Tom Girard

Background

About Tom Girard

Team leadership, technical experience and strong communication skills are the foundation of my fifteen years in the technology field. Beginning as a network systems engineer and building my skills to eventually serve at the Director level, I incorporate problem solving, clear communication and strong leadership qualities into my approach as a team leader. Major Project Management and Execution: Enabling the Mobile Workforce Designed, implemented and maintained SSL VPN solutions in addition to merging enterprise messaging across traditional Microsoft and emerging mobile platforms. Virtual Infrastructure Deployment Replaced physical infrastructure in the corporate and branch office datacenters with vSphere and SAN technology. Reduced physical server count by over 80% with supported shared storage area networks. Corporate/Franchise/Manufacturer Relations As IT Director at the corporate level, I manage all relationships and interactions between franchise employees, manufacturers and corporate staff for all IT services. Digital Retail Display Created custom signage and video display systems for exotic and high-line automotive retail outlets. This project aims to create easy-to-deploy video and signage solutions with cheap, off-the-shelf components. Service Technology and Business Process Management Managed company-wide deployment of new shop technologies including workstations, network infrastructure and WiFi coverage to successfully deliver new business workflow software to our service technicians. Wide Area Network Migration Managed and implemented seamless migration to MPLS over Ethernet/Fiber for entire enterprise including migration to SIP trunking for voice traffic delivery MPLS. Company Growth Management Adept at building alliances between disparate IT organizations before, during and after mergers/acquisitions.