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I'm a Systems Administrator for a financial institution in the Kansas City, MO area. My history consists of formerly being an aerospace medicine specialist in the military (Air Force) for 8yrs, finished college in '01 (MIS with honors), and performed tech support at a hospital for 4 1/2 years prior to my current position. I'm now responsible for all aspects of AD, Group Policy, Exchange, Patch Mgmt, Anti-virus, Web Content, SPAM filtering (both Barracuda appliances), server virtualization - MS VS R2 and VMWare VI3 Infrastructure, Avamar backup (& Veeam for VMs), DNS, DHCP, and a host of other things. :)

I enjoy sharing the knowledge I've gained from my experiences, occupationally and via research. I'm still relatively new in Technology (in my opinion...only in it since '99), but find it very intriguing. I'm quite passionate about my career choice. Technology to me is like Calculus; finding the answer isn't my only goal, but the "why" and the process by which the answer is achieved is what I'm probably most passionate about. I guess I'm all about the old cliche that "knowledge is power". :)

UPDATE:
Expertise:
Computer Expertise:
Guru
Experience:
10-14 years
Skills / Accomplishments:
VCP
MCSE
MCSA Security
Security+
Network+
A+

EE Ranks Timeline:
Exchange Server: MASTER         -> 7/9/08
                             GURU            -> 9/5/08
                             WIZARD        -> 7/20/09
Active Directory:   MASTER         -> 9/13/08
Windows 2003:    MASTER         -> 9/14/08
Outlook:               MASTER         -> 9/21/08
Windows XP OS:  MASTER          -> 1/28/09

Technologies: AD 2K/2K3, Avamar Backup, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, Patch Mgmt (WSUS 2.0/3.0 SP1), Exchange 2007, Barracuda Web Filter/Spam Firewall, Symantec AV 10.1, Windows 2K/XP/2K3 Server, Office 2K/2K3/2K7, VMWare, Veeam, MS Virtual Server, EMC SAN, Brocade Switches, GFI EndpointSecurity
Employment Background:
Occupation / Title:
Systems Administrator
Division:
IT
Experience:
5-9 years
Company Size:
100-500
Education:
School Name:
Kansas St. University
Education Level:
Bachelor
Years in Industry:
10-14 years
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