Shawn Tooley

Current

• Senior Systems Engineer at PLANIT Technology Group

Past

• Advisor at Brown Mackie College
• Principal Consultant and Trainer at Tooley Consulting Group, LLC
• Network Administrator at Dunlap Memorial Hospital 2006-2009

• Senior Network Engineer at ComputerMixx (formerly Inacom Information Systems)
• Author at Coriolis Corporation
• Systems Administrator at Imperial Plastics, Inc

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Education

• Devry/Kellor Graduate School
• The University of Akron

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• Tooley Consulting Group, LLC

Shawn Tooley’s Summary

Recently, Shawn Tooley was a co-author for 2 Syngress Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Study Gruides: The Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 70–646 Prep Kit: Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator and The Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 70–642 Prep Kit: Independent and Complete Self-Paced Solutions.

Shawn owns a consulting firm, Tooley Consulting Group, LLC, that specializes in Microsoft and Citrix technologies, for which he is the principal consultant and trainer. Shawn also works as network administrator for a hospital in North Eastern Ohio. Shawn’s certifications include Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE), Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator, Citrix Certified Sales Professional, HP Accredited System Engineer, IBM XSeries Server Specialist, Comptia A+, and Comptia Certified Trainer. In his free time he enjoys playing golf.

Shawn Tooley’s Specialties:

Citrix Products and Solutions, Microsoft Products and Solutions, Cisco Equipment, Symantec Products, VMWare Products, Linux Solutions, AIX Solutions, Network Design and Support, Network Hardware Support, VOIP

Shawn Tooley’s Experience

• Senior Systems Engineer

  PLANIT Technology Group

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2009 — Present (1 month)

  I work with the PLANIT Technology Group Virtualization Team as a Senior Systems Engineer.

• Advisor

  Brown Mackie College

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2009 — November 2009 (11 months)

• Principal Consultant and Trainer

  Tooley Consulting Group, LLC

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2006 — November 2009 (3 years 11 months)

  Own and operate consulting practice with myself being the principle consultant and hiring outside consultants as necessary. Firm primarily works with Microsoft, Citrix, Cisco and VMware products. We specialize in terminal server and server virtualization.

• Network Administrator

  Dunlap Memorial Hospital 2006-2009

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 10 months)

  Perform duties of Network Administrator for a hospital. Responsible for server farm in hospital and networking equipment.
  
  Key Projects and Achievements:
  
  · Responsible for security internally and externally to the hospital--switches, routers, firewalls and servers.
  · Rolled out Cisco wired and wireless network to 250 nodes. Connected local branch providers via VPN and VLANs.
  · Implemented Microsoft SharePoint 2007.
  · Responsible for over 30 servers running Microsoft Server Products and Citrix products.

• Senior Network Engineer

  ComputerMixx (formerly Inacom Information Systems)

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1998 — March 2007 (9 years 3 months)

  A valued added reseller and Microsoft Certified Partner with accreditations from IBM, Compaq, HP, Cisco, Citrix and Nortel with a variety of customers in the corporate and government settings.
  Manage development, design, and integration of software and hardware systems for customers, including support for Windows NT/2000/2003 servers, Novell servers and LAN/WAN equipment.
  Oversee IT operational infrastructure and deliver technology resources to customer projects. Perform technology assessments to enhance operations and standardize services. Develop standard software and hardware platforms and training programs suited for customers. Work with cross-functional teams to ensure that the systems provide the most effective and comprehensive services possible to the customer. Oversee the design, development and
  implementation of the internet services. Report to the President.

• Author

  Coriolis Corporation

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2006 — February 2007 (11 months)

  A publishing company that has many training books for the information systems industry. Contributing author on the Compaq ASE Exam Cram publication. I wrote six chapters on System Technologies and Network Management/Monitoring. Book never went to publishing; Coriolis was purchased before printing.

• Systems Administrator

  Imperial Plastics, Inc

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1994 — January 1998 (4 years 1 month)

  is a leader in manufacturing vinyl accessory profiles and has been in
  business since 1960. Departmental direction and full design, installation, engineering, implementation, support, training, administration and management authority for all IT functions.
  Spearheaded transition to highly functional, streamlined and cost effective solutions that have dramatically improved efficiency, decreased expenses, and optimized data integrity and safety.
  
  Key Projects and Achievements:
  
  · Brought corporation online, moving from a single dial up account to a broadband connection and a WAN. Installed and maintained Microsoft Exchange Server for corporation.
  · Implemented a migration of Novell NetWare 3.12 to Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server.
  · Performed the work of 2 full-time equivalents, slashing labor expenses substantially by expanding personal responsibility to include network administration, database administration, and support for 95 users.
  · Maintained NT 4.x servers, SQL Server 6.x, and 7.x.
  · Implemented new accounting system that was based on Visual Basic 6.0. I customized the package for the business and rolled it out to the end users.
  · Installed and maintained Imaging system for document management. Implemented a client/server-faxing solution that reduced the costs of faxing/telecom expense by 25%.
  · Maintained corporate website and kept it updated.

Shawn Tooley’s Education

• Devry/Kellor Graduate School

  MBA , Busines, Accounting Practices, Software Development , 2008 — 2011 (expected)

• The University of Akron

  BSCS , Information Systems , 1991 — 1997

Additional Information

Shawn Tooley’s Websites:

• Tooley Consulting Group, LLC

Shawn Tooley’s Groups:

•    PartnerPoint - An Online Community of Microsoft Partners
•    CitrixGuru
•    Application Virtualization
•    Microsoft MCSE Club
•    Citrix Virtualization Technology
•    Cloud Computing
•    NE Ohio IT Professionals
•    IT Trainers
•    CompTIA Corporate Members
•    visionapp
•    Reflexion User Group
•    VARs / Resellers / Distributors
•    The Orrville Area Chamber of Commerce
•    Syngress
•    Ohio Linux Fest

Shawn Tooley’s Honors:

MCSE
MCP
MCT
Certified Citrix Enterprise Administrator
Certified Citrix Administrator
Citrix Certified Sales Professional
Compaq Accredited Systems Engineer
Compaq APS ProLiant
IBM Server Specialist
CompTIA A+ Certified Technician
CompTIA Server+ Certification
CompTIA Trainer+ Certification
Various other certificates from IBM, HP and Compaq.

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