Nathaniel Bear

Experience Timeline

IT Manager

B/A Products Co. | Aug 2022 - Present

Primary technical lead for Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP and Azure cloud operations
Delivered label printing modernization 88% under budget ($11K vs. $90K projected)
Led Windows 10→11 migration and Azure Intune (EUC 2.0) modernization across 85+ endpoints
Manage annual capital and operating budgets, vendor relations, and IT strategy

IT Director

South Moon Under | Nov 2018 - Mar 2022

Directed IT operations for 30-location retail chain with full compliance oversight
Led ransomware incident response and complete infrastructure recovery
Served as interim CIO during COVID-19, orchestrating rapid remote workforce transition
Migrated infrastructure from VMware to Scale KVM hyperconverged solution

Network Administrator

Angel Fire Resort | Dec 2014 - Nov 2018

Managed VMware infrastructure, 10GigE SAN, and 50-access-point guest WiFi network
Executed network modernization from legacy infrastructure to Ubiquiti Unifi
Deployed Veeam backup and cloud-based disaster recovery

Earlier Career

Multiple Leadership Roles | 1998 - 2014

Senior Network Engineer at TechBundle (MSP operations, company acquisition integration), VP of Information Systems at Bottom Line Bookkeeping (18-node cluster deployment), business owner, real estate broker, and U.S. Navy veteran (Electronics Technician).

Key Projects

Label Printing Modernization

B/A Products Co. | 2025

Replaced a centralized Bartender label printing setup with departmental stations, eliminating wasted travel time between workstations and the print room. Delivered the full business outcome for $11K after the original scope projected $90K; right-sized the architecture rather than defaulting to an enterprise-grade overbuild.

$79K below projected scope Zero downtime

Ransomware Recovery & Hardening

South Moon Under | 2021

Led end-to-end recovery from a ransomware incident affecting our 32 geographic locations along the east coast. Chose a partial hardware refresh (new SSDs and clean installs across every retail, corporate, and warehouse site) rather than trusting wipe-only remediation for infrastructure; hardened the security posture, and executed backup and recovery procedures that turned a crisis into a durable resilience upgrade.

32 locations recovered 0 data loss

Azure Cloud Migration

B/A Products Co. | 2024-2025

Migrated endpoint management from on-premises Active Directory to Azure Cloud Intune (EUC 2.0). Upgraded device provisioning, security compliance, and identity management across 85+ assets which positions the environment for zero-trust architecture, conditional access and device compliance policies.

85+ endpoints modernized Cloud-native MDM baseline

COVID Remote Workforce Transition

South Moon Under | 2020

As interim CIO, orchestrated rapid transition to remote operations: deployed SSTP VPN, MS Authenticator, and Azure MFA ensuring business continuity during pandemic.

150+ users 2 week deployment

Core Competencies

Strategic Leadership

IT Strategy & Planning
Budget Management
Business Analysis
Change Management
Vendor Relations

Enterprise Systems

Microsoft Dynamics 365
Azure Cloud Infrastructure
Active Directory / Intune
VMware / Virtualization
Business Intelligence (Power BI)

Security & Compliance

PCI-DSS, SOX, GDPR, CCPA
Incident Response
Disaster Recovery
Business Continuity
Risk Management

Infrastructure

Network Design
VoIP (Teams Phone)
Firewall Management
SAN/Storage Architecture
Backup & Recovery

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