Will Luker

Experience

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  Luker Technologies

  Jan 2003 - now

  Owner

  The company was founded to make technology easy for small businesses and end users. To accomplish this, I acted as the CTO / CIO for a number of small businesses ranging from medical offices to manufacturing to retail. • Network design with emphasis on reliability• Server troubleshooting• Network maintenance and troubleshooting• Wireless network management• POS troubleshooting and maintenance• Laptop / Desktop / Server hardware troubleshooting and repair• Motherboard component repair and soldering• Data recovery• Custom computer builds• Custom bitcoin mining rigsApart from computer repair, I also created and managed digital advertising campaigns for a number of companies across the country and for ad agencies as a white-label digital strategy and campaign manager.• Managed yearly Google Adwords spend of $600,000• Focus on Consumer Packaged Goods and eCommerce sites• Achieved 10:1 RoAS on one campaign• Created digital marketing strategy• Performed keyword research• Wrote all relevant ad copy with constant A/B testing• Ensured campaigns were connected to conversion tracking analytics• Created Adwords campaigns / adgroups• Ensure keyword quality scores were as high as possible (with many as 10's)• Combine SEO strategy with paid search campaigns• Focus on RoAS and Q scores• Implemented Google Analytics profiles and other 3rd party analytic suites• Reported to clients on campaign performance, opportunities, lessons and short term / long term strategy• Built campaigns to support the advertiser's other marketing initiatives Show less

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  Macomb County Sheriff Dept Computer Enforcement

  Apr 2013 - now

  Reserve Deputy

  Helping keep the community safe by teaching kids about the dangers of the Internet, and assisting with investigations involving computers and technology. Currently assigned to the Macomb Area Computer Enforcement squad.Duties include assisting investigations of high-tech crime as needed, with subjects including fraud, intrusions, bitcoin and the dark web (tor) and internet safety presentations to groups and schools.Training includes yearly firearm qualification, first aid, AED and CPR certifications. Show less

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  Hello Innovation

  Jul 2013 - now

  Project Manager

  Leadership• Lead team stand-ups• Interface with internal and external programmers to develop internal applications• Determined internal talent gaps, found the best specialists in the world and engaged with them to deliver solutions• Extensive research and implementation of scrum / agile methodologyMedia Asset Management• Architected, installed and configured full CatDV installation• Configured 50+ advanced CatDV Worker Node Automations (ingest, storage movement, archive, transcoding, proxy generation, delivery, automatic image sequence to video converter, etc)• Designed and built full media tagging using Google Video intelligence, Google Vision API, Amazon Rekognition, Watson Microsoft Video Insights and integrated into CatDV (Sold the code to CatDV)• Spec'd and built custom media server and engineered a way to transcode RED 8k footage with real-time speeds (and other footage much faster)IT Infrastructure• Oversee the deployment of backup and antivirus software company-wide• Manage multiple VMware nodes in HA configuration• Research and architected new storage methodologies (SDS, Scale-up, Scale out, etc)• Troubleshoot hardware / software issues with servers and switches• Helped design and implement network architecture that included multiple vlans, 10 GbE, core routing, server-to-server connectivity and client stack• Configuration and maintenance for LTO 6 and LTO 7 tape libraries, backup plans and rotations• Maintain VPN connections amongst multiple offices around the world• Keep Digium PBX up-to-date and troubleshoot issuesProject Management• Ground-up build of innovation lab, including helping with equipment layout and selection• Full burglar alarm system design and install at our Innovation lab• Managed full one-of-a-kind billboard truck design, fabrication and operationSecurity• Oversee physical security• Management of Milestone IP camera system Show less