SUMMARY:

• Results - oriented and motivated with a track record of success contributing to reliable, best-in-class systems and systems engineering in the industry.
• Multi-tasks in goal-oriented, fast-paced work environments to complete projects on time and within budget. Meets and collaborates with staff across departments; regularly applies analytical skills to conduct research, troubleshoot, and problem solve on component evaluations. Technical expertise includes:

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software: PaloAlto Networks, VMware, WiNG, Hyper-V, MS Server 03-12, Ubuntu

Design: WAN, LAN, VLAN, Wireless, DMZ

Tools: Wireshark, Nmap, Lan Sweeper, ntop, Veeam

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Palo Alto

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Utilized policy based management tools and offered new services in addition to the original single production wlan. Configured and delivered Motorola brand access points for a hardware refresh.
• Partnered with staff to deploy more than 300 access points supporting production, guest, and PLC wireless connectivity. Reconfigured sites with recent legacy Cisco access point purchases to support a multi-SSID/multi-vlan wireless network.
• Configured scanning devices to function as legacy Intermec devices when connected to the legacy erp system. Developed new terminal emulation profiles to support connectivity to SAP ERP system.
• Primary team administrator for 200+ servers in growing VMware environment. Veeam Backup and Replication as main layer of backup.
• Primary point of contact and responsibility for multiple multiple just in time manufacturing sites. All LAN, Windows PC’s, handheld scanners and PLC connectivity.
• Acted as a main point of contact for peer Site Administrators dealing with non-standard printers on the 2008 R2 print servers.
• Planned, researched, and wrote documentation for server backups and handheld scanner configurations to maintain consistency in procedures company-wide.
• Recommended notifications for success/failure on site server backup and implemented management policies to bring IT systems in line with best practices (e.g. re- end-users, physically correcting sub-standard wiring, PC's, etc).

Confidential, Baker City, OR

Chief Information and Data Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Designed, implemented, and monitored LAN including wireless APs, disk image server, and the CentOS file server with remote desktop/laptop file synchronization, VPN and VOIP system. Assembled and configured a multi-virtual workstation for a single threaded analysis application. Coordinated onsite support including PDF creation and manipulation, MS Office, and cell phone configuration.
• Collected Meteorological Tower (MET) data, process MET data for quality and safe storage and organization. Analyzed MET data, e.g., identification of erroneous data, data removal, and GIS coordinates. Planned 3d terrain data, acquisition and preparation of property maps, and generation of Weibull curves based on MET data. Oversaw the calculation of turbine output using manufacturer power curves, long term correlation with nearby data sets, and generation of wind resource maps for the surrounding area.

Confidential, Baker City, OR

Owner/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Offered IT services for small business: Rolled an in-house email server based on qmail, Vpopmail, mysql, Spamassassin and Courier-Imap on Gentoo. Provided Domain and DNS management for local clients, and web hosting services based on Ubuntu, Apache-mpm-itk, PHP and MySQL.
• Monitored both static and Joomla based sites on local hardware and KVM, VMware, and Amazon's EC2. Offered backup services based on Novell's iFolder v. 3.8 featuring secured connections and encrypted file storage.
• Developed course material and instructed Windows XP classes for adults at the Baker County Public Library. Provided additional IT support for local community service non-profits.
• Migrated numerous new Vista based PC's first to XP and later to Win7 by identifying the chipsets on the mainboard and installing chip manufacturer drivers.
• Wrote Bash scripts to automate binary level backups and repetitive server maintenance tasks.
• Migrated to a collaborative email server based on the Zimbra Groupware Application while retaining the customized spam removal using Spamassasin and Postfix on CentOS .

Confidential, Baker City, OR

Computer Support

Responsibilities:

• Single point of contact for all local support for a production facility with 250 employees spread over 3 shifts.
• Served as the local contact between local IT and the corporate IT department, attending meetings in person and remotely, coordinating company-wide IT activities and providing input on the local impact of proposed IT solutions.
• Responsible for all aspects of local IT:
• Identifying and purchasing needed hardware, software, and licensing.
• Day to day support including network printers, desktops, laptops, T1 WAN, Terminal Services, firewalls, anti-virus and computerized wood processing equipment.
• Timely analysis and reporting to the Plant Manager and his assistant.
• Developed course material and taught MS Office and 98/W2K/XP classes, as well as provided one-on-one .
• Implemented and maintained intranet site.
• Maintained local servers providing DNS, Active Directory, File and Print sharing.
• Moved the entire local network from Windows 98 to a full W2K Active Directory including redirected folders and roaming profiles.
• Developed an Access database for Incident/Injury tracking that contributed to receiving the OROSHA SHARP for numerous years.
• Data cleaning and in-house as the facility moved from the MP2 purchasing system to the full maintenance management system 7i.
• Assisted with expansion of facility including wireless links and fiber termination.