1. Rodrigo Limpias
1225 Warren St
San Fernando, CA 91340
Rlimpias3687@sbcglobal.net
Cell: (818) 967-4047
Objective
Skilled bilingual Spanish Systems Administrator/IT Manager seeking a position within a company that will enable me to use my
technical and problem-solving skills to improve operations and contribute to company profits.
Skills
9+ Years of PC Hardware and Software Configuration 9+ years of Networking Experience
6 Years of Knowledge on MAC OS 9 and X Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, 8 & 10
Cisco routers and Switches Cisco Pix firewalls
VMWARE ESX 4, 5 and 6 PCI DSS V3 Auditing Knowledge
Google Cloud Business Solutions Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010 Windows Server 2003, 2008/2012 x32 x64
Microsoft Systems Center 2012 TCP/IP protocols
DHCP and DNS servers Active Directory/LDAP
Daily Backup using VERITAS and Arcserve Software IIS 6 and 7
SonicWall TZ 190, 200, 210 & NSA 24000 Firewall Simple Mail Protocol (SMTP)
Setup and Installation of Blackberrys/PDA’s/Treos Video Encoding
Experience with FileMaker Pro On-site Technical Support
Telephone Wiring and Voice Mail Management Nortel and Avaya PBX Systems
Fonality VOIP PRI Phone System McAfee Antivirus/Spam Appliance
PC Helpdesk & Phone Support Adobe CS2/CS3/CS4
Linux OS Html, Flash, Dreamweaver
Spam Filters and Antivirus Software Dell PowerEdge/HP Proliant Servers
Nas Storage Devices RAID configurations
Basic MySQL Troubleshooting Dameware Remote Control & NT Utilities
IT Asset Management Managing IT Capital Project Budgets
Trend Micro Messaging Security Suite for SMB Trend Micro Antivirus for SMB
WebSense SurfControl Email Filter CA Thread Manager Antivirus/Pest Control
Barracuda Spam Filter Appliance Zendesk Knowledge
Norton Antivirus Enterprise Edition Microsoft CRM Sale Force
Education
WESTWOOD COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, Los Angeles 2005-2009
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Network Engineering
Experience
IT CONSULTANT (SELF-EMPLOYED) LA METRO AREA July 2016 - Present
IT Systems & Network Specialist
• Working with small to medium size businesses in keeping up their network infrastructure as well as providing desktop support
• Clientele ranges from 10 user business to 85 users and in different industries (Financial, Art, Beauty, Law)
• Supporting and maintaining Cisco and Sonicwall firewalls
• Maintenance and troubleshooting of client’s Office365 email cloud.
CARD.COM CORPORATION (FINANCIAL SERVICES) SANTA MONICA, CA LAID OFF October 2015-July 2016
IT Operations Manager
• Manage office networks and server infrastructure for availability, performance, and security.
• Implement, maintain and troubleshoot Windows Server 2012 Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, and GPOs
• Management of Google Apps for business (Email, Cloud Docs, Google Drive)
• Managed all desktop support 90% MAC, 10% Windows workstations
• Responsible for maintaining and expanding our AWS EC2 infrastructure as well as troubleshooting
• Responsible for the desktop support and logging of any issues, requests or projects through JIRA ticketing system
• Performing network and IT Administrator role such as account management, permission audits, business continuity planning.
• Create and review monitoring systems to ensure all aspects of the business are working as they should.
• Engage with multiple partner organizations at a technical level to ensure technology interactions are working properly.
•Manage vendor relationships for Technical Operations (e.g. outsourced server administration vendor).
• Be an immediate escalation point for all nature of technical issues that cannot be solved by employees on their own.

2. • Ensure company compliance with Level 1 PCI Certification and internal security policies via education and monitoring.
MEDALLION THERAPEUTICS (MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY). VALENCIA, CA Laid off due to funding August 2014-
August 2015
Information Technology Manager
• Managing a small infrastructure of 20+ servers, Fortinet firewalls, and HP Blade switches
• Jack of all trades working on network infrastructure and desktop support
• Managed and supported Microsoft Cloud Exchange Office 365
• Implemented, maintained and troubleshoot Windows Server 2008, 2012 (AD, DHCP, DNS, File/Print Server)
• In charge of maintaining and troubleshooting Microsoft SQL 2012 (Backups and table queries)
• Moved all physical servers into Vmware ESX 5.1 with VCenter managing multiple physical hosts with VMotion capabilities
• Managing IT expenses and budget
• Work with Systems Engineering and Software Development team on QA testing and development of medical pump.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of Epicor Vantage ERP system.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of Solidworks 2014/2015 and EPDM Document Management System.
ASSOCIATED FOREIGN EXCHANGE. WOODLAND HILLS, CA (FINANCIAL SERVICES) Contract Ended January 2014-August 2014
Senior Systems Administrator
• Direct vendors who provide our client infrastructure, software and services with security requirements and ensure needs
are properly considered and addressed.
• Management and security protection of PCI Compliance for credit card transaction
• Management and support of Microsoft Cloud Exchange Office 365 for about 500+ mailboxes
• Work with development and engineering teams to architect secure solutions for critical assets, performing application
security reviews, threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, and code reviews for security strengths and
flaws.
• Responsible for maintaining and expanding our AWS web services
• Responsible for maintenance and troubleshooting of Active Directory Services around the Globe (US, Europe, Asia)
supporting around 250+ Windows Servers
• Provide expert advice and consultancy to developers, engineers, and business customers on risk assessments, vulnerability
remediation, and threat detection techniques.
Write technical reports based on findings and recommendations.
• Administration and development of new features on System Center 2012 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 Service
Manager and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.
• Installing new / rebuilding existing servers and configuring hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage,
etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements
Developing and maintaining installation and configuration procedures.
• Researching and recommending innovative, and, where possible, automated approaches for system administration tasks.
Identifying approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.
• Providing Tier III support per request from various departments. Investigating and troubleshooting issues.
Repairing and recovering from hardware or software failures. Coordinating and communicating with impacted
departments.
• Analyzing system logs and identifying potential issues with computer systems.
• Applying operating system updates, patches, and configuration changes using System Center.
ORLY INTERNATIONAL INC., VAN NUYS, CA (Cosmetics Industry) Was looking to change industries July 2012-January 2014
Information Technology Manager
• Oversee IT department as a whole, managing a team of one person.
• Supported an office and warehouse of about 130+ users
• Active Directory Management with Multiple forests and supporting 130+ users
• Managed, implemented and troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange 2010 and migration to 2013 with 160+ mailboxes
• Implementation and maintenance of SharePoint 2013 for local Intranet site
• Management and security protection of PCI Compliance for credit card transaction
• Implementation of VMWARE VCenter 5.0 infrastructure and database management
• Maintenance and troubleshooting of two ERP systems, Royal4 Systems and QAD Enterprise servers
• Responsible for WIFI and RF handheld maintenance in warehouse and main location
• Working closely with different departments for implementation and enhancements of ERP systems
• Day to Day workstation, printer, server troubleshooting and maintenance

3. BIS COMPUTER SOLUTIONS, LA CRESCENTA, CA Former CFO from a previous company offered me a perm position May 2011-July 2012
Sr. Network Engineer
• Provide network consulting services for clients in different industries, ranging from small businesses to government
agencies. Our clients range for small law firms all the way to warehouse/retail companies
• Maintain internal BIS infrastructure as well as hosted services for all of our clientele.
• Implementation and maintenance of Windows Small Business Servers 2003, 2008, 2011 with Active Directory Services
• Implemented and designed SharePoint intranet sites for small business clients
• Created an entire new Exchange server using VMWARE VCenter environment, migrated from Exchange 2003 to 2010.
• Work with Oracle, Oracle DBs,IIS, ISA, Windows Servers, Linux and Unix on a daily basis. Also, support all kinds’ equipment
ranging from desktops to server and even variety of handheld devices used for production environment.
ALTERNA PROFESSIONAL HAIR CARE, Century City, CA Company Relocated to NYC August 2006-May 2011
Information Technology Manager
• Restructured entire Network Infrastructure to a Virtualized environment with VMWARE 4.0 with VCenter 4.0 managing 3
physical hosts
• Assist in resolving hardware and software issues for inside user and remote users
• Active Directory management for Windows Server 2008
• Implementation, design, and maintenance of Exchange Server 2003, upgraded to 2007 then migrated to 2010
• Reconstructed Network Infrastructure and added Sonicwall Firewall NSA2400
• Rebuild Domain Controller with new Hardware
• Troubleshoot Microsoft Office XP, 2003, 2007
• Replace old Norton Antivirus with TrendMicro Small Business
• Configure and troubleshoot Mac workstations and laptops for multimedia dept.
• Windows 2003 Exchange Server – Create and maintain user mailboxes
• Disaster Recovery Exchange 2003 Server due to corrupted database
• Experience with Palm Treo phones and Goodlink Messaging Server
• Manage users and computers through Active Directory
• Replace Cisco 2950 switches with Cisco 2960
• Manage Print Server, Fax Server and troubleshoot related issues
• Phone system – configure and maintain users and voicemail system
• Implemented Voice Over IP phone infrastructure
• Data Backup - Perform daily backups to ensure corporate data
• Build NAS storage device for storing large amounts of multimedia data
• Maintain desktop security and integrity, manage inventory of workstations and computer equipment components