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Eric Sharma

Toronto,Canada

Summary

IT professional with extensive experience in managing IT operations and support services. Proven ability to drive technological improvements and streamline processes for optimal performance. Known for fostering teamwork and adaptability in dynamic settings, ensuring reliable service delivery and troubleshooting expertise.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Regional IT Coordinator

Trulite Glass
03.2024 - Current

Company Overview: Over 60 plants across USA and Canada focusing on glass fabrication.

  • Conducted thorough risk assessments before implementing any changes to systems or processes, minimizing negative impact on operations.
  • Developed custom applications to improve workflow efficiency and overall business performance.
  • Provided all levels of support while escalating when necessary
  • Technical managed both factories in Ontario and Quebec with onsite every 8 weeks


System Administrator

Thorsteinssons LLP
09.2020 - 08.2023

Company Overview: This law firm also goes by the name Thor, a small firm with 150 employees between Toronto and Vancouver that focuses on tax law

  • Single point of contact managing helpdesk, infrastructure and vendors for the Toronto office
  • Backup helpdesk for Vancouver overflow
  • Perform AV setup in several boardrooms with different conference tools
  • Implemented SSO across DocuSign and Adobe identity management
  • Performed R&D on teams VOIP integration project which is now ongoing
  • Maintained ScreenConnect features to provide remote support experience at the highest level
  • Integrated iManage + NetDocs DMS plugins within our infrastructure

System Administrator

JIG Technologies
09.2019 - 01.2020

Company Overview: JIG is small in-house development and IT consulting firm with a lot of client in the NFP and NGO space

  • Mentored junior staff on different troubleshooting methods as well as escalation point
  • Leveraged RMM tools (AEM/DattoRMM) showing potential of automation
  • Performed several infrastructure projects (physical to cloud, DC migrations, SonicWALL installs)
  • Enrolled several clients with MFA + SSO
  • JIG is small in-house development and IT consulting firm with a lot of client in the NFP and NGO space

Senior IT Specialist

D-tech Consulting
07.2018 - 09.2019

Company Overview: D-Tech Consulting is a small-mid sized MSP that had clients in all verticals from restaurant management, legal, industrial and retail as well as NGO/NFP

  • A growing firm that caters to its KPI and service level agreements
  • Working with junior staff as an escalation point, providing mentorship on resolution
  • Taking on infrastructure level tickets (VPN, firewall NAT rules, SQL DB, VM)
  • Providing insight on ConnectWise/Labtech/IT glue implementations
  • Attend client sites for new tech implementation presentations
  • Member of the senior team where the work of project/service desk was split 60/40
  • D-Tech Consulting is a small-mid sized MSP that had clients in all verticals from restaurant management, legal, industrial and retail as well as NGO/NFP
  • A growing firm that caters to its KPI and service level agreements

Network System Administrator

The Support Source
03.2018 - 07.2018

Company Overview: The Support Source is a small consulting firm that caters to in-house infrastructure and redundancy for SME clients in insurance, finance, real estate management

  • Worked in a team of 3 including the owner (2 sys admins including + the owner)
  • Provided onsite support during and after business hours
  • Implemented Slack for recording continuous client communication to limit emails floods
  • Implemented ticketing system and documentation system SI Portal to migrate from legacy inhouse word/excel documents withholding all passwords, standard procedures for infrastructure shutdown, new users, vendor info etc
  • Introduced automation via their current RMM platform as it was under utilized
  • The Support Source is a small consulting firm that caters to in-house infrastructure and redundancy for SME clients in insurance, finance, real estate management

IT Consultant + Senior Helpdesk NOC Support

Mission Control Helpdesk and NOC Services
05.2017 - 03.2018

Company Overview: Mission Control provides outsources Helpdesk and NOC services for other MSP around the world

  • Helping MSPs increase their client base by providing senior techs that represent the MSP client as their brand
  • Provide all levels of support onsite and remote for various MSPs
  • Act as a technical account manager for onboarding of new MSPs and their clients
  • Scope out projects for clients with project plans and budgeted hours
  • Backend administration of Autotask suite (creating workflows for inbound tickets)
  • Performed onsite client site migration to new location
  • Performed a disaster recovery while building new server infrastructure
  • Train new members on internal support structure
  • Assist MSPs with their PSA and RMM integrations to our Mission Control system
  • Mission Control provides outsources Helpdesk and NOC services for other MSP around the world
  • Helping MSPs increase their client base by providing senior techs that represent the MSP client as their brand

Managed Services Support Specialist / Consultant

Nucleus Networks
11.2014 - 05.2017

Company Overview: Nucleus Networks is rapidly expanding MSP company with a presence in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria

  • Currently provide consulting and support to clients NFP, government, private sectors
  • Mentor/train new staff while consulting on projects and providing remote support for clients
  • Canada wide posited local support for Toronto clients when applicable
  • Assist with migrations (desktop profile migration, P2V server migrations to HyperV)
  • Internal spam filter + Exchange Server management (Exchange servers go through our Barracuda Spam filter, O365 exchange power shell)
  • Facilitating all types of request from support, account management, vendor management for the Toronto office as the client base and the staff count grew
  • Building new IT solutions for new clients
  • (brand new infras
  • Satellite offices for clients)
  • Assist with client onboarding and decommissioning
  • Working with account management on procurement for project kick offs
  • Ensured knowledge is shared, creating internal communication channels to share scripts/tools/software to benefit the company team as a whole
  • Ensuring clients are positive with scheduled pro-active onsite work and infrastructure review
  • Nucleus Networks is rapidly expanding MSP company with a presence in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria
  • Currently provide consulting and support to clients NFP, government, private sectors

Systems Administrator

Fully Managed
11.2012 - 05.2013

Company Overview: Fully Managed is tech firm where they provide managed services in the field of Information Technology

  • They offer support and management for all types of technical infrastructure for all types of businesses
  • Utilizing ConnectWise for handling Tier 1/2/3 tickets for over 100 clients in BC and Alberta
  • Responding to all server network and desktop issues while performing root cause analysis
  • Managing client’s network and server through remote management via Labtec
  • (Pushing scripts for remote install for various apps, set alerting for crucial devices to minimize down time)
  • Maintaining/developing technical infrastructure documentation in the internal wiki database
  • (licensing for different software vendors, ISP info, static IP devices, VMs+clusters)
  • Mentoring client care staff for career growth
  • Providing tools and concepts to ensure the development of current skillset
  • Voluntarily participating for on-call, responding to critical alerts and outages during afterhours
  • Building relationships with clients while liaising vendors to insure clear interaction
  • Fully Managed is tech firm where they provide managed services in the field of Information Technology
  • They offer support and management for all types of technical infrastructure for all types of businesses

Education

Computer Systems Technology -

Seneca College
01.2008

Skills

  • Microsoft Windows OS Clients
  • Microsoft Windows Server Environments (onprem Azure)
  • Microsoft SQL Database Server ( basic SQL db queries and DB manegemtn with Management Studio)
  • Microsoft Office Suites (KMS, MAK, 365 licensing)
  • Office 365 Cloud Administration
  • Network/Firewalls (Meraki Fortinet)
  • Virtualization (HyperV vmWare)
  • Enterprise Utilities
  • Mobile Device Management
  • Hardware
  • MSP experience
  • Client satisfaction
  • Customer service
  • Technical communication
  • Technology awareness
  • Client facing perspective

Timeline

Regional IT Coordinator

Trulite Glass
03.2024 - Current

System Administrator

Thorsteinssons LLP
09.2020 - 08.2023

System Administrator

JIG Technologies
09.2019 - 01.2020

Senior IT Specialist

D-tech Consulting
07.2018 - 09.2019

Network System Administrator

The Support Source
03.2018 - 07.2018

IT Consultant + Senior Helpdesk NOC Support

Mission Control Helpdesk and NOC Services
05.2017 - 03.2018

Managed Services Support Specialist / Consultant

Nucleus Networks
11.2014 - 05.2017

Systems Administrator

Fully Managed
11.2012 - 05.2013

Computer Systems Technology -

Seneca College
Eric Sharma