1. CRAIG PICKERING
2132 Woodhillcrest Drive
Mobile, AL 36609
C: 713-305-0734
pickering.cr@gmail.com
Summary
Self-motivated IT professional with 20 years’ experience in Corporate Office planning, design,
and implementation. Well rounded skills include all aspects of the IT infrastructure including
Windows server environment, Cisco LAN/WAN, and Telephony. Customer oriented focus
towards providing the best infrastructure lifecycle from concept/design to long term operation
and support.
Technical Skills
 Cisco Catalyst 2900-6500 Series LAN Switches
 Cisco Routers
 Cisco Wireless Access Points
 Voice over IP-Cisco Call Manager environment
 Technical lead for office planning, design, implementation and support
 TCP/IP and routing
 Campus LAN Environment
 Windows 2000, 2003, and 2008 server management
 Windows Server Services-Print, DHCP, FTP, DNS, Terminal Services
 Windows XP, Windows 7 client operating systems
 Windows Active Directory
 Windows Server Services-Print, DHCP,
 VMWare vSphere ESXi 4.x/5.x
 HP Hardware including ProLiant series servers, MSA/EVA/3Par Storage, StorageWorks
Tape Library, and rack mount UPS
 Symantec Backup Exec/Networker backup software
Major Projects
 Migration of 150 employees from joint venture into standard corporate office solution at
new permanent office in Canada.
 Designed and supervised onsite installation of new office location setup for 500
employees in United Kingdom
 Installed, then relocated server room , IT infrastructure, and 150 employees from
temporary to permanent location at construction site located at 15,000' elevation in Peru

2.  Upgraded/refreshed server and LAN infrastructure for 1000 employee office in Curitiba,
Brazil. Upgraded/standardized LAN switch configuration with 50 Catalyst Switches,
Collapsed/migrated data and services from 30 legacy physical servers into new virtual
server environment.
 Technical lead for 20 medium to large scale office hardware refresh projects in Americas
2012-2014
Work Experience
IT Consultant April – June 2015
WESCO Gas & Welding Supply, Prichard, AL
 Cleanup/Optimize IT infrastructure, including AD, Windows Server, Virus Protection, and
Backup
 Technical lead Telecom services migration project for main office and 11 branch
locations
 Install, configure, and support of Cisco WAN, and LAN equipment
 Install, Configure and support of Dell Physical server equipment
 Installation and configuration of Microsoft Hyper-V environment
 Windows Server Deployment and Support
 Windows Server data and services migrations
 End user desktop support
Technical Support Analyst III 02/1995-March 31, 2015
Aker Solutions, Mobile, AL
 IT. Project design, estimate, and implementation of new remote project and permanent
offices
 Technical lead and coordination for office installation, onsite physical and remote
supervision
 Plan and design for small to medium size data center at remote offices
 Plan, design, and implement hardware refresh of network and server equipment
 Install, configure, and support of Cisco WAN, WLAN, and LAN equipment
 Install, Configure and support of HP Physical server equipment
 Installation and configuration of VMWare ESX environment
 Windows Server Deployment and Support
 Windows Server data and services migrations
 End user desktop support
Education
Bachelor of Science: Photography
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA
Photography degree with Business Minor