Tech-Forward - Achieving Business Readiness For Copilot in Microsoft 365
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1. @KellyIanAttree
“Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained..”
Ethos
Humble educated professional that learns from those who know more than I do. I believe we must be open to new ideas in
order to accurately predict future trends&profit from them. My objective is to make my clients & employers happy with my
service and willing to tell someone else this .Research in psychology & human behaviour give me the edge in any role.
Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
attreekelly@gmail.com +27736720409
2. Specializations
IT Strategy; IT Management; IT Operations; Restaurant Management; Telecommunications; Web Design; Marketing Strategy; IT
Infrastructure, IT Services; Solutions; Virtual Environments; Service Delivery; IT Architecture; Business Processes; Hospitality &
Psychology. (Beginner coding in Python/Visual Basic & Web Apps)
Skills Matrix
Strengths Weaknesses
Confident/Relationships/Determined Stubborn
Fast on feet/Learner/Flexible Self Control
Professional/Reliable/Punctual Routine
Passionate/Motivated/Preemptive Impatient
Experience
Owner - The Korgan Group functioning as Business Analyst December 2011 - January 2014 (3 years 5 months) Cape Town, ZA
Diversified portfolio comprising: business solutions, coaching, events & accommodation. Duties: Managed time/staff/finances.
Reporting, setting targets & finding holistic based solutions. Maintained servers/exchange stores. Consulted SME’s. Maintained
POS offering&related SW/HW. Windows servers with 75+ users &multiple forests. Cloud based virtual desktops & storage
solutions. Procedure improvements . HR assistance. Assessments. Analysis. Steered growth curve. Database maintenance. Sales
maximization.
IS Manager at Carnival Cruise Lines February 2009 - December 2010 (1 year 11 months) Miami FL, USA
Entailed dealing with high requirements of a Fortune 500 company. 7 days a week. Maintained shipboard systems ie. Integrated
Oracle based passenger billing. HTML based passenger tracking, guest complaint system & reporting tools. Satellite experience
with Maritime Telecommunications Network. Maintained virtualized servers integrated in fleet & company VPN with a size-able
domain forest. VMSphere. Maintained 99% uptime. Mission critical fail-overs & redundancy. Safety&development courses.
Stock /spares tracking. Upgrades. Database retention. Cloning & varied print devices incl. card.
Skill/Program/Protocol: Proficiency out of /10: First used/Last Used - Year:
Windows&Office /MacOS/Android/DOS 9 1995/2014
Linux Redhat/SuSe Server/Fedora+Shell 8 2005/2012
Clustering/Load Balancing/Endpoint 7.5 2011/2012
VOIP/SIP/VOX/WPA+WEP+PSK 7.5 2007/2014
SBS03&08/HyperV/SQLServer/VMWare 8.5 2003/2013
Active Directory/Exchange/Kerberos 8.5 2003/2013
Switches/DHCP/IPv4&6/QOS/Dyn(DNS) 9 2003/2014
LAN/WAN/WLAN/ADSL/VPN/ISDN/RPC 9 2004/2014
TCP+UDP Ports/Firewalls/Routing 8 2004/2013
ZeroPC/Logmein/BackupExec/CuteFTP 9 2006/2014
Photoshop Suite/Artisteer/Visio/Belarc 9 2005/2012
NTFS/FAT/NFS/HFS /RAID/Cloning 8.5 2004/2014
IIS/IPsec /Telnet/POP/SMTP/MX 7.5 2008/2013
Psychology/Management/Sales 9 2002/2014
Audits/Interoperability/UPS/Licensing 9 2007/2012
Total Score & AVG. % 127 → 90%
3. Business Analyst at MC Computers South Africa January 2008 - January 2009 (1 year 1 month) Cape Town, ZA
MS Server 2003 / SBS 2008 / Exchange Server 2005/8. VPN setups./security Repairs. Active directory. WLAN. Backups &
scheduling,.Managed switches, DNS/DHCP troubleshooting, Network cabling./Patch Panels /Rack mount cabinets up to 48u.
Oversight of payroll, accounting , HR, prioritization, analysis &reporting of sales/costs etc. Modernization&impact assessments.
Ensured compatibility & interoperability for multi-platform/device environments. Process/ flow management. Compiling
reports. Presentations. Theorized new procedures for enhanced efficiency/cost reduction.
Group IT Administrator at The Laser Clinic January 2007 - January 2008 (1 year 1 month) Cape Town, ZA
Position required management of all IT needs including sustained network integrity utilizing MS SBS 2008, exchange server,
website/WAN maintenance, Endpoint Server, employee helpdesk. Position also required overseeing systems related to payroll,
statistics, reports & accounting.
IT Manager at POD Technologies January 2003 - January 2006 (3 years 1 month) Beacon Bay, East London, ZA
Duties included call-outs, driving, administration, meeting corporate clients. Built & maintained client relationships. Consulted
with government sector. Installations & ensuring SLA mandates met. Managed SBS server environments & remote sites.
IT Technician at Perfect Office Solutions January 2001 - December 2002 (2 years) Vincent, East London, ZA
Duties included repairing PC HW/SW issues, familiarizing customers with devices and programs. Sales .Knowledge of
consumables and cellular technology. Desktop support skills.
Volunteer Experience
Volunteer at DARG 2012 - Present (2 years) - Non professional assistance.
Professional Memberships / Certifications
Member of the South African Institute for Information Technologists
MCITP - Microsoft- 2009 Comptia Linux+ Certification - 2008 Comptia Network+ Certification - 2008
Languages
English (Native proficiency) Afrikaans (Working proficiency) Xhosa (Casual Proficiency) German (Casual Proficiency)
Projects
International Cosmetic Companies South Africa Division Opening - January 2010 Project Membership: 7
Successfully setup enture IT infrastructure for Israeli client. 40 sites completed including 2 warehouses totalling 150+ users.
Ensured interoperability&compatibility of all systems/departments.Project management. Integrated Intuit Accounting package
&CRM locally .Skype Manager/VOIP/PBX .Client commented implementation surpassed that of their Head Office.
Personal Life/Hobbies
Personal hobbies include films, technology, books, hiking, design, gardening, photography, cars, architecture & travel.
Referees
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