Joshua Thomas

Joshua Thomas

$25/hr
Mature Solutions Architect and Project Manager
Reply rate:
-
Availability:
Hourly ($/hour)
Age:
40 years old
Location:
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Experience:
9 years
1985 - 2016 Joshua E. Thomas 31 AGE CANADA - 247 Homestead Drive, Oshawa Ontario L1J6V2 - fixyoursleeptoday.com jm.linkedin.com/in/jetoomasu LOCATION ENGLISH SPANISH LANGUAGES IT professional and ICT4D enthusiast with over 9 (nine) years of experience across Government, Utiities, Telcos, Banking/Finance and Healthcare verticals. Hard worker with a hunger for knowledge and a reputation for learning quickly. Results-oriented, analytical thinker, capable of communicating at all organisational levels. Has robust technical experience with infrastructure and applications from leading enterprise vendors such as Fujitsu, Dell, Microsoft and Oracle. Enjoys fresh challenges and unfamiliar situations, both from a technology and people management standpoint. Also a closet fan of web development, digital marketing and social media initiatives. Postgraduate Education Undergraduate Education Secondary Education MSc Information Systems University of the West Indies Faculty of Social Sciences 2010 BA Computer Science (Hons) University of the West Indies Faculty of Computing 2007 GCE Advanced Level Campion College Pre-university Cohort 2003 Skills Mapping Technology Portfolio Presales Consulting 10% Solution Design 25% Content Management 10% Public Speaking 15% IT Service Management 25% Project Implementation 15% STRATEGIC PLANNING LAMP ADMINISTRATION PROPOSAL WRITING WORDPRESS ADMINISTRATION SYSTEMS/NETWORK ADMINISTRATION SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE WEB DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONTENT MARKETING Key Accomplishments 9 Certifications Enterprise Tech. Business Analysis Backup + DR Years Management 11 2016 - Present Months Ministry of Health, Kingston, Jamaica DIRECTOR, I.T. Providing SME guidance for eHealth initiatives. Implementing ITSM practices to improve technical maturity of staff and services. Currently transitioning the organisation to the use of electronic calendars and web conferencing technology. Project Management Professional PMI ITILv3 Foundations Axelos Ltd Business Analysis Foundations British Computing Society Oracle Certified Professional (Database 11g) Oracle Corp 2.0 2014 - 2016 Years Fujitsu Caribbean, Kingston, Jamaica MANAGER, BUSINESS SOLUTIONS Supported major wins in Government and Utilities accounts with Oracle Applications, Newgen ECM, VMware, and Fujitsu hardware infrastructure solutions (US$4m+ total). Received the Fujitsu Star of the Week award for presales excellence. Fujitsu Caribbean, Kingston, Jamaica - - 2014 TEAM LEAD, APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE Designed and supported the delivery of a US$4m+ PaaS solution comprised of Fujitsu, VMWare, Oracle and Red Hat technologies. Received the Fujitsu Spotlight Award for exceptional performance. Years 2011 - 2012 Years 1.3 2009 - 2011 Years 2.5 2007 - 2009 Years Fujitsu Caribbean, Kingston, Jamaica SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT, DATACENTER SOLUTIONS Applied Fujtsu’s EA methodology in both winning and delivering a US$2m+ Oracle solution (SPARC M4000, Sun Solaris 10, Oracle Database 10g/11gR2, Enterprise Manager 12c, Data Guard). Fujitsu Caribbean, Kingston, Jamaica SHIFT LEAD, FIELD SERVICES Authored a PHP/XLST solution that reduced preventative maintenance reporting times by 50%. Within aggressive timelines, achieved several Symantec/Veritas Technical Specialist accreditations (including NetBackup and Storage Server). Fujitsu Caribbean, Kingston, Jamaica SYSTEMS ENGINEER, FIELD SERVICES Achieved all Sun enterprise server/storage technical accreditations. Led the creation of the first systems engineer manual for all new recruits. Nominated as Assistant NOC Supervisor within my first year, and conducted training sessions for 1st line responders. Oracle Linux Fundamentals Oracle Corp Sun Certified Solaris 10 Administrator Sun Microsystems Cisco Certified Network Associate Cisco Systems Inc Security+ CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician CompTIA
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