Jason Watson Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

IT Consultant assigned to project manage all aspects of the company's IT projects development and infrastructure.Developed IT standards and policies.Developed & Managed international multi-site IT infrastructure: LAN, WAN, VPN Data Network, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery facilities, ERP applications, HPC Cluster, telecommunications, long-haul communications, IT help desk. Managed all IT vendor relationships.Developed and complied with metrics to ensure company's IT infrastructure met SOX regulatory standards.

IT Consultant acting as Senior Analyst:Designed, implemented and maintained a high-performance cluster(HPC) for 3D seismic data attribute analysis. Maintained proprietary software code base used in generating seismic attributes. Managed the software development and subsequent porting of proprietary software code base written in FORTRAN to that of a Python code base. Consulted on the implementation of high-performance clusters for Arcis Seismic(Canada), Stratageo(Brazil), Suvira Energy(India) and Petrobras(Brazil) to utilize Geo-Texture's proprietary software.Developed proprietary GIS techniques to generate predictive oil & gas maps. Developed financial models for well production based on Geo-Texture's predictive production maps. These financial models were used to guide the framework for various oil & gas joint ventures and company investment opportunities

Consulted for clients in the engineering, medical and banking fields. Managed on the behalf of clients the acquisition and deployment of computer systems, software, and peripheral equipment.Performed risk assessments to ensure compliance with industry and government standards(HIPAA, SOX, NIST). Developed and documented systems security policies and procedures.Developed and documented data retention policies and procedures.Developed, documented and implemented data backups and disaster recovery solutions.

Founded the company with the specific goal of helping nonprofits leverage the benefits of open source software. Solely responsible for acquiring, managing and maintaining client relationships. Implemented various open source solutions(Linux, Apache, OpenLDAP, OpenVPN, OpenOffice..etc) to help clients align their technology needs with that of their financial constraints.Helped define and establish computing processes and procedures for clients.Managed on the behalf of clients the acquisition and deployment of computer systems, software, and peripheral equipment.Developed, documented and implemented data backups and disaster recovery solutions.

Houston, Tx, Us

Designed and administered the company network consisting of over 300 user across eight sites around the nation. Responsible for day-to-day IT operations. Lead daily staff meetings with technicians to collaborate and share knowledge, assign tasks and develop support strategies. Maintained network and internet connectivity and security. Managed essential services such as; email, database and file servers, data and user security, data and user policies. Developed and executed company wide hardware and software implementations and migrations.Developed, documented and implemented data backups and disaster recovery solutions.

Provided multiple clients with phone and on-site assistance. Installed, configured and maintained computer systems, software, and peripheral equipment.Implemented and maintained asset management tracking solutions.Created technical support documentation.