Steve Baltes

Mission Viejo, CA

(949) 891-4848

Steve.Baltes@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE:
10/96 to 04/08 - Systems Architect, Unisys Corporation

Skills Summary

Design, build, migrate Microsoft Windows Infrastructures. Expert at Active

Directory, Windows administration, patch management, Exchange, SMS, Server and
Workstation Configuration.

I am also very good at Active Directory recovery, server recovery, and workstation
data recovery.

Project Experience
Los Angeles County Department of Social Services Leader Project
01/08 to 04/08

Designed and implemented Active Directory on Windows 2003.

Migrated their home-grown “Single Sign on” process and user delegation product.

Developed a server image for their 100 site rollout.

Taught the administrators to use ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) to perform
their migration from NT/NT to W2K3/XP.

Demonstrated and documented forest operations, focusing on replication and FSMO

recovery.

Los Angeles County Department of Social Services

10/07 to 12/07

Built a technology demonstration lab to present methodologies for their Lotus Notes
to Exchange migration.

Demonstrated Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007.

Demonstrated Lotus Notes and Exchange co-existence.

Demonstrated Notes to Exchange Migration scenarios.

Demonstrated server recovery scenarios.

PGA golf tournament

06/07 to 06/07

Built a wireless network infrastructure that covered all areas of a golf course to
facilitate official scoring for the tournament in one week.

Installed and supported 50 computers for officials, the media, and the public.

Supported the equipment and network during the event.

Took down the equipment and packed it back up in one day.

20th Century Fox Entertainment Group

03/07 to 05/07

Worked on migrating workstations from Windows 2000 to Windows XP, using

Microsoft SMS and Intrinsic Swimage.

Supervised a crew of two engineers during the migration.

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

01/07 to 03/07

Worked with a team of Systems Architects on a project that updated their security
and asset management systems.

Auto Club of Southern California

10/06 to 1/07

Supervised a team of administrators working in the security administration

department.

Eliminated their security backlog of several thousand unprocessed administrative

requests.
We administrated Active Directory, Exchange, TSO, CICS, and Top Secret.

City of Indianapolis Netware Migration

6/06 to 8/06

Rewrote the Novel login scripts in VBScript for the new Windows environment.

Developed a methodology to stage the migration of data and users using group
membership in the login scripts.

Built an exchange cluster for the mailbox servers (4 active 2 passive).

Built a clustered file server (5 active 1 passive).

Wrote some scripts to assist in the automated migration of the workstations.

Chevy Chase Bank File conversion

03/06 to 06/06

Led a team of programmers that migrated their Lotus Approach database

applications to Access.

We also did word processing documents and spreadsheets.

Phillips Van Heusen Netware to Windows Migration

11/05 to 2/06

Developed a process using USMT and VBScript to migrate their Novel workstation to
Windows.

Led the team that migrated 2000 workstations.

Provided support to the Unisys team in China to migrate the workstations there.

Cadbury/Schweppes Laptop migration

9/05 to 10/05

Developed a process to migrate user data and configuration settings from the user’s
old laptop to their new laptop.
Led the migration of 250 laptops over 2 weekends.

20th Century Fox Entertainment Group

08/04 to 08/05

Developed a “universal” workstation images that will work on all hardware

platforms.

Developed methodology to move a workstation image from one hardware platform

to another including all applications, settings, and data.

Designed and implemented new XP workstation images.

Updated existing Windows 2000 workstation images.

Implemented Policy Maker Software Update patch management solution for all
managed workstations.

US Government Transportation Security Agency

08/03 to 08/04

Designed and built a virtual model of the production environment using VMWARE
for testing purposes.

Imported the production active directories of the production forests into the lab
environment.

Led the team that redesigned the administration model. We developed the “Least
Permissive” security model.

Implemented the NetIQ DRA suite of products.

ACLed the production environment to reduce the need for administrative rights.

Fannie Mae
04/03-08/03

Designed and implemented a process for unattended installation of all of their new
windows servers.

Implemented the Windows 2000 design, overseeing the server builds in three data
centers.
Assisted with the documentation and trouble shooting of the Netware to Windows
migration process.

US Government Transportation Security Agency

07/02 to 04/03

Led the team that designed and built the forest.

Analyzed the security requirements, developed and implemented windows security

group policies.

Built a data center in downtown Washington DC to support their headquarters

environment.

Built a data center in the center of the US to connect up to every airport and port of
entry in the country.

Implemented IAS, ISA, Exchange 2000, and OWA among other functions.

Mentored several dozen administrators in the care and feeding of a large windows
environment

Toray Plastics (America)

01/02 to 05/02

Analyzed existing IS infrastructure, developed requirements, published a forest

planning document, and a Windows 2000 design document.

Developed a proof of concept lab utilizing the migration tool and simulated a
Netware to Windows migration scenario.

Trained their administrators in the lab.

They used this as a test bed to migrate their users later in the year.

Built their production servers for the forest root, and the account domain.

Set up the infrastructure to connect their legacy infrastructure to Windows.

Tested the migration process for a few users.

Cal Poly University
03/01 to 05/01

Analyzed existing IS infrastructure, published a forest planning document, and a

Windows 2000 design document.

Built the domain controllers for the forest root, and the domain for the Enterprise
Computing Department.

Developed a proof of concept lab with Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000.

Demonstrated OU based administration techniques to IT groups from several

colleges.

State of Connecticut.
10/00 to 04/01

Analyzed existing IS infrastructure, developed a requirements specification,

published a forest planning document, and a Windows 2000 design document.

Built the domain infrastructure for the forest root and the executive branch of the
government.

Developed a proof of concept lab utilizing Citrix Metaframe XPE that would allow
complete centralized control and administration of a medium size agency.

This project will be used as a model to migrate the rest of the agencies in the
future.

Norwest Financial.
05/98 to 03/00

Diagnosed Windows NT Server problems in a large multiple master domain

environment.

Stabilized server environment.

Mentored and trained administration staff on Windows, SMS and Exchange with
emphasis on server security and recovery.

Supported 300 VC and VB developers.

Automated repetitive tasks using NT Scheduling and REXX.

Designed and implemented server automation using HP Openview ManageX and
Microsoft Management Console.

Built a lab and analyzed what it would take to convert the enterprise to Windows
2000 and how this would affect the software development and rollout effort.

Professional Certification

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

Microsoft Certified Administrator

Professional Training
Exchange 2003 Administration