Summary
Rick Payton is an experienced I.T. Manager with 12+ years running end-to-end infrastructure for a small business in Maui, specializing in VMware virtualization, MySQL, Windows Server, and CentOS/Red Hat systems. As the lone IT admin at Morikawa & Associates, he architected and maintained a fully virtualized ESXi environment since 2007, migrated physical servers to virtual, and replatformed a nearly-terabyte photo archive from Access to MySQL. He brings practical skills in Fortinet firewalls, site-to-site VPNs, Exchange, Active Directory, and VoIP deployments, combining hands-on administration with systems consolidation to boost productivity. Based in Kihei, Hawaii, Rick favors pragmatic, in-house solutions that reduce complexity and operational overhead. Despite self-deprecatingly calling himself a "terribad PHP coder," he has demonstrable success automating and modernizing legacy workflows.
12 years of coding experience
Networking, Networking at Institute of Technology (Fresno)