Douglas Collins

Current

Technology Consultant at HP Enterprise Services

Past

Infrastructure Specialist at EDS
Network Systems Engineer at Preferred Systems Solutions
Network Administrator at Virginia Department of Transportation

Systems Analyst at Unisys

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Education

Villanova University
Florida Institute of Technology
Saint Leo University

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Douglas Collins’s Summary

Results Focused IT Leader who mentors top performing teams. Innovator who views challenges as opportunities for success.

Led International installation team of 6 technicians for Server and Application installation at 13 bases across Germany, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Iceland and Turkey completing US Air Forces Europe on schedule

Spearheaded server configuration and installation at 10 units in 10 states ensuring consistent processes used for Air Force Materials Command server and application installation

Innovative Change Agent who analyzes and restructures operations to maximize productivity

Developed process change adding configuration consistency to 158 servers across US Air Force Commands

Established Disaster Recovery procedure reducing data recovery time from 10 days to 1 day at Virginia Department Of Transportation

Promoted Extranet change and configured remote LAN for VPN entry across cable internet access increasing employee productivity

Instituted hardware failure identification prior to contacting repair facilities reducing required repair time by 50%

Proven Manager with demonstrated leadership and experience in operations, planning and budget management

Managed Annual Budgets up to $500,000 and Held Government IMPAC Charge Card with $250,000 per day limit

Led shipboard crews of up to 27 people

Experienced Project Manager adept with varied work settings

Commanding Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) for various contract work projects on Shore Units and Ship Dry dock facilities ensuring projects completed on time and with in budget

Supervised 22 assigned personnel in building and ship maintenance

Trained Personnel Manager who is calm under pressure; comfortable with people and resolving troubles

Managed personnel, health and training records for up to 27 people

Counseled assigned personnel utilizing formal and informal sessions resolving personnel problems

Douglas Collins’s Specialties:

Windows NT 3.5, NT 4.0, Windows 2000 Pro and Server w/ AD, Windows XP Pro, Windows Server 2003 w/ AD
Microsoft Exchange 5.0, 5.5, 2000
Remedy Application Server MS Windows 2000/2003
Microsoft SQL 2000 Enterprise Server MS Windows 2000/2003
Met National Security Standards for Database servers through defining SQL Server lockdown process
Infrastructure hardware including Nortel Layer-3 switches, CAT 5e cable plant, RAS and VPN solutions
CISCO Adaptive Security Appliance 5500 Series

Douglas Collins’s Experience

Technology Consultant

HP Enterprise Services

(Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Infrastructure Specialist

EDS

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EDS; Information Technology and Services industry)

2005 — October 2008 (3 years )

EDS is a leading global technology services company delivering business solutions to its clients. EDS founded the information technology outsourcing industry more than 40 years ago. Today, EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology and business process outsourcing services to clients in the manufacturing, financial services, health care, communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries and to governments around the world.
Network Systems Engineer

Preferred Systems Solutions

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2004 — March 2005 (1 year )

* Team Lead US Air Forces Europe CITS Block 25 Installation Team
* Configure and install Remedy Application Server on Dell Power Edge 6600.
* Configure and install Smarts InCharge Application Server on HP Proliant ML570 and ML530.
* Configure and install HP OpenView Remedy Link Adaptor on Master Station Application Server.
* Configure and install HP OpenView InCharge Adaptor on Collection Station Application Server.
* Configure IPSec for communications from InCharge server to server and server to workstation console.
* Configure DSO connections for trouble ticket transfer from one Remedy server to another Remedy Server.
Network Administrator

Virginia Department of Transportation

(Government Agency; Information Technology and Services industry)

2001 — 2004 (3 years )

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is responsible for building, maintaining and operating the state's roads, bridges and tunnels. And, through the Commonwealth Transportation Board, it also provides funding for airports, seaports, rail and public transportation.

Virginia has the third-largest state-maintained highway system in the country, just behind North Carolina and Texas.

This position supported the Network Operations of the Hampton Roads District in VDOT. It provided day to day configuration, support and management of Servers, Workstations, Routers, Switches, Hubs and their underlying infrastructure.
Systems Analyst

Unisys

(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

1997 — 2001 (4 years )

Douglas Collins’s Education

Villanova University

Six Sigma 2007 — 2008
Florida Institute of Technology

MS , Systems Management , 1996 — 2001
Saint Leo University

BA , Business Administration , 1990 — 1996

Specialization in Computer Information systems

Activities and Societies:

Delta Epsilon Sigma