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Ned Ramsay

Network Operations Manager

Phoenix,
Arizona,
United States of America

Member Since: 2009/01/14

Industry: Computer & IT

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Professional Background

Network Operations Manager

USPCNET

May 2014 – Present

Phoenix, AZ

Reporting to the CEO, I am responsible for the day to day operations of the Infrastructure, Integration and Support personnel. Implementing new policies and procedures for our clients and our internal resources.

LAN Administrator

SitnSleep

April 2012 – May 2014

Los Angeles, CA

Reporting to the Director of IT I was responsible for the installation and maintenance of all production servers, test lab, network infrastructure and security.

Systems Manager

University of Oxford

July 2009 – April 2012

Oxford, England

Reporting to the Computing Fellow, I was responsible for the upkeep and improvement of the core college infrastructure services to ensure Jesus College remained at the forefront of research and development in the education sector.

IT Manager

Stokes Group Ltd

August 2007 – July 2009

Dudley, England

While employed by Stokes Group I worked closely with our production control and logistics teams to provide 24/7 uptime with a very tight budget. Many of the servers required constant maintenance and nurturing while ensuring we had processes in place in case of failures. I was the UK IT representative for Mahindra Forgings Europe (http://www.mahindraforgings.eu) and worked in partnership with the GSA and Jeco finance and IT teams to standardise our processes and software platforms as well as migrating from a bespoke financial package to SAP R3 Financials and Logistics.

Senior Network Technician

Burton College

May 2005 – August 2007

Online Car Hire Systems

Freelance Consultant

March 2007 – July 2007

Short term contract developing the booking pages for an online car hire system.

Education

Staffordshire University

HND

Computing Systems

2005 – 2007

De Montfort University

Law

LLB

2003 – 2005

Leeds Metropolitan University

Law

IT Law

2002 – 2003

Full Biography

A highly motivated professional member of the British Computer Society with 9 years of experience in multiple business sectors. Currently growing the Infrastructure, Integration and Support teams for one of the leading MSPs in Arizona.

Performing business analysis with a focus on performance, sustainability and training to ensure an excellent, uniform level of service for all our clients.

Languages

English

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

Swedish

Elementary Proficiency

Italian

Elementary Proficiency

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Current: Level 7

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106,994
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1

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Microsoft Word

1

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1

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1

5,875
VMware

1

5,400
Exchange

1

5,201
Windows OS

1

5,000
Network Analysis

1

4,498
Anti-Virus Apps

1

4,000
DNS

1

4,000
Networking Protocols

1

4,000
Routers

1

3,560
Networking

1

3,498
Microsoft Excel

1

3,436
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1

3,375
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1

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1

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1

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Microsoft Access

1

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Outlook

1

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1

2,498
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1

2,260
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1

2,250
Adobe Creative Suite CS

1

2,200
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1

2,150
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1

2,000
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1

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1

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1

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1

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1

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1

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1

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1

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1

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1

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1

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1

2,000
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1

2,000
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1

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