Gavin Balarin
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General Manager | Leader | Strategic Thinker | Decision-maker at Derivco
Location: Oviedo, Florida, United States 7 work roles 10 schools
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Derivco
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General Manager | Leader | Strategic Thinker | Decision-maker
Location
Oviedo, Florida, United States
Company size
2081 employees

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Gavin Balarin is listed as General Manager | Leader | Strategic Thinker | Decision-maker at Derivco, a company with 2081 employees, based in Oviedo, Florida, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Gavin Balarin.

Gavin Balarin previously worked as General Manager at Derivco and Head of IT Monitoring at Derivco. Gavin Balarin holds Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Business Informatics from University Of South Africa/Universiteit Van Suid-Afrika.

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About Gavin Balarin

I have over 25 years of hands on in-depth technical and senior managerial experience. I am a proactive leader who can anticipate business needs. Through my highly collaborative nature I focus on building relationships across all departments to create an environment that allows teams to produce their best work. I believe in and inspire a customer-centric approach across my portfolios, with an emphasis on delivering high quality services at a high velocity via optimized, automated and repeatable processes.I am a results-oriented leader capable of delivering across a number of initiatives, while remaining aware of the client experience, emerging technologies and cost-effectiveness. My technical expertise, business acumen, strong communication skills, and demonstrated experience with complex and quickly evolving organizations, all contribute to operational excellence across numerous domains/functions.My duties and experience across my 25 years of firsthand in-depth technical and senior managerial experience have included setting the technological strategic vision across an organization and driving adoption of new infrastructure technologies and processes. The overseeing of all activities of cloud, server, storage, network, endpoint, and other technologies needed for modern, efficient, effective information technology success. Providing tactical and strategic direction for all components of Data Centers (on premise and cloud), Networks (voice, wireless, security, data), Servers and Storage, System Applications, and End User Services. Leading efforts to standardize operations. Determining change management strategies. Establishing and maintaining service level agreements (SLA's) to ensure the IT function exceed stakeholder expectations while adhering to compliance, financial reporting, and security controls. Establishing key performance indicators (KPI's), objectives and key results (OKR's), metrics and other health measurements. Tracking indicators against industry benchmarks and standards. Inspiring thought leadership and creative insights. Identifying skill gaps. As well as creating a culture of continuous improvement across the business.I am a big picture thinker who is focused on the synergy between the various components which make up the whole. I am hard-working and pride myself on excellence. I am a firm believer in knowledge sharing and encourage all staff to push the boundaries of their perceived abilities.My most recent experience includes the establishment of a branch office and the running of a subsidiary of a company.

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Derivco
Derivco
General Manager | Leader | Strategic Thinker | Decision-maker
south africa
Website
derivco.com
Employees
2081
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Gavin Balarin work experience

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General Manager

Current
Derivco

Orlando, Florida, United States

  • As the general manager I play a pivotal role in overseeing the U.S Office, ensuring that operations run smoothly, goals are met, and the company achieves sustainable growth. Key responsibilities:
  • Strategic Planning
  • Operational Management
  • Financial Management
  • Transformational Team Leadership
  • Decision-Making
Feb 2022 - Present

Head Of It Monitoring

Derivco

Durban Area, South Africa

  • As head of IT Monitoring Services my role included the strategic planning, management and oversight of various teams which fell within the monitoring division:
  • Network Operations Centre,
  • Incident management,
  • Problem management,
  • Site Reliability Engineers,
  • Monitoring team. As a member of the senior management team I also played a role in future proofing our organization, thought leadership and process hardening across the business. Key Responsibilities:
Apr 2019 - Sep 2022

Systems Business Unit Manager

2Cana Solutions

Durban Area, South Africa

  • I performed the role of Business Unit Manager for this IT Company as well as a fractional IT Manager for various customer.Some of my responsibilities included:
  • IT manager
  • Systems management
  • Management of the Server, Network, Desktop, Telephony and Helpdesk teams.
  • Technical planning, design and implementation of new systems and upgrades to existing systems.
  • Interface between technical staff and non-technical executive business team
Jul 2005 - Mar 2019

Senior System Engineer

2Cana Solutions

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  • I joined this company as a Windows Administrator and worked my way into the position of Business Unit Manager (IT Manager) for this Information Technology company. As a Senior Systems Engineer I provided fourth line.
  • Systems management for 2Cana Solutions and key clients.
  • Developed and implemented automation wherever possible.
  • Designed and deployed a fully automated, un-attend, installation system of windows workstations and all the desktop applications utilising tools such as RIS/RDP and group policy.
  • Architected and implemented a high availability system in a clustered environment for a health care insurance company as well as designing, planning, implementation & testing their disaster recovery strategy and process.
  • The development of several administration tools and early warning systems written in VB.net and PowerShell.
Mar 1999 - Jun 2005

System Administrator

Unilever

Durban Area, South Africa

  • I was a systems administrator in an environment which a mixture of NT 4.0 servers and Novell 3.x & 4.x servers and windows workstations. Responsibilities:
  • The rollout of new software packages.
  • The running of projects.
  • Second line desktop support (from Windows NT 4.0 workstations through to Windows 95 and windows for workgroups 3.11).
  • Network troubleshooting. Achievements:
  • The creation of an Intranet.
Jan 1998 - Feb 2000

System Administrator

Pangie Computers

Harare Zimbabwe

  • This was a small IT company which offered support to a wide variety of customers on various systems ranging from home computers up to medium sized corporations.Responsibilities:
  • Active Directory
  • Microsoft Exchange.
  • Hardware support.
  • Technical support.
  • Software support.
Jan 1995 - Dec 1997

Sales Manager

Albco Holdings

Harare Zimbabwe

  • I joined the company as a sales representative and worked my way into the position of Sales Manager for this large mining and industrial supply company.Responsibilities:
  • I was responsible for a team of eleven sales representatives in three major cities in Zimbabwe.
  • Co-ordinating the price list of over 3000 products.
  • Setting yearly budgets.
  • Training and motivating the sales team.
Jan 1993 - Dec 1995
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SN Sirish Naidoo Sirish Naidoo Colleague at Derivco Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, South Africa View → AN Andrew Neilon Andrew Neilon Colleague at Derivco Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, South Africa View → SN Shivaan Naidoo Shivaan Naidoo Colleague at Derivco Durbanville, Western Cape, South Africa, South Africa View → NA Nerin Annuram Nerin Annuram Colleague at Derivco Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, South Africa View → AR Ashveer Raghunath Ashveer Raghunath Colleague at Derivco Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, South Africa View → SH Shande Ho Hip Shande Ho Hip Colleague at Derivco Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Australia View → SM Sakhile Mneliswa Dlamini Sakhile Mneliswa Dlamini Colleague at Derivco Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, South Africa View → CS Carl Schröder Carl Schröder Colleague at Derivco Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, South Africa View → MM Michael Mcglone Michael Mcglone Colleague at Derivco Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, South Africa View → TN Trisha Naidoo Trisha Naidoo Colleague at Derivco Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, South Africa View →
10 education records

Gavin Balarin education

Microsoft® Certified Solutions Expert: Data Management And Analytics, Sql Dba, Mcse

Microsoft

Activities and Societies: Design and Implement Cloud Data Platform Solutions Provisioning SQL Databases Administering a SQL Database.

Microsoft® Certified Solutions Associate: Sql 2016 Database Administration, Sql Dba, Mcsa

Microsoft

Activities and Societies: Provisioning SQL Databases Administering a SQL Database Infrastructurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/users/gav.

Mcse : Windows Server 2008, Technology Specialist, Windows Server, Msts

Microsoft

Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Microsoft® Certified IT Professional.

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Windows Server, Mcse / Mcitp

Microsoft

Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7, Configuration Microsoft® Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator on Windows.

Mcse Sql 2008, Sql Dba, Mcse

Microsoft

Microsoft® Certified IT Professional: Database Administrator 2008 Microsoft® Certified Technology Specialist: SQL Server 2008.

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Windows 2000, Windows Server, Mcse

Microsoft

Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Planning and Maintaining a.

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Windows Nt 4.0, Windows Server, Mcse

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft Certified Professional: Microsoft Certified Professional

Cambridge 'A' Level, Geography & English

Peterhouse

Activities and Societies: Captain rowing team

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What company does Gavin Balarin work for?

Gavin Balarin works for Derivco.

What is Gavin Balarin's role at Derivco?

Gavin Balarin is listed as General Manager | Leader | Strategic Thinker | Decision-maker at Derivco.

Where is Gavin Balarin based?

Gavin Balarin is based in Oviedo, Florida, United States while working with Derivco.

What companies has Gavin Balarin worked for?

Gavin Balarin has worked for Derivco, 2Cana Solutions, Unilever, Pangie Computers, and Albco Holdings.

Who are Gavin Balarin's colleagues at Derivco?

Gavin Balarin's colleagues at Derivco include Sirish Naidoo, Andrew Neilon, Shivaan Naidoo, Nerin Annuram, and Ashveer Raghunath.

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What schools did Gavin Balarin attend?

Gavin Balarin holds Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Business Informatics from University Of South Africa/Universiteit Van Suid-Afrika.

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