I lead a team of talented industry professionals that ensures the smooth day to day operation of our production departments. We are charged with keeping the production pipelines and workflows running smoothly, while bring the next generation of infrastructure and pipeline automation online.

As Manager of I.T. Engineering, I oversaw the engineering team, which includes Network, Windows and Linux. I was responsible for working with the team to make critical technology decisions that drove the studio and help deliver billions of dollars of Marvel content worldwide.

5th Kind LLC provides asset management solutions for the motion picture and television industries. I worked closely with productions for some of the top movies from major studios to install and maintain their asset management system.Engineer and install new server installations based on client needsConfigure custom connectivity to our setup for clients including networking and firewall configurations in layers 3 through 7.Monitor and maintain installations on behalf of the clientAssist in the development of new system features to increase performanceWork with a large variety of enterprise level servers, storage configurations and network topologies

Install, maintain, configure, troubleshoot, upgrade and update several versions of Windows and Windows Server, several versions of Microsoft SQL Server, IIS and apache servers, several different implementations of FTP servers, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Microsoft Exchange, Sendmail, Blackberry Enterprise and Macintosh OSX servers.Active Directory user, group and computer account security and management for all platforms. SOX compliancy configurations on both Windows and Linux platforms.Order devices for, configure and support 50+ Blackberry users within the company.Manage and configure MS Exchange server for web access and access by non-Blackberry devices such as iPhones. Also perform email forensics as needed for legal discovery.Setup and deployment of SAN devices via fiber to servers on various platforms.Develop Active Directory group policies and scripts as needed. Develop various shell and perl scripts to automate a variety of maintenance tasks for Linux servers.Implement and maintain SNMP monitoring for mission critical servers and network devices.Netscreen Firewall configuration and management.Baracudda spam firewall configuration, deployment and management.Provide desktop support for internal and remote users on Windows XP, Vista and OSX based desktops and laptops.

Developed web based and application based tools for use both inside the company and for clients with a strong emphasis on UI and SQL integration.Worked in a variety of languages including Java, C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python, DHTML and Javascript.Performed configuration, deployment and maintenance of Linux and SCO based servers to over 30 remote offices. Configured, deployed and maintained Windows Active Directory, MySQL and Microsoft SQL Enterprise servers.Performed Firewall configuration as needed for remote users using Checkpoint Firewall1.Strong generalist knowledge of computer hardware configurations, programming, networking and mobile computing devices.