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Summary of Qualifications * Project Management Procurement/ Facilities Management * Strong Technical Skills Coaching/ Training * Contract Negotiations Problem Solving Skills/ Innovative * Strategic Planning Internal IT Audits/Internal Controls Experienced IT manager. Provides service and expertise which results in successful daily operations of the Mobile, Alabama US Bankruptcy Court. Detail oriented, following projects through to completion. Builds trust quickly with staff and external vendors. Ensure projects are completed on time and according to contract. Career Summary Systems Manager 8/98 - Present US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Alabama, Mobile, AL Oversight and day-to-day administration and maintenance of the court network, servers, database applications, telephone system, desktops and mobile devices. Management job duties include: * Strategic plans: Develop and implement short and long range IT strategic plans for the court. * Project management: Responsible for the implementation and execution of critical IT systems. * Budget and expenditures: Develop and manage budget and spending plan for IT department with budget justifications and projections for expenditures, including new project implementations, upgrades and maintenance contracts. * Procurement: Contracting officer for procurement of IT hardware and software, maintenance agreements, and contractual IT services. * Policy development: Develop, implement and monitor IT processes and procedures. * Security: Develop, implement and manage IT security and security policies and procedures. * Manage staff: Reports to the Court Unit Executive and manages IT staff, completes performance evaluations, certifies time and attendance records. * Delegation: Assign tasks to subordinate staff within IT Department and Clerk's Office. * Training and presentations: Train court staff on IT policies and procedures. * Networking and teamwork: Serve as IT liaison with the Judicial Administrative IT Office, General Services Administration, U.S. Attorney's Office, IT vendors, creditors, debtors, attorneys, judges and other courts. Technical job duties include: * Network systems: Perform preventive maintenance of network systems, ensuring system readiness/ redundancy. Identify, analyze and resolve network problems. * Auditing: Member of Audit Team to conduct internal audits of IT processes and policies, finance, procurement, time & attendance. * Backup and disaster recovery plans: Develop, maintain, and enforce a COOP (Continuity of Operations Plan) plan in the event of systems failure. Maintain a disaster recovery plan for the court unit. Manage data backups and off-site storage using disk replication. * Network servers: Ensure security and integrity of network file and applications servers to include user access, application support and failover redundancy for COOP and Disaster Recovery. * Audio and video recording technology: Maintain courtroom technology systems including electronic digital recording and video conferencing systems. * Communication systems: Maintain Microsoft Active Directory and VMWare Virtual Enterprise Environment communication systems including ongoing modifications and upgrades to telephone systems. * Maintain Informix based CM/ECF Application (Case Management/Electronic Case Filing). David A. Cook Resume: Page Two Information Systems/ LAN Manager 10/93 - 8/98
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