MATT STRATTON
4524 Blackhawk Lane • Lisle, IL 60532 • (630) 995-3385
matt.stratton@gmail.com
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Technical architect and solutions engineer with over ten years experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale Microsoft-based infrastructure for financial
and insurance institutions. History of streamlining and automating processes to drive efficiency and overall cost reduction. Proven ability to manage relationships
and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to leverage technology to build practical business solutions.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
CLASSIFIED VENTURES/APARTMENTS.COM, Chicago, Illinois
Manager of IT Operations
2007 – Present
Direct report to line-of-business CTO. Lead team of systems administrators responsible for support of Wintel production servers for customer-facing, best-ofbreed consumer search website with over 3 million visits per month. Created online documentation repository for system runbooks and operational handbooks
using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Streamlined system monitoring efforts from 8 disparate tools to 3 industry-standard suites, including Microsoft
System Center Operations Manager 2007. Established standards for environment management and software configuration management in application lifecycle to
streamline code releases. Act as liaison between line-of-business technical department and corporate technology groups. Managed annual capital expenditure
budget in excess of $500,000. Maintain relationship with consulting partners as well as Microsoft and other product vendors to introduce and enhance latest
technology offerings to best drive business goals.
JPMORGAN CHASE, Chicago, Illinois
Engineer Lead
2004 – 2007
Managed all server-related technical aspects of solutions based on Microsoft Windows operating systems and VMWare Virtual Infrastructure 3 for Treasury and
Securities Services, one of the largest cash management providers in the world. Identified and leveraged opportunities across teams and integrated common
functions/practices. Worked with Production Support group to strengthen infrastructure and improve production stability on systems processing an average of $2.8
trillion in wire transfers daily. Defined process and standards for Wintel-based server deployments for all TSS projects. Worked with multiple application teams to
develop requirements, and created infrastructure designs that enabled highly available, fault-tolerant, and cost effective solutions.
FORBES TECHNICAL CONSULTING, Chicago, Illinois
Server Operations Engineer (AON)
2003 – 2004
Collaborated with business units and server architecture group to plan and deploy Windows 2000 servers for high-availability resources. Supported Novell servers
and contributed to capacity planning effort for disk space utilization.
HELLER FINANCIAL, Chicago, Illinois
Technical Principal
2001 – 2002
Acted as principal systems integrator for international middle-market lending firm, coordinating business managers and IT resources in financial systems projects.
Defined infrastructure standards for all Microsoft-based server technologies, including Exchange and Windows 2000. Managed team of engineers in design and
implementation of all server-based infrastructure in a multiple site environment. Developed automated mailbox migration system from legacy 5.5 environment to
Exchange 2000. Re-engineered WINS and DNS environments for efficiency and to best leverage new Windows 2000 technologies. Led team in planning, design,
and management of Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 upgrade to Windows 2000 Active Directory enterprise initiative with over 300 servers.
HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES, Chicago, Illinois
Network Engineer
2000 – 2001
Maintained network security/integrity across a global WAN. Provided support for frame relay network connections. Designed system for connecting new office
acquisitions using VPN technologies. Designed and implemented DMZ infrastructure for secure connections to vendor networks, as well as Outlook Web Access.
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION, Chicago, Illinois
Senior Member of Technical Staff
1998 – 2000
Worked with architecture team on planning and forecasting new technologies. Led selection and testing effort for performance monitoring/capacity planning
software. Integrated newly acquired offices into enterprise environment.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
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Windows Server 2000/2003/2008; OS X
VMWare Virtual Infrastructure 3
TCP/IP Networking protocols, including management and routing protocols, and name resolution technologies (WINS and DNS)
Microsoft Active Directory implementation and support
System Center Operations Manager 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007/Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Disaster recovery procedures and planning
HP/Compaq Proliant server hardware
Microsoft Internet Information Server and ASP.NET
Windows Terminal Server and Citrix Metaframe
EMC SAN technologies
Windows scripting techniques including VBScript and WSH
TRAINING/CERTIFICATION
Microsoft Certified IT Professional, Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist (2008)
VMWare Virtual Infrastructure 3 (2006)
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (2004)
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (1998)
Cisco Certified Networking Associate (1998)