Jeff Guillet

 

Convergent Computing

399 Grand Avenue

Oakland, CA 94610

Phone: (510) 444-5700

Web: http://www.cco.com

Blog: www.expta.com

Email: jeff@expta.com

 

BACKGROUND

Jeff has been in the IT industry for over 25 years and has been a Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP) Enterprise Administrator since 2008 and a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) since 1999. He holds Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certifications on Windows 2003, Windows 2000 and NT4 platforms.  He also holds the Exchange specialty certification (MCSE:Messaging), as well as Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA:Messaging) and Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet (MCP+I) certifications. He has been a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) since 2007 and has performed numerous security audits and reviews.  Jeff prides himself on his role as a trusted advisor and his ability to explain things to both technical and non-technical people in a way that makes them feel more secure and better understand their IT environment. He takes an active role in training and mentoring employees and management.

 

Jeff is co-author of the upcoming book, "Windows 2008 Hyper-V Server Virtualization Unleashed" and is a contributing writer to the books "Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Unleashed" and "Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unleashed," all from Sams Publishing.  He is the Technical Editor for "Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Unleashed" and "Teach Yourself Windows Server 2008 in 24 Hours," also from Sams Publishing.

 

SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE

• Enterprise systems design and architecture
• Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter
• Windows 2003 R2 Standard and Enterprise Server
• Enterprise level Active Directory design, implementation and support (3,000 - 10,000+ organizations)
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 migration, implementation and support
• Microsoft Exchange 5.5, 2000 and 2003 migrations (3,000 - 10,000+ organizations), Multi-server environments with over 45 Exchange servers, Multi-site environments with over 30 site connected locations, SMTP mail supporting the transport of over 700,000 mail messages per day
• Highly available and secure Outlook Web Access (8+ servers across multiple sites) for organizations with 10,000+ users; Front-end/back-end server design and implementation
• Advanced Group Policy design and administration for Enterprises with 100+ OUs
• Server Virtualization (Hyper-V and VMware)
• Advanced DNS, DHCP, WINS, TCP/IP
• Storage Array Networks (SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS)
• Windows 2000 Professional, Server and Advanced Server
• Public Folders design and architecture for organizations with 500-5,000+ folders
• Configuration, troubleshooting, supporting, installing Servers
• Disaster Recovery planning, design, implementation and testing
• Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007
• Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2000/2005
• Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) patch management
• Microsoft ISA 2004/2006 server
• Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007
• Microsoft System Management Server (SMS)
• Microsoft ForeFront Antivirus
• Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
• Windows Vista, all editions
• Windows XP Home/Professional
• Windows NT4.0 Workstation/Server
• Internet Information Server 3.0 / 4.0 / 5.0 / 6.0 and 7.0
• MS Office 97/2000, XP Suite, 2003 and 2007
• Commvault, Veritas Backup Exec backup solutions
• Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003/2007

 

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE

• Over 25 years in technology including experience in small, medium and large organizations with single and multi-platform networks
• Subject matter expert for Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory
• Experienced in enterprise level network design, administration and support, project management, design/prototype/pilot/implementation/support phases of projects
• Led migrations for organizations up to 10,000 employees across over 2 dozen sites
• Led project teams from 3 to 11 individuals: Responsibilities include project management, time management and team lead for projects impacting over 10,000 users and project costs in excess of $4.5-million
• Author of the EXPTA Blog, a technology blog with over 35,000 hits since 2006
• Led SCOM/MOM designs and deployments for organizations with over 300 servers across 30+ sites
• Broad mentoring experience, both within teams and cross departmental. Led CCO internal technical training
• Extensive writing skills-including project proposals, design documents, server builds, migration procedures and is a published author in top-selling technology magazines
• Proven excellent communication and presentation skills, including client and upper management interaction and presentations
• Disaster Recovery planning, design, testing, and implementation for organizations up to 15,000 employees with over 3 dozen sites

 

CERTIFICATIONS & EDUCATION

MCITP:Enterprise Messaging Administrator, Windows Server 2008, achieved May 2008

MCITP:Enterprise Administrator, Windows Server 2008, achieved January 2008

MCTS: Exchange Server 2007, achieved May 2008

MCTS: System Center Operations Manager, achieved May 2008

MCTS: ForeFront Client Security, achieved May 2008

MCTS, Windows Server 2008, achieved January 2008

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), achieved April 2007

MCSE:Messaging, MCSA:Messaging achieved June 2006

MCSE, MCSA, Windows 2003 achieved February 2004, with emphasis on security

MCSE, Windows 2000 achieved February 2002

MCSE, Windows NT 4.0 achieved May 1999

MCP + Internet achieved May 1999

Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet (MCP+I) achieved May 1999

Project Management studies at UC Berkeley Extension

 

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Co-Author: Windows 2008 Hyper-V Server Virtualization Unleashed, Sams Publishing, due summer 2008

Technical Editor: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Unleashed, Sams Publishing, February 2008

Technical Editor: Teach Yourself Windows Server 2008 in 24 Hours, Sams Publishing, due 2008

Author, Contributing Author: Microsoft Exchange 2007 Unleashed, Sams Publishing, September 2006

Author, Contributing Author: Microsoft Exchange 2003 Unleashed, Sams Publishing, October 2003

Author, Reinstall WMI Without Interrupting Exchange Services, Exchange and Outlook Administrator magazine (Penton),

Contributor to several newsgroups and blogs, including www.expta.com, Microsoft community newsgroups and the www.informit.com community blog

Imagine Cup 2008 (France), Co-Captain, Exam Author, Round 2 Judge, 2007-2008

Imagine Cup 2007 (Korea), Round 2 Judge, June 2007