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James L Gandy II

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    ProSupport Senior Principal Engineer at Dell technologies

  • Education

    • Eastern Florida State College

      1992 - 1995
      Associate of Science Degree - Electronics Engineering Technology Electrical and Electronics Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Preformed as Tenor in the Advance Performance Choir (full scholarship 94-95) Played French Horn in the Concert Performance Band (full scholarship 92-93) The Engineering Technology A.S. Degree prepares students for an entry position in a wide range of manufacturing and electronics organizations by learning the fundamentals appropriate for all types of manufacturing. This program also provides supplemental training for individuals previously or currently employed in the manufacturing industry. After completing the first year of core courses, students are prepared to take the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) test. The options available… Show more The Engineering Technology A.S. Degree prepares students for an entry position in a wide range of manufacturing and electronics organizations by learning the fundamentals appropriate for all types of manufacturing. This program also provides supplemental training for individuals previously or currently employed in the manufacturing industry. After completing the first year of core courses, students are prepared to take the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) test. The options available in this degree allow the student to seek employment in different occupations in the high-growth manufacturing and advanced technology industries. Show less

  • Experience

    • Northrop Grumman Corporation

      Aug 1995 - May 2005

      Responsibilities included: Enterprise MOM 2005 administration, enterprise SMS administration and patch management, enterprise antivirus protection/prevention, enterprise server security, enterprise Citrix Metaframe PS/XPe/1.8 administration, VBScripting, SQL 2000, SAN/NAS, NetIQ, Active Directory, DFS, Exchange 2000, DHCP, DNS, WINS, Legato backups, IIS, file and printer services, policy and procedure documentation, software and hardware compatibility testing. Responsibilities included:Administration of NT Domain, Exchange e-mail, Citrix Metaframe, and file and print services. Desktop support for over 700 users, PC/server test environment, PC/server hardware configurations and Standard Operating Procedures. Responsible for electrical work instructions of the F-14A to B Modification Program. Integrated a modern computerized process for generating work instructions and digital storage of sketches/diagrams creating a virtually paperless environment and reducing total cost of production. Received a TAP award for this accomplishment. Electrical and Mechanical Liaison Engineer responsible for repair, modification, and new design of E8-C Joint STARS aircraft. Received three “Recognizing Excellences through People” awards for various accomplishments.

      • NT Senior Systems Administrator

        Sept 2001 - May 2005

      • Distributed Systems Analyst

        Aug 1999 - Sept 2001

      • Methods Engineer Associate

        Mar 1998 - Aug 1999

      • Engineering Associate

        Aug 1995 - Mar 1998

    • Chevron

      May 2005 - Aug 2015
      Senior Infrastructure Analyst

      Current responsibilities include: MS System Center Configuration Manager 2007/2012 (SCCM) Design/Operations SME, System Center Virtual Machine 2008/2012 Manager Design/Operations SME, MS System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), MS System Center Service Manager(SCSM) Design/Operations SME, MS Active Directory(AD) Design/Operations SME, MS DNS Design/Operations, MS Windows 2003/2008/2012 Server Design/Operations SME, MS Hyper-V Design/Operations SME, VM Ware Server, ESXi, VB Scripting, Power Shell Scripting, SharePoint Show less

    • Dell EMC

      Aug 2015 - now

      Principal Engineer for Microsoft and Nutanix Hyper-converged Systems. Focusing on Hyper-v, Azure Stack, Azure Stack HCI (S2D) Microsoft System Center (SCVMM, SCCM) Principal Engineer for Microsoft and Nutanix Hyper-converged Systems. Focusing on Hyper-v, Storage Space Direct and Microsoft System Center (SCVMM, SCCM) Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007/2012 SME

      • ProSupport Senior Principal Engineer

        Jan 2019 - now

      • ProSupport Principal Engineer

        Sept 2017 - now

      • ProSupport Master Engineer

        Aug 2015 - now

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Dell Premier Access Certification

      Dell
      May 2003

    • MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure

      Microsoft
      Sept 2016
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    • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

      Microsoft
      Apr 2023
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    • Dell Proven Professional PowerEdge Associate

      Dell Technologies
      Jan 2023

    • Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate

      Microsoft
      Nov 2022
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    • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

      Microsoft
      Mar 2021
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    • MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure 2017

      Microsoft
      Jan 2017
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    • Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Private Cloud

      Microsoft
      Jan 2017

    • MCSA: Windows Server 2012

      Microsoft
      Jun 2016
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    • MS: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center

      Microsoft
      Mar 2016
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    • Dante Certification Level 1

      Audinate
      Aug 2024

    • Network+ Certified Professional

      CompTIA
      Jan 2001

    • Dante Certification Level 3

      Audinate
      Aug 2024

    • Citrix Certified Administrator

      Citrix
      Jul 2001

    • Microsoft Certified Professional

      Microsoft
      Jan 2001

    • Dante Certification Level 2

      Audinate
      Aug 2024

    • MCSE: Private Cloud

      Microsoft
      Jan 2017
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    • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

      Microsoft
      Nov 2021
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    • MCSE: Server Infrastructure

      Microsoft
      Sept 2016
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  • Volunteer Experience

    • Director of Missions

      Issued by Pecan Grove Baptist Church on Nov 2013
      Pecan Grove Baptist ChurchAssociated with James L Gandy II

    • Technology Ministry Leader

      Issued by Pecan Grove Baptist Church on Jan 2005
      Pecan Grove Baptist ChurchAssociated with James L Gandy II

    • Technology Consulting and Installation

      Issued by Emmanuel Matric Higher Secondary School on Sept 2014
      Emmanuel Matric Higher Secondary SchoolAssociated with James L Gandy II