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The South Country Central School District is a district located in southern Brookhaven Town, Suffolk County, New York, United States.

Goal: Fix broken migration, reconfigure email components.

• Remediated problems with Exchange 2010/2013, Office 365, Hybrid configuration, DNS, IIS
• Migrated mailboxes from Exchange 2010 to Office 365
• Migrated Public Folders from Exchange 2010 to Office 365 
• Configured Trend Micro cloud-based Anti-spam service for Office 365
• Configured Office 365 Transport Rules
• Knowledge Transfer
• Wrote PowerShell scripts to license users, enable archives
• Decommissioned Exchange 2010 server
• Provided Tier 3 Technical Support

Aria Health is a healthcare system in Northeast Philadelphia and Lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It consists of three hospitals and outpatient clinics.

• Configured GroupWise 2012 and Office 365 to communicate with Quest/Dell Migration and Coexistence software
• Worked with Dell Professional Services to configure Quest/Dell Migration and Co-Existence software
• Extended Active Directory schema for Microsoft Exchange attributes
• Collaborated on Delivery Agenda and supporting Migration documents with Dell Professional Services
• Identified data in Active Directory and GroupWise that would negatively affect migration
• Installed/configured Dirsync with Password Sync
• Configured Office 365 environment
• Added UPN suffixes to Active Directory
• Configured tool to mass change UPN suffixes in Active Directory
• Created/installed SSL certificates
• Configured TLS connection for GroupWise, Zix security appliance, and Office 365
• Configured Retention Policies
• Configured Litigation Hold and In-Place Hold settings
• Created documentation related to Migration – GroupWise, Active Directory, and Office 365
• Migrated users from GroupWise to Office 365 – Object Merge, Mail-enable AD Objects, set Forwarding Rules, set Visibility, set Licensing and Location, migrated Mailboxes and Archives
• Configured Mobile Device Management (MDM)
• Wrote PowerShell scripts to provide reports and remove a virus from all mailboxes
• Provided Tier 3 Technical Support

Union Hospital is a not-for-profit healthcare system in west central Indiana. Its main facility is in Terre Haute, Indiana.

• Configured GroupWise 2012 and Office 365 to communicate with Quest/Dell Migration software
• Analysis of Active Directory environment
• Extended Active Directory schema for Microsoft Exchange attributes
• Provided Delivery Agenda and supporting Planning documents
• Identified data in Active Directory and GroupWise that would negatively affect migration
• Installed/configured Dirsync with Password Sync
• Configured Office 365 environment
• Added UPN suffixes to Active Directory
• Configured tool to mass change UPN suffixes for users in Active Directory
• Configured TLS connection between Cisco IronPort appliance and Office 365.
• Configured Retention Policies
• Created documentation related to Migration – GroupWise, Active Directory, MFG, and Office 365
• Migrated Users, Mailboxes, and Archives from GroupWise to Office 365.
• Wrote PowerShell scripts to provision users – added Active Directory attributes, set Forwarding Rules, ran DirSync, set Licensing and Location, enabled archive.
• Provided Tier 3 Technical Support
• Created customized Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Policies and Transport Rules
• Installed/configured ADFS and ADFS Proxy servers for Office 365
• Researched need for multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Office 365
• Configured Mobile Device Management (MDM)
• Created ADFS documentation

The Ramaz School is a co-educational Modern Orthodox Jewish day school in the heart of New York City.

Goal: Clean up an unstable Exchange Hybrid email environment after a failed Staged Migration to Office 365.

• Stabilized hybrid Exchange email environment
• Migrated mailboxes from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010
• Migrated mailboxes from Exchange 2010 to Office 365
• Provided knowledge transfer
• Wrote documentation containing common System Administrator tasks, important operational procedures, and customized settings in Office 365
• Used ESEUTIL utility to defrag Exchange 2010 databases and reclaim disk space
• Remediated problems with ADFS and Dirsync servers
• Uninstalled/reinstalled Dirsync server
• Used ADSIEdit to remediate problems with accounts appearing in on-premises Exchange and Office 365
• Remediated problems with Autodiscover and ActiveSync on IOS and Android
• Remediated problems with Outlook 2010
• Worked with Microsoft Technical Support to resolve problems with autodiscover and mailbox migration.
• Used Powershell to troubleshoot problems with Virtual Directory
• Configured SMTP Relays
• Configured Retention Policies
• Configured Mobile Device Management (MDM)
• Prepared daily status reports for project team
• Provided Tier 3 Technical Support.

The Culinary Institute of America is an American private college and culinary school specializing in culinary, baking, and pastry arts education.

Goal: Fix a broken migration and an unstable Email system.

• Migration from GroupWise 2012 to Office 365
• Developed migration process
• Wrote PowerShell scripts to provision users in Office 365, setup user environment, license users, setup archive, and migrate mailboxes
• Used numbers in Script filenames to help Administrators run scripts in the correct order
• IT Manager wrote a thank you letter for successful email migration

The City Colleges of Chicago District No. 508 is a system of seven community colleges and six satellite sites that provide learning opportunities for residents of the Chicago area.

• Technical Lead for migration of approximately 7,000 users from GroupWise to Office 365 using Quest migration tools and IMAP.
• Provided SME advice at project meetings, supervised team of 6, migrated data. Vendor relations – Quest, Microsoft, and Novell.
• SMTP routing, Active Directory, DirSync, Active Directory Federated Services (ADFS), ILM, IIS, SSL certificates, licensing, and Powershell.
• Wrote PowerShell scripts to assign access rights, set/run retention policies, set SMTP forwarding, provide reports, add users, assign licenses, and run IMAP migrations.
• Customized AD attributes, created OU’s, and created Group Policies.
• Used Lync to provide remote support and run conference calls.
• Modified Management Agents and field mappings in ILM 2007.
• Provided Tier 3 Technical Support.

Victaulic offers mechanical pipe joining systems (grooved couplings & fittings) & fire protection pipe solutions for commercial industries & applications

• Provided Tier 3 Technical Support for Microsoft Office 365, Global Exchange 2013 Hybrid environment
• Technical Support for Proofpoint hosted security solution
• Configured IP Relay Hosts and Transport Rules
• Configured ADFS Relying 3rd Party Trusts
• Troubleshooting with Microsoft Premium Support
• Troubleshooting Outlook 2013
• Wrote PowerShell scripts to update and report on Exchange Hybrid Server and Office 365 information.
• Supported questions/problems related to Compliance and Security.
• Supported Mobile Device Management (MDM)
• Created Exchange 2013 lab environment
• Designed/configured Exchange 2016 Hybrid Servers using Load Balancers

Good Shepherd, based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a nationally recognized rehabilitation leader, offering a continuum of care for people with injuries, complex medical needs and physical and/or cognitive disabilities.

• Migration from GroupWise 8 on Netware to GroupWise 2014 on SUSE Linux
• Remediated problems in GroupWise
• Provisioned GroupWise Storage Area to accommodate backup/recovery needs
• Designed GroupWise 2014 system for Linux/Windows
• Installed/configured SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
• Migrated GroupWise components and data from Netware to Linux
• Migrated GroupWise components and data from Linux to Windows
• Upgraded GroupWise from version 8 to 2014
• Upgraded GroupWise Mobility Server
• Created processes to simplify Administration
• Set Retention Policies
• Liaison for 3rd Party Archiving company during migration/upgrade
• Provided Tier 3 Technical Support

Project Leader to implement mainframe-based email system to 25 sites (10,000+ users). Ran project meetings, met
with stakeholders, organized deployment groups, sent company-wide communications, provided technical training and documentation to Help Desk, coordinated end-user training, and provided level 3 technical support.

Valued committee member for improved global email communication and standardization. Project Leader and Technical Lead for email migration from mainframe to LAN-based system. Developed intelligent electronic forms using Novell Informs. Implemented mainframe-based email-integrated Telephone directory (CallUp).

• Lead Architect/Engineer, Evangelist/Trainer, Technical Support, and Manager (at age 28) of 4 employees and 1 Contractor.
• Project Leader and Technical Lead for email migration project from PROFS/OfficeVision to GroupWise.
• Trained Executive Management, Executive Administrators, and end users.
• Developed software in REXX to enhance Email, User and Phone Directory
• Developed method to distribute PC software using the mainframe.
• Created automated process to migrate users from mainframe system to LAN-based system.
• Developed software to print from mainframe to local PC printer. Saved $500. for each printer emulation board.
• Created batch files and macros to add capability for users to add company holidays to calendar.
• Developed software to create unique names and synchronize directories from 3 systems.
• Created Resource Request System to organize mainframe, PC, and network, telecommunications requests.
• Led project meetings, tracked requests, and printed reports.

Rainforest Alliance is a growing network of farmers, foresters, communities, scientists, governments, environmentalists, and businesses dedicated to conserving biodiversity and ensuring sustainable livelihoods. We are an international non-profit organization working to build strong forests, healthy agricultural landscapes, and thriving communities through creative, pragmatic collaboration.

• Technical Lead for migration of 600 users from Exchange 2003 to Office 365/Azure.
• Created project plans.
• Configured Virtual Network in Azure.
• Configured Windows 2012 servers in Azure for Domain Controller, ADFS, and Dirsync.
• Configured Office 365 environment.
• Team installation and configuration of Windows 2012 Hyper-V server and Windows 2012 Hybrid server.
• Created end user and Administrator documentation. Wrote PowerShell scripts to migrate and license users.
• Provided technical support.