Jackson Dickens
About Jackson Dickens
Jackson Dickens is a Systems Engineer at Cogentrix Energy, LLC, where he has worked since 2005. He has extensive experience in virtualization, disaster recovery infrastructure, and enterprise antivirus solutions.
Work at Cogentrix Energy
Jackson Dickens has been employed at Cogentrix Energy, LLC as a Systems Engineer since 2005. Over his 19-year tenure, he has demonstrated significant expertise in virtualization by converting 90% of the company's physical servers to VMware. His role involves managing complex systems and ensuring operational efficiency within the organization.
Previous Experience in Technology
Before joining Cogentrix Energy, Jackson Dickens worked at Microsoft as a Messaging Support Engineer from 2004 to 2005. In this role, he was responsible for the setup and administration of the Blackberry BES server. Additionally, he served as an End User Support Engineer at Piedmont Natural Gas from 2002 to 2003 and worked as a Consultant at CompConTech from 2001 to 2005.
Education and Expertise
Jackson Dickens studied at the University of Richmond, where he earned both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in History from 1990 to 1997. His educational background complements his technical skills, particularly in systems engineering and virtualization.
Disaster Recovery and Infrastructure Management
In his role at Cogentrix Energy, Jackson implemented a Disaster Recovery infrastructure utilizing EMC Clariion SANs, EMC RecoverPoint, VMware, and VMware Site Recovery Manager. He also managed enterprise antivirus solutions using McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and oversaw backup and restore technologies, including Symantec Backup Exec, EMC Avamar, and Vizioncore vRanger.
Email System Migration Projects
Jackson Dickens planned and executed the migration of mail systems from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 and later to Exchange 2007. This involved strategic planning and execution to ensure a smooth transition and minimal disruption to services.