Irfan Ali - Security Clearance II

Experience

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  Yesmail

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Network Support Engineer
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  Jolera

  Jun 2007 - Jun 2008

  Snr. I.T. Consultant
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  TD Bank Group

  Jun 2008 - May 2010

  I.T Specialist
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  Five Star Innovations Inc.

  Nov 2008 - Mar 2019

  Enterprise Information Technology Architect / Technical Program Lead

  Led Office 365 Programs for End-ClientsEnd-To-End Solutions Architecture & Design Documents (HLD, LLD)Migration from Polycom PRI to Bell SIP via AudioCodes & Office-365 SIP Server IntegrationMigration from IBM Domino to Office-365 - Exchange Online with ATP via Binary TreeAD 2012 to AD 2016 Migration, ADFS, Azure AD, AADConnect ProgramsSkype for Business Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Yammer deploymentInTune MDM & MAM deploymentAirWatch Integration to Office-365PolyCom Video Conferencing migration to Crestron Flex, Logitech Meeting Room Solution Deployment with Microsoft Meeting Room SKU Show less

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  Microsoft Consulting Services

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  Project Manager / Migration Lead / Snr Consultant / Architect
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  Itergy

  Jun 2010 - Oct 2010

  Senior I.T Consultant / Technical Project Manager / Infrastructure Architect

  • Technical Project Analysis / Management, Architectural planning and designing of every component for complex environments.• Selling and promoting Microsoft solutions, based on clientele infrastructure.• Directly interfacing with clients, Senior executives and Sales executives / field sales reps to successfully implement licensing solutions.• Assist customers in architecting, designing, migrating and implementing IT solutions; based on Microsoft products and technologies (Active Directory 2000/2003/2008 R2, Exchange 2003/2007/2010, ISA 2006, Forefront, Virtualization solutions (Hyper-V), Microsoft Operations Management (MOM) 2005, System Center Operation Manager (SCOM) 2007, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007, MDOP (Desktop & Application Virtualization).• Designed and migrated third-party messaging system (Postfix Infrastructure) to Exchange Online.• Architected and Led a project of Windows 7 & Office 2010 migration.• Building POC (Proof of Concept) environment for pre-validation before migration, testing and change management delivery purposes. MCS (Microsoft Consultancy Services) - CGI• Outsourced by MCS to lead Windows and Messaging Engineering teams to build and resolve any issues for CGI Exchange migration to Exchange 2007 (150,000 users) in a MultiDomain / Forests environment (54 Forests).• Reporting to the V.P of I.T Operations on bi-weekly basis• Creating custom build guides for clientele, as per Microsoft best practices.• Leading clients I.T teams from beginning till the completion of migration / new projects.• Managing detailed migration / architectural plans, budget and cost analysis for clientele.• Weekly status meetings between Operations, Planning & Engineering, Change Management and the vendors regarding updates, issues in the current environment.• Acting as an escalation lead for NOS (Network Operations Support) team. Show less

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  IBM - TD

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

  Technical Project Lead
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  Trillium Health Partners

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Program Manager

  I was working as a "Program Manager" on a Project at Trillium Health Partners. Merging 3 x Hospitals Infrastructure into a Consolidated Infrastructure.Details are listed in Projects Section

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  Direct Energy

  Jan 2015 - Oct 2015

  Migration Lead
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  BMO Financial Group

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2016

  Technical Project Manager
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  Rogers Communications

  Jun 2016 - Feb 2017

  Program Manager
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  PricewaterhouseCoopers - Service Delivery Center (PwC SDC)

  Apr 2017 - Mar 2019

  Technical Program Lead - Office 365 Migration - FiveStar Fusion Inc.

  o Messaging Project - Migration of IBM Domino / Lotus Notes mailboxes via BinaryTree to Office365o Deployment of Office 365 Applications to User Desktops (Office-2016, Outlook 2016, Teams, SharePoint, Yammer, Delve, Teams, OneDrive, Power BI, Sway, PowerApps, Flow, etc.). o Led Migration Program, deployment of InTune Profiles, Azure AD Sync, AADConnect, Enterprise CA (Certification Authority)o Unified Communications ~ Skype PSTN integration (Bell Sip Trunk, AudioCodes appliances (Microsoft Cloud Connector) & Microsoft Skype for Business)o Video Conferencing Refresh Project (PolyCom & Logitech) – Skype for Business Meeting solution (SRS (Skype Rooms System)) / integration with Unified Communications – PSTN (AudioCodes CCE Appliances with Skype SIP Server Office365)o Deployment of advanced features of DLP (Data Loss Prevention) / MAM (Mobile Application Management) polices & BlackBerry MDM. Archival of Mailboxes / Application’s Datao Application Migration - Migration of Domino based Applications to SharePoint Online. o Data Migration Show less

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  Five-Star Fusion Inc.

  Apr 2019 - now

  Enterprise Architect / Technical Program Director

  Leading Office-365 migrations / Technology Programs for End-ClientsMeeting Room Solutions Designing & End-To-End Technology Deployment - Microsoft Surface Hub - Logitech - Crestron Flex with Barco ClickShare & XMSActive Directory MigrationsExchange On-Premise to Exchange Online MigrationSkype for Business Online / On-Premise Migration to Microsoft TeamsData Migration to OneDrive, SharePoint Online & TeamsSIP Integration with Skype for Business / Microsoft Teams Show less

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  CIBC

  Oct 2019 - Dec 2020

  DigitalSpace Architect / Surface Hub Lead Eng. (CIBC Square Program ~ Meeting Room Technology Lead)

  • Planning & Designing End-To-End Meeting Room Technology Solution with Microsoft Surface Hub (55” & 84”) with On-Premise AD (Active Directory), Azure AD, InTune MDM / MAM profiles with Azure Analytics• Provisioning Package creation with Windows Configuration Designer, Automation of Domain Joining & InTune Bulk Enrollment of 800+ Surface Hubs. Crestron Flex & Barco ClickShare, XMS appliance – MiraCast to Surface Hub & Samsung TV’s• Integrating Surface Hubs to Ceiling Biamp Mics & Attero Tech Speakers• InTune profile creation & Deployment - Offline Applications Deployment, Windows Update & Config Mgmt.• Build & Design HLD, LLD documentation, Day-To-Day Engineering & Operations tasks Show less

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  BOMBARDIER

  Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

  Technical Program Lead / Snr. Project Manager
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  TD

  Jan 2022 - now

  Technical Program / Product Manager III - Microsoft Azure Services & Apps Management - Big Data