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San Francisco, CA, US

Greater San Diego Area

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Virtualization and Enterprise Software hosting at Backbase

• Senior member of small mission critical team to define the hosting and service architecture for extremely high-volume federated distribution and storage system for medical imaging.
• Designing a standard platform on which to deploy hosted informatics applications, with strategies for the complete hardware and software lifecycle including end-of-life migration, with a strong focus on HA and remote.
• Writing tools and documentation to define off- nominal procedures and upgrades. Defining standardized application deployment and verification.
• Performance testing, OS tuning; deployed support tools; consolidated auditing and logging system to a central repository.Company is ISO certified, and product is FDA regulated.

• Responsible for delivering major new migrations and deployments to scale architecture and automate remote support of international consulting staff including near-off-shore office.
• Reduced server and desktop setup time to 15 minutes with automated server deployment and desktop upgrade system.
• Achieved transparent cut-over in server co-location project to high-availability environment with three-way redundant VPN tunnel connectivity. Evaluated and selected vendors, designed network architecture, and managed.
• Selected and deployed disaster recovery system with automated off-site backups.
• Migrated infrastructure to Exchange 2003. Set up Mercury Tools, SAP, and Siebel. Conducted VOIP feasibility study. Selected and deployed spam and virus protection appliance.
• Defined project plans; managed budget & resource allocation; performed cost-benefit analysis; managed vendors.

• Managed IT team of network, system, and database administrators. Managed consultants and vendors.
• Determined priorities for capital and operational budget. Identified long-range needs. Communicated integration of technology into business goals to senior staff.
• Maximized value in purchasing. Negotiated contracts and managed vendor relationships. Responsible for all IT infrastructure, server and network inventory, and purchasing standards.
• Established secure connectivity and IT services to European and ASian offices. Built-out additional US office space and enterprise-class server room.
• Supported complex IT projects, including mission-critical J.D. Edwards ERP implementation. Designed and managed IT projects.
• Designed and implemented comprehensive disaster recovery solution. Proactively monitored and maintained server health.

Designed and managed all aspects of the internal- and external-facing infrastructure. Grew from a handful of NT servers and cascading hubs to a major data center with redundancy and fault tolerance.• Saved $20,000 in the first year and provided 10x bandwidth with innovative wireless connection for office expansion. Relocated developers and built data.

Designed, implemented and maintained LAN and WAN topologies of more than 1,000 nodes, spanning multiple Class C networks, integrating T1s, fractional T3s, and leased line/dialup remote access.Diverse uses include:- Real-time digital imaging applications, such as filmless media;- Desktop office automation for faculty and administration;- Mission-critical.

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