SAN Administrator
Kohl's Corporation - Menomonee Falls, WI
August 2005 to June 2017
Provide maintenance and support for storage area network(SAN) and network attached storage(NAS) infrastructure.
Communicated with project managers on on infrastructure issues.
Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other system problems.
Implemented, practiced and maintained backups, business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
Assisted in installs and upgrades of O/S and system software and hardware.

Tandem Systems Programmer
Kohl's Corporation - Menomonee Falls, WI
August 1997 to August 2005
Provide system management and support for the Tandem computer systems.
Created, implemented maintained and supported a release and change control program, using TACL and SQL, for the application development team.
Implemented, practiced and maintained backups, business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
Consult with and assist computer operators, and application developers to define, diagnose, troubleshoot and resolve software, hardware or other system problems on the Tandem computer systems.
Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to protect data, software, and hardware.
Assisted in system software, hardware and O/S upgrades.

System Manager Assistant - Systems Manager - Release and Change Control Analyst
Deluxe Data Systems INC - Glendale, WI
January 1992 to August 1997
Systems manager assistant - Systems manager: Provide systems management and support for Tandem computer systems.
Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements.
Develop computer information resources, providing for data security and control, and disaster recovery.
Manage backup, and security.
Meet with managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
Provide users with technical support for computer problems.
Stay abreast of advances in technology.

Release and change control analyst: Management, maintenance, captures and shipments of PC and Tandem application code.
Evaluate three PC release and change control systems, provide overview and recommendation to team and management.
Perform revision, repair, or expansion of release and change control programs to increase efficiency or adapt to new requirements, making sure to insert comments in the code so others can understand the program.
Perform systems analysis and programming tasks to maintain and control the use of computer application software.