Kevin Barrett

141 Prindle Avenue Ansonia, CT 06401  kevin.barrett@cttech.org  |  (203) 555-1212

Objective

To assist companies or organization in their quest for technology solutions to increase efficiency of the workforce and to aide in the overall reduction of costs.-

Skills & Abilities

Experienced IT executive with the ability to manage a team of technical workers, plan and execute projects, prioritize issues as they arise in a methodical and logical way.

Skills include ITIL/ITSM, change management, vendor management, outsourcing, cloud computing, SSL certificate management, data center, infrastructure, collaboration tools, mobile devices, mobile device management, active directory, disaster recovery, backup/recovery, information security, SaaS, Google G-Suite, Office 365, corporate compliance, IT governance, team leadership.

Experience

Director, Platforms
News America Marketing - News Corp

JUL 2015 - DEC 2019

Established, planed, and administered the overall policies and goals for the Platforms Technology Team. Analyzed the workload of the team and established priorities for, systems design and implementation to develop new and/or modify the company's information processing systems. Ensured proper functioning of company's Windows, Linux/Unix and AWS cloud based information processing system and made upgrades when necessary. Managed corporate email, calendar and collaboration tools (Google G-Suite/Slack/Office 365). Helped business stakeholders utilize information systems to improve efficiency. Kept server infrastructure hardware, and software updated to meet organizational needs. Collaborated with Information Security, Corporate Security and Corporate Compliance departments to maintain proper IT governance. Developed annual team budget.

Director, Mobile & Emerging Technology
News America Marketing - News Corp

DEC 2011 - JUN 2015

Managed corporate fleet of mobile devices (350+ Android Tables, iPads), including inventory and assignment.- Established MDM (Mobile Device Management) compliance policies and procedures with Airwatch, including remote application deployment.- Deployed and maintained 450 Android tablets to Canadian business field users, employing system lock-down templates and working closely with Canadian telco/mobile providers.- Maintained a fleet of 3000 laptops for US based field agents, including the management of break/fix and remote application deployment and updates.- Developed annual team budget.

Director, Windows Technology
News America Marketing - News Corp

feb 2008 - nov 2011

Managed Microsoft Windows enterprise systems.- Duties included managing a team of Systems Engineers to deploy, support and maintain the Windows infrastructure.- Managed and supported company Exchange email servers distributed across US offices.- Other duties include Active Directory administration, employee on/off boarding, security, patching and on-call assignment, developing team annual budget.

MANAGER, WINDOWS TECHNOLOGY
NEWS AMERICA MARKETING - NEWS CORP
JUL 2005 - JAN 2008

Managed a team of two systems administrators.- Ensure that daily administrative tasks are completed, including back-up and recovery, DNS administration, on-call scheduling and system monitoring.

Senior Systems Adminstrator
News America Marketing - News Corp

JUL 2002 - JUN 2005

Performed assigned projects, as well as daily administrative tasks, including backup and recovery and system monitoring.- Maintained and repaired server hardware when necessary in various locations (New York City, Wilton, CT, Chicago, Toronto, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Minneapolis).- Worked closely with corporate networking teams to maintain systems in varied local area networks and DMZs, as well as across corporate Frame Relay WAN.- Provided after hours on-call support to Windows systems.

Senior Systems Engineer
Connect computer corp

sep 1998 - JUN 2002

Lead systems engineer assigned to solutions roll-out and support.- Major clients included Visiting Nurse of CT, Parker Global Strategies, Cruise Lines International Association.

WINDOWS SERVER INSTRUCTOR
LANOP CORPORATION SYSTEMS PROFESSIONALS

DEC 1998 - JUN 2001

Classroom instructor, Windows Server and Windows Server in the Enterprise.-

Education

Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH

BA - Economics/Business

MICROSOFT - MCP, MCSE, MCSE+I
CITRIX - CCA, CCEA

Leadership

CT Open WTA Tennis Tournament at Yale
Volunteer Group Leader - Ushers

Manage 120 ushers to assist guests with seating and general venue information