SUMMARY

• A hands - on technologist with over 15 years of experience orchestrating solutions that support award-winning SaaS Products and Emmy award-winning productions.
• Expert troubleshooting skills, with a special focus on 1 and 10 Gigabit high-speed networks, storage systems and virtualization.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Servers: Active Directory 2008/2003, Windows Server 2012/2008/2003 , Exchange 2010/2003, Microsoft SQL 2012/2008/2005 , Clustering, Mac OS X Server, Linux, IIS, NetBackup, Backup Exec, Intermapper, Track-It, FileMaker, QuickBooks, DNS, WINS, DHCP, NFS, CIFS, SMB, Dell, HP, IBM, Super Micro and Apple.

Storage: Isilon\EMC, NetApp, Dell, Promise, Apple, SAN, NAS and DAS.

Virtualization: VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Parallels.

Networking: 1/10 Gigabit Networks, Force10, Dell, and Cisco switches. SonicWall Firewalls. 1/10 Gigabit fiber and copper cabling, Wireless Networking, Monitoring, VPN, T1 and DSL.

Protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, Fiber Channel, iSCSI, NDMP, SMTP, POP, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL, Telnet, SSH, and NTP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Director of Infrastructure and Security

Responsibilities:

• Management of a 10 member infrastructure department that consists of Help Desk Technicians, Systems Engineers, Network Engineers and Database Administrators.
• Worked to improve the Customer Service and Support levels of the tem members by promoting an increased level of job integrity and accountability.
• Re-negotiation of vendor contracts and pricing to increase the companies discount levels for purchases and services.
• Implemented new Networking, Server and Storage Systems that increased performance, stability and uptime.
• Partnered with senior management to increase the participation of the infrastructure department in support of the companies’ goals and initiatives.
• Creation of technology and security policies that helped the company achieve higher levels of security and improve the management of technology processes.

Confidential, New York, NY

Vice President of Technology and Security

Responsibilities:

• Built and managed a technology department with direct reports, budgeting, vendor management, contract negotiations, purchasing, trouble ticketing and asset management.
• Built and managed an on-site datacenter that hosted two SaaS products built on Windows 2012 and CentOS Linux servers, that was accessed by 2000 clients, and served millions of image and video files, while maintaining significant uptime.
• Built and managed several production and development virtualized environments, that included VMware ESX 5.x, vMotion, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2012/2008. CentOS Linux, SAN, DAS, iSCSI, SAS, CIFS, NFS, and Physical to Virtual migration, which enabled faster server deployments and reduced operating costs by 60%.
• Created a Highly Available Microsoft, Apple and Linux network infrastructure that increased uptime and efficiency as well as Isilon, NetApp, Dell, Promise, and Apple storage systems.
• Designed and managed multiple Active Directory environments that included Redundancy, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Global Catalogs, Security, Network and Service Monitoring.
• Designed and managed a Highly Available Exchange email system that included Clustering, Shared Storage, Multiple Domains, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, Network and Service Monitoring.
• Built Highly Available services such as MS SQL, DNS, DHCP, SAN and Network Security, that protected the client facing applications and allowed scalability and increased revenue.
• Built and managed a high-speed 10 gigabit video production network that increased revenues, by allowing more simultaneous productions and faster client deliverables.
• Designed and built a 3D animation production and rendering system that supported a new business unit, that created a new revenue stream.
• Connected all four office locations via VPN networking, which allowed shared access to resources which decreased production cycles and increased revenues.
• Migrated the accounting department to a cloud based accounting system which allowed for better collaboration, invoicing and accounting, which increased revenue collections.
• Designed and managed standard Server and Workstation images for Windows, Mac OS X and CentOS Linux, and policies/documentation that promoted the company’s security.
• Aggressive vendor contract negotiations that resulted in an average revenue savings of 30%
• Oversaw the company’s VOIP phone system and facilities.

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Built and managed a highly available Microsoft and Apple infrastructure that included Active Directory, Exchange, IIS, Mac OS X, Linux, NetBackup, and BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
• Designed and migrated the Active Directory and Exchange environments from Windows that included Redundancy, Replication, Group Policy, Global Catalogs, Trusts and Security Policies.
• Migrated from a 100 Megabit to a 1 Gigabit, Cisco network.
• Designed and managed a Highly Available Exchange email system that included Clustering, Shared Storage, Resource Calendars, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, Shared Calendars and Contacts.
• Introduced a NetBackup backup system, NetApp, Dell and Apple storage systems and Symantec Antivirus Enterprise.
• Created standard Server and Workstation images for Windows and Mac OS X.
• Directed Policies and Documentation, Vendor Management, Purchasing and Phone System management.

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Server Manager

Responsibilities:

• Built an environment that consisted of Active Directory, Group Policy, Windows, Mac OS X, Symantec Antivirus, Tivoli Storage Manager, Tripwire and DocuShare.
• Designed and migrated the Active Directory infrastructure from Windows NT to Windows 2003.
• Created Policies and Documentation, Purchasing and Vendor management.

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Consultant/ Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Assessed the needs of business units and installed hardware and software solutions in a Windows NT4/2000 and Mac OS 9/X environment.
• Executed Mac OS 9.2.2, Mac OS X and Windows 2000 upgrade projects and administered Windows, Mac OS, FileMaker and Image Deployment servers.
• Supported Creative Departments that consisted of Print, Web Design and Avid Video systems.

Confidential, New York, NY

System Administration Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed two System Administrators, Budget, Purchasing, Vendors, and the Phone System.
• Built a Multimedia and Animation environment that consisted of Active Directory, Windows 2000, AppleShare, Backup Exec, and Symantec Antivirus.
• Managed an Exchange email system.
• Created Max, Maya, and Avid video production systems and an Inventory and Helpdesk ticketing system based on Track-It.

Confidential, New York, NY

Technology Site Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed two System Administrators, Budgets, Purchasing, Vendors, Email, Websites, Print Production and Y2k.
• Built a Mac, Windows, Exchange and Netware infrastructure.
• Managed an Exchange email system.

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Consultant/ System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Supported Trading Floor and Software Development environments.
• Created an Ethernet network that consisted of AppleTalk, TCP/IP, NFS, Remote Access, XWindows, Microsoft Mail, Lotus Notes, FileMaker, Hummingbird, Exceed and Exodus.
• Administered Mac OS, Windows and Netware servers and Windows NT4.0 migrations.

Confidential, New York, NY

Technology Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed two System Administrators, Budgets, Purchasing, Vendors, Email, and Print Production.
• Built an Advertising Media environment that consisted of Mac OS, Windows, Netware, HP and Farallon switches, Farallon and Netway routers.
• Supported graphics production in QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Assistant Professor

Responsibilities:

• Taught practical applications of Music Theory, Harmony and Arranging techniques as well as course development.
• Performed music copy - editing and arranging for the music library, utilizing Coda Music’s Finale music production application and Macintosh computer systems.