• Managed IT department operational and strategic planning, including business requirements, project planning, and organizing and negotiating the allocation of resources.• Defined and communicated project milestones, service level agreements, and resource allocation to executive team, department leads, support staff, and end users.• Developed and reviewed budgets for and from IT department divisions and ensure they comply with stated goals, • guidelines, and objectives• Developed and implemented all IT policies and procedures, including those for architecture, security, disaster recovery, standards, purchasing, and service provision.• Interacted with vendors to design and execute business solutions.• Approved and monitor major projects, IT budgets, priorities, standards, procedures, and overall IT performance• Rework of entire AD domain including migration of mail to O365, DNS configuration, and network services• Buildout and move of two offices infrastructure including servers, switches, phone system and cabinets to new facilities.• Provided first ever project management cycle, infrastructure budget, and disaster recovery for renewed company efforts• Created remote and local monitoring services for all servers, services, and facilities with Simon, Splunk, and Dell KACE• Responsible for the health and maintenance of multiple virtual servers, storage units, and automation software

• Configuration and administration of 80TB XSan deployment of video assets for major Hollywood studios• Construction of entire AD domain including migration of mail to Exchange server, DNS configuration, and network services• Rewiring of entire network including servers, switches, phone system, and all LAN hardware• Administration of various Mac and PC servers and systems including Apple Xserves, Dell Servers, and fiber driven devices • Provided first ever project management cycle, infrastructure budget, and disaster recovery for renewed company efforts• Created remote and local monitoring services for all servers, services, and facilities with Simon, Splunk, and Dell• Responsible for the health and maintenance of 30 servers, 10 storage units, and automation software and hardware• Tasked with creation of VMWare vSphere virtualized environment with 8 virtual machines with fully redundant SAN

• Defined product vision and implementation by understanding users requirements and industry needs• Created and managed various system implementations of Apple Server/Client hardware and software • Managed all PC client network operations including Microsoft AD, DNS, DHCP, Exchange, SQL Server, File/Print• Maintained cutting-edge technical knowledge of Apple XSan, AFP/SMB/NFS, Mail, Web, DNS, LDAP (OD), XServe/Promise • Responsible for quality assurance of all server projects, including usability, accessibility, and management• Trained internal and external users on all systems and services

• Supervised and directed local business IT needs through status meetings and individual meetings with all departments• Engineering for 10 servers and 90+ workstations running various Windows, Mac OS, & Linux OSes• Managed all network operations including AD, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, Exchange, SQL Server, AFP/SMB/NFS services• Responsible for project management, development, and roll-out of $1 mil. order system for a seven newspaper environment• Executed technical management by researching and analyzing current and upcoming technologies in a weekly newspaper environment for all business locations• Conceived, designed, and implemented fully automated electronic PDF workflow to streamline output to pre-press• Project management: New technical applications and services. Exceeded expectations of target go-live dates for various business application installs, by implementing a series of milestone dates and processes. Helped maintain communication and training with various individuals on projects. Met all target goals and deadlines within or under budget defined by corporate• Managed development for online classified based listing system for entire Village Voice system with developer resources • Maintained capital budget for local environment spending over a 6-year period of $1 mil.• Created reporting system for all company finance, production and sales depts. using Crystal Reports 8.5 & SQLServer• Auditing of HIPAA and SOX policies, procedures and compliancy for current systems integration• Managed team of help desk and web developers for locally based services and needs• Familiarity and implementation of a variety of telephony networks including Mitel, Inter-tel, and Avaya systems• Maintained network security and various backup solutions and designs• Tested and demonstrated InCopy editorial workflow to Adobe engineering and QA departments for further development

• Brainstormed and implemented technical design solutions for a wide range of related hardware and software projects• Extensive knowledge and working experience with financial accounting, accounts payable & payroll application systems• Developed internal training programs for all departments in current business applications in both Apple and Microsoft systems• Conceived, designed, and implemented network infrastructure for 75-90 users in cross-platform environment• Implemented Cisco based networking solutions for local operations• Implemented Asset Management system of all hardware, software and critical business documentation• Auditing of all computer software and hardware systems for Y2K compliance