Barry Rubin Email & Phone Number

Newark, New Jersey, Us

Responsible for defining the strategic direction, architectural design, implementation and operations of NJ Transit networks.

Attending Technology Networking Events Researching Industry LeadersTracking Industry TrendsParticipating in Industry Discussions

Trenton, Nj, Us

Directing the tactical and strategic activities of the State-Wide Network Teams in support of Engineering & Availability:Internet, WAN, LAN Services, Voice \ Telephony, Cybersecurity and State-Wide Fiber to the Executive Branch Agencies and Departments of the State of New Jersey. End User Computing needs for the Office of Information Technology.Developing and growing these Service Portfolios as new business needs and new technologies emerge. Managing, organizing and directing the activities of the Directorate while providing a high level of customer support & compliance across towers. Responsible for managing complex transformational projects such as State-wide Data Center\Network consolidations by coordinating the activities of multiple / disparate teams across the technology sector.

Infrastructure, Data Center and Enterprise Networks - Consolidation, Virtualization, Rationalization. Technology Consulting and Project / Program Manager for Cloud migration activities

New York, Ny, Us

IT Infrastructure - Technical Services and Infrastructure Executive tasked with managing the daily operations, tactical and strategic technology needs of a leading - edge Health Care Provider. Driving a cultural and technical transformation in Data Center, Server, Messaging, Network, Telephony, Call Centers, Endpoint Support Operations and Application Deployment.Driving the operational and project activities for Infrastructure, Data Center, Network (Cisco), voice & mobile-wireless infrastructure. • Network Standardization / Modernization PRI to SIP Transformation of VOIP• Established Network Resiliency platforms and protocols for Production and DR• Implementation of Enterprise APM Platform for application Traffic / performance analysis• Standardized Data Center and Network Server Builds• Implemented Change Management program, SOP – based operations• Converted all Application teams to a standard Version Control platform• Migrated all endpoints to Windows 7 with standard builds and software distributionAs a Change Agent, provided technology Vision, Strategy, & Leadership in support of Transformation.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Interactive contributor to the Network & Infrastructure solutioning of Managed and Co-hosted designs and solutions solicited by GBS clients. Exclusively supported Public Sector activities for various agencies within the Federal government space. Responded to greenfield design demands as well as transformational activities for Federal agencies that were re-investing in infrastructure to achieve lower run rates and remove obsolete mechanisms. Worked collaboratively with broader team to develop sanctioned and integrated network, storage and compute solutions.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Technology Infrastructure and Operations Hands-On management and support for Global Technology Infrastructure & Call Center Operations / Cisco Telephony / BPO. Data Centers, Networks, Processing, Servers, SAN, Telephony, driving engineering solutions, monitoring and support. High-Transaction volume of Data, Inbound / Outbound VOIP and CTI workflow. Global Technology / Data-Voice Carrier Experience, Shared Services.• Establishment of IT alignment with business goals• Improved service levels through restructuring, talent acquisition and process improvement • Manage global support team in IT with multiple disciplines and broad scope.• Manage core infrastructure services, delivered to world-wide set of business locationsA senior information technology executive combining global experience, merger integration and in-depth technical expertise in the management, planning, implementation and operations of large-scale complex systems, enabling business management to achieve their vision through the most efficient use of technology. Expertise includes IT strategy, alignment and governance; IT transformation, effectiveness, and operational efficiency; budget, ROI and TCO management; vendor contract negotiations; network infrastructure; data center site selection, vendor evaluations, builds, consolidations and relocations; virtualization of server and storage platforms; capacity planning; high availability; disaster recovery and business continuity planning; support services; team building; security and compliance.

Infrastructure, Data Center and Enterprise Networks - Consolidation, Virtualization, Rationalization. Technology Consulting and Project / Program Manager for a multi-site SAP Hosting data center consolidation, relocation and vendor migration for a major international consumer products company based in New York. Performing Program management across all technology towers, (1000+ Servers) operational, migration and san-storage (~500TB) assessments for operational optimization and risk mitigation.

New York, Ny, Us

Expertise from Systems Support, Infrastructure, Data Center Operations / Consolidations, Network Operations / Optimizations, Server / Storage Virtualization, End -User Computing / Standardization, POS selection/operation, Operational Transformations, Information Security / SOX / PCI compliance. Reducing the cost and footprint of operations and infrastructure through rationalization has been a hallmark of my career.• As a Change Agent, provided technology Vision, Strategy, & Leadership in support of Transformation. A proven track record of results-oriented performance as well as hands-on technical qualifications.• Extensive project management experience in large scale technology implementations and relocations / server / storage consolidations & virtualization.• Strong managerial skills in IT Organizational Transformations, operations and vendor management as it pertains to product and service delivery.• Successful experience in building a Shared-Services Model for networks and data centers• Established networking and systems standards for the infrastructure, reliable user desktops and Change Management in the data center and Internet / Intranet security. • Began an ITIL adoption program for Infrastructure.

New York, Ny, Us

Rebuilt and modernized Equitable’s networks and data center, brought a Wall Street mindset of time-criticality, while evolving a new network architecture (Cisco router backbone / TCP/IP framework) to support the burgeoning client server requirements in the data center. * Designed and implemented a new business-driven WAN / LAN infrastructure & server farm for Equitable’s Agency network in order to support the new Agent’s Workstation (5000 nodes Windows - TCP/IP). This included the design, testing, implementation and management of a nation-wide network of over 130 routers and 200 servers. * Designed and developed a modern, state-of-the-art data center / network operations center equipped and staffed with the latest tools and professional staff operating 24 hours a day. * Re-engineered the communication’s department Lifecycle by implementing a Plan, Implement, & Run management style as well as reconstructing the data communications business to prepare for the client server evolution.