Da'Love Thomas DBA Onyx FX

Introduction: I'm an IT professional with nearly 16 years of experience in the field. I have exceptional technical and management skills, which have allowed me to repeatedly identify, prioritize, and resolve major IT and telecommunications-related issues in their initial stages. Throughout my career, I've held numerous IT management and support positions for companies such as Clientfirst Consulting Group, The GDR Group, Inc., Canon USA, and Activision O2, Inc. I am an expert in providing and managing day-to-day IT support, project management and vendor relations, disaster recovery and IT security. I am also familiar with Apple iOS platforms and website setup, design, and maintenance. Some of my highlights are as follows: * Manage day-to-day IT functions and IT staff at various government locations with technical, analytical and organizational troubleshooting. ? * Project management of network infrastructure redesign, upgrades and cleanup (LDAP, TCP/UDP, OSI, and CDP Protocols) * Performed DNS orphan server removals, sites and services configuration corrections to increase DC server replication and routing services * Group Policy Organizational (GPO) redesign, modifications and implementation * Numerous DHCP migrations from WIN2k3 to WIN2k12r2 * Upgrading of city server infrastructure from physical network to a virtual network (VMware 4.0-5.5) with fail over * Deployment of wireless solutions such as Juniper Controller and AP's Meraki Cloud Solution * Vendor relations with procurement of hardware and software (e.g., servers, switches, etc.) * Project management of city IT data center move to new location * Exchange upgrades from 2k3 to 2k10 * Disaster recovery planning (DR) and detailed documentation * Preformed VMware -- installing, upgrading, configuring, troubleshooting and deploying * Performed enterprise storage -- installing, upgrading, troubleshooting and deploying with redundancy and disaster recovery strategies. * Windows server -- installing, upgrading, configuring, troubleshooting, deploying, and group policy and active directory/OU cleanup * Provided deliverables, staff reporting to counsel members and city mayor at weekly counsel meetings Some of my specialties are as follows: * Disaster Recovery Planning * Installation, Configuration, and Maintenance of Multiple Technologies * Windows NT Servers/Workstations * Windows Back Office * Windows 2000/2003/2008 Advanced Server * Exchange and BES Servers * Proxy Server 2.0 and Proxy Client * VM Sphere and Hyper V * Microsoft Routing and Remote Access Server and VPN Technologies * WINS * DHCP (WAN, LAN, WLAN) * DNS Over TCP/IP * Symantec Backup Exec * Application Packaging and Patch Management * IT Vendor Relationships and Price Negotiations * IT Project Management * Develop, Document, and Manage Policies and Procedures * Help Desk/Desktop Support * Security Surveillance Installation and Monitoring