Eric VanBergen

Current

• Senior Network Analyst at Metro Health

Past

• Officer, Senior IT Technician - Infrastructure at Mercantile Bank of Michigan
• IT Technician - Server Support at Mercantile Bank of Michigan
• Information Systems Coordinator at Progressive Distribution Svcs

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Education

• Grand Valley State University
• Technical Training

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Information Technology and Services

Eric VanBergen’s Summary

A varied background in IT consisting of enterprise-level Datacenter and server operations. Primary focus on VMware, Windows server systems, SAN, and HP/IBM Blade server technologies.

Enjoy learning new things, solving problems, and working through challenges.

Eric VanBergen’s Specialties:

VMware ESX, Active Directory/Group Policy, MS Exchange, HA Clusters

Eric VanBergen’s Experience

• Senior Network Analyst

  Metro Health

  (Financial Services industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  Manage enterprise class server hardware deployment, administration, and monitoring.
  
  Admin responsibilities include primarily VMware, Windows Server infrastructure; but also Unix, Linux, and SAN
  
  Overall, facilitating DataCenter operations and troubleshooting advanced technical

• Officer, Senior IT Technician - Infrastructure

  Mercantile Bank of Michigan

  (Public Company; MBWM; Banking industry)

  March 2006 — October 2008 (2 years 8 months)

  Oversaw, managed, and maintained IT infrastructure consisting of 55 Windows servers, 400 Windows workstations, and 10 separate physical locations
  
  Led design and implementation of all VMware virtualization initiatives including four new ESX host servers and virtualization of 40 physical server systems
  
  Managed and implemented EMC fibre channel SAN systems and performed capacity planning, data and LUN migrations, storage optimization, and offsite data replication
  
  Fully administered a Microsoft Windows networking environment using Active Directory, Exchange, SQL Server, group policy design, network security, file system permissions, WSUS patch management, and Windows event log management
  
  Designed and implemented network redundancies with point-to-point network meshing and redundant internet connections
  Facilitated core upgrades to Microsoft server technologies by migrating NT domains to Active Directory, upgrading Exchange 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003, and upgrading SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005
  
  Played integral role in the installation and configuration of network security systems including Cisco email encryption and SecureWorks intrusion prevention systems
  
  Provided Tier III support to helpdesk analysts by troubleshooting advanced technical issues
  
  Promoted to Officer level

• IT Technician - Server Support

  Mercantile Bank of Michigan

  (Public Company; MBWM; Banking industry)

  December 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 4 months)

  Responsible for coordinating company-wide critical data migration to new EMC SAN environment where over 10 Terabytes of local data storage was migrated to newly installed SAN systems
  
  Monitored and managed existing Microsoft 2000/2003 server infrastructure including Exchange and Active Directory
  
  Set up and installed new HP and Dell server systems running Microsoft Windows server products
  
  Deployed and administered enterprise software including Symantec AntiVirus, Symantec Mail Security, Symantec Backup Exec, and CommVault Galaxy
  
  Telephone system administration and implementation of digital and Voice over IP networks
  
  Network administration including Cisco configurations, Internet content filtering, and Spam blocking
  
  Provided tier II technical support for 350 user environment

• Information Systems Coordinator

  Progressive Distribution Svcs

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2003 — September 2004 (1 year 5 months)

  UNIX/Linux administration with concentration on database configurations
  
  Provided technical support of custom developed software for business partners
  
  Facilitated companywide IT infrastructure enhancements including T3 installation, VPN link between office sites, core server upgrades, and wireless access technologies
  
  Coordinated and integrated custom software to streamline internal business operations
  
  Designed and implemented network security measures which allowed for Visa/MasterCard certification at the e-commerce level (CISP Certified Site)
  
  General network administration including Linux servers, firewalls, network load balancing, and routing/switching
  Served as a technical liaison between vendors and business partners
  
  Provided software usage documentation and end user support
  Tested and audited software applications prior to delivery

Eric VanBergen’s Education

• Grand Valley State University

  B.S. , Information Systems , 1998 — 2003

• Technical Training

  VMware Infrastructure 3: Fast Track (Install and configure; Deploy secure and analyze)
  
  Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
  
  Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
  
  EMC Clariion Host Integration and Management
  
  Cisco CCNA Boot camp

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