IT leader and strategic thinker with over 13 years experience in technology. Expertise in networking, security, datacenter, and cloud-based technologies. Focused on building and delivering IT strategies and solutions aligned with business goals. Extensive technical background, analytical Decision Making, leadership experience, teams
management, enterprise solutions delivery, process improvement, project management, systems integration, and
process automation skills to make a positive impact to the bottom line.

SKILLS
Enterprise IT Strategy | Project Management | Problem Solving | Agile | Governance & Compliance | Training & Mentoring | Business Continuity | IT Service Management | Microsoft 365 | Azure Cloud Architecture | Automation & Productivity Improvement | Systems Management | Microsoft Directory Services | Certification Authority | Federated Identity Management | Identity & Access Management | Information & Network Security | Microsoft System Center | Update Services | Systems, Platform, Accounts migration | Authentication Systems | Enterprise Clustering | Operating Systems | Database Management | Systems Monitoring | Storage | Mail Services | Enterprise Printing | Web Services | Virtualization (Hyper-V, VMware) | Citrix NetScaler, XenApp, XenDesktop | Tenable Nessus | Programming: C#, VB, PowerShell | EMC Vplex, Unity | Networking | Technical Support

PROJECTS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Public and Private Could @AUB

• Led the project for building private cloud infrastructure (HYPER-V & VMware) and public cloud on Microsoft Azure.
• Developing cloud hosting strategy.
• Migrated physical resources to the cloud.
• Reduced upfront hardware and continuing operating costs (reducing both the CAPEX and OPEX)
• Minimized downtime and increased IT productivity and responsiveness.
• Part business continuity and disaster recovery strategy.
• Simplified data center management by using the management tools and automation scripts

AUB Office365 Hybrid Migration

• Led the project for upgrading on-premises exchange servers, and migrating more than 20,000 mailboxes to
• exchange online.
• Developing identity federation strategy, and implementing Azure AADConnect and ADFS to meet the strategy.
• Migrating personal and departmental data to OneDrive for business.
• Migrating SharePoint sites to SharePoint online.
• Enabling Microsoft teams for staff, faculty students and medical center.
• Implementing Microsoft Teams as a unified communications platform for staff, students (LMS), and medical center.
• Setting up training requirements for the community
• Creating automation scripts (mailbox creation, licensing, MFA enforcement, SMTP connectors, distribution lists).

AUB Infrastructure Upgrades

• Led the projects for upgrading the core infrastructure services,
• Microsoft Certification Authority (PKI infrastructure) from 2003 standalone to 2019 enterprise.
• Active Directory Upgrade, and System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM 2012) to Microsoft Endpoint
• Configuration Manager along with integrating it with the PKI infrastructure and implementing MBAM.
• Microsoft SQL Enterprise and File Service clusters, Microsoft Licensing Servers (KMS)
• Upgrading Windows Server Update Services servicing more than 2000 devices.