WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• My duties included assisting in identifying and evaluating the economic potential of investment properties, followed by the successful completion of the redevelopment process.
• When properties met the company’s investment criteria, my duties included working with sellers, investors, banks, relators, and title companies to expedite the purchase of the subject property.
• During this closing and due diligence period, my responsibilities included developing a project budget, obtaining bids from vendors and contractors and developing a project critical path schedule.
• Once properties are acquired, responsible for developing, managing and maintaining relationships with all stakeholders including investors, lenders and contractors.
• This includes developing project budgets and schedules; negotiating and executing contracts and change orders with general and subcontractors, processing and approving contractor pay requests and bank draw requests; developing final project punch lists and working the inspectors and contractors to complete the open items on a timely basis.
• Upon project completion, I worked with real estate brokers and title companies to assist in finalizing the sale of the properties.

Confidential, Las Vegas, NV

General Manager

Responsibilities:

• I was responsible for the overall management of this retail shipping and commercial freight business.
• My duties included hiring, supervising and managing employees. I was also responsible for developing and managing banking relationships, marketing activities and managing supplier accounts.
• In addition, I was also responsible for all data processing, accounting and tax aspects of the business, including budgeting, cash flow planning, and management reporting and responsibility for managing the company’s data processing functions including:
• Managed Enterprise Linux Servers for the business on CentOS
• Managed PCI compliance for credit card services.

Confidential, Roseville, CA

Manger / Owner

Responsibilities:

• Advised small business owners who regularly asked me to work on a range of projects including the purchase hardware and software.
• Developed training models for documentation and implementation of systems, architecture, and systematic maintenance and upgrades of enterprises systems to meet service level agreements.
• Developed comprehensive plans to work on relationship management, presentation skills and sales skills for small business owners and employees.
• Lead team of 4 trainers to help and assist with implementation of major projects.

Confidential, Roseville, CA

UNIX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Upgrading systems to federal security standards for banks
• Migrated all Solaris UNIX boxes up to current patch levels
• Completed all security changes for the west coast 50+ UNIX servers
• Completed security changes and service pack updates Windows Server 2003
• Maintained servers for Confidential commercial website
• Provided application support for Web sphere application servers
• Enhanced performance on existing systems

Confidential, Pleasanton, CA

UNIX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Setup performance testing on P690 IBM Regatta servers w/AIX 5.2
• Running performance testing for the new software releases for P690 Regatta and Red Hat systems
• Managing IBM Regatta systems and performance testing for new releases
• Managing Red Hat Linux Advanced Servers 2.1 for the performance testing team
• Provided application support for Web logic application servers
• Implemented Red Hat Linux security and patches for the project
• Implemented IBM Regatta patches for the project

Confidential, Rancho Cordova, CA

UNIX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Implemented new P690 IBM Regatta server’s w/AIX 5.1 for Tivoli Storage Management Software Configured and setup all LPARS and Security protocols for the Regatta systems
• Operated and maintained 30 production servers
• Used Remedy for change control on all systems
• Developed and conducted training in support of Red Hat Linux.
• Implemented SSH in the Confidential enterprise
• Provided application support for Web logic application servers
• Implemented Red Hat Linux security and patches for the enterprise
• Upgraded SSH by maintaining/modifying configurations and modifying keys.

Confidential, La Jolla, CA

UNIX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Implemented and configured Sun Solaris Servers
• Reorganized and setup DNS servers
• Implemented Apache/Stronghold secure web servers
• Designed Linux firewall and security services for local network
• Installed and Configured Windows NT 4.0 Web Servers
• Installed and configured Microsoft Exchange Servers
• Setup Red Hat Enterprise Linux SMB, CVS and Bugzilla and mail services
• Implemented Red Hat Linux e - commerce Servers with Apache and Shop site

Confidential, Sacramento, CA

UNIX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured, and maintained company's Windows NT 4.0 Servers
• Implemented security with Linux Firewall and Proxy services
• Implemented Perl scripts to automate Linux servers.
• Built Intranet using Ascend MAX routers and 3com switches (27 locations)
• Designed and maintained company's web services
• Supported 34 users

Confidential, Dallas, TX

UNIX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administered a multi-platform network which consisted of 40 users
• Implemented firewall and security and group access for Tier 1 technical support on UNIX and NT Servers
• Administered Sun Solaris 2.5.1, Windows NT 4.0, Linux, and Free BSD Servers
• Supported users who used Lotus Notes, Mac OS, and all Windows clients
• Designed computing solutions for key customers and assisted in the implementation of those solutions