Rod Barnard

Experience

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  Total Computing Solutions

  Jan 1997 - Apr 1999

  Network Administrator

  Onsite network and server support for various contracted customers

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  IT Intellect

  May 1999 - Jan 2001

  Lead MCSE / A+ / N+ Trainer

  Lead Technical Trainer for 3 years for A+, N+ and MCSE coursesBranch Manager - Rivonia (JHB)

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  Webcom

  Jan 2001 - Aug 2001

  Network Consultant

  Contract Network support for Webcom customers

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  WTBTS

  Aug 2001 - Feb 2002

  Volunteer

  Volunteer workerTelephone and fiber network support

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  IT Intellect

  Feb 2002 - Sept 2004

  Microsoft & Cisco Technical Trainer / Systems Admin

  Lead Technical Trainer for 3 years for MCSE, MCSA and CCNA coursesSystems Administrator for local network and servers

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  Our Business IT Solutions

  Oct 2004 - Aug 2005

  Co-founder

  IT Technical Support & Retail

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  Mitsol

  Jan 2005 - Dec 2007

  Technical Manager

  Managed IT and ISP services for various customers, including a national airlineVM hosting (VMware), Email/Website hosting, last mile access (radio and free space optics), bandwidth shaping (Packeteer), security/firewalls (Cisco), call center VoIP systems (Mitel)Onsite and remote support for various contracted customers

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  Bosch & Associates Group

  Jan 2008 - Mar 2013

  IT Operations Supervisor

  Supervised local helpdesk for user base of 500Installed, supported and monitored: Windows & Linux servers, Exchange, SQL, System Center products, VMWare vSphere environmentVeeam B&R and Backup Exec, Dell Servers and EMC SAN hardware in our datacenter.Various WAN, LAN, cabling and wireless technologies and Mitel IP telephone systemsSupported various GIS & CAD products (AutoCAD, Inventor, ArcGIS etc.)

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  WTBTS

  Apr 2013 - Dec 2020

  Automation of Virtual Machine and bare-metal Hypervisor deployments (combiningHyper-V, SCVMM, PowerShell and other technologies) for our large private cloud spanning 90 branches worldwide and hundreds of remote officesArchitecting High Availability failover cluster solutions, deployments and commissioningImplementing HPE hardware solutions, testing and delivery logisticsBackup/Disaster Recovery solutions, testing and documentation (Veeam,DPM)Consultant to regional coordinators for Europe / Africa / Asia Pacific / AmericasTraining and mentoring, consulting on agile processes for tech ops teams Show less

  • Global IT Consultant

    Aug 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Regional Coordinator - Europe / Middle East / Africa

    Mar 2017 - Aug 2019

  • Regional Server Technician - Europe / Middle East / Africa

    Apr 2015 - Feb 2017

  • Server Administrator - South Africa

    Apr 2013 - Mar 2015
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  Communication Business Avenue, Global

  Jan 2021 - now

  • Engineering Manager | Global Business

    May 2024 - now

  • Product Manager

    Jan 2021 - Apr 2024