Denis Kazakov Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Scotts Valley, CA

Moscow, Russian Federation

• Served as a Tech Support Specialist and a Systems Administrator for day-to-day business operations
• Improved operational efficiency by proactive infrastructure management, applying industry best practices and significant enhancements to the core IT systems and services
• Reduced infrastructure administrative footprint and operating costs by upgrading to Windows 2008 Active Directory and Physical-to-Virtual server migrations – more than $100 000 in a long term savings
• Created and achieved 90% virtualization rate of server environment using VMware vSphere Virtualization Platform running critical services such as Active Directory, MS Exchange 2010, IIS, MS SQL
• Planned and implemented mail migration from MDaemon to MS Exchange 2010 (500+ mailboxes) within one week
• Merged IT infrastructure (Active Directory, Mail, Files, DB etc.) of regional branch offices, simultaneously building IT infrastructure and expanding network of 40+ local branch locations

Moscow, Russian Federation

• Established and managed strategic operational plans and budgets on behalf of Russian building automation system client
• Challenged with development and implementation of operational best practices and procedures, aimed at achieving cost-cutting (up to 20% cost reduce on products import)and process improvement results (improved customer.
• Collected customer requirements, performed risk management functions, managed change requests, formulated action plans, and monitored quality
• Oversaw all sales, business development, and cultivation of network partners, collaborating with key internal and external stakeholders on project scope expectations and ensuring timely project deliverables for two.
• Managed, monitored and evaluated cabling infrastructure by 3rd party subcontractors to ensure proper installation and operation
• Deployed and maintained Moscow office’s IT infrastructure from E2E to cut the costs on IT support

Moscow, Russian Federation

• Effectively maintained File Servers, MS SQL, MS Exchanges 2003, ISA Server 2004 systems, enabling access to critical business resources (Online Banking, Internal Banking System) and enforcing operational policies and.
• Deployed MS Operations Manager 2005, resulting in higher efficiency of monitoring, system management and troubleshooting
• Developed backup strategy “Day-Week-Month-Year” for critical information and administered Symantec Backup Exec backup system that allowed quick and centralized access to backups
• E2E creation (concept, development, implementation) of Security Policies to streamline managing processes and troubleshooting server security issues
• Responsible for systems security, access and updates, maintaining a virus-free environment using Symantec Antivirus Corporate 10
• Successfully implemented MS Virtual Server Enterprise 2005 to cut infrastructure costs by 20%

Master'S Degree, Geography

Bachelor'S Degree, Geography