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US-New York-New York City
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Experience
Kforce Professional Staffing 10/2006 4/2007
IT Flex Account Manager 1/2007 4/2007
Kforce Professional Staffing, Parsippany, NJ
Promotes Kforces services to clients by determining and implementing appropriate marketing techniques for industry and region, including regular visits to current clients
Negotiates with client to establish appropriate bill rates, contract terms and fees for incoming job orders
Employs appropriate methodologies to facilitate the matching process from the client perspective.
Ensures client expectations regarding job orders are set and maintained.
Conducts follow-up activities with clients to ensure customer satisfaction and delivery by candidate of expected services
Identifies new job order opportunities through client contacts and consultants via candidate marketing and relationship building
Identifies customer needs; is continuously alert and responsive to changing customer business environment and needs
Preps and debriefs client; provides coaching and advice to the client through the interview process, to include counter-offers
Advises clients throughout the placement process
Works closely with the Recruiter in efforts related to candidate activities including quality assurance, candidate follow-up, candidate retention and extension, lead generation, re-marketing and assignment end
Technical Recruiter 10/2006 1/2007
Kforce Professional Staffing, Parsippany, NJ
Leverage extensive IT background to attract and place superior IT consultants.
Worked directly with hiring managers to help determine staffing needs, writing job postings and ads, making offers of employment.
Screening, interviewing and qualifying candidates against defined criteria.
Creating and maintaining candidate profiles.
Preparing candidates for client facing interviews.
Build and maintain a vast network of professional relationships over a long period of time.
Ability to persuade and influence decision makers and executives
Demonstrate strong business acumen, professionalism, personal integrity, a strong commitment to achieve success.
Desktop Engineer 6/2007 8/2007
Bayer Consumer Healthcare (Consultant for Pomeroy)
Provide Desktop Engineering support for 500 user Bayer Consumer Healthcare Facility.
Implement Fiberlink VPN software upgrades and communication testing.
Support Lotus Notes Mail client environment
Support Active Directory access for new, current and ending users.
o Facilitate AD Account Security lockout / password resets.
o Support Global and Local Group Policy settings in accordance with corporate policy.
Blackberry client base handheld and client desktop support.
Image inbound systems for deployment with standard and customized images via ghost.
Provide secure data migration and archival services to facilitate system rotations.
Process outbound systems in accordance with end-of-lifecycle procedures for corporate data security policy.
Support day-to-day network access issues and general desktop support issues for user base including special requests, project consultation, executive support
IT Security Consultant / Owner 11/2003 5/2006
RU Secure | www.ru-secure.com | Kansas City, MO
Provide IT Security Analyst for Residential & Small Commercial clients.
Provide secure install, setup, configuration of:
o System Software: Macintosh and Windows.
o Application software.
o Utility Software: Firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware software.
o Network Devices: Wired & wireless.
o Peripheral devises.
o Data retention plan and equipment.
Design and implement customized security policy.
o Secure computer operations & personal identity protection.
o Best practice use: Strong passwords, access lists, web filtering, anti-spyware, anti-phishing, anti-spam.
Provide hands-on training, education and documentation.
Solution Delivery Consultant 2/2005 11/2005
Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, MO
Consultant for Cerner HIS Systems specializing in Millennium PharmNet.
Interact closely with clients, implement application software, build databases, train end users, troubleshoot issues, and engage in project assignments crossing multiple solutions.
Travel to client sites to perform their job responsibilities after meeting specific training/development measurements and expected performance standards.
Troubleshooting and providing support for clients and the Cerner associates working directly on client projects.
Implement application software: database build, end user training, and issue resolution.
Develop education/knowledge transfer materials.
Testing Cerner solutions and providing documentation for requirements modeling and functional design.
Mac Specialist (Seasonal) 10/2004 2/2005
Apple Computer, Inc., Apple Store - Bridgewater, NJ
Enrich the lives of Apple customers by providing unparalleled customer service.
Provide complete and appropriate solutions for every customer, regardless of the potential revenue they represent.
Collaborate and communicate with team to drive sales.
Reach out to the small business community by networking with clients; connect with local area teachers, parents and students through School Nights at the Apple Store.
Keep your store in tip-top shape by maintaining store presentation and visual standards.
Demonstrate responsibility and protect Apple's assets through loss prevention awareness.
Give solutions-based presentations to customers.
Comply with all company policies and procedures faithfully. Follow Apples steps of service with every customer.
Communicate positively with store team members, customers, channel partners, and headquarters.
Post-graduation travel 7/2004 9/2004
Rutgers University Computing Services (R.U.C.S.) 8/2002 1/2004
Unit Computing Specialist 1/2003 7/2004
S.C.I.L.S. Network Operations, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Network Operations (Netops) Team member.
o Provide a primary level of support for faculty, staff & students.
o Investigate & troubleshoot PC and Network operations to optimize performance.
o Coordinate time between operational & specific duties.
o Assist team members in fulfilling Netops mission of improving service & support.
Macintosh System Administrator.
o Administrate all Macintosh platform computers school-wide including setup, operation, security & maintenance.
o Coordinate & Implement Mac OS upgrades & migrations.
o Coach faculty & students on Macintosh Hardware and Software.
o Implement multimedia technology to enhance and support University curriculum.
Windows Active Directory Administration.
o Active Directory Profile Mgmt: Network Access, Security Lockout, and Migration.
o Support Global and Local Group Policy settings in accordance with corporate policy.
ResNet - Level 2 Network Consultant 8/2002 1/2004
R.U.C.S. Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
2nd level support for RUCS-NB/P Help Desk.
Identifying networking problems quickly and efficiently.
Complete assignments as scheduled and logging assignment progress
Troubleshooting problems with Ethernet cards and backend networking hardware
Configuring/troubleshooting of TCP/IP on desktop computers
Repairing broken jacks and replacing faulty wiring
Helping users secure their systems, with anti-virus software, firewalls, etc.
Technical Skills MCP, A+, Windows 95/98/2k/XP, Macintosh OS X & 9, Citrix, MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, Active Directory, Network Security, IP Networking, Router/Switch Configuration, Apple & Dell server administration.
Education Rutgers University: Rutgers Business School, New Brunswick, NJ
Graduation: May 2004 - Bachelors of Science
Major: Management Science & Information Systems
Minor: Science, Technology & Society
Honors Deans List Spring 1999 - Fall 2002
Phi Theta Kappa - International Honor Society Spring 2002
Eagle Scout June 24, 1997
Activities
Junior Achievement Volunteer Fall 2005 Spring 2006
Kansas City Sports & Social Club Spring 2005 Spring 2006
Co-Host of Knightbeat - 88.7 WRSU-FM Fall 2002 Spring 2003
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Dynamic technology professional with proven experience as a results-oriented IT consultant, technician and entrepreneur. Seeking IT consulting positions within IT Industry to further experience as a technical consultant. Demonstrated skills in:
Developing customized IT & business solutions to meet client needs.
Providing value-adding project management and program development leadership.
Managing diverse work environments & tasks independent of direct supervision.
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Rutgers University: Rutgers Business School, New Brunswick, NJ
Graduation: May 2004 - Bachelors of Science
Major: Management Science & Information Systems
Minor: Science, Technology & Society
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09.29.07 |
I would like to network with you regarding a position our executive search firm has been retained to fill. It is for a great company in Chicago.
Perhaps someone in your network might be interested in a Senior Exchange Messaging Engineer position. Please see the job description below. Im happy to answer any questions. Feel free to forward on to anyone you like.
Whether this is of interest to you or not, I encourage you to reply with a resume. It would be helpful for us in future searches that might be ideal for your background. Our firm has been in business for 30 years & is a pioneer in diversity. Thank you.
Don McCauley
dmccauley@dgai.com
Position Specification
Title: Senior Exchange Engineer
The Team
Technical Architecture The position is a part of the Research and Development department and fills a senior role in our messaging systems development group. The teams involved consist of managers/staff, Communications Department, Operations, Application Development, contractors, and vendors.
Position description
As a senior member of our messaging R&D department, the candidate will be responsible for maintaining and improving the companys state of the art global messaging environment with some cross platform (Microsoft/Cisco) unified messaging design and support.
The candidate will work with SMTP, Microsoft Exchange Server, Presence, SonicWall, and related email concepts, protocols and methods along with the opportunities to perform major upgrades to our messaging platforms. The candidate will work alongside our Communications department to help design and support our unified messaging environment.
Person
The candidate shall have a broad background in messaging technologies and shall have demonstrated proficiency in the following areas:
Exchange 2003\Exchange 2007
Live Communication server (LCS)\Office Communications Server (OCS)
Mobile Messaging Technologies (Active Sync, BlackBerry, Good Technologies)
Remote Messaging Technologies (OWA, RPC over HTTP)
Anti-Spam Technologies
Anti-Virus Technologies (messaging specific)
Messaging DR best practices
Storage technologies (SANs, FC Switches, HBAs)
Microsoft Outlook 2003/2007
Active Directory
Windows 2003 Server
DNS
SMTP
Understanding the principles of UM (Cisco\Exchange)
Job Responsibilities
The candidate will have the following responsibilities with the potential of expanding:
Researching and developing solutions to meet enterprise wide messaging needs.
Researching, architecting, testing and planning the integration of new messaging technologies and upgrades to existing platforms.
Staying current with new technologies, and industry best practices; particularly those dealing with messaging and storage.
High level maintenance and troubleshooting of the current Exchange 2003 messaging environment based on industry best practices. (Responsibilities include but are not limited to troubleshooting and resolving high level mail routing issues, public folder issues, mailbox issues, Exchange server\services issues; adding\removing messaging servers, configuring servers, services, routing policies, etc., establishing maintenance procedures based on current industry BP).
Maintaining and troubleshooting SMTP internet gateway issues (Currently SonicWall).
Maintaining and troubleshooting Live Communications server 2005.
Establishing DR procedures for all relevant messaging servers. (Exchange, LCS, Blackberry, Good etc).
Maintaining and troubleshooting BlackBerry and Good Technologies servers.
Maintaining and troubleshooting Outlook Web Access \ RPC over HTTP
Maintaining and Configuring EMC SANs and FC Switches.
Working with Communications group to troubleshoot Cisco Unity issues.
Keeping documentation up to date for the messaging environment.
Testing and deployment of upgrades, hot fixes and other updates.
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent 7 to 10 years of relevant experience.
Excellent problem solving, written and oral communication skills.
Deep knowledge of SMTP, Microsoft Exchange Server, and related email concepts, protocols and methods are required. |
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