59 Hillcrest Ave • Manchester, NH 03103

Phone (603)860-8652 • E-mail graches@attbi.com

Gary Raches

Summary
	Information Technology Professional with 5 years experience ranging from desktop support to computer network engineer. Designed and built a 300 workstation network with 10 servers, set up the desktops and servers, and configured the Cisco switches and routers. Fully experienced with Microsoft NT and 2000 and competent with Linux and Unix environments, as well as, different software packages including: Microsoft Office, MS Exchange, Ghost, Visio, What’s Up Gold, Sniffer Pro, and other proprietary applications. Team player with excellent trouble shooting and network administration skills.
Professional experience
	2001 - Present Network Consultant Nashua, NH Computer Information Solution Provider n Supplied multiple companies around the New England area to maintain their computer systems and upgrade their existing networks giving them increases in functionality. n Provide small companies with a complete network solution starting with the running of network drops, setting up the switches and routers for there local internet and configuring network server's with a disaster recovery solution. n Working with Accounting Software and Professional Business Computing Solutions including: MAS 90/2000, Business Works, and SAP. n Assemble a proposal for the recommend and necessary networking improvements, selling them on each of the enhancements. n Instruct the local user on the new improvements to there network, showing them how to take complete advantage of the new features. 2001 Link Information Technology Nashua, NH Computer Network Engineer n Designed, implemented and maintained, WAN network infrastructure over a frame-relay network of more then fifteen remote sites. n Setups complete network solutions at six different companies using Windows NT or MS Backoffice Server as primary user authentication (Domain Controller). Installed and configured a server to maintain a private DHCP range to hand out IP addresses and point at the local DNS and WINS server for local and remote name resolution. Configured a MS Exchange Server for each site to handle internal and external e-mail using a local dial up host to transfer incoming and outgoing mail. Configured NT backup or Veritas Backup Exec (High end back solution) for their data recovery solution, backing up the exchange databases and system files. n Implemented two different VPN solutions for two different sites. One using an existing server, installed NT server and setup RRAS to authenticate domain user to access local files through a PPTP/L2TP tunnel. The second VPN solution was Cisco’s 3600 hardware VPN solution with a simple web based configuration. n Worked with Norton’s corporate Antivirus software, set it up to automatically update virus definitions on all pc, run virus scans every night, and track all viruses found and notify me of a new virus if one is found. n Migrated a network of over 200 systems over to a Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain. Upgraded the servers and Ms Exchange server and slowly brought all the personal pc’s over. n Configured a new web server using Microsoft’s IIS and setup SMS to audit software allow remote management of pc systems and automated software distribution for another customer. n Worked with Cisco 7200 Series Routers and Catalyst 2900 and 3100 Series Switches configuring them using CLI out of the box to work in a diverse networking environments. 2000 - 2001 Ellacoya Networks Inc. Merrimack, NH Network Engineer n Designed the corporate LAN based on a basic star network topology configured all the Cisco Switches, Router and Firewall with Ip addresses and basic routes. n Installed MS Windows NT server as a Primary Domain Controller and configured it to run DNS, WINS and DHCP. n Setup MS Exchange server and migrated the corporate office over to it from a remote email host. Also install Black Berry pager software to allow the Executive members of the company to send and receive their e- mail from their pager. n Setup Veritas Backup Exec to back up all the important information and maintained a off site backup for emergencies. n Provided the local and remote users with technical support for all their PC related problems, for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Solaris and Red Hat Linux, and would educate them on how to prevent that problem in future. n Maintained two different VPN solutions to allow all the remote users access to the internal network and giving them redundancy. n Setup MS SMS package to allow automatic software distribution reducing the time to get new software packages implemented in the company. n Worked with Symantec’s Ghost software to reduce the time required to install new computer down to ¼ the time. n Setup SMS to audit software allow remote management of pc systems and automated software distribution for another customer. 1997 - 2000 Daniel Webster College Nashua, NH Residential Network Coordinator/Manager n Managed a team of five residential network technicians. n Managed a mixed network environment with Novell as the primary authentication and file servers, MS Exchange running for the e-mail server for the over 1000 users, Windows NT running as the local DNS and DHCP server, and Digital Unix running apache web server. n Maintained DNS table with the constantly changing environment adding and removing servers from the list. n Worked with faculty, staff and students to maintain an efficient network environment, distributing the workload to my team. n Troubleshot, and resolve network, computer hardware and Operating systems problems for all seven computer labs and faculty and staff pc's, maintaining a network of over 500 computers and 20 servers. n Ran new network drops and made patch cables for residents and staff.
Education
	2000 Daniel Webster College Nashua, NH BS - Computer Science n Deans list