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1430 West Peachtree Street, Suite 425

Atlanta, Georgia 30309 678.999.3002

iVision.com

Stephen Owen Senior Consultant – Infrastructure Services Practice

Stephen is a member of the Infrastructure Services team with a focus on iVision's core Enterprise Client Management technologies, such as System Center, Hyper-V, Quest (Dell) Migration Manager, and PowerShell Scripting.

Consultant Background Stephen’s primary role is a Senior Consultant, architecting and implementing Enterprise Client Management solutions. These projects often implement System Center technologies such as

System Center Orchestrator, to automate complex business processes; Configuration Manager, to distribute software and update content and deploy client operating systems, as well as

Active Directory Group Policy and scripting. On the topic of scripting, Stephen Owen is a Microsoft MVP, one of only 4,000 in the world, chosen by his peers for his contributions to evangelizing Microsoft technologies.

His particular skill set centers around automation and

scripting using Microsoft PowerShell, a powerful object driven scripting environment. Stephen’s contributions can be found on the Microsoft Gallery, on PowerShell.org, and on

his personal technology blog, FoxDeploy.com. Stephen also conducts iVision’s Three-Day PowerShell bootcamp course, an intensive ‘zero-to-hero’ style approach to teaching scripting fundamentals.

Awards & Achievements » iVision PIRRFAH “Integrity” Award

Winner – 2012

» iVision “EPIC Moments” Award Winner – Apri l 2014

» PowerShell.org – 2014 Winter Scripting Games Winner

» Microsoft MVP – PowerShell 2015 » iVision “EPIC Moments” Award

Winner – March 2015

» iVision “EPIC Moments” Award Winner – July 2015

» Microsoft Community Contributor Award – September 2015

Business Process Specialties » System Center Architecture » Environment Health Assessment

» Enterprise Cl ient Management » Scripting, Orchestration & Automation

» Virtualization

Certifications » Microsoft Certified Solutions Architect

Windows 7 » Microsoft Certified Technology

Specialist – System Center

Configuration Manager 2012 » Microsoft Certified IT Professional –

Vi rtua lization

» Microsoft Certified Solutions Architect Windows Server 2012

» Microsoft Cloud Solutions Engineer – Private Cloud

» 1E Nomad – Solutions Engineer

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1430 West Peachtree Street, Suite 425

Atlanta, Georgia 30309 678.999.3002

iVision.com

Am Law Top 50 Law Firm - Atlanta, GA Project: Cl ient Experience Refresh Project | Role: Configuration Consultant | Technologies: VMWare Workstation, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Configuration Manager 2007, User State

Migration Tool Conducted the after-hours firm upgrade process, serving as both Tier I deployment engineer and Tier I I Escalation Engineer, leveraging past experience in ConfigMgr imaging and

deployment to script solutions as problems emerged. Traveled to four remote office locations in this role, resolving issues to ensure a seamless end user experience.

Fortune 50 Retail Firm, Charlotte, NC Project: Messaging System Update Automation Implementation

| Role: Senior Orchestration Consultant & Lead Architect | Technologies: PowerShell Scripting, System Center Orchestrator Created runbook process using System Center Orchestrator to automate the migration of mailboxes on Microsoft Exchange

2010 servers, to s treamline the System Update Process. This project eliminated an estimated 60 hours of overtime budget and intense s tress on the companies staff, promoting talent

retention and saving thousands in labor costs.

Global Chemical Manufacturing Company Project: Configuration Management Upgrade | Role: System Center Engineer and Architect | Technologies: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, SCCM 2012, 1E Nomad

Des igned and implemented migration from 184 cl ient site

environment to modern 2012 build with only seven site servers, us ing 1E Nomad to handle content distribution. Built images for

a l l laptop and desktop models and migrated custom SQL query solution to 2012 from ConfigMgr 2007. Created dozens of custom reports using SQL Management Studio and Report

Bui lder. Des igned process to conduct encryption of vi tal sales and engineering team assets, which were found to be inadequately protected by previous desktop delivery system.

Private School - Atlanta, GA Project: Fi rm Antivi rus and Software Update Refresh Project | Role: Senior System Center Consultant | Technologies: System Center Configuration Manager 2012, SQL Server 2012

Des ign and implement new production Configuration Manager Environment, including end-to-end process for system updating and antimalware agent delivery and configuration.

This same infrastructure i s used to ensure Windows and Appl ication updates are seamlessly delivered to endpoints

with minimal IT Staff Intervention.

Document Management Firm - Atlanta, GA Project: Merger Project | Role: Senior Migration Consultant |

Technologies: Quest Migration Manager for Exchange, Microsoft PowerShell

Troubleshot issues of a complex organizational merger as they

arose, migrating user workstations from Domain A to Domain B and ensuring all data transferred with no data loss.

Scripted custom solution to update and migrate Office Communicator Contact Lists on the fly, with no user downtime or tedious manual re-entry of contacts, a capability only iVision can offer.

Key Project Highlights

Stephen serves as one of iVision’s key Microsoft technology evangelists and drives the internal development of Enterprise Client Management and Configuration initiatives. He pushes for continuous integration and end-to-end orchestration with his love of PowerShell scripting.