Garrett M. Wiedmeier

An experienced IT professional, volunteer, husband, cat parent and aviation fanboy. Take a look around and explore a little bit about me and my experience, skills and life over the past decades.

25+ years of customer focused team efforts as an IT manager, mentor, systems and applications administrator, and all-around technical generalist. 

Application Administrator DiBell Group/L3Harris, Melbourne, FL
September 2020 – September 2022
Technologies: Aegis FactoryLogix, Windows 2012, 2016, and 2019 server, Agile, Scrum, ServiceNow, Confluence, Jira, PowerShell, batch scripting

• Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) administration for large defense contractor L3Harris.
• Many system upgrades, custom applications support and regression testing in concert with the development team using Agile methodologies.
• Aegis FactoryLogix upgrades and migrations from other systems.
• Assist security team with vulnerability mitigations.
• Third level advanced application support and windows server troubleshooting

IT Director – TERRA Staffing Group, Everett WA
October 2018 – May 2020
Technologies: TrueNAS, Asterisk, Linux (ubuntu), VMWare, Active Directory, Windows server 2016, SQL server, Microsoft Exchange, Jira, vulnerability scanning, data center ops, VPN, firewalls

• Manage, mentor and provide leadership to a team of 6 IT professionals
• Oversee busy help desk with mostly remote user support
• Maintain IT infrastructure, including data center, headquarters and 11 branch offices across 4 states
• Planned successful data center move, and multiple branch office facility changes in one year
• Oversee software development for private intranet tools and public facing employment website with mobile apps

System Administrator/IT Director – Applied Technical Services, Everett WA
March 2014 – October 2018
Technologies: Windows server 2008-2016, VMWare, Hyper-V, Active Directory, IIS, Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Jira, Group Policy (GPO), Oracle Agile PLM, Infor FourthShift, VLAN, VPN, SonicWall, server hardening, network segmentation and isolation

• Promoted from Senior Systems Administrator (2015) and IT Manager (2018).
• Manage, mentor and provide leadership to a team of 10 IT professionals across many disciplines in three factories and two countries.
• Member of the Extended Leadership Team reporting to the Executive Team via Business Process Review (BPR) meetings weekly.
• Major project management: On-time delivery of infrastructure for large new factory, company-wide cloud email migrations and MRP system updates.
• Performance setting and goals: Achieved 99.5% helpdesk team positive response time and 98%+ positive completion of issues, well within our internal SLA.
• Manage and support ERP, MES and PLM systems such as Oracle Agile, Aegis, FactoryLogix, Fourth Shift and others.
• Intensive data integration focus between many different systems.
• Employee of the year 2016.

Network Administrator/IT Manager – Capitol Hill Housing, Seattle WA
October 2010 – March 2014
Technologies: Windows server 2003-2012, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, IIS, SQL Server, SharePoint, Group Policy (GPO), VPN, SonicWall, public disclosure retention policies

• Promoted from Network Administrator
• Manage IT staff, equipment acquisition, installation, and maintenance of all computer and telecommunications systems in a multi-site network including main headquarters, data center, and 40+ remote offices
• Major office moves, network subnet planning, and IP re-alignment with cross-forest Exchange and Active Directory migrations
• Planning, documenting, and executing backup and disaster recovery operations, including successful yearly restoration drills and executive briefings
• Member of cross-department Leadership Team focused on issues, events, and management of organization objectives including the planning for our new headquarters building in 2014

Network and Database Administrator – Herrera Environmental Consultants, Seattle, WA
February 2007 – August 2010
Technologies: Windows server 2003-2012, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, Group Policy (GPO), VPN, SAN, VMWare

• Consolidated 30 percent of servers into virtual infrastructure using VMware and Hyper-V
• Established helpdesk procedures, monitoring, and baseline performance figures
• Championed path to enterprise-class applications such as SQL server and SAN hardware
• Consolidated storage and introduced new automated network management operations
• Integrated regional offices into the main headquarters network

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Most of this was taken from a biography I wrote fresh out of college. How cute, it was. Nonetheless, most points are still valid.

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I was born Sunday May 7, 1972 in Everett, WA. I am a definite Taurus.

I grew up in Everett, WA and attended Emerson Elementary, Evergreen Middle and Cascade High School. I then took a year off to explore my interest areas and went back to school at Everett Community College. I graduated from EvCC with an associate degree in journalism and transferred to Central Washington University where I graduated from CWU with a BA in public relations.

My special interest in life is flying. My dad took me to my first air show when I was three and I believe ever since then I have been fascinated by flight (even though the jets scared me to death at the time!). I earned my private pilot license when I was 17. I then went on to earn my instrument rating the next year. Planning to continue on with the goal of becoming a commercial pilot, I flew more than 250 hours in the following year and a half. Unfortunately the pilot prospects for jobs was bleak at the time, and rather than spend huge sums of money on a prayer of getting a job, I chose to pursue my other talents and study communications.

Today I still consider aviation as my main interest. I have volunteered for many aviation oriented groups and associations, concentrating in youth aviation education. I find this appealing because it is great to work with kids and watch them explore and capture the same feelings I found when I was younger.

Flying may not be my livelihood, but it is very much my life.

Additional miscellany as of 2006 2013 2020:

Favorite color: Green

Favorite food: Mac-n-cheese Tator Tot casserole/hot dish (nostalgia is setting in)

Single Married

Worked 10 17 20 25+ years in IT, having spent less than 1 year in the field I studied in school 

Still an aviation nut — I’m a virtual pilot and virtual air traffic controller on game networks

ColdFusion is my rock star programming language (10 years ago)

Bought a house, sold a house, bought a condo, bought a new bathroom. Sold the Condo, moved to the burbs, bought huge house

Living Downtown — don’t think I’ll ever go back. You didn’t. You’re in the burbs now.

Worked in the SF Bay Area for a year

Living contentedly with 2 cats. Upgraded to plus one husband

Please feel free to contact me:

Locale
Everett, WA 98203
Snohomish County

Phone
Four two-five 320-5823
garrett @at@ gmwnet .dot. com

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