Christopher Vallo Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Working towards a more ethical and accountable future, I research and theorize with public groups and individuals to change the currently toxic culture of the technology industry. During the clear nights, I bring my telescope out to the streets of Chelsea, NYC to offer free astronomy viewing & astrophotography opportunities to all.

San Francisco Bay Area

Operated self-driving vehicles in both pilot and co-pilot roles.Completed driving reports, procedures, and tests in order to collect data for engineering team.Provide essential feedback on system/AV performance to the team.Interacted with the public as an ambassador for Uber's self-driving technology.Completed Advanced Driving Techniques Training provided by Performance Driving School.Worked with leads to streamline and improve quality of data gathered.Licensed by California DMV for Autonomous Vehicle Testing (AVT) Program Test Vehicle Operator Permit.

San Francisco

San Francisco Bay Area

Technology Industry adviser for masters & doctoral candidates N-Judah Beautification Project CommitteeProvided input to District 4 supervisor and city hall employees NERT certification for Outer SunsetNERT HAM radio operator training (ongoing)Neighborhood Watch CommitteeFounder, Ocean Beach AstronomyAdvised on using technology for community outreach.Organized assistance for home bound residents of Outer Sunset

San Francisco Bay Area

• Deployed Microsoft Office 365 to all users• Deployed Amazon EC2 for cloud based infrastructure move• VM Ware (ESXi / vCenter) & HyperV Administrator• Upgraded/supported company wide infrastructure for production, development, infrastructure, remote and local users in 4 countries.• Security/Compliance for PCI audit• Vendor manager for all external services, software and hardware providers• Windows Administrator using Exchange, Federated Services, DPM, SQL, OCS and WSUS• IT policy, security and project documentation author• Mixed user base of Windows, OS X, Android & iOS

San Francisco Bay Area

• Pro Bono Consultation to professionals, non-profits and small businesses on technology with an emphasis on sustainability, ROI and using social media to grow client base.Projects included: • Social Media Integration• UI optimization• Technology/Carbon Footprint• Horizontal/Vertical technology education• Computer Based Training• Video Production / Social Media• Re-Purposing of Hardware

• Volunteered my time to community based organizations and obtained my 1,000 hour NY State license in Massage Therapy. • Worked with sustainable/eco-friendly businesses to develop their Social Media network while using mobile location based applications to improve customer communication. • Performed over 400 hours of pro-bono massage therapy sessions allowing me to gain valuable insight into the necessity of holistic bodywork in clinical situations.

• Managed third party software developers and contractors providing services to Juice Energy• Supported Houston, Chicago and NYC offices with SharePoint • Developed change management process for all software releases to web servers• Managed and improved all firewalls, DMZ servers and external facing production servers• Implemented backup procedures for 130 VMWare servers• Streamlined employee equipment training, deployment and services

Completed Projects:•Prepared for Web-based client services roll out in 2008•Wrote and held training for all staff on Office 2007•Completed preparation for SOx Audit in 2008•Rolled out Windows Mobile 6 with full Exchange 2007 integration•Upgraded network with GB to all desks and a 10GB backbone•Added 16TB of NAS with LTO-3 robotic autoloaders•Brought all externally hosted services in-house for substantial annual savings•Worked with management to improve security and data retention polices•Transitioned to SQL 2005, Windows 2003 and Exchange 2007 backend

Greater New York City Area

• Provided Sales Engineering Support for multi-national sales force in Japan and Korea. • Developed and encoded a video library of over 3,000 combinations of Video/Audio CODEC and file format combinations for QA team • Designed and lead a complete internal network re-organization – including IDS, Firewall, Spam filters, DMZ for all external resources, VPN, Exchange 2003, AD 2003, client-side back up automation, disaster recovery, unified workstation image, hardware selection, SAN centralized storage, purchase and installation of all hardware.• Implemented the inclusion of OS X as a platform option for DAM• Secured local wireless connectivity for contractors, sales support and other floating user access.

•Implemented internal changes that would allow for Impact Solutions to continue its’ growth into new service markets which included: Streaming Media, wireless phone programming and services, remote client support, mobile office integration and DRM options.•Provided creative management for existing client’s Public Relations events with tie-ins on websites, DVDs and live presentations. All work was done under budget and ahead of schedule.•Supervised three major upgrades from older Windows O/S to XP Professional and updating server hardware to accommodate Windows 2003 server. All three upgrades were completed with minimal user impact.•Designed and supervised the installation of a new conference room with provisions for wireless security, multiple format presentations (Windows, Mac and Linux), HDTV and full streaming options (web cast, video conferencing and recording)

Stamford, Ct

•Developed a full DRM solution for 14 live events per year.•Integrated with 3rd party credit card billing and membership system.•Provided support and life cycle upgrades for WWE internet streaming as well as all internal compressed video needs.•Initiated a full reclaiming of outsourced services at a yearly cost savings of $2.5million.•Built out three dedicated streaming media studios with new equipment.•Advised four tenures of executives on IT related issues.•Worked in hand with web based departments to update their rich media content to new formats (streaming, VOD, celluar)•Provided broadcast environment with new low cost options for special effects, onsite real time video editing and mobile blue/green screen technologies.•Automated digitizing media from BetaCAM and DVCAM which saved the Global Media department $150,000 in annual costs.•Interviewed and qualified all technical applicants for Global Media department whom would be working with .com team.

Greater New York City Area

•Provided Tier 1&2 Support to users and executives at three IBM locations•Worked with Tier 3 team on migration from OS/2 to Windows 95•Ran project cloning 7,000 drives, finished remote deployment worldwide on time•Personally supported Senior VP of the IPL department