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Milford, CT, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Provide day to day management of National Datacenter engineering team.
• Provide management and escalation point for assigned project portfolio.
• Serve as Level 2 escalation point for employees.
• Analyzes trends to identify opportunities to improve the quality IT offerings.
• Contribute to and manage additional special projects assigned by the clients and or management team.
• Establish client relationships and assist Sales teams to further Datacenter practice.Notable accomplishments

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Lead Engineer for Stanley Black & Decker “In a Box” solution delivery.
• Introduction of new customer leads to sales team and pre-sales contributor.
• Support the Pre-sales team with validation of solution designs, bill of materials, statements of work, and labor estimate when appropriate.
• Work with Project Managers to design and deploy business solutions for our customers.
• Completed various professional service engagements.

Orange, Connecticut, US

Develop, implement, manage, and report on UIL's IT support for its SCADA systems/infrastructure, and manage the related team and vendors.Develop, refine, and ensure compliance with compliance -related policies, processes/procedures, NERC CIP and other regulatory standards.Identify, assess, and prioritize threats based on possible impact, system.

• Lead SME and architect for Electric and Gas SCADA
• Maintain Windows and Red Hat Linux servers within the SCADA environment
• Maintain/troubleshoot Cisco: ASA’s, Routers and switches within the SCADA environment
• Manage compliance to NERC CIP process and procedures
• Manage backup process for systems in UIL’s SCADA environments
• Manage patching process for systems in UIL’s SCADA environments

• Designed/implemented/support corporate Microsoft infrastructure (AD/GPO/DNS/DHCP) and game development framework.
• Develop and support playable game environments in the cloud using AWS (Amazon Web Services).
• Standardize pc imaging based on tech stack and deployment method using WDS.
• Support cloud based solutions: Exchange, Confluence (JIRA, and WIKI).
• Worked with Executive team to provide game presentation support to possible publishing partners and VC’s.
• Facilities and operational support including: o Responsible for setup of temporary and permanent offices. o Cooling, power, network and fire suppression systems design. o Maintain budget/purchasing documentation and.

Bridgeport, Connecticut, US

• VMware redesign and tech refresh for Production and DR Datacenters.
• SAP hardware/software refresh; moved a full SAP implementation to new blades and storage along with a HRP software refresh in a 6 month window.
• Developed many of the Disaster Recovery plans and documentation along with fully tested results.
• Redesigned existing fabric and storage infrastructure supporting primary and secondary datacenters.
• Identify technological projects based on business needs; architect, budget, project manage and implement solutions.
• Responsible for installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting 160+ physical and virtual (VMware) in Production and DR Datacenters.

• Worked with various businesses to provide: o IT project management o Server and Network Support o Break/Fix support on servers and desktops o Hardware and software solutions for realized/unrealized business needs.
• Successfully implementation of Windows 7 for business with 350+ employees/500+ devices.
• Re-designed backup infrastructure for a client that included 8 TB daily changes and 150+ servers.
• Rebuilt DR site for local company with successful DR drill results.
• Hired/led sub-contracted consultants to perform various support and migration tasks.

Boston, MA, US

• Managed all Treasury IT Operations Projects.
• Nominated for 2 Star Awards for work on OTS Audit Remediation and Financial Web Site Hosting migration.
• Lead team of 10 IT Operations engineers in daily operations as well as planned project implementation and maintenance tasks.
• Successfully completed numerous projects while adhering to GE’s strict PMO Process.

Bridgeport, Connecticut, US

Hanover, MD, US

• HealthNet January 2009 – March 2009
• Provide support to production Windows and Citrix environment.
• Manage/resolve tickets assigned to group.
• Build, configure, test and release servers/patches/software packages on an as-needed basis.GE Corporate Treasury March 2008 - December 2008
• Project manager for the Citrix Upgrade project including; reviewing, redesigning and implementing of the Citrix environment for GE Treasury. Completed the implementation of Production and DR silo’s.
• Responsible for all facets of the project including; analysis, design, QAT, deployment, DR implementation, and stabilization while conforming to GE’s current SDLC standards.

• Responsible for planning, installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting all data/voice network topology which included 29+ servers in an Active Directory 2003 domain.
• Daily duties include the administration of all Exchange 2003 servers, SMTP gateways, web/email filter servers, SQL servers, IIS servers, Citrix Presentation servers and Brightstor backup servers.
• Duties also include backup management, disaster recovery planning, reviewing user requirements, writing technical specifications, documenting the execution of any unit, testing and integration of network.
• Manage expenditures and develop yearly budget including maintenance contracts for the entire IT department.
• Manage IT staff in the CT office, this included writing yearly staff reviews, recommending salary increases and yearly bonuses, and evaluating reviews with each member of my staff.

Norwalk, CT, US

• Duties include: backup network administrator, team leader, and group coordinator for rollouts and relocations.
• Provide hardware and software support for 600+ employees at GE Capital RFS
• Responsible for installing, testing, and distributing applications for the server and end-users.

Shelton, CT, US

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