Hired for direct placement at Samlyn Capital in order to lead (hands on) and Manage several projects including Infrastructure refresh, system modernization, Security and Disaster Recovery projects. Infrastructure refresh included Storage, Server, Virtualization, Networking, Security, AD infrastructure and Telco systems. Defined new system and management processes in order to maintain, improve current system availability and meet Compliance requirements.

Hired to develop a dedicated engineering & helpdesk team during startup phase and buildout of a Cloud-based virtual desktop/terminal server environment for its employees and clients (2500 users, 150+ Facilities) in order to satisfy new initiative of transitioning all services to ERM format pursuant to the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.” Developed team of five Engineers and two Systems Administrators while creating Engineering Department including overall design. Managed vendors and relationships, directed team and worked closely with clients to identify/define solutions to meet their needs. Create Roadmap and budgets defining spends, refresh cycles, capacity planning, technology sunsets and growth as well as identify potential, current and future, cost center reduction through emerging technologies. Primary product/service is a Cloud-based Citrix environment that includes Two Datacenters, 32 physical hosts hosting over 800 virtual machines, 40 XenApp Servers housing a client-terminal server environment.

Hired to lead, build and maintain global IT infrastructure including helpdesk department, servers, storage, applications and network infrastructure. Delivered numerous operational improvements specifically improved service levels for multinational helpdesk teams providing onsite and remote support to 500+ Users. Designed, Built and Maintained Corporate Residential IT environments in NY, London, Geneva and Paris including Computers, Mobile devices, Wi-Fi and Access systems. Oversaw initiatives related to the rollout of new trading screen with all major Global financial institutions, collaborating closely with bank business sponsors and IT department. Operating environment included two data centers (US & EU) with two EMC SANS, 24 physical hosts with over 50 virtual machines and multiple IPC systems.

Leading Firm providing Data Analytics and financial management Consulting with Offices in NY, NJ, San Diego, London, Shanghai and Paris• Deployed and Provided Helpdesk services/ resources in new global locations as company expanded• Provided Executive Support Globally during travel between US, EU and Asia.• Designed & Administered global network of 300+ users across offices in the U.S., U.K., China and India along with two datacenters. Accountable for designing new network architecture to support several hundred mobile laptop users working at client sites and requiring local network access to company data centers. • Oversaw operations of SAS servers, Virtual ESXi servers, Windows infrastructure, Hitachi SAN, Cisco network routers, switches and ASA firewalls. • Led team in PGP Whole Disk encryption and End Point security deployment to secure customer financial data being transferred for analysis.