Experience

Consulting Engagements

2023 – Present

The Cheap Squad (Managed Service Provider)

Supporting MSP clients with identity, endpoint, and collaboration platform migrations.

  • Manage Active Directory and Intune for multiple small and mid-market clients.
  • Migrate customers from ISP-based email to Office 365, and between Office 365 and Google Workspace.
  • Deploy software safely using RMM tooling and ensure environments stay aligned with security baselines.

2023 – Present

Senior IT Support Consultant – Cohere Health (formerly ZignaAI India Division)

Senior escalation point for the Cohere Health (formerly ZignaAI India division) first-tier IT support team resolving Office 365, Intune, Microsoft Entra, and Active Directory issues.

  • Respond to tickets covering Office 365, Teams, Intune device management, and Entra identity scenarios.
  • Manage Active Directory activities including user/accounts, group policy, and security hygiene for the support organization.
  • Document and directly resolve escalated tickets while mentoring newer technicians on systems administration workflows.

Oct 2023 – Present

Municipal Applications Consultant – City of San Leandro, California

Embedded with the applications division of IT supporting Office 365 operations and driving the Workday migration program.

  • Supporting Office 365 operations alongside the City applications team, including Exchange Online, Teams, and tenant hygiene.
  • Assisting Workday migration integration workstreams and applying a Workday Integrations Certification with familiarity in reporting, BIRT dashboards, and security.
  • Executing data migration from SQL Server legacy systems into Workday while validating data integrity across reporting boundaries.

2023 – Present

IT Infrastructure Consultant – myEZcare

Managing IT operations and supporting developers with virtualization, DR, and migration readiness.

  • Managed VMware infrastructure before migrating hosts to an XCP-NG/Xen-based platform.
  • Built and managed virtual machines across Windows and Linux hosts while supporting Docker workloads.
  • Designed and implemented a disaster recovery site, provisioning VMs and migrating hosts between data centers.
  • Support Active Directory, Google Workspace, Exchange on-premises, Windows, and multiple Linux distributions.
  • Built and managed Kubernetes clusters then migrated workloads from legacy VMs into those clusters.

2022 – Present

Independent Systems and Automation Consultant – Upwork

Active Upwork freelancer delivering infrastructure consulting, automation, and Microsoft 365 modernization.

  • Delivering rapid response support and project work for Windows Server, Active Directory, SQL Server, and Azure AD deployments.
  • Designing automation solutions that bridge traditional sysadmin needs with modern workflow tools like n8n and Ansible.
  • Helping organizations plan Office 365 migrations, Intune rollouts, and secure identity implementations.

City of Berkeley, California

23 years as part of a small systems administration team managing network infrastructure, identity, messaging, collaboration, and core services.

Major Project Leadership

  • Migrated 2,000+ mailboxes to Exchange Online
  • Implemented OneDrive migration for organization file shares
  • Rolled out Microsoft Teams organization-wide
  • Implemented Intune for 700+ iOS devices

Technology Stack

Windows ServerActive DirectoryAzure ADAzure AD B2CIISNginxLinuxSQL ServerExchange ServerMicrosoft 365IntuneGoogle WorkspaceSCCMCitrix Virtual AppsCitrix ADCFortinetpfSenseMattermostVMwareHyper-VNutanix AHVUbiquitiProxmoxXCP-NGAnsibleAWXn8nZabbixWorkday IntegrationsWorkday ReportingBIRTNetBoxAvaya Aura