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Thomas Maar - MSc.

Dynamic hands-on technology leader, recently appointed Head of IT,  with more than 20 years of experience working in Information Technology within the financial, educational, law and consulting industries; driving  IT transformations, enhancing cybersecurity, and creating new strategic initiatives. 


Over a decade of expertise in hands-on, implementing, configuring and maintaining network and server infrastructures and enterprise applications, from medium to large organisations,  consistently delivering exceptional results.


With over 10 years experience as an engineer and another 10 as a leader, I can bring the right blend of skills to any organisation.

Contact

E-Mail: thomas.maar@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmaar/

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Technical Hands-on Expertise

Cloud, O365 and Collaboration

Cloud, O365 and Collaboration

Cloud, O365 and Collaboration

Tenant to  tenant full migration

MS Teams administration

O365 Administration

Microsoft Purview

Security and Compliance

HAADJ Configuration

AVD

Power Automate / Flows

Sharepoint administration

Azure and AWS

Google Workspace

Cyber Security

Cloud, O365 and Collaboration

Cloud, O365 and Collaboration

Vulnerability Scanning and Remediation

Microsoft Defender deployments

Sentinel One deployments

MFA rollout with Cisco DUO, Okta, MS Entra.

Privileged Access Management

Conditional Access

E-Mail security, DKIM and SPF

Zero Trust Architecture

Penetration testing and Phishing simulations

Patching and application version control

ISO27001 and SOC2 Certifications

Mobile Device Management

Cloud, O365 and Collaboration

Mobile Device Management

Intune rollout, configuration and deployment.

Airwatch (Workspace One) rollout. 

Auto Pilot implementation

MAM Mobile Application Management

Apple Business Manager 

Zerto Touch Enrollment

Remote management, iOS, MacOS, Android and Windows


WAN, LAN and SAN

Server & Network Infrastructure

Mobile Device Management

Data Centre experience worldwide

Routing and Switching (Cisco) - BGP, MPLS, OSPF.

Site-to-Site connectivity.

Meraki wireless deployment.

SAN implementation with DellEMC, PureStorage.

Management of File Shares.

Firewall configuration and implementation

ASA/FirePower, Fortinet

Tacacs and RADIUS authentication

CloudFlare DNS Management

VoIP, Cisco, Avaya.

Server hardware: PowerEdge, HPE, TrendMicro, Cisco UCS.

VPN, AnyConnect.

Server & Network Infrastructure

Server & Network Infrastructure

Server & Network Infrastructure

Windows Server Management - all versions

Active Directory, DHCP and DNS

Group Policy Management

ADFS and AD Connect

SCCM

Linux - Ubuntu and CentOS

VMWare Horizon - VDI Deployments

VMWare - virtualised server environment

Hyper-V virtual environment

Powershell scripting

Backup and Disaster Recovery

Citrix environment

Enterprise Applications

Server & Network Infrastructure

Server & Network Infrastructure

API integrations and SSO

eDiscovery tools: Relativity, NUIX, BrainSpace

SalesForce

ServiceNow, ConnectWise, HALO

Sage and NetSuite

Doc Management: DocuSign, iManage, DocuWare.

Slack, Teams, Zoom, DialPad, RingCentral

PowerBI, Dynamics

KnowBe4

Jira, Conflucence - Atlassian Suite

Microsoft Office

Slack

Google Workspace

Leadership and Managerial Expertise

Technology Strategy

Technology Strategy

Technology Strategy

Defining cloud first strategies

Promoting innovation

Planning on-site to cloud migrations

Domain consolidation. 

Planning and executing tech mergers.

Forecasting and planning future demands 

Emerging technologies

Cyber Security principles,  ISO27001 and SOC 2 requirements

Development lifecycle

User and Customer experience improvement.

Modern workplaces.

People Management

Technology Strategy

Technology Strategy

Team management, performance reviews

Upskilling of engineers through eLearning. 

Shif rotations, on-call planning

Defining accurate job roles and responsibilities

Defining accurate goals and objectives

Celebrating success, Team build activities.

Motivating and providing exposure to emerging technologies.

Conflict resolution.


Vendor Management

Technology Strategy

IT Service Delivery

Contract renewals, negotiation and cost-saving.

Software licencing management

Hardware Procurement

Specification, ordering and logistics of tech deliveries and tech moves.

Negotiating discounts on long term partnerships.

IT Service Delivery

Digital Transformation

IT Service Delivery

ITIL Certified

ITSM tools, design, implementation and customisation. ServiceNow, HALO, ChangeGear. 

Incident Management

Service Request cycles

Reporting and Service Level Agreements

Knowledge base, self service portals and automation of tickets.

Ticket flows, documentation and policy enforcement.

Building and training teams from "zero".

Ticket escalations, distribution and workload management

Customer relationship management

Continuous improvement strategies for Service Desk operations.

LiveChat and Chatbots.

Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation

Change ambassador, managing change control

Expertise in delivering tech change to non-technical users, explaining in simpler, jargon-free terms.

Promoting innovative ideas.

Effective collaboration and communication

Flexibility and Adaptability

Phased approach to large modernisation projects.

Process analysis, automation of processes, simplification of tasks. 

AI Machine Learning.

Project Management

Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation

Risk Management

Time Management

Effective Resource allocation

Problem Solving and Critical Thinking

Budgeting and Cost Management

Project Scoping, preventing scope creep

Collaboration and Communication

Wrike, Mondays, MS Project, Asana


Recent Employment Experience

Founder, Infinity Geeks, Northampton, 2025 - Present

infinitygeeks.com

Head of IT, GT Stewart, Birmingham, 2024 - Present

Technology Director, Morae Global, London, 2018 - 2024

Chief of Infrastructure, Morae Global, London, 2016-2018

Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Navitas, Oxford, 2014 - 2016

Technology Manager, OMM Group, Slough, 2013 – 2014

Technical Manager, Atech Support, High Wycombe, 2012 – 2013

Senior Network Engineer, Atech Support, High Wycombe, 2010 - 2012

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