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RICH RIOPEL
SUMMARY
● SharePoint Engineering Lead with an extensive background in complex enterprise systems architecture
and support. I have a breadth of experience in managing internet, intranet and systems infrastructure,
implementation, deployments, and upgrades
● Nearly 20 years of professional ITexperience in engineering, architecture,administration, integration and
implementation of client/server and web based multi-tiered architectures and business applications.
● Extensive experience with Engineering and Administration of SharePoint 2013, 2010, 2007
● Expertise in Powershell, LDAP, AD, User Profile, FIM, DNS, Load Balancing, and TSQL
● Experience implementing third party tools like DocAve, Metalogic, Nintex & DeliverPoint
● Comfortable working in various environments such as UNIX, Linux, Windows, and Azure Cloud IAAS, PAAS,
and SAAS
TECHNICALPROFICIENCIES
● Specialties: SharePoint SPO/2016/2013/2010/2007, Office 365, Windows Server, IIS, Powershell, Internet
Architecture and Infrastructure
● Platforms: Windows 2000/XP/2003/2008/2012, UNIX (Solaris), Linux (Red Hat, Mandrake, Debian).
● Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, LDAP, SQL, SMTP, VPN, SSH, SSL, Ethernet, DHCP, Firewalls, DMZ, Load
Balancers, f5, MS Clusters, Web Services, .NET
● Languages: Perl, bash, PHP, TSQL, XML, WSH, VBScript, WMI, ADSI, HTML, HTA, Batch, Shell Scripting,
ASP, JAVA, J2EE
● Tools: Powershell, stsadm, Awk, Sed, grep, vi, Visio, Project, VMWare
EXPERIENCE
December, 2005 – Now New York Life Insurance New York, NY
CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENT
● SharePoint Engineering Tech Lead responsible for the architecture, implementation, problem
resolution/support and deployment of all SharePoint Infrastructure at New York Life.
● Providing SME guidance for Office 365 migration planning currently in progress at NYL. Investigating and
resolving SharePoint Online, OneDrive and Compliance issues. Educating teams on the wide breadth of
transformative technologies included in the package including Delve, Office Graph, Planner & Office
Groups.
● Specified and delivered the SharePoint 2013 Infrastructure for the Knowledge Management initiative.
This included Powershell scripting of the SharePoint Farm build used to automate the build out of the
development, staging and production farms. Architected and deployed Office Web Apps, WorkFlow
Manager, Provider Hosted Apps, Yammer and User Profiles.
● Lead the migrations of MOSS 2007 sites and applications to SharePoint 2010. Directed consulting
resources in performing databaseattach upgrades,user migrations for NTLM to Claims Authenti cation, as
well as code and 3rd party application remediation and upgrades.
● Engineered and built the SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure for Corporate Teams, Projects and Applications.
Designed and configured Claims Authentication with SiteMinder and Ping Federate and developed custom
User Profile synchronization with Sun One Directory LDAP.
● Managed the build and support of the SharePoint 2010 Infrastructure for Agency Teams and Custom
Applications. Reviewed and managed releases and changes.
● Launched the first SharePoint Application at NYL the MOSS 2007 Automated Spreadsheet Controls
application. This included hardware and software architecture design and acquisition, project
management, and documentation. Engineered, planned and successfully oversaw many pos t production
major releases that incurred minimal down time and positive customer reactions. Managed the work of

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development consultants to see that business requirements were being delivered.
● Worked on diverse Internet technologies at NYL prior to fully focusing on SharePoint. Provided
engineering, architecture and support for IIS and Sun One Web servers, Vignette Content Management
System, Google Search Appliance, WebSphere Middleware and Applications on both Windows and UNIX
platforms
Jun 2005 – Dec 2005 Bernard Nickels and Associates Jersey City, NJ
WEB SYSTEMS ENGINEER CONSULTANT AT MERRILL LYNCH
● Responsible for code deployment and project releases for various products such as Hyperion, Orbix,
Cognos, Autodesk. Administer Tomcat, Apache, IIS, and JRun. Create HTA and VBS build scripts to build
application environments for MS Cluster Servers. One off scripting for inventory, patches, virus removal
and other needs. Created PHP and Perl application to automate the creation of virtual nodes on the ESX
VMWare Server.
May 2004 – Jun 2005 Sharp Decisions Jersey City, NJ
E-BUSINESS SYSTEMS ENGINEERCONSULTANT AT TDWATERHOUSE
● Provided architecture and third level support for WebSphere Application Server on Windows 2003 and
WebSphere MQ 5.3 on Solaris 8. Designed and implemented a migration from a Single Server to Network
Deployment environment as well as a 5.0 to 5.1 upgrade. Created patching strategy and standards for
operations and code deployments. Developed perl, vbs, wap, and wsadmin scripts for upgrades and
maintenance. Implemented Wiki system for documentation and “cookbook” documents for rollouts of
major initiatives. JBoss, Tomcat and Wiki support.
Mar 2002 – May 2004 Delta Corporate Services Newark, NJ
INTERNET SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION CONSULTANTAT HORIZON BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD
● WebSphere, IIS, Sun One/ iPlanet LDAP Directory Server, and Directory Smart Single Sign-on Security.
Instrumental in mentoring and developing more junior engineers. Utilized skillswith perl, batch, and shell
scripting to deploy applications and migrate data. Assembling and versioning applications with AAT,
SourceSafe and PVCS. Configured enterprise applications and corrected performance problems by
monitoringserver availability and resource utilization analysis. Made use of WSCP, TCL and XMLConfig to
deploy WebSphere applications and servers.Managed workloads by cloningand distributing applications
in a server farm. Leading rolein WebSphere 3.5 to 4.0 migration and successful quarterly deployments of
applications.
Sep 2000 – Jan 2002 nextSource New York, NY
WEB SYSTEMS ENGINEER CONSULTANT AT JPMORGAN CHASE MANHATTAN
● Act as a liaison between business units,operations,network, and firewall groups communicatingbusiness
needs and technical information often serving as a “translator”. Work with the development and
operations staff to design web site architectures, specify web site components, ensure compliance with
standards and ensure a smooth transition of web sites from development, staging and production.
Executed IIS and Netscape web server Administration on NT and Solaris 2.6 and 7. Accountable for
Entrust GetAccess, WebLogic, JRun and WebSphere support. SQL, ASP, and IIS deployments
Jan 2000 – Sep 2000 Ayers Group Newark, NJ
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATORCONSULTANT AT CONSULTANT AT SCHOLASTIC.COM
● Performed IIS, WebSphere, MS SQL and DB2 Administration. Hands-on management and configuration of
Cisco Routers, Cisco PIX firewalls, Cisco Local Directors, and 3COM switches. DNS and Exchange and
infrastructure upgrading.
Dec 1996 – Dec 1999 MicroAge Inc. Edison, NJ
SYSTEMS ENGINEER CONSULTANT AT MANY FINANCIAL,INSURANCE,AND OTHER CLIENT SUCH AS MORGAN STANLEY DEAN
WITTER,AIG,CITIBANK,& CON EDISON
● Responsible for SQL, IIS, Exchange Server administration. SMS in on 700 desktops. SMS 1.2 to 2.0

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upgrade. MS SQL 6.5 to 7.0 upgrades. NT Domain administration. Documented, tested, software and
hardware for Y2K certification. Accountable for maintenance, backups, upgrades of file, print, SQL, Fax,
CD, and Gateway Servers as a Windows NT administrator of the global network. Migrated Windows NT
4.0 and Novell NetWare Network using Token Ring and Ethernet technologies. Rolled out NT. Rolled out
Windows 95 to user desktops at many offices. Performed configuration of desktop computers to function
with legacy programs and Mainframe systems.
EDUCATION
1996 Electronics Technician Diploma with Honors Devry Institute North Brunswick, NJ
1995 Associate in Applied Science Business Management Brookdale Community College Lincroft, NJ
TRAINING& CONFERENCES
● Microsoft TechEd 2013, 2011, 1999 ● Microsoft SharePoint 2009, SPTechCon Austin
● Implementing MOSS 2007 / WSS 3.0 ● Server V4 / MQ System Administration
● Vignette Portal Systems Administration &
Vignette Village 2007
● Universal Identity Platform UIdP & GetAccess
System Single Sign-on Admin
● Internet Programming Using JAVA / Perl
Programming
● Compaq/Windows NT Accredited Systems
Engineer, HP Net Server Technical Training
● Supporting Exchange Server 5.5 ● Supporting Microsoft Windows 95
CERTIFICATIONS
● Microsoft Certified Professional since 1997 with 29 exams completed
● CURRENT MICROSOFT CERTIFICATIONS
● Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate : Office 365
● Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert : SharePoint
● Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate : Windows Server 2012
● Microsoft Certified IT Professional : SharePoint Administrator 2010
● Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
: Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
: SharePoint 2010, Configuration
: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration
: Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Configuration
: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Configuration
● Microsoft Certified Database Administrator : Microsoft SQL Server 2000
● LEGACY MICROSOFT CERTIFICATIONS
o Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Windows 2000: NT 3.51 + Internet : Windows NT 4.0
o Microsoft Certified Professional
o Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet
● Linux Professional Institute Junior Level Administration (LPIC-1)
● IBM Certified - WebSphere Application Server V5.0 and V4.0, WebSphere MQ V5.3
● Sun Certified Systems Administrator (SCSA)
● Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
● Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)