Andy Ihrke

About Andy Ihrke

Experienced IT leader specializing in infrastructure and application operations, architecture, and support. A key achievement includes the implementation of a comprehensive monitoring center at Cargill, encompassing infrastructure components, applications, integrations, and critical business processes. This initiative significantly improved system stability and prevented numerous major incidents. I defined and implemented ITIL Event and Availability Management processes for Cargill, led the team at TCS responsible for supporting ITSM and monitoring applications within the Cargill environment and currently consulting back at Cargill again. Passionate about driving operational excellence and delivering measurable business value through technology.

Experience

1. Senior Consultant

   Cargill

   Feb 2026 — Present

Education

• Iowa State University

  Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

  1993 — 1997

Skills

• IT Management
• Dhcp
• IT Service Management
• Proactive Monitoring
• Incident Management
• Powershell
• San
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Vbscript
• Visio
• Web Design
• Virtualization
• Business Process
• Business Analysis
• Vendor Management
• Dell Poweredge Servers
• IT Strategy
• Hp Openview
• Data Center
• Infrastructure
• Sharepoint
• Enterprise Architecture
• Bmc Remedy
• Disaster Recovery
• IT Operations
• Six Sigma
• Major Incident Management
• Iis
• Active Directory
• Scom
• Windows Server
• Bmc Portal
• Operations Management
• Group Policy
• Vmware
• Information Technology
• Scripting
• System Administration
• System Deployment