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Lipiton Lewis

415 Pilot Rilcy Rd.

Maryland, RA 41052

Liptonl40@gmail.com

(735)-415-5477 (cell)

(320) 810-3966 (home)

(320) 620-8722 (work)

Objectives

My personal goals include obtaining a position that allows me to retain my current technical skill sets while progressing to increased responsibilities in positions that require a higher level of decision making.  My basic desire is in working for a company that takes pride in excellent, ethical, customer service.  It is important that any prospective employer be very process oriented.

Professional experience

6/2007 – Present – Full Time Employee (40-46 hours per week)

Protective Life Insurance - Birmingham, AL

Current position title is the Storage/Backup Engineer/DR Specialist. Job responsibilities are to assure that all enterprise backups meet company specified SLA's and that Protective Life is fully positioned to withstand any level of disaster involving the successful recovery of business critical financial systems and insurance data. I am proficient with Symantec NetBackup 6.5 for open systems, HP Data Protector 6.11, and HP Media Operations Manager.

Storage platforms include HP EVA, and HP-XP storage arrays and HP VLS (Virtual Library System) that utilizes high speed RAID disks for tape emulation with Sepaton data deduplication. I am proficient with HP-ESL712e or HP-MSL libraries.  I have a keen understanding of all business processes requiring SOCS and SEC compliance. Actively assist the storage team in determining best of breed hardware for storage arrays working on complex projects to constantly improve the efficiency of the Protective business environment.

My team manages enterprise backups for 1,000+ servers in Birmingham, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, and several satellite offices for Protective Life. Tasked with preparing DR documentation, arrange for DR facilities, plan DR test requirements, and perform successful DR testing are just a few of our responsibilities.

I also work extensively with the Symantec/Consonus/HP/TSA/EMC technical services to keep our systems running in top order. I am very familiar with the operational aspects of several IBM facilities for disaster recovery in the U.S.

All server administration and backup management experience is on Windows Server 2003/R2 and Windows 2008/R2 OS.  Backup administration experience is across all open systems, i.e. Solaris, UNIX, RS-6000, AS_400, Linux, and all versions of Windows servers.  Storage administration experience is primarily on HP and Hitachi systems.

6/2008 - Present - Director of the Alabaster Water Board – Part Time

Alabaster, AL. (2 – 10 hours per month)

I accepted an appointment from the City Council of Alabaster to the Alabaster Water Board Authority in Alabaster, AL. in June of 2008.  This position involves making critical business and financial decisions for the Alabaster Water Board in conjunction with the other four members of the board of directors.  The position encompasses contracts for engineering projects of all scopes.  We deal with highly complex projects involving filtration plants for subterranean well’s and purchasing and selling water resources to other local water systems nearby.  Assist with annual budget, ADEM rules, state regulatory agencies, rate setting, and help make financial decisions for a multi-million dollar + infrastructure.  The Alabaster Water Board has over 36,000 subscribers.

3/2000 – 6/2007

IBM Global Services - Birmingham, AL

Intel Systems Specialist- Full Time Employee (45–60 hours per week)

Held the position of Server Analyst with IBM Global Services-Outsourcing Division supporting five commercial customers, Diageo, Fluor Daniels, Sanofi Aventis Pharmaceuticals,  Federated Stores, and ESM.  Provided support for many of IBM’s internal servers and external server gateway hardware on Citrix MetaFrame servers.

 

Spent 18 months on IBM’s Mercedes-Benz account in Vance, AL.   My position encompassed support of several hundred Windows servers as well as a lead role with IBM’s change/problem management team.  I deployed and utilized Tivoli Security integration products, Tivoli End Point, and Tivoli server health monitoring tools and Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM). Extensive experience building all manner of server hardware in a datacenter environment, then integrating the hardware, and support afterwards.  Experience in deploying and managing fiber and fiber switches.

 

Primary duties in my current job are managing change control, server security, and ensuring that proper audit trails exist along with supporting documentation for the company but also for SOX compliance.  Manage security and DR preparation of all servers with Tivoli Storage Management, Tivoli Security Compliance Manager, Veritas NetBackup, and Tivoli Endpoint. Adapt well to any new assignments and work environments.  Work well individually or within a team.

Recent experience includes troubleshooting all aspects of network connected peripherals, troubleshooting problems through to successful closure in an organized, structured change management environment.  I am familiar with Citrix Metaframe and also VMware ESX servers and have assisted in the deployment of 100’s of virtual servers.  Recently worked with a team in New York to successfully demonstrate IBM’s disaster recovery offering for Diageo Distributing, a large Canadian commercial customer.  Helped plan and implement the recent change of all IP addressing, domain renaming, server host renaming, and the complete redeployment of 1,200+ workstations and 115 servers on the Mercedes-Benz account.  Worked with a team of four to deploy Microsoft Active Directory converting a legacy Novell/Windows domain environment at Mercedes.

3/1997 - 3/2000

Ryder System, Inc. - Birmingham, AL

Lead Systems Analyst- Full Time Employee (40- 50 hours per week)

In August of 1996, I was recruited by Ryder System, Inc. while employed by Bellsouth Corporation.  I accepted a position in the Ryder Integrated Logistics IT group to support their networked systems across 750 + logistics centers across U.S., Mexico, and Canada.  Gained valuable experience in dealing with NAFTA moving computer hardware across the border for several Ryder de Mexico sites serving General Motors.  During 1997-98 traveled to Mexico doing project management, site preparation, and hardware integration at several GM customer sites which resulted in some extensive project management experience. 

I had the opportunity to build, deploy, integrate, and support all manner of server hardware and software within Ryder’s field operations at all sites.  Travelled extensively throughout Mexico during the late 90’s for Ryder de Mexico gaining extensive project management experience planning and implementing new business opportunities for the General Motors account.  I was tasked with planning, procuring, testing, shipping, and integrating all the hardware and software for a new WAN for the Ryder/General Motors contract that spanned four major plants in one northern Mexican province and two southern Mexican provinces.  As project manager, my team installed Windows application servers, Novell file servers, and Citrix communication servers and all the underlying hardware and software required to replace a legacy plant management system at Ryder/GM plants in Silao, Mexico City, Satillo, and Ramos-Arizpe.  I had the opportunity to work with Dicex International on the U.S. and Mexican borders setting up shipping requirements for NAFTA. I became very familiar with NAFTA regulations, and Mexican and U.S. tax laws.

 This project ultimately provided software and hardware that literally ran all aspects of the GM Yard Management system for three large scale automotive plants.  I acquired an extensive amount of experience in all aspects of WAN management during this 18 month period. 

Gained a great deal of experience in supply chain management and warehouse logistics operations also.

12/1979 - 3/1997

Bellsouth Corporation, Birmingham, AL

Various administrative IT positions- Full Time Employee (40 hours per week)

Shortly after leaving the U.S. Navy I began work with Southern Bell Company/AT&T as a film processing clerk working with microfilm and microfiche technology on large mainframe systems that produced telecom data placed on film medium.  From there I accepted a position in the computer data center with SBC, later to become Bellsouth Corporation.  I worked in various jobs within the IT department with mainframe systems, large capacity laser printers, and mini-computer systems.

In 1985, I transferred to Bellsouth Publishing & Marketing (BAPCO) and began working with personal computers doing statistical type jobs in Marketing.  I acquired valuable skills programming databases with some exposure to COBOL and FORTRAN but concentrated on emerging technologies in PC applications.  I used DB2, DB3, Clipper, Lotus, and Microsoft Office products to create data entry systems.  In the early 90’s, I accepted a position within the Bellsouth Operations department, working on several large Nortel systems handling customer voice intercept traffic. 

In 1996 I was professionally recruited by Ryder System, Inc. for a position in their IT department and left Bellsouth in early 1997.  Traveled extensively for Ryder System in Mexico for the General Motors account.

06/1974 - 06/1978

United States Navy - Gulf Port, Mississippi

Utilitiesman– U.S. Navy Seabees - Construction Battalion – NMCB 62- Full Time Employee

I was recruited by the U.S. Navy after high school graduation.  I gained a vast amount of experience in utility construction above and below ground working on pipe construction for water, sewer, electrical, and telecommunications services.  Traveled to 15 + countries that allowed me to become well-rounded in my perspectives while experiencing many diverse cultures.  I was promoted to Utilitesman2 (E-5) supervisor and gained some valuable people skills managing a utility work crew consisting of 14 direct reports. I traveled extensively to Asia, Europe, and the near Middle East.  I left the U.S. Navy with an honorable discharge in 1978 to pursue a degree in Digital Electronics and to attend the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB).

Education

2007 – 2008 – Protective

Completed Symantec’s NetBackup 6.x upgrade, troubleshooting, and vault management classes in 2007.  Continued with certification track in NetBackup with classes in Symantec Vault and Troubleshooting Techniques for version 6.5. 

1979 – 2007 – Bellsouth, Ryder, and IBM.

Attended many computer systems related courses receiving certificates of completion for Tivoli systems, Microsoft, Novell, Citrix, and Cisco.

1980 – 1982 - Business Management

University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, studied Business Management Principles and a minor in History. Maintained a 3.2 GPA.

1978 – 1979 - Digital Electronics - RETS

Electronics GPA: 3.6 – Radio Systems and Electronics/Technical School- Birmingham, AL.  Studied digital electronics, circuitry design, repair, and maintenance.

1974 – 1978 – U.S. Navy

Successfully completed the U.S. Navy Petty Officer leadership school in 1976.  Also attended many construction related training schools gaining knowledge of utility and electrical construction.  Obtained a great deal of leadership and management skills while in the Navy.

1974 - Coffee High School - Florence, AL.

·         Attended Sheffield High School through the 11th grade and then moved to Florence, AL. and graduated at Coffee High School in 1974.

Skillsets include:

Problem and Change disciplines

Network architecture, LAN and WAN

Datacenter planning and architecture

Server hardware builds – IBM, HP, DELL, etc.

Computer/Server System administration

Analytical troubleshooting

Tivoli Security management

Citrix administration

Web development and management

VMware ESX, Virtual Center, VMotion

Sarbanes-Oxley and SEC audit compliance trained

Internal audit procedures

Technical writing

DR management

Project management

Symantec NetBackup - versions 5.1, 6.0, and 6.5.3

ACSLS Tape Library management

SUN L700e Tape Library management

Aptare StorageConsole – Backup reporting s/w

HP Data Protector 6.1.0

HP Media Operations (MOPS)

HP ESL 710e tape media hardware

HP Storage array technology, HP EVA 2400, SAN management

Professional affiliations

Novell NUI, REDHAT Users Group, IT Mentors Group, Windows/Novell/Linux advisory team.

Director of the Alabaster Water Board from 2007 – 2013

Architectural Liaison for Black Warrior Bay Community

Team member on United Way of America – VAT (Visiting Allocation Team)

Member of the American Water Association (AWWA)

Member of the Alabama Rural Water Association (ARWA)

Military service

U.S. Navy Vietnam-era Veteran

Personal

Willing to travel or telecommute

Will relocate provided relocation is fully paid by prospective employer.

Salary is negotiable.

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