David Ha Email & Phone Number

Tenafly, Nj, Us

Twickenham, London, Gb

Haymarket Media Group is a global media, data, and information company offering award-winning specialist content. As the head of IT, I comprehensively manage technology aspects within the US division. This involves close collaboration with the UK technology team to align global infrastructure and core services strategies, fostering seamless collaboration between offices. Responsibilities include overseeing the internal technical group, managing on-prem infrastructure, facilitating end-user support, supervising cloud platforms, cultivating vendor relationships, and ensuring budget adherence.Establish the strategic direction of the company's information systems; execute strategy in collaboration with global leadership.Oversee local cyber security initiatives for the US environment and coordinate with the UK on all global initiatives.Review requests for the implementation of new services and solutions to assess security and appropriateness for the organization.To ensure the integrity of the company's digital properties, keep pace with technological changes and current events in cyber security.Maintain hands-on management and administration of a hybrid environment consisting of on-premises Windows-based infrastructure with Cloud-based platforms.Lead the US IT team to oversee the design and support of local and global system implementations to meet business needs effectively.Prepare and oversee annual OpEx and CapEx budgets and work closely with Finance teams to ensure alignment.

Bustle Digital Group is one of today’s leading global digital companies with a portfolio of distinct experiential brands shaping today’s culture. Headquartered in New York, with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, and the UK, I led the internal team in developing and implementing all technology strategies around infrastructure and cloud services to support user needs and meet organizational goals.Reporting to the CTO, I ensure the company's core IT processes are supported, maintained, and continuously improving. Monitor and manage daily performance and availability of the organization’s systems infrastructure. Collaborate closely with internal teams to explore and develop solutions that meet the needs of evolving business processes.Lead BDG’s IT group to identify areas of improvement, research technologies that can help increase efficiencies and develop a roadmap for adoption and support across the organization. Setting initiatives early on by moving many of the company’s on-premises infrastructure to cloud-based services and rolling out key company-wide products, positioning the company for a more agile and remote-friendly workflow.

New York, Ny, Us

Wenner Media owns brands such as Rolling Stone, Us Weekly and Men’s Journal with annual revenue exceeding $200 million. As Director of Information Technology, I develop technology strategy and policies and ensure that network engineers, server administrators and desktop support and development staff execute business plans through state of the art hardware, software, data management and back-end automation.Establish the technology infrastructure and architectural strategy across the company’s multiple site locations covering over 500 employees.Create company policies and procedures governing corporate security, email, access control and incident response.Develop architectural roadmap from on-premise design towards software defined technologies to include public, private and hybrid design.Oversee all IT operations, supervising 9 staff members and regular contractors and vendors to meet business strategy and goals.Collaborate with other department heads to provide technology resources to improve their efficiency and effectiveness. Forecast and operate annual operating and capitalized budget and maintain necessary controls to ensure compliance.Review and audit Service Level Agreements, renegotiate terms or pursue cost effective alternatives.Serve as lead systems architect and administrator in a complex Windows Active Directory environment supporting the main NYC and regional offices in the United States.Technical lead for internal Microsoft Windows servers, SAN storage solutions and implementation of VMware which serves as the backbone of the company’s data infrastructure.Ongoing planning and administration of Windows Server OS and AD modernization, the integration and management of Office 365, and Active Directory account maintenance and management.Configure and maintain Microsoft SQL database servers, including monitoring of system health and performance to ensure high levels of performance, availability and security.

New York, Ny, Us

For a division of Time Inc.’s publishing segment, I provided top-tier technical support and managed projects for new installations and major enhancements.Resolved advanced hardware and software matters related to Windows and Mac-based desktop platforms.Conducted demonstrations and training on desktop software and custom systems to internal staff.MCP certified for Microsoft’s Server and Workstation.Introduced a videoconferencing system as a cost effective alternative to weekly on-site meetings with staff visiting from remote offices.Mentor incoming technicians to ensure outstanding customer service.