Thomas Burns

Experience

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  US Army

  Sept 1990 - Jan 2000

  US Army

  Information Management Officer/ Information Systems Security OfficerResponsible for Secure and Unsecure infrastructure in support of Military missions.• Administrated Wide Area Network (WAN) supporting over 250 users. • Managed 12 enlisted personal in multiple IT areas supporting communications both tactical and non-tactical across the South Korean area.• Oversaw automation requirements for new equipment totaling over $400,000, deciding which equipment was mission critical for replacement, upgrade. • Expanded Local Area Network using ADSL’s enabling all sections to connect to Battalion Network and to the Korea Wide Area Network improving tactical readiness.• Network was most secure in Korea during DISA Vulnerability Assessment. • Trained 13 personnel in network/software/hardware troubleshooting. • Developed procedures to ensure users know responsibility. Show less

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  Torca Products

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2009

  System Administrator

  System AdministratorTorca ProductsManaged one production site 2000-2004• Preformed complete Infrastructure from 10/100Mb to 1Gb.• Migrated NT domain to Active Directory and Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000.• Supported 120 Users.

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  NORMA Group

  Apr 2000 - Jul 2014

  Senior System Administrator (Regional)

  Norma Group, Auburn Hills, MI 48326 2000-2014(Formally Breeze Industrial/Torca Products)Senior System Administrator (Regional) 2009-2014 Managed 10 Sites located in US, Mexico, and Brazil. Managed, set priorities nationally, and provided leadership to 9 IT team members.• Oversaw construction of Americas Datacenter with full power, environmental, hardware and communications requirements.• Successfully Managed new IT infrastructure/ construction in Brazil valued at $700,000.• Implemented new methods and hardware platforms based on storage and hardware virtualization.• Standardized hardware, network, and communications infrastructure reducing vendors and cost.• Reviewed/Approved budget for two sites in Mexico, two Sites in Brazil, and six U.S. Sites.• Implemented new procedures/systems to manage help-desk/user requests improving IT responsiveness to business needs.• Deployed a new Cisco VOIP solution to multiple sites interconnected via DMVPN network lowering cost for voice communications nationally and internationally.• Contracted services internationally for both OP-X and Cap-X to allow integration to centralized resources.• Migrated from Hyper-V virtualization to VMWare cluster environment with a high availability configuration to ensure uptime.• Merged 10 sites/ companies into a common infrastructure allowing improved communication and productivity.• Oversaw support for 700 users. Show less

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  Breeze Industrial/Torca Products

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2009

  Senior System Administraor

  Breeze industrial productsManaged two production sites • Oversaw support for 250 users.• Implemented a Hyper-V environment.• Managed two SQL servers, Exchange, File sharing.• Merged one site directly to Auburn Hills and one site to common infrastructure.• Migrated Exchange environment to Exchange 2010 allowing use of devices/phones to manage E-Mail.

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  NEMO Health

  Oct 2014 - Apr 2021

  Rebuilding complete network, streamlining IT, Cost reduction. Oversee IT Staff, Budget, Projects and new initiaves.Cloud design and implementations

  • IT Manager/ Cloud architect

    Jan 2015 - Apr 2021

  • Network Administrator

    Oct 2014 - Apr 2021

  • IT Manager

    Oct 2014 - Apr 2021
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  Modernizing Medicine

  Apr 2021 - Nov 2021

  IT Manager/ Corp IT Security
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  FDI Group

  Nov 2021 - now

  IT Manager