Rick Gilbert

Experience

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  Swagelok

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1998

  Tooling Technician, Team Lead

  Responsibilities include managing fluid movement of jobs in 3 different departments.Maintain constant improvement through research of new equipment, implementing suggestions from shop floor associates, and process improvements.

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  Gts

  Jan 1998 - Jan 1999

  Shop Floor Team Lead

  Supervised all activities on shop floor, including designing new special tooling, to regrinding of drills and reamers.Exceeded expectations of increasing throughput by 200% in 3 months by utilizing knowledge of capacities of machines and managing personnel.

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  SSP - Stainless Steel Products

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2005

  Nightshift Manager

  Provided leadership as Senior Manager for Nightshift responsible for management of workflow and personnel. Resolve any issues/conflict with associates in addition to solving manufacturing problems using my analytical skills in combination with my years of experience. Communicate with dayshift supervisors, to ensure that shift changes go smooth and priority jobs are expedited efficiently.

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  Complete Financial

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  Network Specialist

  Delivered support as Network Specialist managing and maintaining an Active Directory environment. Configured, managed, and deployed group policies. Performed hardware deployment, maintenance, and upgrades. Planned, monitored & maintained critical network infrastructure services. Implemented enterprise-wide antivirus solutions and updated delivery based on best practices.

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  ADESA

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  System Coordinator

  Served as System Coordinator implementing wireless tablet PCs with WAN Citrix application for dealer registration. Delivered support for 100+ PCs with web and Citrix applications. Maintained LiveGlobalbid Linux machines for internet bidding on block.

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  Cardinal Health

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2016

  Provided leadership as Manager of Global Network Services responsible for leading deployment of infrastructure for Cardinal Health’s 500+ global remote sites. Planned, designed, and deployed infrastructure for various warehouse moves, expansions, and new facilities. Directed projects from inception to completion while meeting timelines, delivering stable infrastructure, and providing value-add solutions. Maintained responsibility for overseeing infrastructure lifecycle budgets, including roadmaps. Show less

  • Manager, Global Network Services

    Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Senior Enterprise IT Architect

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  • Manager - EIT Infrastructure and Operations at Edgepark Medical

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2014
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  DSW

  Jan 2016 - Feb 2019

  Manager, Solution Design & Architecture

  Served as Manager of Solution Design & Architecture leading a team of Solution Engineers & Enterprise Architects as trusted consultants to cross-functional teams within the company. Performed solution ownership for multiple projects while delivering direction and oversight of project budgets, resources, scope, and timelines. Directed Solution Design & Architecture Group with a focus on improving communication between solution centers, resulting in achieving overall 20% reduction in delivery expenses. Show less

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  VMware

  Jul 2019 - now

  Staff Technical Account Manager

  Responsible for working closely with customers as a trusted advisor ensuring satisfaction and complete value realization of VMware solutions. Serves as the single point of contact into VMware's resources to optimize technology, deliver best practices, adopt new solutions and mitigate risk.

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  Broadcom Software

  Nov 2023 - now

  Staff Technical Adoption Manager (TSE)