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Manpreet Nijotra

@manpreetnijotra

IT Manager at School District 8 who launched Project Air-Shield to combat ransomware and strengthen data security.

At School District 8, I lead a unionized team and manage enterprise technology, cybersecurity, and infrastructure initiatives. I launched Project Air-Shield to combat ransomware and implemented a Zero Trust environment across more than 100 systems.

At Diversecity Community Resources Society, I led a 14-person team supporting staff across multiple sites. I improved IT service delivery through IT service management practices and renegotiated vendor contracts, saving $150,000 without penalty.

At Provincial Health Services Authority, I oversaw the VDI team and implemented a remote monitoring program with 0% downtime for 30,000 corporate users. I also spearheaded a VDI pilot across multiple sites that saved $1 million in hardware costs.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

IT Manager

Current

School District 8

Oct 2024 - Present (2 years)

Lead a unionized team of 7 members across 2 time zones, improving collaboration and productivity by 9%. Directed life cycle management of 6000 enterprise assets valued over $2M and developed an annual budget of $2.7M.

Sr Manager IT & Infrastructure

Diversecity Community Resources Society

Sep 2022 - Sep 2024 (2 years)

Provided leadership to a team of 14 members, supporting 450+ staff across multiple sites. Improved workplace processes by 15% through standardization and developed and managed an IT budget of $1.5M.

IT Service Management Change Management Prosci Methodology Cybersecurity IAM SIEM Firewalls Multi Factor Authentication Vendor Management Disaster Recovery AWS Azure Budgeting Team Leadership

VDI Manager

Provincial Health Services Authority

Jun 2021 - Sep 2022 (1 year 3 months)

Oversaw Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) team of 10 in a matrix organization. Implemented VDI remote monitoring program with 0% downtime for 30k corporate users and developed SLAs and workflow policies.

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Citrix Agile Jira ServiceNow Cybersecurity Access Control SLA Management Team Leadership Patching Zero Day Exploitation

Sr Systems Lead

Westminster Savings Credit Union

May 2019 - Jun 2021 (2 years 1 month)

Led 3 projects - CISCO ISE Project, Skype Federation and Citrix VDI, with a collective budget of $3M and scalable growth of 30%. Introduced CISCO ISE for security hardening, decreasing risk factor by 20%.

Cisco ISE Skype Federation Citrix VDI Project Management Security Hardening Infrastructure Budget Management

IT Systems Analyst

Mckesson

Oct 2016 - May 2019 (2 years 7 months)

Introduced 3 new Dell laptops to address productivity issues, resulting in improved performance by 25%. Developed asset recovery program using PowerShell, Active Directory, Exchange & SharePoint, increasing recovery rate by 15%.

PowerShell Active Directory Exchange SharePoint Nagios Info Blox Veeam DHCP Network Monitoring Server Backup

Help Desk Technician

Sierra Wireless Inc

Jan 2015 - Aug 2015 (7 months)

Managed voicemail server, MS Outlook, email accounts, video conferencing systems, printers, mobile devices and SIP phone issues for 1000+ staff. Introduced and configured Druva in-Sync to safeguard corporate data as part of data loss prevention plan.

Outlook Video Conferencing Printers Mobile Devices IP phones Druva Insync Data Loss Prevention