John Brines

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ABOUT JOHN BRINES

Successful IT Manager with a solid technical background, operational and strategic management experience in the manufacturing and utility sector. Familiar with UK, US, Asian and European business cultures offering the following:PERSONAL SUMMARY:• Outstanding record of project delivery• Business start-up involvement• Third party supplier management• Global messaging and collaboration• Business Continuity delivery• Positive \"Can Do\"​ attitude• Cultural competence• Analytical problem solving skills• Calm under pressure• Global standardization focus • Excellent technical acumen• Strong communication skills• Enthusiastic and \"hands on\" leadership role• New site start-up and integration• Multi-Site management• System migration delivery• High level of trust and integrity• Strong business and customer focusTECHNICAL SKILL-SET:• Systems Administration skills in Windows, Exchange 2007/2010, Netware and GroupWise.• Messaging systems including MS Exchange and various versions of GroupWise.• Disaster Recovery design and testing• WAN Management and Service Provider Management (Technical and Commercial)• General purpose applications Inc. Microsoft Office 4.3-2013, etc.• VMware ESXi• Contract management.• Helpdesk Systems• SLA Management • Broad understanding of Internet, Intranet, Extranet, networking and client/server technologies.• Server Operating Systems Windows Server NT 3.5 thru 2012. Netware 3.11 thru 6.0• File & Directory Services including Active Directory and NDS.• Project Management responsibility on major Security and infrastructure development projects.• Remote Site support and management.• Enterprise Anti-Virus• System backups using Backup Exec and Commvault