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772 Meadow Dr. , Pine , CO 80470

303.838.6420 jim.yarnold@janus.com

Jim Yarnold

Objective

A challenging position in information technology with a cutting edge company working in a team environment.

Experience

May, 2005 - Current       Janus                                                                   Denver, CO

Senior Network Engineer – Senior Messaging Engineer

*        Design solutions for all things related to messaging including but not limited to email, instant messaging and mobile messaging. 

*        Administrate messaging systems and ensure high availability for an Exchange 2000/3-Windows 2000/3 cluster based messaging architecture.

*        Administrate messaging related technologies including BlackBerry BES v.4.x, MS ActiveSync and OMA, Tumbleweed EMF v. 6 and Mailgate 3.11, Trend Scanmail, CASBAR v. 2.0, KVS Enterprise Vault.

*        Administrate applications and OS components including Trend ServerProtect AV, Arcserve, Legato, IIS, MSDE, SQL.

*        Perform compliance messaging related searches using a variety of tools including C2C Active Folders, X2, Seach Mail, Orchestria

*        Maintain and monitor  the health of hardware including HP DL series servers, EMC SANs including Clarion, Symetrix and Centera, DLT, SDLT and LTO tape Libraries for backup.

*        Support for  PDA and mobile technologies including Blackberry, Pocket PC and Palm

*        Tier III support / 24-7 on-call support

May 2003 – May, 2005   Colorado Business Bank                                       Denver, CO

Senior Network Engineer – Manager of Email Systems

*        Co-designed and Implemented migration from Exchange/Windows 2000 mixed to new Native mode domain and now administrate.

*        Oversaw all server deployment, design, maintenance, and security in a distributed 70 server environment.

*        Administrated Anti-spam and Anti-virus systems on all servers and messaging systems using Sybari 7.5, Symantec 8.01 SAV, SurfControl and currently testing Barracuda networks.

*        Manage all server and client patch management via Ecora for servers and Windows SUS for clients

*        Administrate all GPOs which are used heavily for locking down workstations and servers.

*        Design and maintain PC images via Symantec Ghost 7.5

*        Maintain all back-ups via Veritas backup exec 9.0

*       Tier III support / 24-7 on-call support

 

Oct, 1999 - April, 2003   Reed Business Information        Littleton, CO

Senior Network Engineer – Manager of Email Systems

*        Provided 99.99% uptime for 4000 seat, 17 location MS Exchange 5.5 infrastructure

*        Designed migration to Exchange 2000 and operated pilot group while on Microsoft JDP for .Net

*        Designed .Net migration for infrastructure services and built test labs and documented

*        Supported server farm including NT4-Windows 2000 consisting of 130 servers, mostly Compaq/HP, running FAP, Citrix Metaframe, SQL, IIS, Exchange, Oracle, and others.

*        Designed upgrade to Windows XP for Clients running various Windows versions via Symantec Ghost.

*        Deployed Windows 2000 clients via Ghost multicasting and supported and trained end users.

*        Implemented AV and anti-spam defenses via Sybari® and CipherTrust® products

*        Built and maintained IT support web site with electronic forms

 

Sep, 1998 - Oct, 1999    Tek Systems                                                        Littleton, CO

Computer Contractor

*        Completed migration from Novell GroupWise to MS Exchange 5.5 for Reed Business information

*        Designed and implemented client upgrade for Y2K compliancy for Reed Business Information PCs

 

Jul, 1995 - Jul, 1998       Northwestern Memorial Hospital                               Chicago , Il

Systems Analyst

*        Implemented first NT domain in a Netware environment for adoption of Exchange

*        Designed, implemented and supported NT domain for use with the Epic®  computer patient record and tested various other CPRs

*        Deployed and maintained IIS based web servers for use with computer patient record

*        SMS 1.1 for delivery of applications to NT4 Clients

 

1988 - 1995                   UpTime PC                                                             Chicago , Il

Independent Computer Consultant

*        Serviced multiple clients including health care, publishing and advertising companies for all computer Network and client needs

*        Deployed network LANs and supported and sold hardware maintenance contracts and honored

Education

2001 - 2004                   Microsoft MCSE-2K + Messaging                          Denver , CO

*        Completed MCSE-2K certification with 100% pass rate achieving an 890 average on test scores.  Certified in Exchange 2000.  Currently completing requirements for upgrade to MCSE 2003.

1980 - 1987                   Chicago Musical College                                         Chicago , Il

*        Studied Classical Guitar performance and Electronic composition, worked in post graduate studies for computer composition.  Left to pursue computer consulting career.

Interests

Outdoor sports including skiing, rock climbing, mountain biking.  Music and guitar performance.

 

Technical Experience:

 

*       Networking Operating Systems: MS NT 3.51 – Windows 2003 clustered and stand alone, Novell 2.12-5.0, OS/2 1.2 – Warp 3.0, UNIX based OSs including Linux, Solaris HPUX

*       Desktop Operating Systems: Windows 3.x – Windows Vista B2, MAC OS 4 – OSX

*       Backend Server Applications:  Exchange 5.5 – 2003, IIS 2.0 – 5.0, Sybari Antigen 5-7.5, BlackBerry Enterprise server, Terminal Services, Citrix Metaframe, MS SMS, MS MOM and many more

*       Dedicated Appliances: CipherTrust Ironmail antispam 3.0-3.1, Barracuda networks Anti-Spam, Tumbleweed Mailgate and EMF.

*       Migration Experience:  Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000, 2003.  Lotus notes to Exchange 5.5. and Exchange 2000.  Novell GroupWise to Exchange 2000 using either native Microsoft connectors and third party applications.

 

Hardware Experience:

 

*       Assembling and racking Compaq/HP, Dell servers

*       Hardware maintenance, upgrades and troubleshooting of desktop PC and laptops

*       Disk subsystem, NAS and SAN installation and configuration

*       Installation of cabling including punching down racks

*       PDA configuration

*       Router, switch and hub installation/configuration – various brands including Cisco, Nortel/Bay Networks, 3COM

 

Design and Documentation Experience:

 

*       Email systems

*       Anti Virus for OS and Email

*       Anti Spam

*       BCP Disaster Recovery

*       Infrastructure: WINS, DHCP, D/DNS, Security

*       Support desk documentation

*       Server Care and feeding documentation

*       End user support guides

*       Built and maintained support website with electronic forms for service requests (FrontPage/IIS)

 

Presentation, Project and Communications Experience:

 

*       Delivered presentations to Upper IT management, engineers, end users, business heads on IT technologies, design and processes

*       Trained support staff in groups for basic operations

*       Managed Email systems engineers and assigned projects

*       Communicated Change Control events to engineers, administrators and end users

 

Currently investigating:

 

*       Exchange 2007 in a laboratory setting

*       Microsoft Vista

*       Microsoft Office 2007

*       Virtual environments including offerings from MS and VMWare

 

 

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