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Seasoned Information Technology Professional

Tidewater is the leading provider of larger Offshore Service Vessels to the global energy industry.

IT professional with a strong background in departmental and project management, budget management, and network infrastructure design and support. Managed successful projects in the multi-million dollar range, under budget. Five years of teaching background in technical short courses at both Tulane University and Louisiana State University. Strong background acting as a technical mentor to colleagues and subordinates. World travel experience, with an understanding of challenges faced in completing projects successfully in foreign locations. Strong focus on disaster recovery and business continuity. Expertise in Microsoft Windows (through Windows 2012 R2), VMWare VSphere (through 6U1), various SAN vendors, Fibre Channel, IP protocol suite, LAN design, VSAT design, Cisco IOS, Google platforms (G Suite and Google Cloud). Held various certifications in IT over time including those from Citrix, Cisco, Novell and Microsoft. Specialties: Network infrastructure design, datacenter design, storage and server virtualization, terrestrial and extraterrestrial communications design and planning, project management and planning, disaster recovery/business continuity planning.