Advisory CTO Resume

SUMMARY

A technology leader with 17 years of hands - on experience in virtualization, storage design, Microsoft technologies, and change management control. Bringing an innovative and pragmatic approach to analyzing complex business needs, enabling conceptualization, design, and implementation of cutting edge solutions based on the latest virtualization, storage, and cloud technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud: AWS / Azure / CloudSimple

Hardware: Cisco / Dell / EMC / HP / Netapp / Nimble / Pure

Operating Systems: Linux / Mac OS X / Windows Server to > 2019 / Windows Desktop > 10

Network: MPLS / OSPF/ SD-WAN / VPN

Telephony: Avaya IP Office / Cisco Call MGR / ShoreTel / Trading Turrets

Security: Forescout / Netscope / ProofPoint / Qualys / Rapid7 / Splunk

Virtualization: Citrix / Netscaler / VMware / Hyper-V

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Advisory CTO

Responsibilities:

Successfully manage multiple complex projects that include Business continuity strategy and DR implementation along with assurance of data integrity during catastrophic events
Serve as communications bridge between IT staff, IT leadership, other staff including senior leadership
Provide the leadership and guidance the Customer needs to navigate business and technology change by providing relevant solutions that help empower thoughtful business technology decisions
Assist with technology reviews and assessments, especially financial and feature comparisons; ensure adequate economic assessments are made as inputs to decisions; create and provide meaningful input on ROI models used to make technology decisions

Confidential, New York, NY

Manager / Head of Infrastructure Engineering

Responsibilities:

Oversee and manage the infrastructure engineering operations for Confidential & Confidential & Lavan LLP
Worked closely with the CIO to develop a hybrid IT infrastructure strategy, one that is flexible and agile, with appended ability to quickly move workloads across data centers and private cloud instances
Responsible for establishing and maintaining strong partnerships with vendors and setting clear expectations and managing those relationships
Responsible for Infrastructure budgeting, analyzing, and creating CAPEX and OPEX budgetary projections for yearly budgets
Responsible for managing relationships with external contractors and maintaining vendor relationships
Oversee the transaction of monthly Internal and external vulnerability assessments along with a rapid remediation strategy.
Responsible for the assessment and upkeep for key core cooperate infrastructure such as network infrastructure, virtualization, storage, and SaaS-based platforms
Facilitate quarterly disaster recovery system testing and reporting changes to a BCDR committee and performing appropriate remediations to stay in compliance with corporate DR strategy
Lead the change advisory board meeting and ensure IT change management is in adherence to the ITIL framework life cycle.

Confidential

Assistant Vice President- IT Infrastructure

Responsibilities:

Manage and oversee a 24x7 team of 5 onshore and 4 offshore engineers along with all CIFC IT vendor management
Carried out CIFC's Change Management Program, overseeing Infrastructure and Application development via ITIL methodology
Demonstrated key operational performance statistics, key risk indicator metrics and trending Infrastructure/application analysis
Responsible for managing company telephony consisting of trading turrets and ShoreTel VOIP phone system
Conducted training sessions to enhance staff technical skills and motivation, while ensuring the adherence of project deadlines across IT Infrastructure teams
Reviewed infrastructure designs, resolved equipment redundancy problems, and improved network reliability and flexibility.
Served as technical team lead and systems designer for multiple high-profile, large-scale IT infrastructure projects exceeding 1million dollars of capital investment
Designed, deployed, and maintained Microsoft, UCS, VMware, and EMC VNX / datacenter resources.
Subject matter expert for system virtualization and Citrix virtual application delivery