John Phipps
VP Of Corporate Infrastructure
Loganville,Ga
Summary
Talented IT leader with more than 12 years of progressive experience providing result oriented technical and cutting edge technology solutions coupled with proven Project Management skills. A results oriented manager with a passion focused on employee development and team building with a history of aligning IT systems and compliance controls with business requirements in a constantly changing ecosystem.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certificates
Work History
Vice President of Corporate Infrastructure (IT)
PEOPLE, INC
Suwanee, GA
01.2016 - Current
- Directed operation and support of IT systems, infrastructure engineering and IT service support and architecture.
- Evaluated production readiness of complex IT systems by identifying and resolving problems, risks, and issues.
- Coordinated and planned for future infrastructure need and requirements including preparing ROI data and budget analysis.
- Reviewed current company infrastructure, provided analysis of risk and security position of all hardware, software, and cloud systems to ensure compliance requirements.
- Negotiated vendor agreements, service agreements, and consultant contracts
- Built and developed team of experienced IT specialists to ensure superior delivery of all systems and services.
- Developed or procured training and exercises for all company personnel to ensure proper understanding of cybersecurity risks and company policies on cybersecurity.
- Established performance goals and KPIs for department and provided methods for reaching milestones.
Manager of Corporate Infrastructure
PLATFORMONE, TRANSFER
Lawrenceville, GA
01.2012 - 01.2016
- Responsible for day-to-day operation, planning and management of PlatformOne’s IT infrastructure and security, including logical security of Infor Lawson HRIS.
- Evaluated complex system production readiness and supportability by identifying and resolving problems, risks, issues, and end user requirements.
- Facilitated physical data center held servers to cloud infrastructure.
- Integral part of Business planning and budgeting to support future IT requirements including modernization of current facilities and software..
- Maintained IT policy and procedures for SSAE16 compliance.
- Developed and managed group of outstanding IT Support personnel.
- Oversaw development and implementation of improvements to support and network operations.
Network Administrator
PEO MANAGEMENT GROUP
Lawrenceville, GA
01.2009 - 01.2012
- Performed day-to-day LAN and WAN administration, maintenance and support.
- Maintained network security and infrastructure for 4 physical locations and 6 business units.
- Effectively planed, installed, configured and optimized IT infrastructure to consistently achieve high availability and performance.
- Maintained high availability of critical network services including Microsoft Exchange and web servers.
- Proactively monitored network for performance.
- Maintain user and security in Active Directory and Lawson HRIS.
- Maintained IT policy and procedures for SAS70 compliance.
- Verified continuity of computer and telephone system services for users through technical expertise, assistance and project coordination.
- Backed up company data to distributed storage centers to avoid massive data loss in event of network breach or failure.
Education
B.S - Systems and Security
Georgia Gwinnett College
Lawrenceville, Ga 08.2014 - 04.2019
Associate of Science - Computer System Administration
Dekalb Technical College
01.2003 - 01.2006
Skills
Infor LAWSON HRIS and PrismHR Administration
Advanced Enterprise LAN and WAN Network Design
IT Project Management
Microsoft SQL and Oracle SQL
Advanced Design and Security of Cloud based IaaS (AWS, Azure)
Network Monitoring and Intrusion Protection and Prevention
Multiple firewalls and network devices including Cisco, FortiNet, Barracuda, CheckPoint, and Ubiquiti
Microsoft Active Directory, Azure, and Hybrid design and implementations
Office 365 Implementation and Administration (SharePoint, Exchange, Teams)
Disaster Recovery and BackUp systems (Trivoli, Vertias, Veeam)
VOIP and Telephony (Mitel, Cisco, and Cloud HPBX such as RingCentral, Nextiva, and GoToConnect
End User and Client Device Management
Endpoing Detection and Response (Carbon Black, CrowdStrike)
IT Compliance Standards SOC/SAE16, ITIL, GDPR
Security and Even Management Systems
Certification
CompTia A+ Certified
Affiliations
- Association of Information Technology Professionals
Timeline
Vice President of Corporate Infrastructure (IT)
PEOPLE, INC
01.2016 - Current
B.S - Systems and Security
Georgia Gwinnett College
08.2014 - 04.2019
Manager of Corporate Infrastructure
PLATFORMONE, TRANSFER
01.2012 - 01.2016
Network Administrator
PEO MANAGEMENT GROUP
01.2009 - 01.2012
Associate of Science - Computer System Administration
Dekalb Technical College
01.2003 - 01.2006