Dan Knickerbocker

Experience

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  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.

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  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.

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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.

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  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!

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  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!