Michel Bitton

Experience

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  Total Loan Systems, Inc

  Aug 1995 - Nov 2008

  Network/Systems/Exchange Admin

  In a nutshell: handle and manage everything IT related. Managed 12 servers, some physical, some virtual including the following servers:Exchange 2003 protected with ISA2006 server and Symantec Anti Virus and Anti Spam for ExchangeSQL 2000, 2005 and 2008 for various applications and servers.Blackberry server 4.1.SharePoint 2007 server deployed in multi site configuration for private and public access.Handled all AD, DHCP, DNS (split brain configuration), GPO on Windows 2003 servers. 3 Domain Controllers across 2 sites utilizing secure network to network VPN.Workstations and laptops some converted from XP to Vista.Upgrade wireless infrastructure to 54g.Deploy business class scanners to scanning server (Alchemy server)Office move from Boca to Fort Lauderdale Sep 2006: dismantle network, server, routers, switches and workstations - pack and move to new location, survey new location and prepare for move. Install servers, phone system, workstations, printers, scanners, everything in new location. Installed new .NET server for development.Handled WAN connection for various branch office we had at the time utilizing DSL, T1 and Frame Relay with various Cisco and Adtran routers and phone equipment.Installed Rightfax server and configured Adtran Atlas 550 to use channels from T1 as analog lines for fax card, assign DID numbers and route to Exchange 2003.Used and upgraded firewall and web publishing server thru the years up to ISA 2006.Went thru these versions of Exchange 5.5, 2000, 2003. Migrated from Lotus Notes to 5.5 in 1997.Went thru these versions of Windows servers: NT 3.51, NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows 2003. Used and configured every version of windows for users from early days of 95 thru XP.Installed and configured HP network printers – there were 5 of them.First wireless segment for the office – used 2 routers in bridge mode to cover entire office.Build servers, PCs from scratch. Fix, maintain and upgrade hardware. Show less

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  Various offices

  Jan 2009 - Jul 2012

  Freelance IT consultant, Network and System Management

  • Short term projects and part time maintenance for small to medium size offices.• Server maintenance, backups and updates for various offices.• Migtation of physical servers to virtual servers using either Hyper-V or VMware servers.• Install both new server and upgrade older Windows 2000 and 2003 to 2008 and 2008 R2• Setup and fix issues related to AD, DNS, DHCP, IP routing, wireless AP and routers and more.• Fixed and restored corrupted AD database to fully functional state.• Migrated an Exchange 2003 to 2010 running on Windows 2008 R2 on an ESX 3.5 server.• Setup and configured the following on Exchange 2010: Outlook Anywhere, Webmail, Auto Discover, Iphone support, POP3, few other things users requested.• Exchange 2010 protected with ISA 2006 firewall and ForeFront server for Exchange 2010.• ESX server running on HP blade server with RAID5 configuration for HD, multiple partitions.• Installed Blackberry 5.1 to accommodate new exchange 2010 server.• Installed a Sharepoint 2010 test platform in a virtual environment.• Windows 7 deployments in either stand alone or domain settings. WDS server deployed.• Other misc duties and tasks as needed and requested by users and managers – too many to list here. Show less

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  GA Telesis

  Jul 2012 - Jul 2015

  Sr. Systems Admin

  • Manage 30 Dell servers: R320 to R720 all running VMWARE 5.5, most new installs, some upgrades from 3.5 and 4.1.• Virtualize all 7 worldwide sites from aging physical HP servers to Dell.• Manage over 200 windows 2008 R2 and some 2012 and 2012 R2 servers in all sites. • Deployed and setup mass storage for main office and DR: Equlogic 6000 series and EMC VNX 5400 using iSCSI and Dell (Cisco) switches.• Phased out 2003 and XP completely.• Redesign and clean DNS for entire company for both Data and VOIP.• Setup dual vcenter between main office and DR for backup and failover.• Managed 4 exchange 2010 SP2 servers with close to 1000 mailboxes worldwide.• Full email support for any device from iphones to Macs and ipads and even blackberries. OWA for company wide use.• Deployed dual Sophos antispam apps (cluster mode) to combat spam with great success. Total number of spam caught in less than 3 years 20 million.• Configure, setup and maintain Dell, Cisco and Avaya switches company wide.• Configure, setup and world wide IPsec VPN tunnel using array of Fortigates, anything from 40c to 200D very successfully along with monitoring tools to show traffic, throuput and speed.• Deployed company wide use of AppAssure servers for backup.• Deployed Zerto across sites on 2 vCenter servers to ensure quick and safe failover for any event. • Fixed routing issues AT&T left behind so all sites including VOIP can be centrally managed.• Deployed slew of windows server features: DFS, cluster print servers, file servers in addition to having a solid AD structure for all sites.• deploy slew of wifi AP thruout warehouse and offices and segment for internal and guest usage.• Solid infrastructure created helped catapult company to new hights and in 3 years doubled in net worth to over 1 billion dollars. • Always available day, night, weekends, holidays 365/24, even when on ‘vacation’ or sick. Show less

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  East Coast Flight Services, Inc.

  Apr 2018 - Mar 2019

  First Officer Jetstream J31
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  Aamro Aviation

  Jun 2018 - Dec 2018

  Certified Flight Instructor

  Teaching and flying Diamond Aircrafts, DA20 and DA40, as well as discovery flights.

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  Lynn University

  Apr 2019 - Apr 2020

  Certified Flight Instructor
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  Legends Airways

  Sept 2021 - Mar 2022

  First Officer Jetstream J31
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  Charter Airlines, LLC

  Jun 2022 - now

  Corporate Pilot Citation X

  Flying the Citation X business jet