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When: Summer 2005
Role: Planned, designed and implementing the upgrade of the District's
overworked Exchange 2000 servers to Exchange 2003, upgrading to new hardware then migrating mailboxes,
public folders and third party connectors, including Blackberry FaxServe and
Clearswift Mailsweeper.
When: Winter 2003/4 - ongoing
Role: Planning and converting District servers from Windows 2000 to Windows
2003 in an ongoing upgrade and rationalization project. Over eighty servers ,
including domain controllers will
eventually convert from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003 with a targeted 10-20%
reduction in total server count.
When: Summer 2003 – Fall 2003
Role: Led group that deployed Clearswift Mailsweeper for SMTP and a Symantec
anti-virus plug-in to control/monitor and overcome internet SPAM and virus
threats. Designed implementation architecture, installed programs and oversaw
implementation, training and tuning of products to combat the changing and
growing threat of SPAM and viruses.
When: Summer 2002 - Spring 2004
Role: Working with the project team to provide lead support for the Active
Directory design and implementation components of the planned desktop migration
project to allow for streamlined deployment and maintenance though Active
Directory group Policy.
When: Summer 2001 - Fall 2002
Role: Planned, designed and implementing the upgrade of the District's aging
Exchange 5.5 infrastructure, upgrading to new hardware then migrating mailboxes,
public folders and third party connectors to an Exchange 2000 infrastructure to
provide better reliability and easier maintenance.
When: Fall 2000 - Winter 2000/2001
Role: Led task force working to design and implement a Windows 2000
Active Directory structure to support the Utility District's 1000 employees and
50 servers. Converted domain, upgraded services and implemented pilot DFS
universal share structure.
When: Summer 2000 - Winter 2000/2001
Role: Worked with vendors to design procure and implement a pilot Storage
Area Network using a Compaq MA 8000, Windows 2000 servers and ARCServe and TSM
backup solutions.
When: Spring/Summer 2000
Role: Led task force that developed new Remote Access policies and implemented
a standard VPN/RAS, Citrix MetaFrame for Windows 2000/Microsoft Terminal Server
remote access solution. Accomplishments included developing and receiving
management approval for standards, replacing the existing Citrix WinFrame
solution, and supporting the pilot implementation. Also overcame Microsoft
License Server complications.
When: Spring 2000
Role: Converted File and Print services for over 400 District users from
existing hardware to new Windows 2000 servers residing in the Windows NT 4.0
domain structure. Transferred all shares, profile and home directories,
overcame Windows 2000 printing issues and developed the team's expertise in
Windows 2000 technologies.
When: Fall/Winter 1999/2000
Role: Led the Cambridge Technology Partners’ Windows 2000 Rapid Deployment
Program project. Responsibilities
included both working with Microsoft to prepare for an internal deployment of
Windows 2000 at Cambridge and preparing Cambridge Networking Services for
deploying Windows 2000 to customers through training, service offering
development and coordination of seminars and marketing efforts. Responsible for
an assessment of Cambridge’s internal networking infrastructure, project
planning and initial design work.
When: Summer 1999
Role: Senior Consultant on a Project to design a migration form Novell
NetWare and GroupWise to Microsoft NT and Exchange.
Assessed the existing environment. Developed an architecture for the new
Network Operating System and Messaging environment. Built the project plan to
migrate all locations from the old environment to the proposed environment.
When: Spring 1999
Role: Lead analyst to define the requirements and effort needed to bring the City
of Seattle’s Police and Fire Departments to compliance on the City Standard
Architecture. Developed an
assessment based technical and business issues posed by this challenge.
Developed detailed project plans for implementation of the migration.
When: Winter 1998/1999
Role: Worked with a team that developed the Exchange detailed architecture for a
multinational manufacturing organization. Gathered scope and requirements,
developed the outlined and completed a detailed design document to support an
Exchange environment covering 9,000 clients in 43 physical locations on three
continents.
When: Summer/Fall 1998
Role: Technical lead on a team that developed a detailed design and migration
planning for a municipality migrating from Banyan Vines and Beyond Mail to a
Windows NT Domain structure and a Microsoft Exchange messaging system.
Responsible for research, testing, writing and pilot implementation of
the architecture and implementation plan.
When: Summer/Fall 1998
Role: Designed and implemented the pilot environment for a Novell GroupWise to
Microsoft Exchange Migration. Developed and tested the migration message routing and name
resolution environment. Standardized
and configured Exchange servers and tested migration procedures.
When: Spring 1998
Role: Worked as Principal Engineer on a team responsible for migrating and
consolidating a city department’s NetWare 3.x servers to NetWare 4.11.
Developed NDS tree configuration, implemented file servers and assisted
with data and client migrations. Installed,
configured and supported DHCP rollout to clients.
Assisted with the cc: Mail to GroupWise messaging migration.
When: Winter/Spring 1998
Role: Assisted a major Telecommunications Company develop and lab test a thin
client solution based on Citrix WinFrame and Microsoft Terminal Server
components. Helped design back end
requirements and processes to allow the rollout and support of 6,000 clients
nation-wide. Documented procedures
and configurations required to implement the environment.
When: Fall 1997
Role: Provided back end support for the rollout of the Exchange client and Windows
NT file services to a pilot group in a division of a large Telecommunications
Company. Designed logon scripts and
policy configurations to assist the migration process.
When: Winter 1996/1997
Role: Installed, configured and documented a site-based Exchange backup solution
for a large Utility firm with two geographically dispersed locations.
Tested and configured RAID backup devices to ensure nightly backups of
more than 90 GB of data per location. Documented disaster recovery
procedures.
When: Summer 1996 - Summer 1998
Role: Served as on-site engineer to design and support the migration of a regional
Utility’s 700 users from a DEC VAC and All-in-1 configuration to a Windows NT
4.0 and Exchange environment. Configured and managed over 20 servers running
file and print services, DHCP, WINS, Oracle, SNA, SMS, SQL and Exchange.
Performed Exchange data migration from All-in-1 to Exchange. Managed the
migration of servers from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0 and the Exchange servers from 4.0 to
5.0 to 5.5.
When: Fall 1993 - Summer 1996
Role: Served as a senior member of a team responsible for the consolidation of
NetWare servers for a Seattle City Light.
Participated in migrations designed to standardize the desktop
configurations and prepare for a NetWare 4.x migration.
Designed and piloted the NetWare NDS structure for the organization.
Migrated and consolidated the NetWare 3.x environment to NetWare 4.10.
Structured and helped coordinate a migration of the Utility’s 900
central clients to a new facility. Designed and helped administer Utility's
Windows NT domain structure.
When: Summer 1993
Role: Systems engineer responsible for providing Microsoft Mail SMTP
service between internal and external UNIX systems. Configured
Netware 3.11 server for NFS, TCP/IP and Macintosh services.
When: Summer 1993
Role: Systems Engineer responsible for integrating Netware 3.11
servers with HP UNIX medical computer systems.
When: Summer/Fall 1992
Role: Software specialist responsible for installation and
configuration NetWare 2.2 networking system and asynchronous modem connections
for Real Estate systems.
When: Summer 1992
Role: Software specialist responsible for installation of SCO UNIX system
and X- terminals for City of Rockford Police evidence tracking system.
Configured UNIX software and TCP/IP networking.
When: Summer 1990 - Fall 1991
Role: Analyst and Administrator in charge of installation,
administration and expansion of NetWare 3.10 Server, customer financial
applications and server-based productivity applications.
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