Dan Knickerbocker

Dan Knickerbocker

Systems Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Independent Contracted Marketer at Nel Cuore Management, Inc.

  • Education

    • Utah Valley State College

      1982 - 1983
      General Studies

      Activities and Societies: Member of the Activities Committee

    • University of Nevada-Las Vegas

      1995 - 1998
      General Studies, Business

      Activities and Societies: LDS Institute of Religion Dean's Honor List, Fall 1997

    • Kennedy Western University

      2002 - 2005
      Bachelor of Science Management and Leadership

      Coursework included but was not limited to: Communications, Management Science, Critical Thinking and Decision Making. Credit was given for work experience, professional certifications and previous courses taken at other schools and universities.

    • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

      2007 - 2008
      Graduate Studies Engineering Management

      Activities and Societies: The courses taken were related to the I.T. management position held at the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center. Not a degree seeking student.The classes taken were: Engineering Statistics and Management Science for Engineers

  • Experience

    • Pomeroy

      Nov 1998 - Jun 2000
      Systems Engineer

      Project Manager on a campus network design team for a 1500 user environment, and a member of a migration team from NetWare 5.0 to Windows NT 4.0 in 50 user environment. Consulted, Recommended and Implemented Network upgrades in 5 to 50 user environments. Various other networking related duties.

    • Echopass

      Sept 2000 - Dec 2001
      Enterprise Shift Supervisor

      Responsible for supervising up to 4 Systems Engineers and Help Desk employees. Responsible for administration and monitoring of 24/7 enterprise networking environment.

    • New Mexico Tech

      Aug 2005 - Sept 2009
      Information Technology Manager

      Supervised the activities of networking, systems and database engineers and administrators, programmers, web developers, specialists, and technicians. Responsible for EMRTC’s IT infrastructure planning and implementation in support of its various research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) and training programs and its on- and off-campus facilities, centers and institutes, providing an IT oversight throughout. Also responsible for effecting and maintaining liaison on IT matters for EMRTC with NM Tech; federal, state, academic and private sector agencies; suppliers; and customers/users. Planned succession of mentored employee to take helm of department for my transition out of the company.Accomplishments: Planned and implemented/supervised the rebuilding of an entire server infrastructure including a migration from a Linux based E-mail system to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and from a Linux Samba based domain infrastructure to Windows Active Directory. The result was an approximately 85% drop in service calls for password and E-mail related issues and greater reliability of File Server access. Planned, directed and assisted in the installation and maintenance of an EMC SAN, using Brocade Fibre Channel switches and Dell Blade Servers. Directed the installation of VMware Infrastructure 3 and assisted in its configuration and maintenance for up to 30 Windows and Linux servers. (Servers included Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Exchange 2007, SQL Server 2005, System Center Configuration Manager, and CentOS) Mediated between employees and departments increasing good will towards my department, and internally I encouraged my employees to be more patient and understanding of end users’ limitations.  Recommended and was able to oversee the creation of a secure, environmentally independent and controlled room for the company’s servers. Show less

    • Canyon Asset Management, LLC

      Sept 2009 - Nov 2012
      Consultant

      Originally the intent of this company was Real Estate Investing. Information Technology skills and experience fostered a transition into a successful consulting company.Provided project management services supporting Integrated Technologies Group in Socorro, NM and I.T. support for the Alamo Navajo School Board, Inc (included Early Childhood, K-12, Adult Ed, Medical Clinic, Health Center, and support facilities).Accomplishment: Managed a team of four in removing malware and installing additional software on over 300 workstations for two rural schools for a specified contract amount. The projects were completed ahead of schedule resulting in greater profits for the company. Show less

    • Integral IT Services

      Nov 2012 - Nov 2014
      Independent IT Consultant

      Server installation, troubleshooting and maintenance (mostly Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012); Workstation and laptop installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair; VPN installation; General PC support; Network troubleshooting, cabling, wireless support; Proposal writing.Accomplishments:  Installed and configured a Palo Alto Networks firewall to secure a client’s network and set up a DMZ for the outward facing servers. Installed and configured Windows Server 2012 R2 in separate environments, some of which were configured for RDS – both Desktop sessions and Remote App sessions. Configured Cisco firewalls for VPN access – PPTP on most, Point-to-Point on some. Implemented New Active Directory Forests for clients and migrated workstations to the domain without loss of data or settings. Show less

    • Qualitas Properties LLC

      Jun 2015 - now
      Managing Owner

      As a Real Estate Investor and General Contractor I am looking for Single Family Homes and Multi-Family Residential in Tooele, Davis, Salt Lake, and Utah counties. If you know someone who is selling their property, contact me. I would love to make an offer.

    • Nel Cuore Management, Inc.

      Sept 2015 - now
      Independent Contracted Marketer

      As an Independent Contracted Marketer I promote Entrepreneurial and Real Estate Investing Education. Business and Interpersonal Relationships are keys to successful marketing for any business and they are learned skills. Personal Development is the fasted way to success!

    • Nel Cuore Mentoring

      Jul 2019 - now
      Startup Mentor

      Many people want to become Independent Contractors. There is a right way and a wrong way to do it. Because of my experience and successes, I can help those who are trying to go out on their own to do it the right way. Contrary to popular belief, the education to do it right and succeed is affordable for most people. Let me show you how!

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

      Microsoft
      Mar 1999
    • Cisco Certified Network Associate - CCNA

      Cisco Systems, Inc.
      Oct 1999
  • Volunteer Experience

    • IT Consultant

      Issued by CNMI Hospital on Sept 2002
      CNMI HospitalAssociated with Dan Knickerbocker