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Gordon Simmons
SharePoint Administrator at Wegmans Food Markets (Contractor)
Livonia, New York
Summary
Top Skills
Accomplished as a SharePoint Administrator, WordPress
Customer Service
Administrator, webmaster and technical consultant.
Training
Management
Expertise in SharePoint Administration, Office 365, WordPress
Certifications
Strengths include: resourcefulness, creativity, team player, selfstarter, community-driven, organized, approachable.
Certified Web / Multimedia
Management and Webmaster
Honors-Awards
SCORE 2015 Outstanding Business
Award
I am a conscientious professional with an ability to adapt quickly
to new situations and technologies. Proven commitment to work
collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders. Strong
bottom-line orientation.
Background includes:
• SharePoint Administrator: supervising and implementing file
migrations, administering all aspects of SharePoint environment;
Microsoft Flow, PowerApps, SharePoint training for end users.
• WordPress Administrator: Building sites, arranging hosting, site
maintenance including plugin and WP version administration,
handling site updates, maintaining backup strategy and backup
administration
• Business owner: project management, business development,
customer retention, data analysis - able to work with multiple
stakeholders and prioritize tasks
• Regional property manager: managed apartment communities with
multi-million dollar budgets
Experience
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Solu Technology Partners
SharePoint Administrator - Wegmans Food Markets
July 2019 - Present
United States
All aspects of Classic SharePoint Online Administration including:
-Creating and maintain sites and subsites, term store, managed metadata and
all aspects of the site collections.
-Configuring and maintaining pages including Web Parts to deliver content.
-Assisting site owners with the administration of their sites.
-Assisting end users with any issues.
-Ad hoc training of end users and site admins.
-Responding to resolve help desk tickets submitted by end users and site
admins.
-Developing SharePoint applications using K2 development tool which
includes form building, data capture and retrieval, and reporting.
-Meeting with Stakeholders and department leaders to complete the
development cycle including: Gathering requirements, recommending course
of actions and\or functionality to meet the requirements, developing requested
apps, writing documentation and test plans.
Grand Atlas Property Management
SharePoint and WordPress Administrator & IT Support Specialist
March 2016 - July 2019 (3 years 5 months)
Pittsford, NY
-SharePoint Administrator\Site Owner
Create and maintain site collections including external sites
Gather requirements, create and test workflows
Create and maintain subsites, term store, managed metadata and all aspects
of the site collection
Lead the file migration effort
-Active Directory Administrator
-Answer staff questions in person, by phone, email, and via ticket system on all
company supported applications.
-Research user questions using available information resources and advise
users on appropriate courses of action.
-Understand complexity and interdependencies of the various systems,
applications and infrastructure deployed in support of information technology
services.
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-Learn fundamental operations of commonly used software, hardware, and
other equipment.
-Follow standard Help Desk operating procedures; accurately log all Help
Desk contacts using call tracking software.
-Add/change/delete users in the Active Directory and software environments.
-Investigate user problems, identify their source, determine possible solutions,
test, implement and document resolutions for future reference.
-Assist the Network and System Administrator/PC LAN Support Coordinator
and other IT staff members in the implementation of major system changes,
network redesign and systems integration.
-Assist in documenting commonly occurring issues and fixes.
-Assembles, prepares, edits, and formats reports, records, forms, memos, and
correspondence using standard business software (e.g. MS Office, databases,
and other propriety software)
-WordPress administration and maintenance of the company website.
Gordon L Simmons
Webmaster, WordPress Developer & Administrator
January 2016 - March 2016 (3 months)
Rochester, NY
Freelance WordPress developer, administrator and webmaster.
I use my varied background to help small business owners quickly and
inexpensively deploy state of the art WordPress websites.
Once deployed I maintain those sites, upgrading plugins and WordPress,
as well as monitoring security and performing malware scans on a regularly
scheduled basis.
I also coach those who want to learn WordPress.
Business Web Strategies, Inc.
General Manager | Web Developer
October 2012 - December 2015 (3 years 3 months)
• Development and administration of WordPress websites
• Provide data analysis and analytics reporting
• Provide website audits and competitor analysis
• Make data-driven recommendations to improve website effectiveness
• Generate proposals (contract development)
• Maintain customer care relationships (retention)
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• Marketing responsibilities include blogging and online reputation
management
Home Properties, Inc
17 years 3 months
Senior Manager, Operations Support
August 2011 - July 2012 (1 year)
• Business process owner for critical property management-related
applications
• Subject matter expert for operational processes, policies, and procedures
• Property management advocate representing property and regional
personnel for dealings with other departments
• Control owner for operational, application, and key SOX control activities
(related to property management and operations)
• Development and management of Staff
• Ad-hoc reporting and querying
• Advocate for business intelligence initiative
Developer/Data Analyst
May 2002 - July 2011 (9 years 3 months)
Rochester, NY
• Advocated for MS Excel for use in annual budgeting over custom software;
saved $5,000 to $10,000 development and maintenance fees
• Created and maintained data transformation services (DTS) packages and
scheduled jobs
• Assisted in the development of enterprise applications and data warehouses
• Developed reports and universes with Business Objects and MS Excel Pivot
Tables; supported company’s multi-million dollar upgrade program
• Maintained JD Edwards enterprise system data
• Implemented changes to sunset legacy replication applications; saved
$11,000 in application maintenance fees
• Configured MS SQL Server 2005 replication
• Documented procedures for data admin roles and other support roles
Regional Manager
May 1995 - April 2002 (7 years)
• Managed apartment communities with multi-million dollar budgets; improved
NOI growth 25% year-over-year for distressed properties
• Co-created budgets with site staff and performed budget oversight
• Developed and managed staff (direct and indirect reports)
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• Created and executed marketing plans for apartment communities
• Leased apartments directly at communities
• Managed major renovations and apartment upgrading
• Trained new staff and continued training of existing staff in leasing and
customer service
Education
State University of New York College at Brockport
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), English
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