installations, upgrades, and support of approximately 25 clients and 2 servers, this included developing requirements, requesting quotes, and making the final decisions.

Assisted with all internal Cat5 cabling, hub installation, and network connectivity.

Migrated company from IBM System 36 to Client/Server architecture.

Installed and managed a PC/Mac, Windows NT Server 3.51, and SCO Unix Ethernet LAN. Implemented and maintained Symix, a complete ERP system, running on SCO Unix. Thoroughly trained on all aspects of Symix ERP system.

Developed ad-hoc reports using Progress 4GL.

Accomplishments

2012-2013 BlueLinx HiPO (High Potential) Roundtable Development Program member

2009 BlueLinx Vice-President's Award winner

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