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Memphis, Tn, Us

Key deliverables:*Identify, coach, and accelerate career paths and professional development of the Access Management, Systems Engineering, and Network Engineering teams responsible for Frontdoor's internal infrastructure.* Assess and maintain or replace infra, processes or systems to accomplish interdisciplinary goals.* Develop strategic initiatives to accomplish all of the above, with reasonable, data informed financial stewardship.* Partner with other teams in the enterprise ensure timely execution of tactical initiatives.* Selection and management of 3rd party partner and vendor relationships.

Los Angeles, California, Us

The charter of the Advisory Board is to:1. Preserve and enhance the reputation and quality of the program through strategic review of credit and non-credit offerings to the community.2. Offer expert guidance to faculty and students.3. Promote the program's goal of linking industry with academia to ensure relevancy and benefits to the community.

West Hollywood, California, Us

Created, sourced, and developed internal (Network Engineering & Audio/Visual) and external (Cloud Platform Operations) infrastructure operations teams utilizing a mix of in-house recruiting and external sourcing domestically and internationally. Streamlined operational support methods to remove blockers and increase velocity utilizing a mix of acquired tech (private StackOverflow for instance), analysis of systemic issues, and end user education. Key Outcomes:*Led all of my teams through in-depth personal & professional growth and development planning, and introduced my org to a 90 day plan structure to develop more consistent accountability.*In under 2 years, planned and delivered all technical aspects for a new 70k sq’ HQ in West Hollywood with a CapEx budget of 6M USD during the quarantine.*Championed inter-company relations and standardization of network and A/V between Tinder and our parent company Match Group to ensure a consistent experience globally, and to leverage increased purchasing power for common technologies.*Built partnerships with Legal, Compliance, and Purchasing teams to ensure timely review of all support and vendor contracts with the goal of maintaining security and service while increasing financial stewardship.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Manage all aspects of Global IT Infrastructure Engineering, including leadership of a 30+ member team, strategic planning and implementation, and management of a $16M budget. Lead large-scale service deployments, migrations, and upgrades to continuously improve and streamline IT infrastructure. Negotiate and manage contracts with external vendors, service providers, and Human Resources internationally. Plan and prioritize Output and Key Results (OKR) against metrics regarding risk, importance, urgency, and impact. Allocate resources, manage team performance, and coach/mentor staff to improve performance.Team Leadership: Successfully grew the team from 6 to over 30 members across the globe through talent acquisition and recruiting.Onboarding Plan for IT Engineering: Strategically planned and implemented onboarding for IT engineers with systematic 30/60/90 day checkpoints.Process Improvements and Cost Reduction: Effectively forecasted resource and budgeting for $16M in capital expenditures; captured 16% savings on a global employee emergency notification system.Migration: Championed a 90% migration of on-premises IT infrastructure to cloud services, improving user experience and reducing data center spend.Team Productivity: Increased team productivity by 35% through strategic planning and implementation of change control, tool development, and on-call rotations.

Oak Park, Ca, Us

Tasked with the architecture and deployment of highly-available infrastructure to keep RPI's production facilities operating at peak efficiency while providing solutions that allow us to expand our current business smoothly.Proving day-in and day-out that IT can not only provide solutions to complex issues, but can also help drive revenue generation.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Responsible for architecting, deployment, and configuration of Windows Server 2003/2008r2 physical/virtual servers (Hyper-V) and storage in support of Microsoft’s Windows Server Labs, and Entertainment & Devices infrastructure divisions.This included maintaining inter-divisional service level agreements, managing client expectations throughout the course of project delivery, negotiation of timelines, and accountability for proper hand-off to daily operations Engineers.

San Jose, California, Us

Responsible for migration of the current IMLogic infrastructure from a SQL to Oracle BLOC solution. Phase 2 of this project includes building out the Sacramento IMLogic DR infrastructure and revisiting security standards on all tiers. Operational duties include:• Adaptation of existing project plans to meet revised timelines due to database server health.• Quickly ramping up on undocumented infrastructure, and creating a new repository/run book for successive Operations support. (ITIO)• Verifying all network and local connectivity for the existing infrastructure.• Assist with scripting to allow proper monitoring of IML Rules dissemination.• Submission, tracking and follow-up for Firewall Change Requests, Enterprise Change Management, and Release Management tickets.• Organization and chairing or operational meetings and working sessions.• Planning and transition of patch maintenance for all systems moving forward.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Primarily responsible for overseeing, monitoring, and supporting operations of the Production operations infrastructure including planning/implementing/rebuilding of existing systems as required and managing the release-to-production of application code in the form of hot fixes and patches.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Systems engineer responsible for building and maintaining the Microsoft IPTV lab server infrastructure. The infrastructure included hundreds of servers in the Mountainview CA campus and ranged from baseline Windows 2003 to virtualized farms of Windows Virtual Server 2005 machines. Operational duties included baseline building and patching of environments to complex troubleshooting of applications and systems.

San Jose, California, Us

Recruited as a contract employee to migrate Citrix MetaFrame farm from Cupertino to Tucson Data Center, I successfully completed the project prior to deadline. I was then converted to Full-Time exempt status (1 month into a 6 month contract), and assigned to implement Verity K-2 Search application and infrastructure. While the project did not successfully launch due to issues with CMS systems, the K-2 portion was successfully completed prior to deadline. Managing a team of 5 Engineers successfully gathered requirements, architected, and implemented High Availability Google Search infrastructure used for the entire external facing Symantec.com website. Responsibilities included maintenance of existing infrastructure assets, design review/implementation of future projects, and documentation for all environments.

Us

Hired as a Technical Support Representative, was offered an Internship in the Information Technology Dept. Promoted from Intern to Associate Systems Engineer within 3 months. Responsibilities included day-to-day care and operation of the local mail, data, and SQL servers as well as telephony systems, and support of 80 employees. (Local and remote) Authored policies and procedures regarding electronic communications. Created backup and disaster recovery plans, and educated new employees regarding systems security and proper use.