Resume of Communications Manager

Title
Communications Manager

Primary Skills
Management, Networking, Security, and Systems Administration

Location
US-GA-Alpharetta

Posted
May-11-07

EDUCATION

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech): B.A. (June 1997)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Possess significant experience managing, project planning for, and administrating an enterprisewide
IT infrastructure. Proven track record in dealing with mission critical business applications and
365/24/7 business requirements of an enterprise infrastructure consisting of the following: 100 offices,
3,500 users, 350 servers, and 250 network devices. Possess leadership qualities to maintain staff motivation
and performance on-task, concurrent with an efficient and safe workplace.
Have supervisory experience with managing local and remote employees. Work effectively
through stressful situations and have shown that I can manage, coordinate, and support others in stressful
work environments. Enjoy work and learning through intra-department projects and maintain good interpersonal
skills while working with clients.
MACTEC, INC. -- Alpharetta, GA February 2002 --Present
Communications Manager -- Alpharetta, GA
Communications Network Administrator -- Alpharetta, GA
Corporate Systems Project Manager -- Alpharetta, GA
Corporate Systems Administrator -- Alpharetta, GA
Law Companies Group was acquired by MACTEC, Inc. on February 15, 2002, creating a $500M engineering
consulting and development corporation with over 100 offices nationwide. I was offered a relocation package
in August of 2002 to become a Corporate Systems Administrator at the corporate headquarters of MACTEC,
Inc. in Alpharetta, GA
Lead, managed, and provided direct operational support for all MACTEC offices
Highly tuned creativity in forming strategies for business-affecting improvements, compliancy, and uptime
requirements
Re-bid long distance voice and data services agreements resulting in $650K in annualized savings by
November 2006
Responsible for budget planning & management of departmental budget over $1.8 million annually
Have worked directly with business departments, office managers, and service lines helping to coordinate
and plan appropriate IT projects to meet necessary business requirements or capital and expense savings
initiatives
Project manager responsible for implementation of EMC NAS 702, SQL 2000 consolidation, Client Facing
application hosting initiative, Deltek CRM&P, Distributive check printing, Cisco Wireless Access Points,
VoIP, Datacenter facilities upgrades, 20kVA UPS installation, Open Source tools and production
applications: MRTG SNMP monitoring, Groundwork Monitor with Nagios, Scrutinizer Netflow,
TACACS+
Responsible for the discovery, research, provisioning, and implementation of VoIP, Satellite, DSL, DS1,
DS3, PRI, Analog, and Centrex technologies and related equipment for corporate and remote offices
Procured, designed, managed, and implemented the first phase of relocating enterprise services to a colocation
facility, including facility selection process.
Assisted in upgrading and standardizing the IT infrastructure in all MACTEC offices starting June 2002 and
November 2003 from Novell to Windows 2000 Server; subsequently upgrading Windows 2000 Servers to
2003 Server
LAW COMPANIES GROUP, INC. -- Alpharetta, GA January 2001 -- February 2002
Northeast Regional Supervisor -- Sterling, VA
Regional Network Administrator -- Sterling, VA
Managed a team of four Regional Network Administrators whose responsibilities included acting as a
liaison between corporate IT operations department and remote offices. Responsible for the set-up,
operation and administration of Local Area Networks, personal computers, and branch office servers for
27regional offices. Managed a conversion from NT4.0 to Windows 2000 server. Regularly scheduled oncall,
servicing all offices within my region. Coordinated tear down, move, and build up of branch office
openings and closures.
RAPPAHANNOCK REGIONAL JAIL -- Fredericksburg, VA July 1997 -- January 2001
Case Manager
Documentation of background information for newly arrested clients, providing reports in courtroom and
judges' chambers concerning bail recommendations at arraignment. Prepared financial information of
clients awaiting trial for use by court clerks. Managed pretrial supervision and electronic monitoring.
Reported client progress to court, concerning treatment, counseling and drug testing. Monitored client
movement, on-call 24 / 7. Tracked clients assigned for community service to the community-based
probation program. Performed duties and maintained active certification as sworn Conservator of the
Peace.
STANCIU MANAGEMENT, INC. -- Arlington, VA June 1992 -- August 1992
George Mason Apartments
Acting on-site Property Manager
Performed duties during transition between resident managers, handled all office administrative and leasing
functions including rent collection for 80-unit property. Prepared and performed data entry of HUDrequired
demographics for all Stanciu Management properties as part of data consolidation initiative to a
central database system at the main office. Managed maintenance, cleaning, and grounds crews.
Responsible for coordination and management of daily work orders and tasks assigned to staff.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Hardware: Dell, IBM, HP (networking), EMC, Cisco, Nokia, 3COM, KVM over IP, Facilities (Electrical,
HVAC, Fire Suppression)
Programming Languages: Visual Basic Script, HTML, PHP, Transact SQL, Perl
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 3.0, 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, NT 4 Workstation & Server, 2000
Professional and Server, XP, 2003 Server; RedHat Server 4.0 ES, Checkpoint Splash 60 & 61, Nokia IPO
4.0, Knoppix
Server Applications: Microsoft SQL 2000 & 2005, Exchange 2000 & 2003, ISA 2004 & 2006; MySQL,
Websense 5.X & 6.X, TACACS+, Nagios, MRTG, Optio eCommerce Suite, HP OpenView Storage Data
Protector
Security: CheckPoint NG & NGX Firewall-1, Cisco PIX & ISA, Cisco Router ACLs, Cisco Wireless
Access Points, Cisco Site to Site Hardware VPN, PGP, Linux Security, Microsoft OS Configuration within
firewall implementations, Microsoft ISA 2004 & 2006
Directory Services: Microsoft Active Directory 2000 and 2003, Exchange 5.5 Directory Services, Windows
NT 4 Domain Services, Linux/Unix native directory services, TACACS+ and Microsoft Radius AAA
applied to Cisco products
Networking and Routing: Cisco CCME, BGPv4 public AS and private AS management, EIGRP, Static
Routes, HSRP, DNS, DHCP, WINS, LAN & WAN technologies and associated protocols
Tools: Microsoft Project, Visio, Office Suite, Solarwinds Engineering Edition Tools, Nmap, MRTG,
Scrutinizer, Kiwi Syslog and Cat Tools, TCP/IP protocol suite
CERTIFICATIONS
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer NT4.0 (November 2000)
QA/QC Course Certificate -- MACTEC Course (November 2003)
Principles of Project Management Course Certificate -- MACTEC Course (August 2004)
Pursuing Cisco Certified Network Administrator (Expected completion 2nd Qtr 2007)
Pursuing CheckPoint Certified Security Administrator (Expected completion 3rd Qtr 2007)
REFERENCES
Available upon request

Certifications
MCSE


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