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OBJECTIVE
My objectives are to obtain meaningful and challenging employment with a company that will take full advantage of my continual drive, determination, and skills. I am also looking to be a part of a dynamic hard working team that allows for advancement.

OVERVIEW OF QUALIFICATIONS
Nimsoft monitoring configuration / training / customization 
Strong understanding of monitoring applications, methodologies, and best practices
Software Implementation, Troubleshooting, and Support
Excellent troubleshooting and technical support abilities.
Experienced Large-scale Enterprise Implementations and Deployments
Strong verbal and written communications skills.
Project Management, Coordination, Planning, and Monitoring.
Sound understanding of Active Directory, SQL, Vmware, SCCM, Exchange, Etc

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Dell Inc
Plano, Texas
May 2014 - Current
Enterprise Performance Management Engineer | Sr Advisor

Aspire Technical Professionals, 
Jacksonville, Florida 
June 2013 – Current
Sr. Nimsoft Architect

General DataTech, 
Dallas, Texas 
May 2013 – March 2014
Managed Services - Sr Systems Engineer 

Source Direct, 
Dallas, Texas 
August 2012 – May 2013
Sr Managed Services Engineer 

ITA International / IT Authorities, 
Tampa, Florida 
December 2010 – August 2012
Sr. Nimsoft Consultant / Vendor Integration Engineer

Information Systems Intelligence, 
Grand Rapids, Michigan 
September 2009– November 2010
Cisco Networking Manager/Architect 

DataView IT, 
Grand Rapids, Michigan 
March 2008 – July 2009
Business Intelligence & Lead Development Engineer / Project Manager 

Great Lakes Computer Source, 
Grand Rapids, Michigan 
January 2007 – March 2008
Strategic Purchasing Analyst

TSG Global Communications/Level3 
Ellenton, Florida 
November 2004 – December 2006


CERTIFICATIONS
Nimsoft Certified Administrator
Nimsoft Certified Engineer
Nimsoft Certified Instructor
Nimsoft Certified Service Desk Administrator
Spectrum Administrator
ITIL v.3
Cisco SMB Account Manager
Cisco SMB Solutions Engineer
Cisco Sales Essentials (CSE v4.0)
Cisco CCENT/CCNA
Cisco CMNA (Cisco Meraki Network Associate)
Six Sigma Foundations
Polycom VoIP Solution Sales
Polycom VoIP Pre-Sales Technical
Dell Associate Server v7.0
Dell Managed Deployment Technical Lead
Dell DMS Client Soft Skills
Dell Wireless Technology 
Dell PowerEdge T Series Server

TECHNOLOGIES
Cisco Routers (800 -3600 series)
Cisco Catalyst Switch (1900 – 2900 series)
Cisco UC (320-560)
Cisco CMBE
IP/PBX (Cisco, Avaya, Epygi, Polycom, SNOM)
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gig Ethernet, DSL, ISDN
Multiple Enterprise Level NAS and Storage Devices
Citrix Client and Servers
VMware
Cloud/Hosted Computing/Technologies
Windows Terminal Services
DHCP/ DNS/ WINS/ Etc
TFTP/ HTTP/ HTTPS
TCP/IP v4-6
SNMP, LAN/WAN, IPX/SPX, POP3, SMTP, FTP, Telnet, VPN, RIP, NAT

OPERATING SYSTEMS
Cisco IOS
Windows 9x – Windows 7 Enterprise Desktop Environments
Windows NT, 2000, 2003, 2008 2012 Server – Web, Standard, Enterprise Platforms
RedHat, Unix, Linux,
Mac OS.X

SOFTWARE
Nimsoft Monitoring Software
Nimsoft Service Desk
BMC/Numara FootPrints
CA Spectrum
Solar Winds Suite
N-Able Suite
Kaseya
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Active Directory 
All Desktop - Enterprise Level Symantec Products 
MS SharePoint
MS Project
MS Visio
Salesforce
Extensive Asterisk and VoIP IAX/SIP

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
Java 
JQuery
Perl
PowerShell
Lua
VB/Visual Basic
SQL
Ruby

EDUCATION
Davenport University Grand Rapids, Michigan
Global Project Management / Computer Networking  

Heal College Portland, Oregon 
Computer Science and Technology 
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