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Over 20+ years working and supporting private to small business and corporate environments, within various clients (Medical, Small and Large Businesses) around the Tri-State, Up-State and Central New York areas."Over 25+ years of supporting• Software & Hardware Support • Consulting • Home & Office Visits •• Local and Tri-state Traveling •Hardware Support:Apple • HP/Compaq • Dell • Raid SystemsNetwork • Desktop • Servers • Printers • Tablets • iPhone Software Support:OS X & Windows XP • Adobe • Microsoft • Quark • and MoreFont & Color Management • Workflow Solutions

Lake Success, Ny, Us

Responsible for all Information Technology Support and Services. Handling negotiations between vendors and 3rd party support services required to improve and maintain the needed information technology requirements for the practice.

- Oversee IT support services for more than a dozen Long Island medical client sites. Involvement with critical IT business support needs for various offices throughout Long Island and Tri-State area.- Management of all support of IT requirements for on/off-site locations- Decision making for company and client technology requirements- Support of hardware and software application(s) for medical billing and patient information systems- Setup and configuration of workstations used on and offsite office locations- Maintain and implementation of IT solutions for client sites (existing and additions)- Hands on/direct support of hardware and software technologies- Implementation of proper security compliance for HIPPA EMR requirements- Supporting image server networked scans of patient sonographs

London, England, Gb

- Manage 200+ user base environment containing Macintosh and PC users.- Research and development of IT budget for various departments- Supervised and maintained all systems on site and remote offices- Created and promoted better relationship/communication between IT and user base- Managed on site and remote maintenance of Xserve/Xraid setups- Recommendations and implementation of hardware and software upgrades- Researched and deployment of technology hardware and software solutions- Support of Final Cut Pro workstations for video production department- Desktop visits to assist with hardware and software issues

New York, Ny, Us

- Supported and maintained Macintosh systems and software for a 300+ Macintoshuser base for Creative, Print and Audio Production departments- Handled purchasing of hardware and software for department and client needs- Responsible for quarterly technology financial budgets for departments- Research and deployment of technology solutions for business needs- Managed 5 member Creative Support Team; on site and on-calls needs- Assist network staff with management of Windows Servers for Macintosh and PC users- Management of (2) XServe/XRaid Servers for Print Studio running OS X environment- Support and maintain AV workstations (i.e. Final Cut Pro, After Effects)- Supported off-site “sister companies” within WPP (1200+ user community)

London, Gb

Supported and maintained Macintosh systems and software for a 300+ Macintosh user base for Creative, Print and Audio Production departments for J. Walter Thompson Inc.

New York, Ny, Us

- Supervision and assisted with Studio functions and development technologies- Server Management: 5 Macintosh OS based servers for production studio(s) job/client information; server backup/retrievals procedures and maintenance- Telecommunications (FTP): maintenance of connection with international clients- Hardware and Software support: developed workstation upgrades and system builds- Troubleshooting of print production issues, color correction and output solutions

A.S.S., Advertising Art & Computer Graphics

Computer Science And Graphics

Diploma, Computer Science