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Douglas K. Blankenship
5311 Las Flores Via
New Port Richey, Florida 34655
(813) 781-4048
                   

QUALIFYING SKILLS
Excellent technical, planning and leadership skills, which inspire and motivate technologists and business-people to work together in a team environment. The ability to aggressively learn and apply new technologies in a high-growth area, ensure control, reliability, performance, and security, provide problem diagnosis and resolution on a daily basis to better support the enterprise. 

An understanding of technical designs coupled with operations and project management experience has provided me with the ability to effectively reduce information technology costs while delivering substantial benefits to the entire organization. 
SKILLS SUMMARY
  Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Server
  • Microsoft Small Business Server
  • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server and Workstation
  • Anti-Virus
  • Active Directory
  • Blackberry Enterprise Server
  • DNS
  • MailSweeper
  • Compaq/IBM/HP/Dell servers
  • Storage Area Networks
  • Clustered server environments
  • LAN design
  • Cisco/3Com switches
  • GoldMine Sales & Marketing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

CP Ships, Tampa, FL
Senior Messaging Specialist/Engineer          August 2004-Present
CP Ships is one of the world’s leading container shipping companies. CP Ships provides international container transportation in four key regional markets: TransAtlantic, Australasia, Latin America and Asia with 38 services in 21 trade lanes.

  • Third tier administrative support of a global 6,000 user mixed mode Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2003 organization. 
  • Key responsibilities include systems administration, design, and development of the CP Ships multi-site  mixed mode Exchange organization to include: daily queue monitoring, messaging tracking and analysis of both front end and back end servers, contingency planning for disaster recovery, message archiving, Veritas NetBackup operations and policy configurations, storage group and mail store configurations based on hardware constraints, routing group configurations, public folder security and replication, Windows and Exchange patch management, provide support and resolutions to Remedy ticket queues.
  • Implementation and management of two active-passive clustered Exchange environments utilizing EMC and MSA100 Storage Area Networks.
  • Implementation and management of Blackberry Enterprise Server (v.4.0 SP2) with over 200 mobile data users and various handheld models.
  • Implement and maintain messaging servers anti-virus application, virus definitions, engine updates, and quarantine policy and notification announcements.
  • Communicate clearly and concisely with global Exchange groups addressing business critical or problematic issues for prompt resolution.

Pasco Beverages Company, Dade City, FL
Network and Application Systems Engineer      August 2001-July 2004
Pasco Beverage Company was the leading private label juice and juice beverage supplier in North America with operations in Dade City, Chicago, and Fontana, California.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

  • Job responsibilities included network and systems administration at the Dade City manufacturing campus and its remote manufacturing facilities throughout the United States.
  • Completed Windows AD transition and platform upgrades to LAN environment in three manufacturing sites.
  • Implemented new AD forest to transition network resources (accounts, computers, groups, security rights & network policies) from the previous forest design due to a company split.
  • Utilized ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tools) to migrate 400 + accounts, 600 + groups, and 300 + computers to the new forest design.
    Implemented Exchange 2003 organization in the new forest design.
  • Utilized ADC (Active Directory Connector) from Exchange 2003 and account migration wizard to migrate mail recipients and distribution lists to new mail server.  OWA and enhancements to information storage groups were the key elements to migrating to Exchange 2003 enterprise
  • Worked on SUS (Software Update Services) to deploy service packs and updates to all LAN clients, RIS (Remote Installation Services) for PC image deployment (currently use Ghost).
  • Implemented new Symantec firewall appliance and proxy in preparation to route all network traffic to the internet circuit.  Also, utilizing Symantec Web Security software to scan all internet content for viruses and inappropriate usage as provided in the business internet policies.

Vitality Beverages, Inc., Tampa, FL
(Formerly Lykes Pasco, Inc.)          June 1999-August 2001
Network and Application Systems Engineer
Vitality Foodservice, Inc, is a leading provider of beverages to the foodservice industry worldwide.  Vitality has distribution and sales in over 30 world markets, including the US, Canada, Europe, Central and South America, Asia, the Caribbean, and the Middle East
 

  • Responsible for network and systems related operations at the Tampa campus as well as for various remote sites throughout the United States and Canada.
  • Responsible for planning, deploying, and maintaining corporate sales and marketing CRM system (GoldMine Sales & Marketing) to all sales associates encompassing three geographic regions  (Northeast Regions, Southeast Region, and Mid-West Regions)
  • Implementing Windows AD and platform upgrades to LAN environment in four manufacturing sites.
  • Managed and maintained six SQL server based applications through the use of DTS, SQL Agent, and enterprise management
    Implemented and maintained recipient accounts, site connections, distribution lists, and public folders for three Exchange 5.5 sites at facilities throughout the United States.
  • Currently deploying a standard footprint for the corporate computing environment while utilizing imaging technologies and Windows 2000 group policies
  • Facilitated Y2K compliance analysis for shop floor manufacturing systems and warehousing system.
  • Successfully planned, deployed, and maintained thin client technology to remote sites for optimization of system performance without degrading WAN/LAN performance to newly acquired sites.
  • Participated in systems analysis, project planning, and strategic business transition of a multi million-dollar acquisition into the Vitality corporate entity.

Lykes Pasco, Inc.  Dade City, FL          December 1997 – June 1999
Systems Engineer

  • Responsibilities included network and systems administration for the Dade City campus as well as for sites throughout the southeast region and a manufacturing facility in Ontario California.
  • Planned, designed, and implemented local area network and security model for the Pasco organization.
  • Deployed Kix32 scripting utility to facilitate strategic changes in business security policies.
  • Managed MS Exchange mail server to include the migration of legacy mail users from a shared mail system to Exchange mail, configuration of the Exchange mail clients, and Internet SMTP mail traffic.
  • Successfully converted static IP addressing schemas to utilize Microsoft’s DHCP, WINS, and DNS services.
  • Re-configured RAS service for all dial-up users throughout the organization and provided preliminary assessment of IBM & AT&T dial-up solutions.
  • Implemented and deployed MS Terminal Server and MS Terminal Server clients in beta areas in the manufacturing facility to baseline MSTS speed, access time, and network utilization using legacy equipment (486/66 w/32MB RAM).
  • Upgraded existing enterprise faxing solution (FaxSr 2.7.4 to 3.0.2) and plug-ins to MS Exchange server.
  • Provided and maintained equipment specifications and company standards policy.
    Successfully distributed an enterprise wide anti-virus application package (Norton Anti-Virus).

Micah Systems, Inc. – Information Engineers, Oak Ridge, TN          1997 – 1997
Network Analyst – Contract Position with MK-Ferguson (DOE)

  • Responsibilities included network maintenance, troubleshooting, and problem solving on a Windows NT and LANtastic platforms as well as providing end user support for in excess of two hundred clients.
  • Troubleshooting network line failures on a loop and star topology
  • Conversion of remaining LANtastic servers and clients to Windows NT
  • Build and configure desktop computer systems for Windows 95 end users; NCR, NEC, Gateway 2000, Dell, Northgate, Compaq, Micron, and HP
  • Setup domain user accounts, group accounts, and shares for end users
    Administration of MS Exchange Mail Server v.5.0
  • Setup Internet access through Netscape Proxy Servers
  • Install and configure network protocols for LAN access, MS Office 97 applications, Internet Browser (Explorer and Netscape), MS Exchange Mail clients v5.0, and Anti-Virus applications for end users
  • Provide training on MS Windows 95 and MS Office 97 applications

Tennessee Center for Research & Development, Knoxville, TN          1991 – 1997
Procurement Specialist, Project Manager, Assistant Network Administrator,
Hardware Technician

  • Provided network maintenance and equipment specifications for three remote sites and the corporate facility.
  • Furnished telecommunications programming and support on Onyx VS system and Onyx VS voice mail system, also, acquired some limited Meridian programming support (no installation, but in-house support and configuration).
  • Provided hardware and software installation, troubleshooting, and diagnostics for all departments in the company.
  • Created presentations and graphics for proposals and network layouts and participated in defining/creating TCRD’s functional specifications for its business areas.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONSCurrently working on MCSE/MCSA Certifications on 2003
Elective, Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) Windows NT 4.0
Classes include Microsoft’s four core with TCP/IP & Exchange Server 5.5 as electives.Microsoft Certified Professional – (MCP)
SQL Sever 7.0 Administration

East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN          1985 – 1990     
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BS)
Minoring in Computer Science

Classes included a wide range of fields extending from manufacturing, design, electronic principles, board and computer aided graphic design (CAD), and computer programming languages.
                              

   

 

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