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Brad Groux

Senior Manager (Wintel Engineering)

Houston, TX,
United States of America

Member Since: 2006/12/19

Industry: Finance

Top Skills:

.NET Programming Visual Basic.NET Microsoft Legacy OS

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Total points438,977

Questions: 3

Solutions: 352

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Professional Background

Senior Manager (Wintel Engineering)

Macquarie Group

January 2016 – Present

Houston, TX

Senior Systems Engineer

Quantlab Financial, LLC.

August 2014 – December 2015

Houston, TX

Premier Field Engineer (Active Directory)

Microsoft

October 2011 – July 2014

Houston, TX

Infrastructure Manager

Targa Resources

June 2008 – September 2011

Houston, TX

Senior Windows Systems Administrator

Chevron

June 2007 – June 2008

Houston, TX

Senior Windows Network Administrator

Men's Wearhouse

June 2006 – June 2007

Houston, TX

Senior Systems Adminstrator

RBC Builder Finance

June 2004 – June 2006

Houston, TX

Senior Systems Administrator

KBR

August 2000 – June 2004

Houston, TX

Server/Network Technician

NASA Johnson Space Center

July 1998 – August 2000

Houston, TX

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Full Biography

I am a Microsoft Platforms Subject Matter Expertise and Senior IT Manager from Houston, TX working in the finance industry that specializes in Active Directory and Windows Platforms technologies such as Hyper-V, clustering, DFS, AD FS, Server 2012 and more. I am also currently learning SharePoint 2013.

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Level Progress

Current: Level 14

Brad needs 11,023 points to level up.

LVL 15

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Overall

14

438,977
Microsoft Legacy OS

4

43,724
Active Directory

4

40,396
Windows Server 2008

4

38,696
Web Development

3

30,675
Windows Vista

3

28,505
Windows OS

3

26,427
Hardware

3

26,255
Windows 7

3

23,814
Windows Server 2012

3

22,264
Windows Server 2003

3

20,751
Security

3

18,700
Windows 8

3

18,392
Operating Systems

2

16,758
Miscellaneous

2

16,132
WordPress

2

15,950
Microsoft Server OS

2

15,100
Microsoft Applications

2

14,500
Web Services

2

14,450
Networking

2

14,000
Storage

2

13,715
Java

2

13,000
Azure

2

12,500
Displays / Monitors

2

11,400
Laptops Notebooks

2

11,284
Storage Software

2

10,924
.NET Programming

2

10,900
Components

2

10,700
ASP.NET

2

10,600
Microsoft IIS Web Server

2

10,500
Windows Networking

2

10,000
Linux

2

9,600
Office Productivity

2

9,000
Cloud Computing

2

8,914
Web Browsers

2

8,600
OS Security

2

8,200
Outlook

2

8,150
PHP

2

8,000
Visual Basic.NET

2

8,000
Software

1

7,764
Server Software

1

7,600
Virtualization

1

7,164
Wireless Networking

1

6,180
Exchange

1

6,150
Apple Hardware

1

6,000
File Sharing Software

1

6,000
Internet / Email Software

1

6,000
SBS

1

6,000
VMware

1

6,000
Wireless Hardware

1

5,780
Server Hardware

1

5,600
Microsoft Office

1

5,500
Linux Distributions

1

5,400
Web Applications

1

5,125
Microsoft SQL Server

1

5,100
HTML

1

5,000
Anti-Virus Apps

1

4,836
System Utilities

1

4,668
Scripting Languages

1

4,664
C#

1

4,600
Windows 2000

1

4,500
Apple Software

1

4,250
Dell

1

4,200
Adobe Acrobat

1

4,000
Apple OS

1

4,000
Digital Audio

1

4,000
Linux Networking

1

4,000
Programming

1

4,000
Web Languages and Standards

1

4,000
Web Servers

1

4,000
iPad

1

4,000
Application Servers

1

3,500
Content Management

1

3,500
Mac OS X

1

3,500
Network Analysis

1

3,500
Microsoft 365

1

3,400
Anti-Spyware

1

3,336
Blogs

1

3,000
Cell Phones

1

3,000
Facebook

1

3,000
Microsoft Virtual Server

1

3,000
Windows Batch

1

3,000
Windows Phone

1

3,000
Peripherals

1

2,975
Microsoft Hardware

1

2,940
Windows XP

1

2,875
Networking Hardware-Other

1

2,800
Microsoft SharePoint

1

2,580
PC

1

2,540
Databases

1

2,500
Encryption

1

2,500
CAD/Architecture Software

1

2,400
Web Graphics Software

1

2,400
Powershell

1

2,264
Email Clients

1

2,150
Unix OS

1

2,100
AJAX

1

2,000
Android

1

2,000
Drupal

1

2,000
Email Protocols

1

2,000
Email Servers

1

2,000
Google Chrome OS

1

2,000
Home Theaters

1

2,000
InfoPath

1

2,000
Internet Protocols

1

2,000
JavaScript

1

2,000
Microsoft DOS

1

2,000
Microsoft Development

1

2,000
Microsoft OneNote

1

2,000
Microsoft Server Apps

1

2,000
Microsoft Visio

1

2,000
MySQL Server

1

2,000
Networking Protocols

1

2,000
Programming Theory

1

2,000
Project Management

1

2,000
Scrum

1

2,000
Software Firewalls

1

2,000
Spreadsheets

1

2,000
WSUS

1

2,000
Web Development Software

1

2,000
Web Frameworks

1

2,000
Windows Live Mail

1

2,000
jQuery

1

2,000