Ronald Robert Gage - ron@rongage.

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Home Address: 31005 Windsor Ave. Westland Michigan 48185
Professional Summary: I am a very knowledgeable computer systems consultant with extensive experience with Windows, Linux and VMware. I also have hands on experience with computer networking technologies including WiFi, VoIP and WAN technologies and am well versed in various storage technologies (Fiber, SAN, NAS, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, DAS, SCSI, ATA, SATA, SAS, FC) Professional Certifications: Microsoft CompTIA Linux Prof. Institute VMware MCSA-2003, MCP A+, Network+ LPIC Level 1 VSP4, VTSP4, VCP4

Professional Experience Information Technology: Microsoft Windows (9x, NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Windows 7, 2008) Email Systems (Exchange 2000 & 2003, Sendmail, Zimbra, Blackberry Enterprise Server) Microsoft Active Directory, Group Policy Objects, DNS, LDAP, DHCP SQL Server (2005, 2008), SQL Clustering VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5, ESX/ESXi 4.0,ESX/ESXi 4.1, ESXi 5.0, vCenter, vSphere, View, ThinApp, Converter Veritas Backup Exec 11.0, NetBackup 6.5.3 Linux (Redhat, Slackware, Debian, CentOS, Sendmail, Zimbra, BIND, NAGIOS) Networking Technologies (TCP/IP, WAN/LAN Routing, Routers, Switches, VPN, VLAN, VoIP, Firewalls) Storage Systems (NAS, SAN, iSCSI, DAS, RAID) Network/Systems Monitoring (NAGIOS, MRTG, WMI, SNMP) Web Servers (Apache 1, Apache 2, IIS 6, IIS 7, NginX) Programming (PHP, C, MySQL, Eclipse, VBA, VB.Net, VB6, Powershell, ISL) Work Experience: March, 2012 through Present Interactive Business Systems Livonia, Michigan (734) 542-9137 Title: Systems Administrator (W2 Contractor) rd Assigned to: 3 Circuit Court of Michigan, Detroit Michigan Maintain VMware vSphere infrastructure for multiple criminal/civil courthouses. Execute P2V conversions for multiple physical servers Maintain Equallogic SAN for multiple criminal/civil courthouses. Provide level-2 help desk services for court personnel Custom build Fiber Channel SAN for auxiliary storage January, 2012 through March, 2012 Interactive Business Solutions Livonia, Michigan (734) 542-9137 Title: Systems Administrator Vmware (W2 Contractor) Assigned to: Inalfa Roof Systems, Auburn Hills Michigan Assignment ended Maintain VMware vSphere infrastructure for multiple Michigan offices Maintain Equallogic SAN for multiple Michigan offices Maintain Cisco Networking equipment for multiple company offices June, 2011 through October, 2011 Diversified Data Ferndale, Michigan (248) 399-0715 Title: Network Administrator (Full Time Employee) Position ended Maintain company network and internet infrastructure on Cisco, Juniper and HP networking fear Migrate company from Microsoft Hyper-V to VMware ESXi Execute P2V conversions for multiple physical servers and V2V conversions for multiple virtual servers Migrate company to new SAN environment from old HP Storage Server (AIO 600) Migrate company to new data center on HP blade chassis (C7000, BL460) Implement Core Switch architecture in company server room Maintain company desktops, laptops and printers Maintain and augment company disk/tape backup infrastructure Provide 24x7 on-call support of production servers Maintain public IIS farm January, 2011 through June, 2011 Brown Staffing Solutions Gross Pointe Farms, Michigan (248) 931-0468 Title: Network Administrator VMware (1099 Contractor) Assigned to: Diversified Data and Communications (DivDat), Ferndale Michigan Assignment End Date: June, 2011 (hired by customer)

Maintain company network and internet infrastructure on Cisco, Juniper and HP networking fear Migrate company from Microsoft Hyper-V to VMware ESXi Execute P2V conversions for multiple physical servers and V2V conversions for multiple virtual servers Migrate company to new SAN environment from old HP Storage Server (AIO 600) Migrate company to new data center on HP blade chassis (C7000, BL460) Implement Core Switch architecture in company server room Maintain company desktops, laptops and printers Maintain and augment company disk/tape backup infrastructure Provide 24x7 on-call support of production servers Maintain public IIS farm September, 2010 through December, 2010 Encore Computer Consulting Chicago Illinois (847) 222-0244 Title: VMware Infrastructure Architect (W2 Contractor) Assigned to: Ulta Beauty and Cosmetics, Bolingbrook Illinois Assignment End Date: December 3, 2010 Continue VMware implementation and expansion work Implement VMware Lab Manager for company QA landscape Add 7 VMware hosts bringing total to 14 managed hosts (Dell M10000 blades, HP C7000 blades) Execute P2V conversions for multiple physical servers and V2V conversions for multiple virtual servers Create and maintain separate QA, DEV and Production VMware clusters Provide training to Ulta staff on methods and procedures to keep VMware running Guide retirement of older VMware server (ESX 3.0, ESX 3.5) Perform capacity analysis of existing physical production environment using VMware Capacity Planner June, 2010 through September, 2010 Encore Computer Consulting Chicago Illinois (847) 222-0244 Title: Infrastructure Architect (W2 Contractor) Assigned to: Ulta Beauty and Cosmetics, Bolingbrook Illinois Assignment End Date: September 3, 2010 Hands on management of roughly 260 Windows Servers (2000, 2003, 2008) Hands on management and repair of 7 VMware hosts and 90 VMware guests Work with existing Server and Storage teams to plan upgrade of VMware environment Re-architect the entire VMware environment to increase consistency and availability of all virtual guests Provide 24x7 on-call support of production servers January, 2010 through February, 2010 - Encore Computer Consulting - Chicago Illinois - (847) 222-0244 Title: VMware Consultant (1099 Contractor) Assigned to: Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), Chicago Illinois Assignment end date: February 26,2010 Onsite VMware consultant - Provide guidance, documentation, training and support services Assist in P2V conversions of Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 servers using Enterprise Converter VMware vSphere, VMware View, VMware ThinApp, VMware Converter Enterprise, VMware VCB and VMware vCenter. VMware Deployment size: 40 View desktops, 2 independent VMware clusters with 2 hosts each, 18 virtualized desktops and 12 virtualized servers. Provide research into VMware vCloud/vApp initiative to help make the case for increasing server virtualization. Packaging of standard applications (Office, Firefox, Thunderbird, etc) using ThinApp April, 2008 through October, 2009 - Workforce Software - Livonia Michigan - (734) 542-4100 Title: Network Administrator Laid off - Downsized Maintained 2 VMware datacenters with 3 hosts per datacenter, roughly 20 Windows Servers (2003, 2008, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS), roughly 60 Linux servers, over 100 VPN desktops (Windows XP on VMware) and 200 end-user desktops Subject Matter Expert - Server Virtualization using VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 Subject Matter Expert - Zimbra email server cluster Networking Support - routing, WAN/LAN, switching and VPN support System Deployment - implement new system imaging procedures to improve consistency in end-user computer system deployment. Linux Support - maintain multiple Centos-based Linux Servers at 2 sites (office and hosting) Windows Support - maintain Microsoft Windows Servers (2003 and 2008), DHCP, DNS and Active Directory for 2 sites Maintain NAGIOS and MRTG monitoring systems Deploy, configure and maintain OpenFiler based SAN/NAS units (iSCSI/NFS) Configure and maintain EqualLogic SAN and EMC Clariion units (iSCSI) Maintain internal IIS servers February, 2005 through April, 2008 Symantec/Altiris Plymouth Michigan (734) 456-2100 Title: Senior Network Operations Engineer Position ended due to acquisition by Symantec and subsequent outsourcing of IT operations

Maintained roughly 420 servers (Windows 2000/2003, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP) in 12 sites worldwide including 4 data centers Maintained roughly 200 end user computers (desktop and laptop) Subject Matter Expert - Utilizing Linux in the server room and data center. Implement and maintain server virtualization using VMware and XenServer Networking Support - maintain site-to-site and SSL-based Juniper VPN devices Networking Support - routing, WAN/LAN (Adtran), switching (Foundry) and VPN (Juniper) support Networking Support - maintain all company firewall devices (Netscreen) globally. Maintained office SQL servers (SQL2000, SQL2005) Maintained office Web Servers (IIS6, IIS7, Apache) System Monitoring - design, deploy and maintain company NAGIOS and MRTG monitoring solutions System Design - design, deploy and maintain multiple Linux-based FTP/MySQL servers for customer technical support team Disaster Recovery - maintain tape backup system for Plymouth office (BackupExec) Disaster Recovery - design, build and maintain disaster recovery data center for company Windows Support - maintain Microsoft Windows Servers (2000,2003) and Active Directory (office and data center) End User support - ~200 users direct support and another ~600 users secondary support Maintain office PBX (Mitel) Learn and use Wise Installation Studio (.MSI packaging) for application distribution and customization Program and deploy custom FTP service application for customer support team worldwide April, 2004 through February, 2005 International Business Machines (IBM) Southfield, MI Title: SSR Technician Position ended Maintain roughly 50 servers (Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Novell 4) Computer Hardware Installation - install and configure systems at multiple locations Windows Support - maintain Microsoft Windows Servers (2000, 2003) and Active Directory for single site Microsoft Exchange - maintain Microsoft Exchange 2003 mail services for Troy Michigan office End User Support - provide end-user support for ~1500 users onsite and ~1000 users offsite Disaster Recovery - maintain and improve company tape backup systems (Arcserve, BackupExec) System Monitoring - design, deploy and maintain company NAGIOS and MRTG monitoring solutions System Administration - program system reporting utility to generate management level reports on Tape Backup System System Administration - program desktop inventory system to report on installed program at end user systems. System Administration - program server inventory tracking and problem reporting system June, 2003 through January 2004 - Sterling Computer Consulting Troy, Mi (248) 649-5888 Title: Computer Consultant Laid off lack of work Subject Matter Expert Company-wide expert in Linux solutions End User Support - Operate and maintain multiple networks and computers at various customer sites System Monitoring - design, deploy and maintain company NAGIOS and MRTG monitoring solutions Disaster Recovery - maintain company tape backup system (BackupExec) Windows Support - maintain Microsoft Windows Servers (2000,2003) and Active Directory for multiple customers Network Support - maintain Cisco routers and switches for multiple customers Microsoft Exchange - maintain Microsoft Exchange 2003 mail services for multiple customers VPN Support - maintain site-to-site VPN services for multiple customers Maintain IIS servers for customers

Other Experience Over 10 years experience as an Electrical Engineer specializing in the design, building, programming and debugging of machine tool automation control systems (PLC, Relay Logic, PC based controls, robotics). Education: Arthur Hill High School, Saginaw Michigan Delta College, University Center, Michigan Engineering