Patrick Breitenbeck

Experience

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  PC Supply Company

  Jan 1993 - Jul 1994

  Computer Technician

  • Built custom personal computers (PCs), installed/configured operating systems and applications.• Diagnosed and repaired defective windows workstations.• Delivered, setup, tested PCs and computer peripherals and trained customers on how to use them.

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  CED Multi Molding Co.

  Jul 1994 - Aug 1995

  Network Administrator

  Designed, installed and maintained network for two injection molding plants and one corporate office building.• Automated the creation of bill of lading (BOL) forms and invoices. Reduced data entry errors and BOL creation time by 66%• Programmed MS Access database to interface with barcode readers and EDI software (STX12). Achieved EDI compliance with Ford and ACDelco by sending the advanced shipping notices electronically.• Migrated shipping and receiving database from SCO Unix to Windows PC platform. Show less

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  BTR Sealing Systems

  Sept 1995 - Aug 1996

  Computer Systems Technician

  • Provided hardware, software and end user support in an integrated Windows/NetWare 4.1 environment.• Maintained hardware/software inventory database.

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  Sign Specialties of Auburn Hills, Inc.

  Sept 1996 - Oct 2004

  Network Administrator / Graphic Designer

  Network Administrator (50%): • Administered SharePoint Intranet site, email services, remote computer access and company Website.• Designed, purchased, implemented and maintained PC and Mac workstations, Windows NT and 2003 Servers, computer peripherals and network equipment.• Operated and serviced large format printers/plotters (HP5000, Encad Novajet, Roland).Graphic Designer (50%): • Created art proofs for signage, brochures, flyers and business cards. • Created site plans for sign and electrical permits.• Performed hi-resolution scanning, photo-retouching, and raster to vector conversions.• Fabricated signs, banners, vehicle graphics, wall murals and trade show graphics. Show less

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  Patrick Breitenbeck Computer Consulting

  Oct 2004 - Mar 2005

  Freelance Computer Systems Technician

  On-call computer systems technician for several local sign businesses.• Designed and maintained Websites, registered domains, configured public DNS and setup hosting services with ISPs.• Troubleshot network issues and performed server, computer, printer/plotter installations, repairs and upgrades.• Built custom PC systems for home users as well as servers, workstations and networks for small office environments.

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  Computer Networking Services

  Apr 2005 - Dec 2007

  Service Engineer

  Provided Windows server, desktop and network support (remote and onsite) to 40+ insurance agencies.• Troubleshot Active Directory, Group Policy, Exchange email, SMTP, DNS, DHCP, fax, spam filtering and backup issues.• Diagnosed and resolved network issues with cabling, Cisco switches, routers and firewalls. • Built and performed administrative tasks on Windows 2003 servers (database, terminal, email and phone/fax).• As customer advocate, performed onsite quality audits, resolved deficiencies and achieved customer satisfaction. Show less

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  Stout Risius Ross

  Jan 2008 - Dec 2015

  • Implement IT Infrastructure necessary to support KCura Relativity e-Discovery software platform and help achieve "Relativity Best in Service Designation" (2014 and 2015).• Provision Hyper-V virtualization fail-over clusters and high availability Microsoft SQL Server clusters to provide 95% up-time for e-discovery platform and maintain required KCura Relativity quality of service metrics scores.• Troubleshoot database performance bottlenecks and optimize indexes, tempdb, memory and disk arrays.• Install, configure and manage 325+ usable TB of central storage on Equallogic, Dell, Netapp and EMC storage arrays.• Migrate 70+ TB of data to SAN. Configure/schedule SAN to DR SAN replications and volume migrations.• Manage disaster recovery implementation project with DR vendor and write/test DR runbook.• Implement server and network equipment security hardening to achieve grade "A" ratings on vulnerability assessment scans.• Implement SAML single sign-on for cloud based applications and two-factor authentication for VPN.• Provide 24x7 litigation support to internal departments for e-Discovery and Forensics software (LexisNexis Law Pre-Discovery, KCura Relativity e-Discovery, Encase and FTK software). Show less • Research, plan and deploy enterprise servers (LexisNexis InterAction CRM, Thomson Reuters Elite accounting system, Design Gallery billing automation, Kaseya IT management, Worldox document management, PRTG network monitoring and Lync Server 2013).• Plan and deploy Sharepoint 2010 farm and perform migration from Sharepoint 2007 to SP2010.• Create and execute Sharepoint environment refresh procedure for production, staging and development environments.• Provision Hyper-V and VMware ESXi virtual host servers and VMs.• Install, configure, manage and maintain Equallogic iSCSI SAN. Migrate data from old Xiotech SAN to Equallogic and decommission Xiotech SAN.• Provision DELL, Brocade and Cisco iSCSI and Fibre Channel storage switches, NICs/HBAs and present SAN volumes to servers.• Manage and maintain Exchange 2010 DAG email servers. Implement Symantec MessageLabs / Proofpoint mail archive appliance and configure policies for FINRA compliance.• Maintain, patch and monitor 125+ servers.• Research system requirements, order and install new servers and decommission old servers (domain controllers, RDS/terminal, file and print, Web and application, email, Sharepoint and VM hosts). Show less • Plan and execute successful Sharepoint WSS 3.0 to Sharepoint 2007 migration.• Create scripted, customized roll-out of MS Office 2010 suite upgrade to 200+ workstations. • Implement Kaseya IT management platform (ticketing, inventory, monitoring, patching) and create scripts to automate repetitive, time consuming, error prone IT tasks.• Perform computer imaging, configure new user profiles, perform quality control checks and handle laptop data transfer/rotations.• Provide end user support, install and maintain computer peripherals.• Relocate critical servers and network equipment to new office with minimal downtime.• Work with IT team to plan data center move to new office. Create server rack and network equipment diagrams and perform power capacity planning to facilitate move. Show less

  • Senior Systems Administrator

    Jan 2014 - Dec 2015

  • Systems Administrator

    Jan 2011 - Dec 2013

  • User and Infrastructure Support Engineer

    Jan 2008 - Dec 2010
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  Stout (formerly Stout Risius Ross)

  Jan 2016 - now

  • Integrate data between CRM, Active Directory, accounting system, cloud expense report software, custom engagement life-cycle software, Sharepoint, iManage document management system and Kaseya IT management platform.• Create database views and stored procedures to surface data points in secure manner and manage scheduled refreshes for BI data reporting.• Use database developer and coding skills to integrate, automate, transform data, apply business logic and solve complex problems. Code C# program to extract data from PDF files to TSV and create SSIS package to import TSV data into SQL.• Design, create and maintain MS SSAS data warehouses and create SSIS packages to handle ETL.• Perform database administration on Microsoft SQL and MySQL databases. Implement partitioning and columnstore indexing to speed up queries.• Research, plan, implement, maintain and migrate servers (Microsoft SQL & MySQL database, MS RDS, InterAction CRM, SSAS, SSRS, Sharepoint BI and Tableau BI).• Build strong working relationships with IT vendors and oversee vendor projects (Office 365: Exchange Online migration, Lync/Skype for Business migration, O365 tenant migrations; Tableau BI report creation, Sitecore CMS, MS SQL tuning and SSIS automation, backup, DR and Azure hybrid Cloud infrastructure implementation/migration).• Securely publish Web apps/sites through Barracuda Web App Firewall and reverse proxy through Kemp Load Balancer. Show less

  • Solutions Architect

    Nov 2017 - now

  • IT Systems Manager

    Jan 2016 - Nov 2017