SUMMARY:

• Conscientious, resourceful Information Technology professional with a wide background of over 30 years in IT in both software development and infrastructure.
• Extensive experience designing solutions to business problems, creating more efficient ways to do things, and working with teams on larger projects.
• Strengths include solid communication and problem - solving skills and adapting to change.

EXPERIENCE IN:

• Security (data & physical) Microsoft Licensing IT Management
• Govt Confidential Compliance Datacenter Management DR / BC

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming languages: C++, C#, ASP.NET, PHP, Assembler, Basic

Databases: SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL

Microsoft Office: Power user, especially with Excel

Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix (BSD and Solaris)

Hobbies: Music, Boating, Flying

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Newport Beach, CA

Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities:

• entailed virtualizing an older Lenel OnGuard system and migrating to the Enterprise version to more efficiently manage multiple physical locations
• Team member on 10yr cloud migration program
• Managed Microsoft licensing including Enterprise Agreement 3-yr renegotiations, and annual true-up with license optimization (6.5M budget). During the 2016 Confidential re-signing, saved in excess of $3M by suggesting and implementing a new strategy.
• Served as a member of the Confidential ( Confidential ) to guide enterprise-wide networking, set policy, and ensure all locations are on a good future track for scalability and support
• Privileged account management using Avecto Defendpoint security software
• Advanced Malware protection project using CrowdStrike

Infrastructure Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented Microsoft Confidential (High Performance Computing) cluster running Milliman’s “Alfa” modeling package, later upgraded to over 360 cores
• Re-designed wireless networks to support internal, contractor, and guest users
• Team lead on mobility and remote VPN access projects
• Managed IT portion of 450 person move (re-stack) within the Life division building in Aliso Viejo

Confidential, Century City, CA

Information Technology Manager

Responsibilities:

• As program manager for business continuity and disaster recovery, engineered and managed development of multiple high-availability, geographically diverse data centers with desktop recovery ability
• Designed and implemented redundant high capacity data and telecommunications systems
• Interim Chief Technology Officer
• Lead the computing security and information protection programs in a high threat, closely managed data control environment
• Responsible for highly critical recovery times due to volatile nature of financial transactional business operations
• Managed mobile secure communications and trading platforms for senior executive staff
• Managed UNIX and windows based local and virtual computing platforms, and specialty technical infrastructure including trading turret phone system, Avaya and Cisco (call manager) VOIP phone systems, gateway routers, firewalls, encryption, and VPN solutions
• Managed Confidential system for Government Confidential compliance (call recording)
• Set up London office with secure communications to corporate offices in USA
• Managed SQL Server databases and occasionally wrote scripts to address urgent business needs
• Managed all infrastructure aspects of a multi-million dollar corporate relocation including ground-up data-center build-out, robust voice/data network, and physical security systems. This included managing outsourced PMP

Confidential, Lake Arrowhead, CA

CEO

Responsibilities:

• Designed, implemented, and maintained critical servers, networks, and telephone systems
• Created database-driven websites using Microsoft’s ASP.NET platform (C#, VB, JavaScript), SQL Server, DotNetNuke, and ASP coding for legacy sites
• Provided DNS, web hosting, and email services utilizing Windows and UNIX based servers

Confidential, Monarch Beach, CA

Chief Technology Officer

Responsibilities:

• Technical and engineering project management: Managed staff in support of office infrastructure in multiple branch offices
• Networks (LAN/WAN), communications lines (voice T1, data T1, POTS lines), windows file servers, backup subsystems
• Managed desktop systems helpdesk
• Created and managed collocation center for web, corporate email, and DNS
• Directed the setup of redundant Internet feeds for branch offices
• Maintained corporate computing assets and network at 7 branch offices
• Cost savings project management: WAN design saved thousands of dollars per year by bringing ISP services in-house removing the need for contracting on a branch-by-branch basis. Directed modernization of the company website in-house. Designed and implemented ASP based Intranet for web site content management at the branch level

Confidential, Irvine, CA

Vice President, Technology

Responsibilities:

• Managed the support of office infrastructure including: IT purchases, vendor selection / management, invoice approvals, office equipment, phone systems, FTP and file servers, and backup subsystems
• Performed on-site and in-office client evaluations, involving business analysis and IT assistance evaluation
• Managed development staff, creating websites for clients
• Cost savings project management: Consolidated phone lines to a single voice T1 line, yielding significant savings and improved audio quality
• Created in-house data-center and external collocation center for data security
• Managed Confidential for collocation vendor & for clients