Communications Group

Doing work in the following areas:Supporting Yahoo! and AOL email - > 1B mailboxesDeveloping/running a K8s based compute platform - (We're hiring!!)All things storage and metadata (HBase)Plus the usual budget, team, security, optimizing, and having a ton of fun in the process..

Blue Jeans Network was founded in November 2009 with a passion to make video communications easy. Starting from the ground up, Blue Jeans was built as a cloud-based conferencing service to enable people to connect with each other any time, any place and from any device. Every phone call should be a video call and we are designing the technology to make that happen.Operated the things, fun was had, time for something new and exciting.

WebEx cloud based collaboration platform delivering real-time collaboration services to enterprise customers. Responsible for setting the strategic direction and priorities for all aspects of technical operations within the WebEx business unit. Scope included Global Infrastructure including network, DB, Storage, data centers, servers. 24/7 Service Operations, Service Engineering, Service Tools and Platforms, Service Delivery, and PMO.Key capabilities delivered:Enabled public sector business through a Fedramp initiativeEnabled Cisco Inter-Cloud initiative by delivering Data Center and Network as a serviceImproved service quality and reliability though application analytics platformFunded new initiatives though year over year cost of goods improvementsIncreased business efficiency by delivering integrated tools sets across the organization including: ticketing systems, monitoring, deployment, incident and problem tracking, planning and budgeting, infrastructure lifecycle.

Online behavioral marketing/advertising network/web portal company +50 million active users, +100M ads/day +$100 million revenue. Responsible for all aspects of operational infrastructure including network architecture, data center management, network and application security, server platform, operating system/web serving standards, infrastructure/application monitoring, Network Operation Center, business planning, budgeting, vendor negotiations, disaster recovery, application availability, deployment, recruiting, new product development, technology evaluation, reporting and data analytics platform.

Data Center and application monitoring SaaS start-up company. Swiss Army Knife. Responsible for all aspects of operations including corporate, IT systems, facilities, information security, operational infrastructure, product/service operations, customer satisfaction, 24/7 Network Operation Center, and professional services.Other Stuff • Business strategy and operating plan• Recruited, trained, and developed the IT and Operations organization• Contract junk: real estate leases, telecom and construction contracts, hardware/software maintenancecontracts, third party license agreements, sales contracts, evaluation agreements, and the NOCpulse SLA agreement.• Construction too! Successfully initiated and managed all construction projects to completion, under budget, and ahead of schedule.• Successfully designed and implemented a fully redundant production network for the hosted service, and achievedSLA metrics 100% of the time.

Making quality and affordable switching gear

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