Kenneth Polaski

Experience

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  Friedman Real Estate Group

  Feb 1995 - Feb 2001

  Hands-on manager of the IT department. Migrated email from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003.Reduced annual consulting fees from 200k to 20k in two years. Managed annual IT budget of 250k. Made all the hardware and software purchasing for the company. Main contact for vendors like Dell, Gateway, Compaq, and HP. Created research reports for new technology and annual IT budget. Main contact for all technology related service vendors. Installed and configured all servers and work stations. Managed 3 office build-outs (network cabling, adding patch panels and hubs) while network grew from 40 local users to 80 local and 20 remote users. Show less

  • IT Director

    Jul 1996 - Feb 2001

  • IT Director

    Feb 1995 - Feb 2000
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  Future Three Software Inc

  Apr 2000 - May 2003

  Network Administrator

  Windows, Active Directory, and CRM administrator.

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  Future Three, Inc

  Feb 2001 - Jun 2003

  Network Administrator

  Led corporate workstation Windows 2000 roll out. Reduced administrators work load by creating and managing corporate Group Policies. Eliminated unscheduled network down-time by fixing replication errors between Active Directory and Exchange by systematically troubleshooting all faulty network servers and services. Managed backups, users, faxing, email, finance package, CRM software, and SQL servers. Increased customer satisfaction by planning and implementing a test environment that mimicked the production environment by installing Linux and Solaris servers protected by a CheckPoint firewall. This helped our developers and QA's test and fix bugs in applications before being released to customers. Nominated to head the SalesLogix CRM project. Attended out of state training, installed server locally, configuring system for launch, and managing the client installs while training other administrators and users. Show less

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  Interactive Business Systems, Inc.

  Sept 2003 - Feb 2004

  Network Engineer

  Network server upgrade to 2003.

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  Cummings & Barnard, Inc

  Oct 2003 - Oct 2003

  Consultant

  Exchange 2003 install and migration while trouble-shooting and fixing existing email installation. Performed Windows Server 2003 upgrade for most existing servers. After install of email software replicated the public folders to new server then migrated email boxes to the new server. Decommissioned old server from the organization, removed it from active directory as a domain controller, and remove it from the network. Configured Outlook Web Access, installed and configured Symantec Mail Security for Exchange anti-virus software, and installed and configured AutoExec backup. Show less

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  Interactive Business Systems, Inc

  Dec 2003 - Feb 2004

  Consultant

  Windows Server 2003 migration project lead. Documented network topology, server rack, and all server configurations for Windows 2003 server migration. Create project plan for server migration and to create a new domain model and network structure. Fixed existing server issues regarding latest security updates and fixes. Installed first Windows Server 2003 in new forest/domain and configured DNS, DHCP, and WINS. Exchange 5.5 install and migration to new server for testing. After install of email software migrated the public folders and mailboxes to new server and configured for tests. Show less

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  FEV, Inc

  Feb 2004 - now

  Network Administrator

  One of two global network administrators for company of 3,000 employees. Providing technical leadership and mentoring for IT staff. Performed emergency email migration from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. Configured and published OWA via TMG 2010. Manage Forefront Protection for Exchange. Installed and configured SharePoint 2010 server. Created SharePoint web sites for external supplier collaboration. As IT liaison, learned German and traveled to Germany to facilitate better relations with the corporate IT department. Show less