Chris Eichorn

Experience

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  GE

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2003

  System Engineer

  Maintained, built, monitored, and set policy and procedures for the e-mail environment. Tested and implemented new devices to be used with e-mail.Developed and executed plan to migrate five Microsoft Exchange 5.5 sites containing 12,000 e-mail accounts to one Microsoft Exchange 2000 site. This reduced over all cost by $400,000 annually while increasing user satisfaction.Initiated roll out of 300 Blackberry devices to field sales team to increase customer face time by 20% and reduce on-line cost by 35%.Consulted with resource management team to implement new phone tracking system, which reduced the number of NT servers and number of licenses needed to run the application. This reduced the over all cost of the system by 50% and increased reporting time to management. Show less

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  GE Consumer Finance

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  System Administrator

  Maintained, built and monitored NT servers and network equipment.Recommended the use of RemoteOffice.com instead of Visto systems, which would reduce the overall cost of remote access to e-mail by $200,000 annually.Designed and upgraded local area network in temporary office, during eight hour time period, which increased user productivity by 35% while simultaneously increasing customer satisfaction.Responded to request by CEO for quick set up and tear down of local area and wide area network, and NT server in hotel to connect to networks all over the world while providing seamless support during high-level meetings. Achieved 100% customer satisfaction. Show less

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  CECC

  Mar 2003 - Aug 2007

  Owner

  Maintain all computers, servers, fire and security alarm, and phone systems. Provide assistance in major system upgrades and purchases. Manage construction projects.Reduced monthly cost of phone services while increasing the amount of services received from local phone company.Redesigned local area network to increase user productivity and also reduced over all cost of supporting the local area network.Increased user knowledge of vender supplied system by working with vendor to provide training. Show less

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  Davis-Kidd Booksellers

  Aug 2007 - Feb 2012

  IT Manager

  Manage POS, network, phone, and security systems. Set and control IT budget for entire company.Redesigned wide area and local area networks to add a VIOP system and increase performance across locations.Lead team in developing new process to use Clinic employee payroll deduction program which increased sales by 15%Evaluated Blackberry verses Android use for remote email access on smart phones; decided on Android due to cost of Blackberry Enterprise Server

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  Joseph-Beth Booksellers

  Aug 2007 - Feb 2012

  IT Manager

  Manage POS, network, phone, and security systems. Set and control IT budget for entire company.Redesigned wide area and local area networks to add a VIOP system and increase performance across locations.Lead team in developing new process to use Clinic employee payroll deduction program which increased sales by 15%Evaluated Blackberry verses Android use for remote email access on smart phones; decided on Android due to cost of Blackberry Enterprise Server

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  Contracting

  Jun 2012 - Jun 2013

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  Looking for opportunities in the Cincinnati Area

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  L-3 Cincinnati Electronics

  Jun 2013 - Sept 2016

  Infrastructure Engineer

  Maintained, built, monitored, and set policy and procedures for the network and virtual environments.

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  Nielsen

  Sept 2016 - now

  • Manager of Network Engineering

    Mar 2023 - now

  • Lead Network Engineer

    Sept 2016 - Mar 2023