Harold Gravatt

Experience

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  Quantum Resources

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1994

  Help Desk Support Technician
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  Quantum Resources

  Aug 1996 - Apr 1998

  Help Desk Support Technician
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  Burke Porter Machinery

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

  System Network Administrator
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  Secant Technologies Inc. Kalamazoo, MI

  Feb 2004 - Jul 2005

  Lead Senior Network Engineer

  • Participated in the scope of work related to customers existing network infrastructures.• Implemented many terminal server/Citrix farms utilizing Citrix Metaframe 1.8 and Windows 2003 Terminal Services.• Performed Active Directory design or upgrades to existing active directory domains.• Performed Microsoft Exchange 2000 and 2003 in place upgrades and/or migrations from Exchange 5.5 or Exchange 2000.• Performed an upgrade from Systems Management Server 2000 to 2003 for Benton Harbor based client.• Conducted an upgrade to Windows 2003 Small Business Server from Windows NT 4.5 Small Business Server.• Participated as lead engineer in project focused on implementing a solution to replicate data over WAN for a Realtor Agency located in Kalamazoo Michigan. Show less

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  SARCOM

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  Senior Lead Analyst
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  SARCOM Grand Rapids, MI

  Jul 2005 - Jan 2006

  Senior Enterprise Network Engineer

  • Served as the lead engineer responsible for coordinating the development, implementation and debugging of Windows XP Professional SP2 rollout for over 2500 workstations in over 32 cities throughout the U.S.• Packaged applications into self extracting executables using SMS Installer and InstallShield AdminStudio 6 for development into .MSI files for the Michigan International Speedway throughout the U.S. • Performed Active Directory health checks for major corporations throughout United States.• Coordinated and developed the implementation for Remote Installation Services for a Southwest Michigan corporation to deploy desktop and laptop images using PXE enabled technologies. Show less

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  Kforce Professional Staffing Grand Rapids, MI

  May 2006 - Dec 2006

  Senior Enterprise Network Engineer

  • Serving as a Client/Server Operations Analyst responsible for assisting Siemens/Dematic in a network carve out project including 300+ servers being used for Microsoft Exchange 2003, Citrix Metaframe XP and 3.0 Presentation Server farm, Trend Micro Anti-Virus server, domain controllers running Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise and file/print servers running Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard R2..• Serving as AD administrator managing accounts in AD, creating Group Policy Objects, implementing group policies that run login scripts, managing the sites and services IP subnets and exporting reports from AD using CSVDE/LDIFDE 2003 Resource Kit utilities.• Managed the building of Servers running multi OS platforms to be escalated to the field using SYSPREP and Ghost technologies. Show less

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  Realign, LLC

  Feb 2007 - now

  Chief Executive Officer

  We deliver proactive flat-rate IT Managed Services in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan and surrounding cities. Designed to reduce your costs, increase your profits and mitigate your business risks, we partner with you as your Virtual IT Department, allowing you to focus on running your business, not your technology.