Bilal Elali
Summary
Twenty years developing technological solutions to meet corporate and client needs. SME Messaging Architects, Engineers, and Specialists, for Azure, O365, Teams, ADFS, Azure AD, AAD Connect. Cloud, Exchange to Exchange and Lotus Notes to Exchange Migration Projects, including Pre-Sales, Co-Existence, and Migrations using Cross-tenant migration tool, BitTitan, Binary Tree or Quest Migration. Extensive experience in Tenant-to-Tenant migration and messaging migration to and from Microsoft Exchange, Intune, Teams, OneDrive, Preview, Entra ID, Office 365 Google Apps, Gmail, Google Drives and Lotus Notes. Extensive experience in the development, management, and support of hosted applications with a focus on messaging and transactional applications. Excellent communicator with a proven ability to bridge the gap between business requirements and the technology behind information systems. Specialization in the development, deployment, and operation of secure, large-scale information services. Ten years of managing corporate product and technical teams, delivering completed projects on time and on budget. Strong practical background in information systems design, information security, requirements analysis, functional specification development, and policy development.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Product manager & Principal Architect
Binary Tree, Inc.
- Responsible for Developing Binary Tree’s CMT for Exchange Migration, CMT for Coexistence “Mail, Calendar, and ZAP”, Office 365 Lotus Domino Exchange Free busy, O365 Lotus Domino Exchange Free Busy, Directory synchronization from Lotus Domino Exchange or AD to AD Synchronizations products.
- Planned, designed, and implemented Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange Lotus Notes coexistence, and messaging migration for major United States, and international corporations ranged from 500 to 180,000 users
Senior Messaging Engineer
Mohawk Industries Inc
- Managed and led a national, 12+ employee Messaging team, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, GroupWise deployment, migration, and application development practice for 5000 Users. Utilities used for the migration project were Microsoft Office Project 2003, Lotus Binary Tree (CMT) and Automated Deployment Toolkit (ADT) by Wolcott Systems Group.
SENIOR CLOUD & OFFICE 365 MESSAGING & MIGRATION ARCHITECT
ITPRO CONSULTING, INC.
01.2000 - Current
- Specific duties include Product/Project management Cloud/O365 SME leading the strategy for IBM, Google Apps and Microsoft Messaging technology platforms, partnerships and external relationships as well as building and managing the technology team.
- Active Directory analysis and migration
- Experience coordinating the implementation of technical solutions on an enterprise scale, assessment, architecture/design, build, migration, remediation.
- Expert knowledge of Office 365 Platform, SharePoint Online, Office 365 Groups, Teams, Video Portal, Security & Compliance Center, and OneDrive for Business and Azure AD
- Develop strong working relationships with technology teams across all levels of the organization.
- Define, quality assure, and design security and network solution architectures for enterprise solutions to meet specific, project-based requirements, which align to the IT strategy and architecture standards by functional / process area.
- Expert and Lead Messaging Architect implementer and integrator for IBM Lotus Domino/Notes 7.x/8.x/9.x and Microsoft Exchange Architect 2003/2007/2010/2013/2016/2019 for small, medium, and large corporations.
- Perform complex engagements, developing enterprise designs around Microsoft-based Messaging technologies with both deployment and migration content (including Exchange to Office 365). Will work on-site with A-list customers in diverse industries. Specifically looking for individuals who can lead AD, Exchange, Office365, Security, Networking, and Migrations for both premises based and cloud-based Microsoft infrastructure engagements.
- Microsoft M365 Compliance and Security. Conditional Access, Microsoft Defender. Fishing, DLP, Labeling, Retention for exchange online, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams. MFA and Conditional Access
- Mimecast and Proofpoint
- Provided IT advisory services and business management consulting for leading Businesses in North America. Delivered a current state analysis and developed a business and technology strategy for expanding the company’s market reach.
- Improve PMO practices and communication between teams in the matrix environment, which leads to increasing the number of simultaneous projects and average billable hours. Expanded the formal processes to the pre-sales and support phases, which resulted in higher traceability, accountability, better cost management and overall quality of deliverables.
- Gmail Coexistence/Migration to Exchange and O365.
Education
B.S. - Management Information System
Pfeiffer University
01.2002
AAEE - Electrical Engineering
Central Piedmont College
01.1992
Skills
- Enterprise Architecture & Design Solution Architect for Active Directory, Windows Server, Desktop Deployment, Consolidation and Migration Services
- Azure Cloud Migration
- Solution Architect for Messaging and Migration Architect for Microsoft Exchange Cloud / Microsoft Office 365, Teams, SharePoint, Lync & Skype for Business and IBM Lotus notes messaging systems, email hygiene systems IronPort and EOP
- Public Folder Deployment, Consolidation and Migration Services
- On-Premises/O365 Infrastructure integration including OneDrive, Directory Synchronization, ADFS Single Sign-On, MFA, Unified Messaging, Hybrid and Coexistence including Free Busy Look up, mail routing, PowerShell, Windows Server, Hyper-V, mobile devices, eDiscovery and disaster recovery solutions
- Principal Solution Architect for Messaging Coexistence for Microsoft Exchange Lotus Notes messaging systems Office 365 Single Sign On, ADFS, AAD Connect Directory Synchronization, Intune
- IBM Smart Cloud Migration expert, Mobile devices integration and Data migration Blackberry servers and desktops deployment and support
- Google Apps and Gmail migration, Directory Synchronization and Coexistence with Microsoft Exchange 2013/2016 and O365
- Strategic Leadership IT Projects, Vendor Negotiation and People/Business Management
- Microsoft 365 Copilot; hands-on experience with Microsoft 365 Copilot, including integration, configuration, governance, and user enablement at the enterprise level
- Automation & Integration: Proficient in PowerShell, Power Platform, and Microsoft Graph API for automation, workflow optimization, and integration
- Microsoft: Exchange Server starting with 2003 up to 2019/O365, Microsoft Office 365, Windows Server earlier versions up to 22H, Microsoft Hyper-V Server earlier versions up to 2019, Windows Server earlier versions up to 2016 Storage Server and Foundation, Windows Server earlier versions up to 2019 Essentials, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows Multipoint Server 2016, SQL Server earlier versions up to 2016 with SP1, Microsoft Office earlier version up to Office Professional Plus 2019, Lync earlier version up to Server 2013/Skype for Business 2016, Net Framework, FIM / ILM Forefront Identity Manager, ADFS “Active Directory Federation Services”
- SME Azure, O365 SSO, ADFS, AAD Connect, Intune, Lync, Skype and OneDrive for Business Excellent knowledge in O365 SharePoint and Yammer
- IBM: IBM Forms (includes IBM Forms Designer and IBM Forms Viewer), IBM Sametime, IBM Smart Cloud Engage Advanced, Lotus Domino and Lotus iNotes, Lotus Domino Enterprise Server on the cloud, Lotus Notes and Domino Administrator clients
- Binary Tree: CMT for Coexistence, CMT for Exchange, Exchange to Exchange e2e Complete, Domino Consolidator, CMT for Domains, CMT for Notes, CMT Inspector
- Quest tools: Notes Migrator for Exchange, Migration Manager for Exchange, Coexistence Manager for Notes, GroupWise migration to Exchange and Exchange Online with ZeroIMPACT, Coexistence Manager for GroupWise, Quest One Quick Connect for Lotus Notes, Quest One Quick Connect for Cloud Services, Active Directory (AD) Management & Migration
Accomplishments
Build coexistence and migration tools for office 365
Certification
- Database management, Pfeiffer University
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
- Microsoft Certified Exchange 2007 Expert.
- Microsoft Certified Exchange 2010 Expert.
- Microsoft Certified Exchange 2013 Expert
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate
- Microsoft Certified IT Professional
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
- Microsoft Certified Professional
- Certified Novell Administrator (CNA.), Pfeiffer University.
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- IBM Certified Advanced System Administrator - Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5.
- IBM Certified System Administrator - Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5.
- IBM Certified Associate System Administrator - Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5.
- Certified Lotus Notes Professional R5 Administration (CLP)
- Certified Lotus Notes Professional R5 Development (CLP)
- Tenant to Tenant migration for exchange online, Google and SharePoint
Software Skills
- Microsoft products and tools used for developing and testing applications, such as:
- Exchange Server starting with 2003 up to 2016/O365
- Microsoft Office 365
- Windows Server earlier versions up to 2016
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server earlier versions up to 2016
- Windows Server earlier versions up to 2012 Storage Server and Foundation
- Windows Server earlier versions up to 2012 Essentials
- Windows 8 Enterprise
- Windows Multipoint Server 2012
- SQL Server earlier versions up to 2012 with SP1
- Microsoft Office earlier version up to Office Professional Plus 2013
- Lync earlier version up to Server 2013
- .Net Framework
- FIM / ILM Forefront Identity Manager
- ADFS “Active Directory Federation Services”
- IBM Lotus Domino, Lotus Notes products, such as:
- IBM Forms (includes IBM Forms Designer and IBM Forms Viewer)
- IBM Sametime
- IBM Smart Cloud Engage Advanced
- Lotus Domino and Lotus iNotes
- Lotus Domino Enterprise Server on the cloud
- Lotus Notes and Domino Administrator clients
- Blackberry Enterprise Server infrastructure developer, planner, and implementation expert
- VMware Products Solution
- VMware vSphere
- VMware Fusion
- VMware Workstation
- VMware vCloud Suite
- VMware View
- VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite
- Migration tools, Expert in the following migration tools:
- Binary Tree tools
- CMT for Coexistence
- CMT for Exchange
- Exchange Migrator
- Domino Consolidator
- CMT for Domains
- CMT for Notes
- CMT Inspector
- Quest tools
- Quest on Demand for Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint and Desktop management.
- Notes Migrator for Exchange
- Migration Manager for Exchange
- Coexistence Manager for Notes
- GroupWise migration to Exchange and Exchange Online with Zero IMPACT
- Coexistence Manager for GroupWise
- Quest One Quick Connect for Lotus Notes
- Quest One Quick Connect for Cloud Services
Languages
French
Limited Working
Arabic
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
SENIOR CLOUD & OFFICE 365 MESSAGING & MIGRATION ARCHITECT
ITPRO CONSULTING, INC.
01.2000 - Current
Product manager & Principal Architect
Binary Tree, Inc.
Senior Messaging Engineer
Mohawk Industries Inc
AAEE - Electrical Engineering
Central Piedmont College
B.S. - Management Information System
Pfeiffer University