Brian J. Waldron--
IT SYSTEMS ENGINEER CONSULTANT
IT Consultant/Engineer with in-depth Systems Engineering expertise who contributes cost effective solutions that move the business forward. Strong technical skills in Windows, Exchange, Citrix, RightFax Enterprise Suite, Visual Studio, C#, etc. within rapidly changing environments. Adept in systems migration and integration initiatives across diverse geographic locations. Special expertise in architecture design and development. Excellent diagnostician with a history of building positive customer relationships.
Core Technical Competencies:
Active Directory
Group Policy
Windows/Symantec Clustering
Windows
SharePoint Portal
MIIS
Exchange
Scripting: (VBScript, PowerShell, C#)
MS Office Suites
Forefront for Exchange
Office 365
Visual Studios
RightFax Enterprise Suite
Citrix XenApp 6.0
NetApp
Blackberry Enterprise Server
SQL
NetBackup
Documentation
ActiveSync
MOM/NetIQ
ISA
Dell Kace
IIS
Lync 2010 & 2013
WSUS
AWS
C#
.NET
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Waldron Computer Consulting, Chelem, Yucatan, MexicoJan 2016 – Current
Client consulting and computer repair
Performed consulting to clients in beach communities in the Yucatan along with computer repair. Solved many issues for the general populace regardless of language on the systems in question.
Repaired software issues and performed system upgrades on Macintosh computers.
Repaired software issues and performed system upgrades on the Wintel platform, desktops and laptops.
Repaired many hardware issues on the Wintel platform.
Performed OS installs both in English and Spanish.
Performed house calls to clients to setup home networking or to troubleshoot existing home networking.
Setup backup solutions for clients using various methods depending on what fit the situation.
Performed countless restores of user data for clients.
eMASON (eClarifire), St. Petersburg, FLAug 2013 – Feb 2015
Senior Systems Engineer
Design and implementation of a High Availability Exchange 2010 environment, design and implementation of a Lync 2013 environment in coexistence with Lync 2010 and migration of users, migration of all mailboxes to retire aging servers, and management of said environment. Architectural design and Management of Active Directory along with the servers and applications. Other duties included:
Management of enterprise patching using Dell Kace and WSUS
Management of several database and Web servers to support the company’s software and infrastructure
Software deployments to various web servers
Management of the Symantec Messaging Gateway
Management of Exchange 2010 environment
Management of Lync environments
Scripting in both PowerShell and VBScript used for various tasks in the environment
Management of VMWare ESX environment via vSphere
Workflow automation software designed to make process-centric organizations more efficient
Environment: Microsoft Windows (2008, 2008R2, 2012R2), Active Directory, Exchange 2010 w/DAG, IIS, SQL, Dell Appasure, Dell Kace, WSUS, vSphere, Tidal Software for task control, Orion monitoring, etc.
Reed Business Information, Newton, MA1997 - 2013
Leading provider of business information, data and marketing solutions, and part of the Reed Elsevier Group plc.
Senior Systems Engineer
Manager, System Engineering – Microsoft
Provide all aspects of network services for both US and Global operations of Reed Elsevier. This included architectural design of Active Directory as well as Enterprise applications and environments, hardware and software installation, configuration, security, wireless, Internet domain products, Email, scripting to automate tasks (VBScript & PowerShell), and website development. Supported and managed SharePoint Portal Services, NetBackup, messaging add-ons such as Blackberry Enterprise Server and RightFax Enterprise.
Created various web applications using Visual Studios, C# and SQL which was used by IT. I designed it to send out alerts independent of the messaging system and maintained metrics used for trend analysis and created reports using SQL.
Automated numerous manual tasks by scripting to generate reports, performed Active Directory updates, and alerted various IT groups when thresholds were breached.
Selected as team member to set up Federated Trust migrating 5,000 seats to Microsoft Office 365 and eliminating the need for on-premise Exchange system. Produced a significant cost savings.
Installed RightFax Enterprise Suite 10.5 and moved users from an existing implementation of 9.4 to the new system enabling continued support from the manufacturer.
Installed Exchange 2010 into a mixed 2003/2010 environment. Set up DAG replication for UK servers to replicate to a DR site in the Netherlands providing disaster recovery capabilities across Email systems.
Participated on a major acquisition for the company incorporating all their systems into the RBI network. Simultaneously worked on a major divesture and removed all their systems from the RBI network.
Due to office closure moved clustered Exchange Virtual Server (EVS) to new hardware, used NetApp replication to move the data (2 TB), and distributed all AD FSMO roles and connectors to alternate Domain Controllers.
Led the implementation of MIIS to automatically create mailboxes to ensure standards of accuracy.
Supervised the consolidation of several Exchange 5.5 and RightFax servers into a single site located in Colorado. Moved all users from legacy environment to Exchange 2003.
As design team member implemented the Active Directory forest for Reed Elsevier - a 2 year project with approximately 38,000 seats globally. Served as lead engineer for RBI-US division.
Implemented and managed Citrix environments in US and UK.
Designed and implemented an NT4 domain with several Exchange 5.5 servers across the US. This enabled central administration and true collaboration in email.
Environment: Microsoft Windows (all versions), Active Directory, Exchange (all versions), Office 365, Blackberry Enterprise Server, RightFax Enterprise Server, Linux and Linux AD integration, MIIS, Citrix XenApp Enterprise 6.0, NetApp SAN, MS and Symantec Clustering, SQL, Terminal Services, RDP, VPN, IIS ,FTP, Telnet, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, C#, PowerShell, Group Policy, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL, SSH, DNS, DDNS, DHCP, Firewall, Anti-virus & deployment, NetBackup, VMWare, Hyper-V, scripting and automated task/job scheduling, monitoring solutions (Empirix, MOM/NetIQ, Zenoss).
Community Newspaper Co., Fidelity Investments, Natick, MA1995 - 1997
Systems Administrator/Network Engineer
Provided performance tuning, installation and administration of Novell 3.12 and Windows NT 4.0 & 3.51 Servers, Macintosh networks, and Microsoft Mail Server for PC's and Macintosh with gateways for SMTP & Mac to PC.
Evaluated various software packages for Novell and Windows NT Servers. Evaluated Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 to replace the existing Microsoft Mail system.
Reviewed and documented server configurations and implemented changes to increase performance and efficiency.
Enabled print services for PC computers to AppleTalk printers via Novell, and from NetWare to SUN/UNIX systems.
Installed LAN Workgroup for TCP/IP support, and Microsoft's Wolverine TCP/IP stack on PC workstations, centralized backups for all Novell & Windows NT Servers using Legato Networker.
Installed PC’s and Macintosh computers, set up and supported Windows for Workgroups and MS Office.
Environment: Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 and NT 4.0, Netware 3.12, Macintosh 9.x and prior, UNIX, print services, TCP/IP, AppleTalk, NetBIOS, Legato Networker, Microsoft Mail, SMTP, scripting using batch files and basic.
Bokland Custom Visuals, Inc., Albany, NY1992 – 1995
Systems/Network Administrator
Replaced NEC dumb terminal system with a Novel Netware 3.0 environment to improve productivity and to implement collaboration. Implemented a TCP/IP network throughout the entire building which used other protocols such as NetBIOS and AppleTalk.
Researched and implemented the company’s financial system and maintained the software.
Designed and upgraded the graphics department to high end resolution digital output and installed high resolution film recorders to be used by the entire department.
Independently worked with outside vendors to provide systems and services.
Environment: Novell Netware 3.0 and 3.11, Windows for Workgroups 3.1, Macintosh, AppleTalk, NetBIOS, TCP/IP.
Castle Computers, Inc., Latham, NY1988 – 1992
Service Manager
Managed service department with responsibility for troubleshooting, maintenance and installation of Macintosh and PC computers and peripherals in networked and stand alone environments.
Advised clients on software and hardware solutions for Mac and PC networked environments (TCP/IP, AppleTalk).
EDUCATION / TECHNICAL TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS
Designing and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010
Citrix XenApp 6.0 Server installation; Citrix XenApp 6.0 Administration; Veritas Clustering
Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange 2003
MS Certified Professional in Win2K Professional (70-210), Win2K Server (70-215),
Implementing and Administering an MS Win2K Directory Services Infrastructure (70-217),
Designing an MS Win2K Directory Services Infrastructure (70-219)
MS SQL Server 6.5 Administration
Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Server, Boston MA
Novell 4.1 Administration; Solaris 2.5 Administration; Novell 3.12 Certified Novell Administrator, OA Systems
Certified Macintosh Service Technician, Certified Compaq Technician
Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY - Associates Degree in Applied Science
