Senior Manager Of Infrastructure And Engineering Services
White Plains, Ny
For 12 years, I was an integral member of SMPTE operations, responsible for all IT Administration. My role evolved to take on additional tasks, starting with on-site AV / IT support at all external events, including the meetings of the society's standards committees, all of which occurred in various international locations. • An effective IT administration program was previously non-existent. To remedy this, the needs at both the user and corporate level were identified, with an… Show more For 12 years, I was an integral member of SMPTE operations, responsible for all IT Administration. My role evolved to take on additional tasks, starting with on-site AV / IT support at all external events, including the meetings of the society's standards committees, all of which occurred in various international locations. • An effective IT administration program was previously non-existent. To remedy this, the needs at both the user and corporate level were identified, with an understanding of each departments' processes, and desired outcomes, and the applicable technology deployed within budget, resulting in modern infrastructure on par with peer industries.• This was achieved with a highly successful partnership between departments, realized through continuous communication, collaboration, and delivery of agreed upon results.• Maintained all IT systems for secure communications, data protection, and disaster recovery in alignment with industry best practices.• Following an executive decision to improve the public availability and accessibility of the society's technical standards, I played a key role in the effort to prepare existing documents for digital library migration, involving database work for metadata preparation, and ensured timely delivery of over 1000 documents to maintain the deployment schedule.• Executed a successful migration and implementation of a standards collaborative platform from a legacy system to a Microsoft Teams and Office 365• Successfully negotiated a non-profit licensing arrangement with Microsoft which allowed us to receive thousands of licenses at no cost, yielding a projected savings of $50,000 per annum.• Collectively, these efforts dramatically streamlined the society's workflow, enabling growth in effective collaboration while also raising its profile, and increasing the availability of scientific and educational content Show less