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Nick Howard - Solution Architect, SD3IT
Nick Howard served in the Army Reserves and the South Dakota National guard for 9 years. While there he learned basic IT as a 25B, Computer Information Systems Specialist. After graduating from AIT with the Green Mountain Boys in Vermont, he secured a job at USSTRATCOM and spent the next 9 years managing and deploying time sensitive IT projects naturally segueing into the IT federal space. A resourceful, knowledgeable, and results-oriented IT professional with successful 8+ year career and key strengths in technical project leadership, network administration, multi-site system migrations, and systems security. Nicholas brings a proven track record for successful utilization of broad problem-solving strategies and tactical leadership to consistently drive effective network solutions, while optimizing efficiencies. Currently Nicholas is a Solution Architect for SD3IT, LLC with a passion for driving new technology delivering Solutions Engineering for enterprise government customers to include Air Force, Army, USDA, US Treasury. Specific Accounts include USINDOPACOM, USSTRATCOM, Air Force Weather, MNIS, CFPB, USDA APHIS, USARPAC.
Nicholas’s expertise includes Enterprise Storage, Hyperconverged, Containerization, Cyber Security Software, Server Virtualization and Network Virtualization.
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