Paul Ford
Director @Edge It Ltd
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WORK HISTORY
Director @Edge It Ltd
Oxfordshire, GB
Edge IT is my company that provides consultancy and contract services to clients worldwide, we have helped companies in Vietnam, South Korea, Australia, Canada, USA, Panama and the UK.We provide consultancy mainly on the Microsoft platforms as that is where our expertise has been honed.Available for short term projects to longer engagements. We have moved companies who have a handful of users to companies who have thousands of users, with the same level of care and consideration given to every company that we work with.
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ABOUT PAUL FORD
Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace consultant with specialist expertise in administrating and migrating between technology platforms such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace including Microsoft 365 Tenant to Tenant migrations, Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 (and vice versa), On Premise to Microsoft 365 tenant as well as IMAP to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. Deep Messaging and Collaboration knowledge focusing on Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft 365/Office 365.KEY SKILLS• Microsoft 365 Consultant • Migration Specialist• Microsoft Exchange • Exchange Online• Email Hygiene • Microsoft 365 Administration • Experience in MigrationWiz, SkyKick, ShareGate and native Microsoft migration tools.Over 25 years of experience in support, design, implementation and troubleshooting of Microsoft-based technology environments. I have worked as a Messaging Help Desk Engineer and Messaging Consultant within Microsoft UK and a 3rd line Escalation Engineer and Messaging Product Manager at KPMG, which has allowed me to deeply understand messaging environments from a helpdesk perspective, an IT consultant perspective and from the user perspective, giving me an agile perspective on IT systems.Self-motivated and passionate technologist with strong critical thinking skills, driven and determined with a strong work ethic and valuable business and leadership skills, enabling me to facilitate innovation and business change to a company by embracing and delivering the latest technology available. TECH SUMMARY• Messaging: Expertise in designing, implementation and troubleshooting of Microsoft Exchange (covering all versions from 5.5 to 2019), Exchange Online, Microsoft 365.• Email Migrations: Email migrations from various platforms Google Workspace, Office 365 Tenant to Tenant migrations, IMAP environments.• Email Integration: Expertise in Integration of messaging platforms into email hygiene such as ProofPoint, ClearSwift, Mimecast and email signature software such as Exclaimer and various email archiving solutions.• Languages: PowerShell.In my spare time I am on Online Safety Advocate where I give advice and guidance to parents and children by delivering FREE online safety talks to parents and children around the UK at schools, sports clubs, scout groups etc. I am creating a site looking at \"Attack Vectors\" of games and apps so parents can understand how their children are at risk from these. I offer advice and guidance through a Facebook page
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