SUMMARY

Versatile IT management professional with an extensive background in infrastructure, operations, security and project management. Demonstrated ability in strategic planning, problem resolution, organizational development, team building and project execution. Specialization in analyzing and restructuring IT organizations within corporate environments.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Information Security Analyst / Disaster Recovery Planner

Confidential

• Served on the Change Control Board to perform security reviews and audits of all IT infrastructure changes, installs, upgrades and deployments.
• Document - DR plan, Business Resumption plan, Testing Program etc.
• Developed Disaster Recovery life cycle.
• Created a Business Continuity Planning for each business unit.
• Installed, tested and maintained the SAAS Mobile Iron deployment. Develop corporate device mobile policies and technological enforcement of those policies.
• Manage day to day Palo Alto Networks Firewall.
• Manage day to day FireEye and QRadar SIEM event collector systems.
• Developed Disaster Recovery plans and procedures.
• Centralized all network traffic, logs, alerts and system events from all Security devices into the event collector.
• Network Traffic Analyst for online banking systems.
• Upgraded, maintained, monitored, configured Blue Coat Proxy, McAfee, and Ironmail.
• Plan and architect Data Center, Network recovery strategies and solutions.
• Palo Alto Networks Firewall POC Proof of Concept
• Perform Risk reviews of SSAE16, SOC reports and BCP/DR plans of mission critical vendors per FFIEC appendix K
• Review Network diagrams and security procedures.

Sr, IT Consultant

Confidential

• Managed Services Provider for Northern California.
• Manage 24/7 Production System and Staff Members for a wide range of Customers.
• Project Planning / Implementation, and Information Security Project planning.
• Created and Implemented security policy and procedures.
• PCI-DSS security standards project implementation.
• Business Continuity Planning and Implementing.
• Established physical security and Data security policy and standards.
• Reviewing and implementing Network systems security.
• Training on security awareness.

Director of Information Systems

Confidential

• Consultant Cool World Enterprises
• Responsible for direction and vision of all IT projects and staff
• Day to day Management of staff and computing systems
• Responsible for implementation of EHR systems. Electronic Medical Record
• Responsible for conversion from VMware Server to Windows Hyper-V servers
• Cloud computing platforms conversions and installations
• Upgrading Internet services from T1's to Fiber OC12's
• Managed install projects for Nova, TSystem, Omnicell, Prognosis, and the HL7's to accounting systems

Information Security Consultant / Project Manager

Confidential

• Project Manage City of Fullerton's PCI project Implementation.
• Apply the PCI-DSS Data Security Standards to Fullerton's Network.
• Review Security policy and procedures
• Review Network diagrams and security procedures

Information Security Consultant

Confidential

• Brought on board to move the PCI project forward.
• Implementation of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards PCI-DSS to Allied Wallet, a payment processor of online credit cards and funds-transfer services, serving customers globally
• Created and Implemented security policy and procedures
• Established physical security standards and monitoring
• Review Network diagrams and security procedures
• Trained on security awareness initiatives and programs
• Liaison with third-party auditor to comply with PCI Certification
• VISA Certification issued March 2010

Technical Management Consultant / Project Manager

Confidential

• Managed staff, providing vision and leadership to technology teams include scheduling, task assignment, and motivation
• Project manager migration of RedBack Network to Ericsson Data Center and Networks
• Technical management of staff and large scale companywide projects
• Tasked with improving the performance of the team's projects and tickets
• Virtualized Engineering systems provided Cloud Computing for software builds
• Project manager for the Next Gen - Parallel Storage System/High Performance Computing
• Responsible for 24/7 Computer Operations for the IT/Engineering team
• Responsible for Disaster Recovery life cycle
• Create, track and presented Dashboard to upper management

Sr. Network Operations Manager / Security Manager / Sr. Data Center Manager

Confidential

• Managed staff of employees and consultants to include scheduling, task assignment, payroll, hiring, motivation and discipline
• Directed and Project Managed PCI-DSS compliance for all IT Operations
• Project managed Store conversation to Cisco router, Cisco switches, Cisco IP phones and Cisco Wi-Fi for all 257 branches and remote offices
• Created performance standards for network team and data center team
• Responsible for quarterly budget of 5.7m and Negotiated major contracts
• Project managed NexGen system for two distribution centers
• Cisco 6509 ASA and ACE configuration design and implementation
• Established SLA's and on-call program for System Administrators and Technicians
• Virtualized Data Center system and Store Systems Virtualization for 257 branches
• Turned around Data Center Operations results: improved team work, higher productivity, retention strengthened
• Responsible for 24/7 IT Operations, Network, Data Center, and Disaster Recovery

Storage Architect

Confidential

• Sales Engineer for Enterprise hardware and software, supporting seven account managers
• Responsible for quotations, designing and configuration of EMC hardware and software
• Worked with Sales Representatives on account calls and account planning
• Responded to RFP's from customers and Interface with high-profile clients
• Worked with Sales/Account Managers and Operation teams in gathering requirements for clients
• Attained quarterly and annual objectives assigned by management
• Leveraged relationships within organizations to solve technical hurdles and foster awareness of our products and solutions

IT Operations Manager

Confidential

• Managed employees and contractors responsible for the day to day operation of all IT services including, LAN, WAN, Email systems, 210 Servers, Virus Control systems, LAN security, Data security, Firewalls, Databases, Help Desk, Web systems and servers, Release engineering and telecommunications for infrastructure of 450 person company with more than ten offices nationwide
• Developed IT Operations response to Sarbanes-Oxley SOX direction and documentation
• Responsible for a budget of over 6,000,000 annually, supporting Data Warehousing, Oracle Financials, SOX compliance, hardware and software maintenance
• Hosted monthly all hands IT meetings, reporting team progress, accomplishments, security, availability and setting team goals
• Responsible for purchasing, budgeting, and contracts on hardware/software, maintenances
• Performed performance reviews for IT staff members and development staff improvement plans
• Managed teams responsible for achieving 99.9 uptime availability campus
• Responsible for managing the Help Desk and telephone systems adds, moves, and changes desktop/laptop installations for all campus computers
• Responsible for implementing network security, hosting security briefings and implementing new security technologies
• Implemented disaster recovery systems

MIS Manager

Confidential

• Responsible for design, management and day to day operations of production and office networks
• Managed colocation facilities, achieving 98 uptime availability for our production networks
• Planned, installed and deployed enterprise Email systems, Web Servers, Oracle Enterprise Data Base Server, all running on LINUX Red Hat
• Designed and implemented network security for LANS and WANS using firewalls and VPN Concentrator
• System Administration for Windows servers, Red Hat LINUX server, and SUN Solaris servers
• Managed and deployed application servers -- Location Engine mapping system, Email Servers, Web Servers and Enterprise Data Base Server
• Managed and Supported Desktops and Laptops running
• Provided 24x7 support for production networks and servers
• Planned and implemented redundant Internet services, disaster recovery plans, and tape backup systems

Network Manager / Senior Systems Design Engineer

Confidential

• Responsible for the specification, design, deployment, and maintenance, of the facilities infrastructure and the networking and telecommunications technologies
• Planned and executed the construction and moves of nine new offices in four years. This work included LAN and WAN architecture, budget estimates and budget management, vendor selection, schedule coordination with the Facilities department and its contractors, vendor management, and installation and configuration of switches, routers, phone switches, servers, printers, and desktops
• Managed employees and contractors, responsibilities of this group were to support 875 employees and 385 servers
• Researched new technologies and new vendors in the networking and communications, deploying new technologies
• Managed the computing facilities, monitoring them for safety, availability, and proper environmental conditions
• Designed and deployed Coast to Coast WAN, connecting both Phone switches and networks
• Planned and implemented disaster recovery plans, including generators, Internet services, and tape backup systems

Network Engineer

Confidential

• Responsible for day to day management of production and office networks
• Designed and implemented Ethernet network for the San Jose campus
• Technical Manager / Project Manager for the corporate implementation of Lotus Notes, Oracle NextGen, PeopleSoft and Internet Access projects
• Project Manager, ATM network development team and Windows upgrade/roll-out team
• Oversaw Madge's internal network and all US field office networks
• Responsible for Internet firewall, Internet access and both our Internet and Intranet Web Access

Manager, Information Systems

Confidential

• Recruited, trained, and managed IT staff
• Responsible for all projects, purchases, installation, and day-to-day operations of LANNET's nation-wide network
• Purchased, configured, and installed servers, Windows Clients, Macs and laptops with remote LAN access
• Purchased, installed and managed remote communication links between the US headquarters, 12 branch sales offices and the Tel Aviv, Israel office
• Worked daily with Novell Servers, SCO UNIX, SUN Solaris, OS/2, Windows, Lotus Notes and CC:Mail

Network Manager, Associate Programmer

Confidential

• Managed network systems, networked VAX systems to PCs and Macs using Pathworks for all of Clinical Chemistry department
• Managed, installed, maintained and troubleshot networked MicroVAX II's, and VAX 4000-200 for the department
• Installed and managed terminal servers, laser and line printers, plotters, terminals and modems
• Responsible for the setup and installation of hardware and networking software, as well as cabling and troubleshooting on PCs and Macs
• Worked daily with VAX/VMS, Windows 3.1,Macs SCO UNIX, OS/2, DOS, and CC:Mail

Sr. Computer Operator

Confidential

• Operated and maintained Clustered VAX 8650's, networked WANG VS100's, a Clustered MicroVAX-II's, and Zenith PCs
• Installed hardware and software on PCs and network devices
• Installed cabling and troubleshot modems, multiplexers, line drivers, and network servers

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

• Operating Systems/Platforms:
• Microsoft Windows Server/Desktops all versions, Linux OS RedHat, BSD, Ubuntu Solaris, Solaris X86, HP-UX, VMware Virtualization Servers, EMC storage and software, AS400, Novell, NetApp storage, DataDirect Network storage,
• Software/Applications:
• Oracle Business Applications, PeopleSoft, MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio
• Networking:
• Palo Alto Networks Firewall, FireEye, QRadar, Blue Coat Proxy, Ironmail, Cisco Network equipment, Juniper Network equipment, Brocade, Foundry Network, F5, RedBack/Ericsson, Force 10 Networks, Load Balancers - Cisco ACE - Coyote Point - F5 - Foundry ServerIron, Fire Walls - Cisco ASA - Cisco PIX - SonicWall, VPN - Cisco VPN concentrator - SonicWall VPN, DNS, SMTP, Nagios, Network General Sniffer, OpenView on Solaris