Summary Of Qualifications

Over 5 years experience as a self-motivated, IT administrator with a proven track record of analyzing problems and situations, developing and simplifying procedures, and building effective working technology with clients and staff. I currently hold the MCP, A+, Network+, and Security+ certifications. In addition, I am working to obtain my MCSE by January (two exams from being complete).
Skilled with installation/maintenance of networking hardware and software including LANs, WLANs, and VPNs. Also experienced in implementing security solutions for wired and wireless networks.
Skilled with Visual Studio VB .NET 3.5 and designing web applications with MS SQL Server 2005 and 2008. Also skilled with creating/editing graphics for web/print advertising.
Skilled with the implementation and maintenance of Exchange Server 2003 and 2007.
Skilled with initial the implementation and maintenance of IIS.

Professional Experience

IT Consultant
Confidential,Lexington, KY Sept. 2009 – Present

Architected IT solutions for all business types and sizes.
Met with customers to determine business objectives and required technologies.
Worked with company’s engineers to implement our determined solutions.
Designed solutions for multiple objectives including Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity, virtualization, SAN implementations, hardware refreshes, network implementations, etc.
Continued training with multiple vendors to become certified to work with their solutions.
Worked with the company owner to design/distribute a custom newsletter and website to our customer base as well as develop unique advertising opportunities to those customers.

System Administration/Help Desk Tech
Confidential,Lexington, KY March 2009 – July 2009

Network administration comprised of 8 remote offices with over 30 servers and over 300 users spanning multiple states.
Responsible for developing software packages for distribution through our KACE network management appliance.
Daily maintenance of Active Directory including the implementation of new GPOs.
Responsible for initial implementation and continued maintenance of network-wide updates to all client machines for Windows 2000, Windows XP (x86 & x64), and Vista (x86 & x64).
Responsible for archiving projects.
Daily troubleshooting of user computer problems for both hardware and software issues.
Responsible for initial implementation and continued maintenance of Flash Media Server to stream company videos to all users.
Responsible for maintenance of Dell, HP, and IBM hardware including desktops, laptops and servers.
Responsible for writing Batch and VBScripts for network management.
Implemented solutions which saved the company over $7,000 per year.

System Administration/Office Supervisor
Confidential,Pelahatchie, MS December 2003 – January 2008

Responsible for administration of IT.
Managed folder shares and associated permissions.
Administered hardware and software implementation and updates as well as training for users.
Managed the IT budget for the company.
Worked with users to troubleshoot computer issues.
Supervised software licensing and support.
Supervised all updates and system-wide backups.

Teller/Sales Associate
Confidential,Jackson, MS September 2001 – December 2003

Education