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Paul Ford
Technical Team Lead, The Proven Method
Location: Silver Spring, MD United States
Joined: Mar 22nd, 2005

About (request update)

My Interview Question

mom

Current Whereabouts:

Living in Washington, DC and working as an IT consultant

Website:

http://www.linkedin.com/myprofile?trk=hb_side_pro

Education (request update)

Clark Atlanta University class of 1979

Undergrad Major: Business Administration

Claim To Fame:

Dean's Honor Roll, Hartford Insurance Co. Scholar, Web Master of www.redblackclub.myfamily.com

Most Memorable Moment:

The person who influenced me the most was Dr. Barbara Jones, Ph. D. Economics

High School: Hughes in Cincinnati, OH class of 1973

Activities & Accomplishments:

Upward Bound, Varsity Football, Varsity Swimming,

Best Memories:

Varsity Football...played with and against some very good players.

Experience

I currently work with The Proven Method as Technical Team Lead
I have 25 years of experience working in the Information Technology industry.

Technical Lead | The Proven Method
From October 2016 to October 2018 • 2 year(s)
Led virtual team of Exchange Engineers and software developer for IRS Exchange 2016 Upgrade and PST elimination project. Managed migration of 120,000 mailboxes and created project documentation.

Sr. Messaging Engineer | CSRA, Inc.
From November 2013 to July 2016 • 3 year(s)
Resolved email issues between VA and external agencies, performed root cause analysis on email latency, and created SOPs reducing ticket age by 50%.

Sr. Exchange Administrator | Robert Half Technologies
From September 2013 to November 2013 • 0 year(s)
Increased organizational efficiency by diagnosing and troubleshooting MS Exchange 2007 and Windows Server 2008 problems for Entrepreneur Organization.

Sr. Exchange Engineer | APEX Systems
From February 2013 to June 2013 • 0 year(s)
Maintained operations of Exchange 2010 Multiple Sites/DAGs for U.S. Department of Justice and resolved technical issues.

Virtual Sr. Exchange Engineer | Xerox Corporation
From November 2012 to February 2013 • 1 year(s)
Administered Exchange 2010 for more than 120,000 user mailboxes worldwide across several languages and cultures.

Messaging Architect | University of Maryland
From August 2011 to October 2012 • 1 year(s)
Upgraded Exchange Server 2007 to 2010, migrated 120,000 mailboxes, and reduced SPAM attacks by 95% through Cisco IronPort implementation.

Sr. Exchange Engineer | Robert Half Technologies
From April 2011 to August 2011 • 0 year(s)
Performed Exchange Server 2007 administrative tasks and improved performance at Inter-American Development Bank using Exchange Management tools.

Sr. Exchange Engineer | Lockheed-Martin
From August 2010 to April 2011 • 1 year(s)
Produced documentation for Operational Readiness Review and developed SOPs for Exchange Server 2007 Resource Forest for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Senior Solutions Architect | The Clovis Group
From April 2010 to May 2010 • 0 year(s)
Developed training curriculum for Exchange Server 2007 administrators and implemented message records management policy for U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Senior Solutions Architect | ABBTech Staffing
From December 2009 to April 2010 • 1 year(s)
Completed upgrade of mission critical Call Center for U.S. Treasury, managing all resources to complete project on time and under budget.

Sr. Systems Engineer | Sagent Partners
From October 2008 to February 2009 • 1 year(s)
Achieved 99.999% uptime across Active Directory/MS Exchange for Presidential Transition Team, providing Tier III support for 500 high-profile users.

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Black People In Information Technology

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	happy belated birthday! i hope you had a good one. many blessings to you my brother...thanks for stopping by my page...kenitha "nikki" harris Tagged by kenitha harris on 05/21/2008

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