CRAIG PICKERING2132 Woodhillcrest DriveMobile, AL 36609C: 713-305-0734pickering.cr@gmail.com

Summary

Self-motivated IT professional with 20 years’ experience in Corporate Office planning, design, and implementation. Well rounded skills include all aspects of the IT infrastructure including Windows server environment, Cisco LAN/WAN, and Telephony. Customer oriented focus towards providing the best infrastructure lifecycle from concept/design to long term operation and support.

Technical Skills

Cisco Catalyst 2900-6500 Series LAN Switches Cisco Routers Cisco Wireless Access Points Voice over IP-Cisco Call Manager environment Technical lead for office planning, design, implementation and support TCP/IP and routing Campus LAN Environment Windows 2000, 2003, and 2008 server management Windows Server Services-Print, DHCP, FTP, DNS, Terminal Services Windows XP, Windows 7 client operating systems Windows Active Directory Windows Server Services-Print, DHCP, VMWare vSphere ESXi 4.x/5.x HP Hardware including ProLiant series servers, MSA/EVA/3Par Storage, StorageWorks

Tape Library, and rack mount UPS Symantec Backup Exec/Networker backup software

Major Projects

Migration of 150 employees from joint venture into standard corporate office solution at new permanent office in Canada.

Designed and supervised onsite installation of new office location setup for 500 employees in United Kingdom

Installed, then relocated server room , IT infrastructure, and 150 employees from temporary to permanent location at construction site located at 15,000' elevation in Peru

Upgraded/refreshed server and LAN infrastructure for 1000 employee office in Curitiba, Brazil. Upgraded/standardized LAN switch configuration with 50 Catalyst Switches,

Collapsed/migrated data and services from 30 legacy physical servers into new virtual server environment.

Technical lead for 20 medium to large scale office hardware refresh projects in Americas 2012-2014

Work ExperienceIT Consultant April – June 2015WESCO Gas & Welding Supply, Prichard, AL

Cleanup/Optimize IT infrastructure, including AD, Windows Server, Virus Protection, and Backup

Technical lead Telecom services migration project for main office and 11 branch locations

Install, configure, and support of Cisco WAN, and LAN equipment Install, Configure and support of Dell Physical server equipment Installation and configuration of Microsoft Hyper-V environment Windows Server Deployment and Support Windows Server data and services migrations End user desktop support

Technical Support Analyst III 02/1995-March 31, 2015Aker Solutions, Mobile, AL

IT. Project design, estimate, and implementation of new remote project and permanent offices

Technical lead and coordination for office installation, onsite physical and remote supervision

Plan and design for small to medium size data center at remote offices Plan, design, and implement hardware refresh of network and server equipment Install, configure, and support of Cisco WAN, WLAN, and LAN equipment Install, Configure and support of HP Physical server equipment Installation and configuration of VMWare ESX environment Windows Server Deployment and Support Windows Server data and services migrations End user desktop support

EducationBachelor of Science: PhotographySam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USAPhotography degree with Business Minor