Senior Practice Consultant at EMC's Microsoft Practice
Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area
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- Senior Practice Consultant at EMC Global Services, Microsoft Practice
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- Senior Microsoft Engineer at CDW Berbee
- Senior Microsoft Engineer at Universal Forest Products
- Senior Microsoft Engineer at Cybernet
- Systems Administrator at Choice One Communications
- Systems Administrator (Contract: KForce) at Van Andel Research Institute
- Education
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- Ferris State University
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Matt Wade’s Summary
I have been working as an independent contract and consultant since 1997. With each new contract I take with me the lessons learned of each company…what works and most importantly, what doesn’t work. Now I find myself having the best of both worlds. A full time job as a consultant for a growing IT Services company…and I enjoy every minute of it (well not every minute) but, I truly do enjoy this line of work.
In 1997 I graduated from Ferris State University with a degree in Computer Information Systems. After graduation I promptly went to work as an independent contractor. I would take whatever little odd contact I could find. I always stayed true to my beginnings and specialized in products for Microsoft systems. I started in the helpdesk…answering phones and solved one problem, one person at a time. I really did enjoy this type of work as there was nothing more satisfying than fixing an irate user’s problem with a calm voice and a quick resolution. I thrived in this environment and every new contract I added to my growing library of skills. After a few years of persistence and continuous education I made it to the elusive Senior Administrator role, my last stop before making the leap to a full-time consultant.
My new found passion is Unified Communications (OCS 2007 w/Voice and Exchange 2007 w/Unified Messaging).
My other areas of expertise surround Enterprise Active Directory Architecture and Management, System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA), Disaster Recovery, Security & Risk Management and Citrix Presentation Server. I also know a host of other products/services each related to one or all of the areas above.
Matt Wade’s Specialties:
Unified Communications (Exchange & OCS) solutions architectural design and engineering.
Matt Wade’s Experience
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Senior Practice Consultant
EMC Global Services, Microsoft Practice
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EMC; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 month)
(coming coon)
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Senior Microsoft Engineer
CDW Berbee
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 2 months)
Architect and engineer Microsoft based solutions for medium to enterprise level clients. Primary technology focuses are Microsoft Exchange 2007 w/ Unified Messaging, Office Communication Server 2007 w/ Voice, Active Directory, System Center Operations Manager, Windows Server OS, Windows Security and other Windows related technologies. Perform health check services for Active Directory, OCS and Exchange. Provide technical sales support, statement of work review and product demonstrations as needed.
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Senior Microsoft Engineer
Universal Forest Products
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Building Materials industry)
March 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 4 months)
Architected and delivered Exchange 2003 SP2 messaging solution from a mixed environment of UNIX, Exchange 5.5 & Exchange 2000. Joint engineered Citrix Presentation Server solution designed to provide application services to over 4000 corporate users and UFP customers. Architected and delivered the following solutions: Live Communications 2005 service including external federation with public IM's, internal ISA 2004 proxy server and firewall integrated with Websense filtering services, & a Microsoft Operations Manager solution supporting over 150 servers. Also provided Level 3 support and general administration of Active Directory, Email and the Windows server environment, MS Cluster Operations, ISA, LCS, MOM, and Citrix.
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Senior Microsoft Engineer
Cybernet
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2004 — November 2004 (10 months)
Provided Microsoft AD and Exchange solutions engineering covering all phases of project life cycle. Engineered the migration of a customer with 800 mailboxes from Windows NT/Exchange 5.5 to Windows 2003/Exchange 2003 in 14 hours with zero unscheduled downtime. Designed and supported a Microsoft Windows based hosted environment running Hosted Exchange 2003 capable of 99.99% uptime and scalable to over 1,000,000 mailboxes. Implemented a global Live Communications solution for a global consulting services organization. Senior administrator of CNG global Microsoft infrastructure consisting of over 150 servers, 1000 clients, 5 domains and 2 forests running Windows 2000/2003 & Exchange 2003.
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Systems Administrator
Choice One Communications
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CWON; Telecommunications industry)
January 2001 — February 2004 (3 years 2 months)
Performed administration of a single Windows 2000 domain w/ Active Directory. Primary responsibility was to administrate Microsoft server operations and Active Directory. Managed over 125 servers & 1300+ clients spread out over 12 states. Project leader for successful Windows NT-2000 migration resulting in zero unscheduled downtime.
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Systems Administrator (Contract: KForce)
Van Andel Research Institute
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Biotechnology industry)
October 1999 — January 2001 (1 year 4 months)
Microsoft operations support of 200+ clients in a single Windows 2000 domain w/ Active Directory. Responsible for 1st thru 3rd level operations support. Team member in the implementation of a new research facility, data center and supporting infrastructure.
Matt Wade’s Education
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Ferris State University
1993 — 1997
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