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Migrated 3,000+ McKesson servers to Ivanti Security Controls, improving patch success rate from 90% to 95%. Reduced data breach risk by 90% through vulnerability identification and remediation. Mentored team members and served as SME for incident response and outages."},{"name":"Eliassen Group","position":"Windows System Administrator","location":"Conroe, Texas, United States","url":"https://eliassen.com","startDate":"2021-06-01","endDate":"2023-02-01","summary":"Led proof of concept for Ivanti Security Controls at McKesson to reduce security vulnerabilities through third-party app patching. Conducted knowledge transfer sessions during MSP transition to Tata. Maintained Windows production patching compliance and collaborated with cross-team leadership to resolve business unit challenges."},{"name":"Atos","position":"Windows Server Administrator","location":"Conroe, Texas, United States","url":"https://atos.ai","startDate":"2020-09-01","endDate":"2022-06-01","summary":"Managed ticketing queues and resource allocation for Windows server support. Led large-scale security vulnerability remediation initiative at McKesson. Rebuilt SolarWinds Patch Manager environment, increasing success rate. Managed SolarWinds Monitoring, reducing false alerts by 30%. Oversaw Commvault backup operations, improving restore success by 95%."},{"name":"Eliassen Group","position":"Senior Windows System Administrator","location":"The Woodlands, Texas, United States","url":"https://eliassen.com","startDate":"2020-01-01","endDate":"2020-07-01","summary":"Managed patching operations for 2,000+ on-premises and Azure servers, achieving over 90% patch success rate. 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