Richard Hayden Resume

Richard William Hayden

1734 Burning Tree Dr. Vienna, VA 22182 703.371.2500 [email protected] m

Objective: Seeking full-time position. Willing to travel 40%+ Inactive SECRET clearance, desire activate and raise to TS.

Relevant Work Experience and Responsibilities: IT Consultant Sequentur, LLC

June 9, 2008 – Current Arlington, VA

 Evaluating and planning environments for possible virtualization, ensuring redundancy using HA and assisted planning of the new disaster recovery for the given solution using software such as double take.  Project management, Overseeing the planning and installing various windows domain implementations.

IT Manager - Progression: ARI AHRI (Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute)

December 2006 – June 2008 Arlington, VA

 Head of the IT Department for a 21 million dollar annual revenue company, with key roles in Ecommerce.  Managed Northern VA offices; Ballston, Courthouse, Datacenter in Sterling, small offices in NJ, RI, OH.  Managed 2 direct reports: DBA, Systems Administrator, as well as managing time of consultants.  Managed projects within a matrix reporting structure; President, EVP, CFO and Department Director.  Developed IT capital and expense budgets for AHRI and NATE, $400,000 project expenditures annually.  Oversaw the merger of ARI and GAMA as acting Director of IT, combined systems and software.  Daily tasks included the upkeep and management of an Active Directory network of approximately 120 nodes, Windows Server 2000/2003, Exchange 2007, SQL 2000/2005. 25 Servers, most virtualized.  70 User base; Windows XP and Vista Dell workstations, Microsoft Mobile and Blackberry devices.  Deployed: multi-site VOIP system, Cisco 2100 wireless LAN controller. Upgraded Cisco equipment to: 2800 routers, ASA 5500 series firewalls, Custom APC Symmetra LX1600 and Environment monitoring.

Acting IT Manager (Very hands-on) Progression: ARI -

ARI & NATE (North American Technicians Excellence)

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September 2006 – December 2006 Arlington, VA

 Analyzed LAN room power system; proposed and implemented a balanced power system using APC.  Researched, tested, budgeted, proposed and then implemented a IP phone system based on ShoreTel.  Handled and lead multiple high-stress, time critical projects simultaneously and efficiently.

Assistant IT Manager (Systems Administrator) Progression: ARI -

ARI (Air-Condition and Refrigeration Institute)

May 23, 2006 – September 2006 Arlington, VA

 Instructed the web development team on setup, layout, design and deployment of ARI.org website.  Supported 50 users and up to 150 guests, meeting their Desktop and AV conferencing needs.  Attended as many classes as I could to learn more about networking and to get basic certifications.

Project Manager Powered By One Inc.

October 2005 – May 2006 Falls Church, VA

 Supervised the development of TRPros.com, meeting deadlines to be ready for the summer season.  Ensured the quality of the website reflected the quality of the company and their ability to allow the customer as much control as possible over the finished product. (Details of a racquet).  Worked closely with design and marketing team to optimize website for best Google search results.

Soldier, Specialist (E4) U.S. Army, Active duty

November 11, 2003 – September 10, 2005 Baghdad, Iraq

 Managing small teams of soldiers, setup and initialized SIPR, NIPR, CENTRIX secure networks in Iraq.  Served 18 months in Baghdad, Iraq with 1st AD and then 1st CAV for OIF2. (Decorated War Veteran)

Developer Tennis Racquet Pros (TRPros.com)

July 14, 2003 – November, 11 2003 Falls Church, VA

 Developed custom software for Tennis Racquet Pros (VB6 & .NET 2003). Software was used to track inventory across multiple mediums to a centralized database, process web and phone orders.  Integrated website database with the store front's point of sale system, that managed the inventory.

Soldier, Private First Class (E3) U.S. Army - Training

May 15, 2002 – February 18, 2003

 Attended U.S. Army Early Commissioning Program (ECP), Valley Forge Military College, Wayne, PA.  AIT, Ft. Gordon, GA – 31L, Specialized in Fiber Optic’s communication, worked with CAT5 and CAT6.

Soldier U.S. Army Reserves

September 10, 2001 – September 18, 2005 Based out of Fredrick, MD

 Served for 4 years in the U.S. Army Reserves, 2 years active duty time. (Honorable discharge)  Strived to achieve, fastest promoted soldier in the history of the unit, 3 ranks in under 2 years.  Learned positive leadership skills in small personal groups, this helped improve my civilian leadership.

Certified Hands-on Training:

(Most from Learning Tree, within 2 years,

Certificates available.)  Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures

 System and Network Security

 Computer Forensics and Incident Response

 Programming with .NET

 Security Awareness: Resisting Human Deception

 IIS6 for Windows Server 2003

 Virtual Server and Workstation Technology  Securing & Pen Testing Wireless Networks  Cisco Networking: Hands-On Introduction

 Introduction to Linux  Deploying & Managing Windows Server 2003  Comprehensive Introduction to Networking X Currently pursuing CCNA, PMIPMP & MCSE

 SharePoint: Hands-On Introduction

Education: (Obligations to military duties; enrolling in night classes at NOVA for a BA & CS degree.)  Fall 2002 – Spring 2003, Valley Forge Military College, Military Science Major, Wayne, PA  Fall 2001 – Summer 2002, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA

Key Skill Sets:

(Most relevant skills listed, please ask about others not listed.)

IT Management: Mergers, Subordinates, Moves, Budgets, Multiple Sites, Reporting to C-Level Executives.

General IT: Virtualization; VMware VI3.5; HA DRS, VMotion, Project Management, Asset Management.

Networking: Design, Install, Maintain, and Administrate – Switches, Routers, Firewalls and IDS.

Windows Administration: XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003, SBS, Exchange, SharePoint and Dynamics SL.

Hardware: DELL: OptiPlex, Precision, Latitude and PowerEdge servers. Ironport email filter. HP: ProLiant Servers, Blades and SAN. Cisco: Aironet Wi-Fi; 2100 Wireless LAN Controller & APs'. Electra Elite PBX.

Software: Microsoft: XP, Vista, Office 03 & 07, Project Symantec: Ghost, Backup Exec, SAV Other: Track-IT.

Web and Ecommerce Management and Design: Apache web server, Microsoft IIS 6, MySQL, HTML.