1734 Burning Tree Dr.

Vienna, VA 22182
703.371.2500
Richard William Hayden Richard.W.Hayden@gmail.co
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Objective:
Seeking full-time position. Willing to travel 40%+ Inactive SECRET clearance, desire
activate and raise to TS.

Relevant Work Experience and Responsibilities:

IT Consultant June 9, 2008 – Current
Sequentur, LLC Arlington, VA
 Evaluating and planning environments for possible virtualization, ensuring
redundancy using HA and assisted planning of the new disaster recovery for the
given solution using software such as double take.
 Project management, Overseeing the planning and installing various windows
domain implementations.
IT Manager
December 2006 – June
- Progression: ARI -
2008
AHRI (Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration
Arlington, VA
Institute)
 Head of the IT Department for a 21 million dollar annual revenue company, with key
roles in Ecommerce.
 Managed Northern VA offices; Ballston, Courthouse, Datacenter in Sterling, small
offices in NJ, RI, OH.
 Managed 2 direct reports: DBA, Systems Administrator, as well as managing time of
consultants.
 Managed projects within a matrix reporting structure; President, EVP, CFO and
Department Director.
 Developed IT capital and expense budgets for AHRI and NATE, $400,000 project
expenditures annually.
 Oversaw the merger of ARI and GAMA as acting Director of IT, combined systems
and software.
 Daily tasks included the upkeep and management of an Active Directory network of
approximately 120 nodes, Windows Server 2000/2003, Exchange 2007, SQL
2000/2005. 25 Servers, most virtualized.
 70 User base; Windows XP and Vista Dell workstations, Microsoft Mobile and
Blackberry devices.
 Deployed: multi-site VOIP system, Cisco 2100 wireless LAN controller. Upgraded
Cisco equipment to: 2800 routers, ASA 5500 series firewalls, Custom APC Symmetra
LX1600 and Environment monitoring.
Acting IT Manager (Very hands-on) - September 2006 –
Progression: ARI -
December 2006
ARI & NATE (North American Technicians
Excellence) Arlington, VA
 Analyzed LAN room power system; proposed and implemented a balanced power
system using APC.
 Researched, tested, budgeted, proposed and then implemented a IP phone system
based on ShoreTel.
 Handled and lead multiple high-stress, time critical projects simultaneously and
efficiently.
Assistant IT Manager (Systems Administrator) - May 23, 2006 –
Progression: ARI - September 2006
ARI (Air-Condition and Refrigeration Institute) Arlington, VA
 Instructed the web development team on setup, layout, design and deployment of
ARI.org website.
 Supported 50 users and up to 150 guests, meeting their Desktop and AV
conferencing needs.
 Attended as many classes as I could to learn more about networking and to get
basic certifications.
Project Manager October 2005 – May
Powered By One Inc. 2006
Falls Church, VA
 Supervised the development of TRPros.com, meeting deadlines to be ready for the
summer season.
 Ensured the quality of the website reflected the quality of the company and their
ability to allow the customer as much control as possible over the finished product.
(Details of a racquet).
 Worked closely with design and marketing team to optimize website for best Google
search results.
Soldier, Specialist (E4) November 11, 2003 – September
U.S. Army, Active duty 10, 2005
Baghdad, Iraq
 Managing small teams of soldiers, setup and initialized SIPR, NIPR, CENTRIX secure
networks in Iraq.
 Served 18 months in Baghdad, Iraq with 1st AD and then 1st CAV for OIF2.
(Decorated War Veteran)
Developer July 14, 2003 – November,
Tennis Racquet Pros (TRPros.com) 11 2003
Falls Church, VA
 Developed custom software for Tennis Racquet Pros (VB6 & .NET 2003). Software
was used to track inventory across multiple mediums to a centralized database,
process web and phone orders.
 Integrated website database with the store front's point of sale system, that
managed the inventory.
Soldier, Private First Class (E3) May 15, 2002 – February
U.S. Army - Training 18, 2003
  Attended U.S. Army Early Commissioning Program (ECP), Valley Forge Military
College, Wayne, PA.
 AIT, Ft. Gordon, GA – 31L, Specialized in Fiber Optic’s communication, worked with
CAT5 and CAT6.
Soldier September 10, 2001 – September
U.S. Army Reserves 18, 2005
Based out of Fredrick, MD
 Served for 4 years in the U.S. Army Reserves, 2 years active duty time. (Honorable
discharge)
 Strived to achieve, fastest promoted soldier in the history of the unit, 3 ranks in
under 2 years.
 Learned positive leadership skills in small personal groups, this helped improve my
civilian leadership.

Certified Hands-on Training: (Most from Learning Tree, within 2 years,

Certificates available.)
 Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures  System and Network Security
 Computer Forensics and Incident  Programming with .NET
Response  Introduction to Linux
 Security Awareness: Resisting Human  IIS6 for Windows Server 2003
Deception
 Deploying & Managing Windows
 Virtual Server and Workstation Server 2003
Technology
 Comprehensive Introduction to
 Securing & Pen Testing Wireless Networking
Networks
X Currently pursuing CCNA, PMI-
 Cisco Networking: Hands-On PMP & MCSE
Introduction
 SharePoint: Hands-On Introduction

Education: (Obligations to military duties; enrolling in night classes at NOVA for a

BA & CS degree.)
 Fall 2002 – Spring 2003, Valley Forge Military College, Military Science Major,
Wayne, PA
 Fall 2001 – Summer 2002, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA

Key Skill Sets: (Most relevant skills listed, please ask about others not listed.)
IT Management: Mergers, Subordinates, Moves, Budgets, Multiple Sites,
Reporting to C-Level Executives.
General IT: Virtualization; VMware VI3.5; HA DRS, VMotion, Project Management,
Asset Management.
Networking: Design, Install, Maintain, and Administrate – Switches, Routers,
Firewalls and IDS.
Windows Administration: XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003, SBS, Exchange,
SharePoint and Dynamics SL.
Hardware: DELL: OptiPlex, Precision, Latitude and PowerEdge servers. Ironport
email filter. HP: ProLiant Servers, Blades and SAN. Cisco: Aironet Wi-Fi; 2100
Wireless LAN Controller & APs'. Electra Elite PBX.
Software: Microsoft: XP, Vista, Office 03 & 07, Project Symantec: Ghost, Backup
Exec, SAV Other: Track-IT.
Web and Ecommerce Management and Design: Apache web server,
Microsoft IIS 6, MySQL, HTML.