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Résumé / CV · updated September 29, 2026

Wes Ellis.

Senior Systems Engineer · AHEAD · Charlottesville, Virginia

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Summary

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I've spent more than twenty years keeping big Microsoft environments running: the laptops, the identities, the cloud they all talk to, and the scripts holding it together. These days I do that at AHEAD. After hours I build websites, work on G8KEPR, and write fiction and songs.

Experience

9 roles
  1. Current

    Senior Systems Engineer

    AHEAD · Remote

    Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune, and Azure for enterprise clients. Lots of variety, and it's never boring.

  2. 2019 →

    System Engineer III

    CompuCom · Remote

    I looked after more than 8,200 devices and kept them at 95% compliance, which takes more patience than you'd think.

    • Moved the fleet forward to Windows 10 21H2
    • Built out device management with Intune, MEM, PowerShell, and Power BI
    • Owned patching and endpoint protection
    • Automated the repetitive work so people didn't have to do it by hand
  3. 2018 – 2019

    System Engineer

    CarMax · Richmond, VA

    I ran the company's Windows 7 to 10 migration: 22,000+ machines in locations across the country.

    • Automated driver and app installs with KACE and PowerShell
    • Kept the departmental migrations on budget
    • Walked a lot of people through the switch
  4. 2014 – 2018

    Technical Support Team Lead

    General Dynamics (DXC) · Falls Church, VA

    I ran the support team and led the Windows 10 rollout.

    • Administered KACE, Dell NetWorker, and Citrix
  5. 2011 – 2014

    Senior Desktop Engineer

    General Dynamics (CSC) · Charlottesville, VA

    Servers, networks, and backups. The stuff nobody notices until it breaks.

    • Backups with Arcserve and NetWorker
    • Moved the phones over to Cisco CUCM
    • Kept Kofax and Epicor running
  6. 2007 – 2011

    Desktop Field Technician

    General Dynamics (CSC) · Charlottesville, VA

    Out in the field, fixing whatever needed fixing that day.

  7. 2004 – 2007

    Tech Support Specialist III

    GE Fanuc · Charlottesville, VA

  8. 2002 – 2004

    Migration Specialist & Facilities IT Lead

    Northrop Grumman · Charlottesville, VA

    Moved people and machines through migrations and kept the facility's IT running.

  9. Late '90s

    Low-voltage cabling

    Where it started · Virginia

    Pulling cable through ceilings and crawlspaces, long before anybody called it infrastructure. It's where I learned how networks actually get built, one run at a time.

Looking for the original wording? The 2024 résumé is still on file.