Alejandro Rea Email & Phone Number

Pasadena, Ca, Us

United States

Pasadena, California

• Oversees all functions of physical & logical security management• Directs and consults in developing and implementing physical and logical security processes, practices, and policies to reduce risks, respond to incidents, and limit exposure and liability in areas of information, financial, physical, personnel and reputational risk.• Defines, updates and implements site security policies based on company security policies, procedures and accepted practices• Manages the training program for employees, contractors, and visitors on company security policies, procedures and best practices• Successfully initiated and obtained SOC 1 Type 2/SSAE 18 certification from A-LIGN Assurance for applicant processing services business unit which interfaces with FBI CJIS agency. Interface with certification agencies for audits.• Evaluates current risks, threats, and systems to ensure the highest standard of physical and logical security is achieved and maintained• Assesses need for any security reconfigurations (minor or significant) design, enhance and support physical security systems made up of physical and logical access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, identity management, and monitoring systems• Oversees access control systems management• Oversees and serves as Chief Security Office for Gemalto Cogent Applicant Processing Services which must operate under the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) division, analyzing, interpreting, and, enforcing CJIS policy.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Appointed as IT/ISS Manager to oversee the integration of Information technology services as a result of the Gemalto acquisition of 3M identify management business for $850 million.• Worked directly with management and M&A team leaders from both 3M and Gemalto companies. Awarded 2017 best solution project delivered. • Oversaw information technology integration (TSA) from 3M to Gemalto including migration planning, resource allocation, prioritization, and execution while keeping the business running with little or no down time.• Completed IT and application inventory (servers, storage, networking, workstations, laptops, applications, data center, ISPs, email, etc.). Collected number of users and user mapping type (R&D, office, mgmt.)• Worked with a professional services 3rd party vendors contracted to provide new hardware infrastructure, installation, and configuration of network, storage, virtualization, Veeam backup solution, and VMware ESX cluster.• Planned and migrated over 300 virtual servers from 3M VMware ESX cluster to a new Gemalto VMware ESX cluster with little to no downtime to various teams such as development, R&D, project and delivery, finance, customer services, call center, bid, pre-sales, etc.• Oversaw planning, implementation, and execution of VoIP systems migration from 3M Avaya to Skype for Business. Including company greeting, and multi-department hunt groups, after hours, and holiday greetings. • Researched, identified, configured, and implemented an Enterprise level password management tool, Passwordstate with AD integration, reporting and analytics, auditing, customizable security policies, and 2FA and subsequently deployed nationally.• Liaison point for all networking issues with regional and corporate teams and well as POC for site users and managers.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• As IT Manager oversaw day to day information technology operations of the 3M Cogent, Inc. business, a 3M subsidiary. Managed a team of IT staff and assigning task accordingly.• Responsible for overall IT infrastructure which included a local data center equipped with UPS and diesel generator for 24/7 level SLA support of corporate and customer infrastructures.• Managed all local IT contracts such as ISPs, telecom, VoIP, HVAC, Vendors, Suppliers, etc. • Managed local network infrastructure and DMZ including Cisco ASA firewalls, routers, catalyst switches, WAPs.• Worked on regional and corporate projects as needed, completed lean six sigma greenbelt training.• Responsible for and managed VMware ESX cluster containing multiple production and R&D environments. Planned, assessed and coordinated the migration of multiple environments into a single more robust ESX environment in order to reduce resources, power, cooling, rack space and licensing costs.• Successfully worked with 3M Cogent teams to develop a new training path that allowed engineers within 3M Cogent to cross-train and share knowledge, the project was a success and triggered implementation regionally.• Responsible for and managed systems infrastructure such as active directory, SharePoint, File server, printer server, DHCP and DNS.• Successfully planned, tested, and implemented new NTFS permission's utilizing 3M USAC Active Directory. This procedure eliminates single user access permission's at directory level and allows for better management and implementation which resulted in better security management and faster response.• Responsible for multiple satellite offices within the US, new hires, terminations, and/or site closures.• Lead BCP/DRP for 3M Cogent, Inc. which included data center, UPS, diesel generator, and all department’s critical systems such as Finance, HR, IT, customer support, call center, and, operations.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Cogent Systems, Inc. is a manufacturer of automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS) and one of the top providers of fingerprint identification systems in the United States.• Responsible for setup, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of customer projects• Install, configure, deploy and manage system OS installations such as Microsoft Windows Server 2012, 2008, SuSe Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat Linux. Perform server builds, firmware upgrades, patching, migrations etc.• Successfully setup, configured and worked directly with pre-sales team members on standardizing and pre-configuration of staging environment, such as OS installation, Microsoft Active Directory, Cluster configuration, SAN Storage configuration, etc.• Worked with multiple teams such as integration, development, systems implementation, and project managers to plan, pre-configure, and deliver AFIS customer projects.• Perform initial installation and configuration of WSUS server for corporate and customer projects• Support corporate network on a daily basis, research, install, configure and troubleshoot issues from a weekly on-call• Supports ESXi and VMWARE cluster infrastructure at corporate and remote office levels, creation of new VM templates and servers as they are requested by developers and support engineers.• New implementation of VMware View, researched, tested AFIS applications with VM systems, configured and deployed first implementation to a production environment• Responsible for system imaging, patch management, antivirus management.• Supports SAN/NAS/Storage solutions including IBM, HP, Hitachi, EMC, DELL, etc., including initial setup and configuration, redundancy planning and recommendation, storage planning, physical and logical configuration to meet best practices and customers’ needs. • Travel to customer sites as necessary to deploy final hardware/software configuration both national and international.• ....

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Data center move including audit of existing data center in order to map requirements of new data center, worked with multiple vendors and successfully completed the project.• Responsible for planning and execution of data center relocation from Austin, TX to Los Angeles, CA.• New Colocation selection, hardware purchasing, cage configuration, ISP selection, Power & cooling requirements, hardware installation and configuration, including servers, networking and storage.• Installed and configured windows and Linux OS, Cisco routers, load balancer, and switches. • Worked with development teams to plan and implement migration timeline which resulted in a successfully migration with minimal downtime and no data loss during the move.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Work directly with original Architect who wrote MySpace.com back-end engine to build a network of video related sites which then became part of LiveUniverse whom was founded by Brad Greenspan.• Responsible for managing overall data center operations, network infrastructure and server maintenance as well as overseen multiple office locations. • Built first data center from ground up with minimal available resources• Designed, planned and implemented initial setup configuration for multiple office locations, managed and assigned helpdesk technicians with tasks/projects for off-site and branch locations.• Implemented first corporate e-mail system using MS Exchange Server 2003.• Assigned and managed tasks accordingly to team members that consisted of network administrators, systems administrators, and helpdesk technicians throughout the company. • Implemented policies/procedures using (ESM) such as mailbox store, public store and applied as required.• Planned, designed and deployed MS Active Directory services. Worked directly with developers to switch over from standard workgroup to new corporate domain without any issues.• Planned and implemented numerous website migrations from medium to large website acquisitions with extremely fast growth. This included managing of hardware/software/licensing and requirements and dealing with vendors/resellers to negotiate contracts, pricing and purchasing.• Worked directly with webmasters to gather all required information about properties such as bandwidth, hardware, software, licenses and server statistics to replicate and setup both hardware/software levels. At the same time worked with developers to replicate websites, test and migrate to our data center to minimize project’s allocated cost.• Assign and delegate daily tasks to helpdesk technicians and prioritize projects accordingly.• Work directly with CTO/Senior Network Administrator and Cisco engineers to design, plan and • .....

• Oversaw day-to-day operations of department and ensured systems were operating optimally and at peak efficiency according to functional roles.• Maintained Server farms such as web, search, MS SQL and MS IIS5/6.• Worked with team members to deploy Ghost Image and MS SYSPREP to new HP servers.• Responsible for rack/stack with new hardware at data center. • Documented and maintained Visio physical & logical diagrams such as network, applications and processes. • Established monitoring system to automatically alert staff of key component failures to proactively prevent system outages.• Executed directions and implemented new initiatives as directed by the department.• Worked with director of Information Technology setting up extreme switches, creating VLAN’s and assigning end users workstations to specific groups.• Attended weekly IT meeting to follow-up with new and existing projects.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Network EngineereUninverse was one of the largest entertainment and media networks on the Internet serving over 50 million subscribers each month. Responsibilities:• Performed system administration for a network of 24/7 commercial websites.• Performed systems configuration, deployment, maintenance and administration for Windows 2000/2003. Performed heavy desktop support and network connectivity for over 350 employees in multiple locations.• Administered Windows Active Directory services and Exchange Server 2000 cluster in multiple locations. Performed backups of critical servers such as exchange servers using Veritas Backup Exec.• Responsible for creation of new employee accounts & terminations while working closely with HR.• Responsible for daily tasks on a server farm of over multiple locations including a 600 plus server collocation data center. New server setup, rack and stack, operating system installation and/or image deployments, network configuration and system deployment into production farms.• Maintained 3Com VoIP phone system in two locations, performed backups, added, moved and configured phones for new and existing users.• Knowledgeable with in-house ticketing system, created, opened and managed existing tickets until tasks were completed and tickets closed.• Worked with team members to successfully relocate entire site systems and infrastructure to a new location with minimal interruption to the business and our customers.• Preferred point of contact for CEO, CFO and President of the company for technical support.• Involved in basic configuration and installation of Cisco and Dell Switches.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Worked as an Independent contractor, consulting to small businesses for network and PC support services including network installation and configuration. • Involved in internet connectivity, hardware troubleshooting, operating systems installation and configuration.• Responsible for PC repair, antivirus protection, security management and backup services. • Installed and maintained virus software and automated downloads of the latest DAT files to ensure maximum security on the network and internet.• Provided clients with onsite/offsite helpdesk support.• Performed operating systems and application upgrades as necessary.