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href=\"#top\">A<span>.<\/span>D’ANDRADE<\/a>\n <nav class=\"topnav\" aria-label=\"Sections\">\n <a href=\"#about\">Profile<\/a>\n <a href=\"#experience\">Experience<\/a>\n <a href=\"#skills\">Skills<\/a>\n <a href=\"#education\">Training<\/a>\n <a href=\"#contact\">Contact<\/a>\n <\/nav>\n <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<main id=\"top\">\n\n\n<section class=\"hero\">\n <div class=\"hero-grid-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n <svg class=\"hero-trace\" viewBox=\"0 0 1200 420\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n <g fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#2FA8B8\" stroke-width=\"1\" opacity=\".38\">\n <path d=\"M-20 340 L180 340 L260 250 L520 250 L600 160 L900 160 L980 90 L1220 90\"\/>\n <path d=\"M-20 400 L300 400 L380 316 L760 316 L840 232 L1220 232\"\/>\n <\/g>\n <g fill=\"#E8A33D\" opacity=\".7\">\n <circle cx=\"260\" cy=\"250\" r=\"3\"\/><circle cx=\"600\" cy=\"160\" r=\"3\"\/>\n <circle cx=\"980\" cy=\"90\" r=\"3\"\/><circle cx=\"380\" cy=\"316\" r=\"3\"\/>\n <circle cx=\"840\" cy=\"232\" r=\"3\"\/>\n <\/g>\n <\/svg>\n\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"hero-layout\">\n <div>\n <p class=\"eyebrow on-dark\"><span class=\"dot\">\u25cf<\/span> Network operations \u00b7 Systems infrastructure<\/p>\n <h1>Anthony<br>D<span class=\"apos\">‘<\/span>Andrade<\/h1>\n <p class=\"role-line\">Thirty years keeping <em>networks, servers and the people on them<\/em> running.<\/p>\n <div class=\"hero-meta\">\n <span>Mississauga, Ontario<\/span>\n <span>Available for contract & full-time<\/span>\n <a href=\"tel:+14162773357\">416-277-3357<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <aside class=\"status\" aria-label=\"Career at a glance\">\n <div class=\"status-head\"><span class=\"led\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span>System status<\/span><\/div>\n <dl>\n <div class=\"row\"><dt>In service since<\/dt><dd>1995<small>30 years<\/small><\/dd><\/div>\n <div class=\"row\"><dt>Current role<\/dt><dd>14 yrs<small>Active contract<\/small><\/dd><\/div>\n <div class=\"row\"><dt>Largest user base<\/dt><dd>5,000<small>2nd-tier ISP<\/small><\/dd><\/div>\n <div class=\"row\"><dt>Platforms<\/dt><dd>Win \u00b7 Linux<small>VMware \u00b7 Cisco<\/small><\/dd><\/div>\n <\/dl>\n <\/aside>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section\" id=\"about\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <p class=\"eyebrow\">01 \u2014 Profile<\/p>\n <h2>From the server room to the end user’s desk.<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"about-grid\">\n <div>\n <p class=\"lede\">An IT professional with over twenty years in computer networking, most of it in internet-related technologies and corporate networks. Flexible and adaptive across environments, with the planning and documentation habits that keep multi-site projects on schedule.<\/p>\n <p class=\"lede\">Comfortable explaining a complex fault to management in plain language, then going and fixing it \u2014 troubleshooting from the server side all the way down to the workstation, across LAN, WAN and hosted environments.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"strengths\">\n <li><b>Infrastructure<\/b><span>Windows and Linux server builds, Active Directory, Exchange, MSSQL, IIS and Apache.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Virtualization<\/b><span>VMware ESX and vCenter 3.x\u20137.x, Hyper-V, Proxmox, physical-to-virtual migration.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Networking<\/b><span>Cisco and HP switching, routing, dual-WAN, VPN, DNS, subnetting, IDS.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Operations<\/b><span>Monitoring, change management, patching, documentation and user training.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section\" id=\"experience\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <p class=\"eyebrow\">02 \u2014 Professional experience<\/p>\n <h2>Seven roles, one continuous uptime record.<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl\" id=\"timeline\">\n <div class=\"tl-line\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n <ol class=\"tl-list\">\n\n <li class=\"job current reveal\">\n <p class=\"job-dates\"><span>September 2011 \u2014 Present<\/span><span class=\"tag live\">Current contract<\/span><\/p>\n <h3>Network Operations Manager<\/h3>\n <p class=\"org\">Avida Corporation \u00b7 BioAdvantech Pharma \u00b7 Canada Bonded Attorney<\/p>\n <p class=\"desc\">Runs day-to-day network and server operations for a small group of companies working in very different fields \u2014 pharma, legal collections and corporate services \u2014 under shared ownership.<\/p>\n <div class=\"duties\">\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Servers & directory<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Windows Server NT through 2019<\/li>\n <li>Active Directory, Group Policy<\/li>\n <li>Exchange 2003\u20132019, MSSQL 2000\u20132014<\/li>\n <li>Linux: Debian, CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu<\/li>\n <li>Apple OS X Server 10.x<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Virtualization & storage<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>VMware ESX and vCenter 3.x\u20136.x<\/li>\n <li>Physical-to-virtual migrations<\/li>\n <li>IBM BladeCenter management<\/li>\n <li>SAN and NAS administration<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Network & security<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Cisco and HP switch management<\/li>\n <li>Dual-WAN configuration<\/li>\n <li>SonicWALL VPN<\/li>\n <li>Snort and Suricata intrusion detection<\/li>\n <li>Internal and external DNS<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Web, voice & cloud<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>IIS and LAMP hosting, SSL renewals<\/li>\n <li>Asterisk VOIP \u2014 users, SIP, server<\/li>\n <li>Office 365 migration and management<\/li>\n <li>Shopify sites and email marketing<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Automation<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>VBScript, T-SQL, Python, shell<\/li>\n <li>Monitoring across hardware and network<\/li>\n <li>Change management and patching<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Support & training<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Desktop-to-server support requests<\/li>\n <li>Application and OS troubleshooting<\/li>\n <li>Group and one-to-one user training<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n\n <li class=\"job reveal\">\n <p class=\"job-dates\"><span>January 2015 \u2014 June 2016<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Contract<\/span><\/p>\n <h3>VMware Specialist \u2014 Darlington Nuclear Plant<\/h3>\n <p class=\"org\">Integrated Networking and Systems Inc.<\/p>\n <p class=\"desc\">Team lead on the implementation of a VMware ESX 5.0 high-availability, fault-tolerant hardware cluster for the plant’s entry control system.<\/p>\n <div class=\"duties\">\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Scope of work<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Reviewed documentation of the existing system configuration<\/li>\n <li>Recommended changes and improvements, submitted for review<\/li>\n <li>Implemented approved changes on sign-off<\/li>\n <li>Documented and tested full system build procedures<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n\n <li class=\"job reveal\">\n <p class=\"job-dates\"><span>August 2010 \u2014 December 2010<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Contract<\/span><\/p>\n <h3>Systems Administrator Lead<\/h3>\n <p class=\"org\">Magnitude Productions \u00b7 IMAX Corporation<\/p>\n <p class=\"desc\">Led a small IT team through the day-to-day operations of a visual effects production environment, working primarily with open-source implementations.<\/p>\n <div class=\"duties\">\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Team<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Supported the supervisor on decisions and team roles<\/li>\n <li>Ran team meetings<\/li>\n <li>Documented technology implementations<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Systems<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>eGroupware and helpdesk with single sign-on<\/li>\n <li>OpenLDAP with replication<\/li>\n <li>Nagios, Zabbix and Centreon via agents and SNMP<\/li>\n <li>Gentoo network imaging for workstation deployment<\/li>\n <li>BIND DNS, DHCP, Isilon NAS cluster<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n\n <li class=\"job reveal\">\n <p class=\"job-dates\"><span>December 2009 \u2014 August 2010<\/span><\/p>\n <h3>IT Consultant<\/h3>\n <p class=\"org\">New Age Solutions<\/p>\n <p class=\"desc\">An IT start-up offering managed hosting, data centre facilities and professional services. Led infrastructure design and implementation across network components and servers.<\/p>\n <div class=\"duties\">\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Network<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Cisco 3650 routers, 2950 Catalyst switches<\/li>\n <li>PowerDNS servers<\/li>\n <li>VPN on Cisco PIX and ASA, SonicWALL, OpenVPN<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Platform<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Windows Server builds, monitoring, backup and restore<\/li>\n <li>VMware ESX 3.5, virtual switches and storage<\/li>\n <li>Plesk, cPanel, H-Sphere, DotNetPanel for Exchange hosting<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Client-facing<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Consulting on platform and architecture requirements<\/li>\n <li>Professional services and project management<\/li>\n <li>Documented procedures and best practices<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n\n <li class=\"job reveal\">\n <p class=\"job-dates\"><span>March 2006 \u2014 November 2009<\/span><\/p>\n <h3>Network Specialist<\/h3>\n <p class=\"org\">The Capris Group<\/p>\n <p class=\"desc\">A web development and managed hosting company building high-end dynamic sites and running the hosting facilities behind them.<\/p>\n <div class=\"duties\">\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Servers<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Windows and Linux builds with change management<\/li>\n <li>Monitoring, backup and restore<\/li>\n <li>VMware 3.0 and 3.5 configuration<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>High availability<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Clustered and load-balanced web, mail and database systems<\/li>\n <li>Oracle 10g monitoring and patching<\/li>\n <li>WebSphere application server front-end management<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Network<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Cisco and SonicWALL routers and switches, IOS upgrades<\/li>\n <li>Domain registration and DNS zone setup<\/li>\n <li>Subnet assignment to clients<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n\n <li class=\"job reveal\">\n <p class=\"job-dates\"><span>April 1999 \u2014 March 2006<\/span><\/p>\n <h3>IT Consultant<\/h3>\n <p class=\"org\">Multilan Consulting Inc.<\/p>\n <p class=\"desc\">A networking and internet consultancy serving small and midsize businesses across hardware, software, internet and ecommerce. Provided outsourced IT for networks of up to 50 users.<\/p>\n <div class=\"duties\">\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Windows environments<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Small Business Server 4.0 through 2008<\/li>\n <li>Active Directory and multi-domain trusts<\/li>\n <li>Security and distribution groups, distribution lists<\/li>\n <li>File system permissions<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Services<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Exchange 2000, 2003 and 2007 deployments<\/li>\n <li>Windows SharePoint Services<\/li>\n <li>IIS 5, 6 and 7 for internal sites<\/li>\n <li>Server upgrades and migrations<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>End users<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Desk and workstation support for Windows XP, Vista and 7<\/li>\n <li>Server, network and workstation troubleshooting<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n\n <li class=\"job reveal\">\n <p class=\"job-dates\"><span>March 1995 \u2014 January 2000<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Where it started<\/span><\/p>\n <h3>Systems Administrator<\/h3>\n <p class=\"org\">Visinet Systems<\/p>\n <p class=\"desc\">Ran day-to-day operations for a second-tier internet service provider serving roughly 5,000 users, corporate clients included.<\/p>\n <div class=\"duties\">\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Infrastructure<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Windows and Linux server setup for hosted applications<\/li>\n <li>Sendmail, SQL, Apache and IIS<\/li>\n <li>IP and subnet assignment<\/li>\n <li>Cisco 1700 and 1800 routers<\/li>\n <li>3Com and Portmaster terminal servers<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Security<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Guardian and Borderware firewalls<\/li>\n <li>Patched breaches including rootkits and DOS attacks<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Service<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Technical support and help desk<\/li>\n <li>Sourced hardware and software solutions<\/li>\n <li>Liaison between users and management<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <\/ol>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section\" id=\"skills\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <p class=\"eyebrow\">03 \u2014 Acquired skills<\/p>\n <h2>The stack, accumulated.<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"skills\">\n\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Operating systems<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip key\">Windows Server 3.51\u20132019<\/span><span class=\"chip key\">Linux<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">CentOS<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Debian<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Ubuntu<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">FreeBSD<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Gentoo<\/span><span class=\"chip\">NetBSD<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">HP-UX<\/span><span class=\"chip\">SCO<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Solaris<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">macOS 9.x\u201310.x<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Novell 3.12\u20134.11<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">OS\/2 Warp<\/span><span class=\"chip\">DOS<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Cisco IOS 12.x<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Virtualization<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip key\">VMware ESX 2.5\u20137.0<\/span><span class=\"chip key\">vCenter<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Hyper-V<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Proxmox 1.x\u20132.x<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">P2V migration<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Hardware<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip\">HP DL series<\/span><span class=\"chip\">HP Z800<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Dell PowerEdge<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">IBM servers<\/span><span class=\"chip\">IBM BladeCenter<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">HP MSA1000 SAN<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Promise SAN<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Jetstore SAN<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Isilon NAS<\/span><span class=\"chip\">QNAP NAS<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Cisco 760\u20133600<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Cisco & Dell switches<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">3Com Total Control<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Livingston PortMaster<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Applications & services<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip key\">Active Directory<\/span><span class=\"chip key\">Exchange 5.5\u20132019<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Apache<\/span><span class=\"chip\">IIS 4.0\u20138.0<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">SQL Server 2000\u20132014<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Oracle 10g<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Sendmail v8<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Qmail<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">BIND 4\/8\/9<\/span><span class=\"chip\">PowerDNS<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">WebSphere 6.x<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Samba<\/span><span class=\"chip\">RADIUS<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">OpenLDAP<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Fedora Directory Server<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Nagios<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Zabbix<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Zenoss<\/span><span class=\"chip\">MRTG<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Openfiler<\/span><span class=\"chip\">FreeNAS<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Asterisk VOIP<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Technologies<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip key\">High availability<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Hardware & software load balancing<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Linux-HA \/ Heartbeat<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Windows clustering<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Fibre SAN<\/span><span class=\"chip\">iSCSI NAS<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Replication<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">RAID 0\/1\/5\/10<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">AWS<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Microsoft Azure<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Rackspace<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">GoGrid<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Office 365<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Cloud migration<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Snort<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Suricata<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Protocols<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip key\">TCP\/IP<\/span><span class=\"chip\">NAT<\/span><span class=\"chip\">VPN<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">IPSEC<\/span><span class=\"chip\">PPTP<\/span><span class=\"chip\">L2TP<\/span><span class=\"chip\">GRE<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">STP<\/span><span class=\"chip\">SNMP v1\u20133<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">OSPF<\/span><span class=\"chip\">BGP<\/span><span class=\"chip\">EIGRP<\/span><span class=\"chip\">RIP v1\u20132<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">NetBEUI<\/span><span class=\"chip\">IPX\/SPX<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Languages & scripting<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip key\">Python<\/span><span class=\"chip key\">Unix shell<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">C<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Perl<\/span><span class=\"chip\">PHP<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">SQL<\/span><span class=\"chip\">JavaScript<\/span><span class=\"chip\">HTML<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">CGI<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Flutter \/ Dart<\/span><span class=\"chip\">VBScript<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section\" id=\"education\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <p class=\"eyebrow\">04 \u2014 Education & training<\/p>\n <h2>Still enrolled, thirty years in.<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"edu-grid\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"edu-item\">\n <p class=\"yr\">Currently enrolled \u2014 May 2025<\/p>\n <h3>Project Management Professional<\/h3>\n <p>Coursera<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"edu-item\">\n <p class=\"yr\">September 1995 \u2014 May 1996<\/p>\n <h3>LAN Design and Administration<\/h3>\n <p>Humber College \u2014 Certification<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"edu-item\">\n <p class=\"yr\">September 1993 \u2014 May 1995<\/p>\n <h3>Microcomputer Electronics Technology<\/h3>\n <p>Toronto School of Business \u2014 Diploma<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Coursework<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip\">Cisco Academy \u2014 CCNA<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Red Hat Essentials \u2014 RHCSE<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Windows Server management<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">MS SQL Server<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">MS Exchange Server<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">MS Proxy Server<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Web Essentials<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Networking Essentials<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Advanced Unix administration<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Advanced Unix shell scripting<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">C, Perl, Python<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">PHP, JavaScript<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Power Automate<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">AWS \/ Azure<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Flutter \/ Dart<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"contact\" id=\"contact\">\n <div class=\"hero-grid-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <p class=\"eyebrow on-dark\"><span class=\"dot\">\u25cf<\/span> 05 \u2014 Contact<\/p>\n <h2>Open to contract and full-time work.<\/h2>\n <p class=\"note\">If you have infrastructure that needs designing, migrating or simply keeping alive, get in touch. References available on request.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"contact-rows\">\n <a class=\"crow\" href=\"tel:+14162773357\">\n <span class=\"k\">Phone<\/span><span class=\"v\">416-277-3357<\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"crow\" href=\"mailto:your@email.com\">\n <span class=\"k\">Email<\/span><span class=\"v\">your@email.com<\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"crow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/your-profile\">\n <span class=\"k\">LinkedIn<\/span><span class=\"v\">\/in\/your-profile<\/span>\n <\/a>\n <div class=\"crow\">\n <span class=\"k\">Based in<\/span><span class=\"v\">Mississauga, Ontario<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <p class=\"foot\">\n <span>\u00a9 <span id=\"year\">2026<\/span> Anthony D’Andrade<\/span>\n <span>Network operations \u00b7 Systems infrastructure \u00b7 Since 1995<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<\/main>\n\n<script>\ndocument.getElementById('year').textContent = new Date().getFullYear();\n\nvar reduced = window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: 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.v{color:var(--signal)}\n.foot{margin-top:38px;font-family:var(--mono);font-size:11.5px;color:#6E8593;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:8px 20px;justify-content:space-between}\n\n\/* ---------- a11y \/ motion ---------- *\/\n:focus-visible{outline:2px solid var(--signal);outline-offset:3px}\n.reveal{opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px);transition:opacity .7s ease,transform .7s ease}\n.reveal.in{opacity:1;transform:none}\n@media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){\n html{scroll-behavior:auto}\n .reveal{opacity:1;transform:none;transition:none}\n .led{animation:none}\n .tl-line{transition:none}\n}\n\n\/* ---------- print ---------- *\/\n@media print{\n .topbar,.hero-trace,.hero-grid-bg{display:none}\n body{background:#fff;font-size:11pt}\n .hero,.contact{background:#fff;color:#000}\n .hero h1,.contact h2,.status dd{color:#000}\n .status{border-color:#999}\n .section{page-break-inside:avoid}\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n\n<header class=\"topbar\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <a class=\"brand\" href=\"#top\">A<span>.<\/span>D’ANDRADE<\/a>\n <nav class=\"topnav\" aria-label=\"Sections\">\n <a href=\"#about\">Profile<\/a>\n <a href=\"#experience\">Experience<\/a>\n <a href=\"#skills\">Skills<\/a>\n <a href=\"#education\">Training<\/a>\n <a href=\"#contact\">Contact<\/a>\n <\/nav>\n <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<main id=\"top\">\n\n\n<section class=\"hero\">\n <div class=\"hero-grid-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n <svg class=\"hero-trace\" viewBox=\"0 0 1200 420\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n <g fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#2FA8B8\" stroke-width=\"1\" opacity=\".38\">\n <path d=\"M-20 340 L180 340 L260 250 L520 250 L600 160 L900 160 L980 90 L1220 90\"\/>\n <path d=\"M-20 400 L300 400 L380 316 L760 316 L840 232 L1220 232\"\/>\n <\/g>\n <g fill=\"#E8A33D\" opacity=\".7\">\n <circle cx=\"260\" cy=\"250\" r=\"3\"\/><circle cx=\"600\" cy=\"160\" r=\"3\"\/>\n <circle cx=\"980\" cy=\"90\" r=\"3\"\/><circle cx=\"380\" cy=\"316\" r=\"3\"\/>\n <circle cx=\"840\" cy=\"232\" r=\"3\"\/>\n <\/g>\n <\/svg>\n\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"hero-layout\">\n <div>\n <p class=\"eyebrow on-dark\"><span class=\"dot\">\u25cf<\/span> Network operations \u00b7 Systems infrastructure<\/p>\n <h1>Anthony<br>D<span class=\"apos\">‘<\/span>Andrade<\/h1>\n <p class=\"role-line\">Thirty years keeping <em>networks, servers and the people on them<\/em> running.<\/p>\n <div class=\"hero-meta\">\n <span>Mississauga, Ontario<\/span>\n <span>Available for contract & full-time<\/span>\n <a href=\"tel:+14162773357\">416-277-3357<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <aside class=\"status\" aria-label=\"Career at a glance\">\n <div class=\"status-head\"><span class=\"led\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><span>System status<\/span><\/div>\n <dl>\n <div class=\"row\"><dt>In service since<\/dt><dd>1995<small>30 years<\/small><\/dd><\/div>\n <div class=\"row\"><dt>Current role<\/dt><dd>14 yrs<small>Active contract<\/small><\/dd><\/div>\n <div class=\"row\"><dt>Largest user base<\/dt><dd>5,000<small>2nd-tier ISP<\/small><\/dd><\/div>\n <div class=\"row\"><dt>Platforms<\/dt><dd>Win \u00b7 Linux<small>VMware \u00b7 Cisco<\/small><\/dd><\/div>\n <\/dl>\n <\/aside>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section\" id=\"about\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <p class=\"eyebrow\">01 \u2014 Profile<\/p>\n <h2>From the server room to the end user’s desk.<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"about-grid\">\n <div>\n <p class=\"lede\">An IT professional with over twenty years in computer networking, most of it in internet-related technologies and corporate networks. Flexible and adaptive across environments, with the planning and documentation habits that keep multi-site projects on schedule.<\/p>\n <p class=\"lede\">Comfortable explaining a complex fault to management in plain language, then going and fixing it \u2014 troubleshooting from the server side all the way down to the workstation, across LAN, WAN and hosted environments.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"strengths\">\n <li><b>Infrastructure<\/b><span>Windows and Linux server builds, Active Directory, Exchange, MSSQL, IIS and Apache.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Virtualization<\/b><span>VMware ESX and vCenter 3.x\u20137.x, Hyper-V, Proxmox, physical-to-virtual migration.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Networking<\/b><span>Cisco and HP switching, routing, dual-WAN, VPN, DNS, subnetting, IDS.<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Operations<\/b><span>Monitoring, change management, patching, documentation and user training.<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section\" id=\"experience\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <p class=\"eyebrow\">02 \u2014 Professional experience<\/p>\n <h2>Seven roles, one continuous uptime record.<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl\" id=\"timeline\">\n <div class=\"tl-line\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n <ol class=\"tl-list\">\n\n <li class=\"job current reveal\">\n <p class=\"job-dates\"><span>September 2011 \u2014 Present<\/span><span class=\"tag live\">Current contract<\/span><\/p>\n <h3>Network Operations Manager<\/h3>\n <p class=\"org\">Avida Corporation \u00b7 BioAdvantech Pharma \u00b7 Canada Bonded Attorney<\/p>\n <p class=\"desc\">Runs day-to-day network and server operations for a small group of companies working in very different fields \u2014 pharma, legal collections and corporate services \u2014 under shared ownership.<\/p>\n <div class=\"duties\">\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Servers & directory<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Windows Server NT through 2019<\/li>\n <li>Active Directory, Group Policy<\/li>\n <li>Exchange 2003\u20132019, MSSQL 2000\u20132014<\/li>\n <li>Linux: Debian, CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu<\/li>\n <li>Apple OS X Server 10.x<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Virtualization & storage<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>VMware ESX and vCenter 3.x\u20136.x<\/li>\n <li>Physical-to-virtual migrations<\/li>\n <li>IBM BladeCenter management<\/li>\n <li>SAN and NAS administration<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Network & security<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Cisco and HP switch management<\/li>\n <li>Dual-WAN configuration<\/li>\n <li>SonicWALL VPN<\/li>\n <li>Snort and Suricata intrusion detection<\/li>\n <li>Internal and external DNS<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Web, voice & cloud<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>IIS and LAMP hosting, SSL renewals<\/li>\n <li>Asterisk VOIP \u2014 users, SIP, server<\/li>\n <li>Office 365 migration and management<\/li>\n <li>Shopify sites and email marketing<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Automation<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>VBScript, T-SQL, Python, shell<\/li>\n <li>Monitoring across hardware and network<\/li>\n <li>Change management and patching<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Support & training<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Desktop-to-server support requests<\/li>\n <li>Application and OS troubleshooting<\/li>\n <li>Group and one-to-one user training<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n\n <li class=\"job reveal\">\n <p class=\"job-dates\"><span>January 2015 \u2014 June 2016<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Contract<\/span><\/p>\n <h3>VMware Specialist \u2014 Darlington Nuclear Plant<\/h3>\n <p class=\"org\">Integrated Networking and Systems Inc.<\/p>\n <p class=\"desc\">Team lead on the implementation of a VMware ESX 5.0 high-availability, fault-tolerant hardware cluster for the plant’s entry control system.<\/p>\n <div class=\"duties\">\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Scope of work<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Reviewed documentation of the existing system configuration<\/li>\n <li>Recommended changes and improvements, submitted for review<\/li>\n <li>Implemented approved changes on sign-off<\/li>\n <li>Documented and tested full system build procedures<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n\n <li class=\"job reveal\">\n <p class=\"job-dates\"><span>August 2010 \u2014 December 2010<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Contract<\/span><\/p>\n <h3>Systems Administrator Lead<\/h3>\n <p class=\"org\">Magnitude Productions \u00b7 IMAX Corporation<\/p>\n <p class=\"desc\">Led a small IT team through the day-to-day operations of a visual effects production environment, working primarily with open-source implementations.<\/p>\n <div class=\"duties\">\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Team<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Supported the supervisor on decisions and team roles<\/li>\n <li>Ran team meetings<\/li>\n <li>Documented technology implementations<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Systems<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>eGroupware and helpdesk with single sign-on<\/li>\n <li>OpenLDAP with replication<\/li>\n <li>Nagios, Zabbix and Centreon via agents and SNMP<\/li>\n <li>Gentoo network imaging for workstation deployment<\/li>\n <li>BIND DNS, DHCP, Isilon NAS cluster<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n\n <li class=\"job reveal\">\n <p class=\"job-dates\"><span>December 2009 \u2014 August 2010<\/span><\/p>\n <h3>IT Consultant<\/h3>\n <p class=\"org\">New Age Solutions<\/p>\n <p class=\"desc\">An IT start-up offering managed hosting, data centre facilities and professional services. Led infrastructure design and implementation across network components and servers.<\/p>\n <div class=\"duties\">\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Network<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Cisco 3650 routers, 2950 Catalyst switches<\/li>\n <li>PowerDNS servers<\/li>\n <li>VPN on Cisco PIX and ASA, SonicWALL, OpenVPN<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Platform<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Windows Server builds, monitoring, backup and restore<\/li>\n <li>VMware ESX 3.5, virtual switches and storage<\/li>\n <li>Plesk, cPanel, H-Sphere, DotNetPanel for Exchange hosting<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Client-facing<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Consulting on platform and architecture requirements<\/li>\n <li>Professional services and project management<\/li>\n <li>Documented procedures and best practices<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n\n <li class=\"job reveal\">\n <p class=\"job-dates\"><span>March 2006 \u2014 November 2009<\/span><\/p>\n <h3>Network Specialist<\/h3>\n <p class=\"org\">The Capris Group<\/p>\n <p class=\"desc\">A web development and managed hosting company building high-end dynamic sites and running the hosting facilities behind them.<\/p>\n <div class=\"duties\">\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Servers<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Windows and Linux builds with change management<\/li>\n <li>Monitoring, backup and restore<\/li>\n <li>VMware 3.0 and 3.5 configuration<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>High availability<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Clustered and load-balanced web, mail and database systems<\/li>\n <li>Oracle 10g monitoring and patching<\/li>\n <li>WebSphere application server front-end management<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Network<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Cisco and SonicWALL routers and switches, IOS upgrades<\/li>\n <li>Domain registration and DNS zone setup<\/li>\n <li>Subnet assignment to clients<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n\n <li class=\"job reveal\">\n <p class=\"job-dates\"><span>April 1999 \u2014 March 2006<\/span><\/p>\n <h3>IT Consultant<\/h3>\n <p class=\"org\">Multilan Consulting Inc.<\/p>\n <p class=\"desc\">A networking and internet consultancy serving small and midsize businesses across hardware, software, internet and ecommerce. Provided outsourced IT for networks of up to 50 users.<\/p>\n <div class=\"duties\">\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Windows environments<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Small Business Server 4.0 through 2008<\/li>\n <li>Active Directory and multi-domain trusts<\/li>\n <li>Security and distribution groups, distribution lists<\/li>\n <li>File system permissions<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Services<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Exchange 2000, 2003 and 2007 deployments<\/li>\n <li>Windows SharePoint Services<\/li>\n <li>IIS 5, 6 and 7 for internal sites<\/li>\n <li>Server upgrades and migrations<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>End users<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Desk and workstation support for Windows XP, Vista and 7<\/li>\n <li>Server, network and workstation troubleshooting<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n\n <li class=\"job reveal\">\n <p class=\"job-dates\"><span>March 1995 \u2014 January 2000<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Where it started<\/span><\/p>\n <h3>Systems Administrator<\/h3>\n <p class=\"org\">Visinet Systems<\/p>\n <p class=\"desc\">Ran day-to-day operations for a second-tier internet service provider serving roughly 5,000 users, corporate clients included.<\/p>\n <div class=\"duties\">\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Infrastructure<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Windows and Linux server setup for hosted applications<\/li>\n <li>Sendmail, SQL, Apache and IIS<\/li>\n <li>IP and subnet assignment<\/li>\n <li>Cisco 1700 and 1800 routers<\/li>\n <li>3Com and Portmaster terminal servers<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Security<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Guardian and Borderware firewalls<\/li>\n <li>Patched breaches including rootkits and DOS attacks<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"duty\">\n <h4>Service<\/h4>\n <ul>\n <li>Technical support and help desk<\/li>\n <li>Sourced hardware and software solutions<\/li>\n <li>Liaison between users and management<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n <\/ol>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section\" id=\"skills\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <p class=\"eyebrow\">03 \u2014 Acquired skills<\/p>\n <h2>The stack, accumulated.<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"skills\">\n\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Operating systems<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip key\">Windows Server 3.51\u20132019<\/span><span class=\"chip key\">Linux<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">CentOS<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Debian<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Ubuntu<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">FreeBSD<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Gentoo<\/span><span class=\"chip\">NetBSD<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">HP-UX<\/span><span class=\"chip\">SCO<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Solaris<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">macOS 9.x\u201310.x<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Novell 3.12\u20134.11<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">OS\/2 Warp<\/span><span class=\"chip\">DOS<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Cisco IOS 12.x<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Virtualization<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip key\">VMware ESX 2.5\u20137.0<\/span><span class=\"chip key\">vCenter<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Hyper-V<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Proxmox 1.x\u20132.x<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">P2V migration<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Hardware<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip\">HP DL series<\/span><span class=\"chip\">HP Z800<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Dell PowerEdge<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">IBM servers<\/span><span class=\"chip\">IBM BladeCenter<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">HP MSA1000 SAN<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Promise SAN<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Jetstore SAN<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Isilon NAS<\/span><span class=\"chip\">QNAP NAS<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Cisco 760\u20133600<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Cisco & Dell switches<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">3Com Total Control<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Livingston PortMaster<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Applications & services<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip key\">Active Directory<\/span><span class=\"chip key\">Exchange 5.5\u20132019<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Apache<\/span><span class=\"chip\">IIS 4.0\u20138.0<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">SQL Server 2000\u20132014<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Oracle 10g<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Sendmail v8<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Qmail<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">BIND 4\/8\/9<\/span><span class=\"chip\">PowerDNS<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">WebSphere 6.x<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Samba<\/span><span class=\"chip\">RADIUS<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">OpenLDAP<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Fedora Directory Server<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Nagios<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Zabbix<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Zenoss<\/span><span class=\"chip\">MRTG<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Openfiler<\/span><span class=\"chip\">FreeNAS<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Asterisk VOIP<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Technologies<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip key\">High availability<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Hardware & software load balancing<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Linux-HA \/ Heartbeat<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Windows clustering<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Fibre SAN<\/span><span class=\"chip\">iSCSI NAS<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Replication<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">RAID 0\/1\/5\/10<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">AWS<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Microsoft Azure<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Rackspace<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">GoGrid<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Office 365<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Cloud migration<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Snort<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Suricata<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Protocols<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip key\">TCP\/IP<\/span><span class=\"chip\">NAT<\/span><span class=\"chip\">VPN<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">IPSEC<\/span><span class=\"chip\">PPTP<\/span><span class=\"chip\">L2TP<\/span><span class=\"chip\">GRE<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">STP<\/span><span class=\"chip\">SNMP v1\u20133<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">OSPF<\/span><span class=\"chip\">BGP<\/span><span class=\"chip\">EIGRP<\/span><span class=\"chip\">RIP v1\u20132<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">NetBEUI<\/span><span class=\"chip\">IPX\/SPX<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Languages & scripting<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip key\">Python<\/span><span class=\"chip key\">Unix shell<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">C<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Perl<\/span><span class=\"chip\">PHP<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">SQL<\/span><span class=\"chip\">JavaScript<\/span><span class=\"chip\">HTML<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">CGI<\/span><span class=\"chip\">Flutter \/ Dart<\/span><span class=\"chip\">VBScript<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section\" id=\"education\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <div class=\"section-head\">\n <p class=\"eyebrow\">04 \u2014 Education & training<\/p>\n <h2>Still enrolled, thirty years in.<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"edu-grid\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"edu-item\">\n <p class=\"yr\">Currently enrolled \u2014 May 2025<\/p>\n <h3>Project Management Professional<\/h3>\n <p>Coursera<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"edu-item\">\n <p class=\"yr\">September 1995 \u2014 May 1996<\/p>\n <h3>LAN Design and Administration<\/h3>\n <p>Humber College \u2014 Certification<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"edu-item\">\n <p class=\"yr\">September 1993 \u2014 May 1995<\/p>\n <h3>Microcomputer Electronics Technology<\/h3>\n <p>Toronto School of Business \u2014 Diploma<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"skillset\">\n <h3>Coursework<\/h3>\n <div class=\"chips\">\n <span class=\"chip\">Cisco Academy \u2014 CCNA<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Red Hat Essentials \u2014 RHCSE<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Windows Server management<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">MS SQL Server<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">MS Exchange Server<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">MS Proxy Server<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Web Essentials<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Networking Essentials<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Advanced Unix administration<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Advanced Unix shell scripting<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">C, Perl, Python<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">PHP, JavaScript<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Power Automate<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">AWS \/ Azure<\/span>\n <span class=\"chip\">Flutter \/ Dart<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"contact\" id=\"contact\">\n <div class=\"hero-grid-bg\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <p class=\"eyebrow on-dark\"><span class=\"dot\">\u25cf<\/span> 05 \u2014 Contact<\/p>\n <h2>Open to contract and full-time work.<\/h2>\n <p class=\"note\">If you have infrastructure that needs designing, migrating or simply keeping alive, get in touch. References available on request.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"contact-rows\">\n <a class=\"crow\" href=\"tel:+14162773357\">\n <span class=\"k\">Phone<\/span><span class=\"v\">416-277-3357<\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"crow\" href=\"mailto:your@email.com\">\n <span class=\"k\">Email<\/span><span class=\"v\">your@email.com<\/span>\n <\/a>\n <a class=\"crow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/your-profile\">\n <span class=\"k\">LinkedIn<\/span><span class=\"v\">\/in\/your-profile<\/span>\n <\/a>\n <div class=\"crow\">\n <span class=\"k\">Based in<\/span><span class=\"v\">Mississauga, Ontario<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <p class=\"foot\">\n <span>\u00a9 <span id=\"year\">2026<\/span> Anthony D’Andrade<\/span>\n <span>Network operations \u00b7 Systems infrastructure \u00b7 Since 1995<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<\/main>\n\n<script>\ndocument.getElementById('year').textContent = new Date().getFullYear();\n\nvar reduced = window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: 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