Danny
Kennedy’s Experience
I
have over twelve years experience leading various project implementations with
Microsoft Windows systems including Windows Server 2000/2003/2008, Exchange
2000/2003/2007 and Active Directory. I have demonstrated success in full project
lifecycle management resulting in multimillion dollar savings for multiple
companies. My expertise with Microsoft Windows systems includes strong hands-on
technical skills with administration, deployment and support in large and
complex productions environments of 50-5000 users. Furthermore, I have proven
ability to consistently manage large scale environments to ensure business
continuity and revenue generation. I enjoy working with business owners and
executives directly tying technology to business objectives. I enjoy analyzing
infrastructure to determine best practices and risk mitigation. Overall, I
enjoy building business relationships, working clients and managing a diverse
client portfolio. The majority of my roles and experience have been in environments
that consist of Microsoft Windows server advanced architectures which include
the following:
- Windows Server
2000/2003/2008
- Installed and
configured Windows clustering and load balancing of Windows Server
2000/2003/2008.
- Performed several
in place upgrades of Windows 2000 server to Windows Server 2003/R2/2008.
- Planned and
designed QA/testing, staging, and production infrastructure for several companies.
- Managed a major
server technology refresh, replacing and consolidating Windows Server 2000/2003/2008
servers.
- Active Directory
- Performed several
Windows NT Server 4.0 Domains to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
migrations which consisted of 50 - 5000 users in a multi site
environment.
- Performed several
Windows 2000 Server Domains to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
migrations which consisted of 50 - 5000 users in a multi site
environment.
- Performed
several Windows Server 2003 Domains to Windows Server 2008 Active
Directory migrations which consisted of 50 - 5000 users in a multi site
environment.
- Performed 20
plus Active Directory consolidations which consisted of 50 - 5000 users
in a multi site environment.
- Performed 5
plus migrations of Novell NetWare environment to the Windows Server 2003
operating system and Active Directory environment.
- Planned and collaborated
with companies to incorporate Group policy to manage desktop security, logon
scripts for mapping drives, My Document/Desktop redirects, and software
installations.
- Exchange2000/2003
including Exchange 2007
- Built and deployed
multiple installations of Exchange 2007 for customer sites.
- Performed 2
plus Exchange 2007 high availability solutions using Single Copy Cluster
(SCC) Local Continuous Cluster (LCC), and Cluster Continuous Replication
(CCR) for customer sites.
- Performed 5
plus Exchange 2000/2003 to Exchange 2007 which consisted of 500 - 2000
users for customer sites.
- Performed 5 plus
IMail to Exchange 2000/2003 which consisted of 100 - 500 users for
customer sites.
- Small Business
Server breakouts
- Performed
several migrations from Small Business Server 2000/2003 to Windows Server
2000/2003 Active Directory.
- Systems
Management Server (SMS)
- Installed and
configured 5 plus Systems Management Server (SMS)
- Administered
imaging, software updates, and software inventory using Systems
Management Server (SMS)
- Microsoft
Operations Manager (MOM) installations and configurations
- Installed and
configured 5 plus Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)
- Monitored
server farms and environments using Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)
- SQL Server
- Designed and
implemented 2 plus SQL mirroring and clustering environments