Selected Projects
Active Directory and Windows Server
- Built a VMware-based IT lab environment that contained elements from production to prepare for live changes.
- Active Directory – Optimized Microsoft DNS and group policies in a multi-forest environment.
- Active Directory – Prepared for an IT audit by identifying stale computer objects via PowerShell scripts.
- Upgraded legacy operating systems, e.g. Server 2008 to Server 2012 R2 via the use of VMware OS templates.
- Server Upgrades: Migrated – FSMO roles | Certificate authorities (PKI) | Domain controllers | Application servers.
- Patch Management – Deployed a VMware-based 2012 R2 server with the WSUS role in the “DR” datacenter.
Hyper-V Server Deployment Via PowerShell Automation
The main integration script, approximately 40,000 lines of PowerShell code, delivers a “server build” with both a consistent configuration and an exceptionally low rate of failure. Nearly 10,000 lines of code provide other support functions.
Other Projects
- US IT Compliance (FINRA) program for a broker/dealer business: Deployed, as a member of team, Enterprise Vault Compliance Accelerator with NetApp WORM storage.
- Facilitated the deployment of UK applications/systems in the US: Built multiple VMware-based preproduction test environments in the US that were integrated with the respective test environments in the UK.
- Redesigned the US Active Directory: Forest Consolidation | Group Policy | Schema updates – to harmonize US AD to headquarters’ directives with minimal impact on production
- Legal Discovery: US IT Liaison to internal and external counsel for all US and relevant UK matters (e-discovery), gathering data for active and pending litigation. Highest trust level for both US and UK General Counsel offices.