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As a Principal Partner at UTOPIA TECH, I lead our mission to empower businesses in the digital age. Our team specializes in delivering cutting-edge technology solutions, including cloud infrastructure, IT security, enterprise system implementation, and IT transformation. With a focus on innovation, agility, and client-centric approaches, we drive growth and efficiency for our clients. My extensive experience in IT management ensures we provide high-quality, reliable, and tailored solutions to meet our clients' unique needs.

Stanton, Ca, Us

Selected Achievement: IT Strategy: Developed IT strategy, brought in a capable IT team and created a platform using best-of-class technologies to support business goals. Highlighting IT innovation that differentiated the company.IT Project Portfolio Oversight: Provided company-wide technology assessments; IT improvement recommendations (people, process, technology and data); IT roadmaps, IT outsourcing guidance, project managementIT Advisory: Provided the technical leadership to analyze, strategize, and align technology investments with business goals. Researched and evaluated new technologies, modernized and optimized environments, strengthened security, and introduced best practices

Stanton, Ca, Us

Selected Achievements & technologies:Data Warehousing and Power BI: Implemented a cloud-based data warehousing and kicked off a Pilot Project to render an executive BI dashboards. Mobile application: Developed a Mobile application by following agile methodology to transform the Auditing process to digital world and satisfied the SB1383 Law. IT Transformation: Transforming IT into a modern resilient IT platform with improving capability needed to support growth. Building a talented and responsive IT team, establishing governance and completing defined projects including business intelligence and analytics, ERP, Warehouse management system (WMS), AI Contact Center and modern cloud based infrastructure.IT Operation: Designed and proposed an IT Service Management (ITSM) plan to build up a very scalable IT Team with three layers of support, IT administration and development. CI/CD and business continuity.

Irvine, Ca, Us

HQE, The Leader in Laboratory industry and Lab instrument, brought in to develop technology roadmap and provide leadership for technology initiatives to support quick to market toxicology and Covid19 testing.Selected Achievements & Solutions:System Integration: Integrated NetSuite and DocuSign to automate clients’ forms. Physician and patient portals, CRM, EMR integration and reporting.Data Center build up: Installed a very robust, fully high available Data Center to support HQE servers and resources. Installed VRTX servers, Dell Storages and Cisco equipment.Power BI and Data Warehousing: Implemented DW and integrated LIMS, Billing and Created BI dashboard. Installed replicated Databases.Formed an IT Steering Committee: Responsible for the IT project portfolio focusing on technology and automation improvements to streamlining laboratory operations, increase test volume, profitability and customer satisfaction.Cloud Based Infrastructure Deployment. Lead the design and build out of highly scalable, secure, redundant and HIPAA compliant infrastructure on Amazon Web Services to support deployment of core and public facing applicationsHL7 Integration Engine Implementation. Participated in the evaluation of HL7 interface engine providers and the selection of Mirth Connect. Lead the configuration and deployment of the Mirth Connect Integration engine, interface development, implementation and support. The implementation of Mirth Connect improved HL7 message delivery replacing a failing unsupported legacy environmentDocumentation & SOP: Created Data Center operation SOP and Labdaq daily monitoring SOP

Carlsbad, California, Us

NSC, the leader in Home Automation, Health Monitoring, and Wireless Security device is a global organization headquartered in Carlsbad with engineering, manufacturing, and distribution sites span across multiple states in US, China, India and Hong Kong. Selected Achievements & Solutions:Enterprise infrastructure: Designed and implement a robust enterprise network and datacenter with SD-WAN, MPLS connections and Microsoft vWAN. Utilized Cisco routers, switches and Meraki core switches. Installed ASA, Palo Alto and MX Meraki firewalls. Implemented OSPF, WAN BGP, EIGRP, GLBP cisco protocols for redundancy and load balancing.Network Automation: Utilized python, Ansible and Netmiko to automate network programing and deploy configurations to cisco devices. Implemented AWS infrastructure with Terraform. Docker and containerized test/dev environment. Using Vagrant to build virtualized demo environment projects. GitHub versioning. Integrated Postman and Meraki dashboard to automate reports. Enterprise Security: Implemented high-end secured network with Firewalls, Filters, ACLs, two factor authentications. Monitored with Alert Logic and tested with penetration tools. Installed Radius servers to manage wireless authentication, VPN client users and joined network devices for a remote authenticationEnterprise Hosting Solutions: Provisioning access-anywhere cloud-based enterprise applications (Net Suite ERP, Incorta data analyzer, and Boomi data-integrator) to global business users. Hosted R&D, proprietary engineering software, and manufacturing software in tiered AWS environment (Dev, Test, Prod) utilizing EC2, S3 and CloudFront technologies.Wireless Design: Designed a fully secured enterprise wireless network with NetScout Wi-Fi tools, AirMagnet and Meraki access points with Radius Authentication. Implemented the redundant wireless network for global sites including a 260,000 sq./ft warehouse in Mississippi and 80,000 sq./ft HQ office.

San Clemente, Ca, Us

Sovereign Health is a dual-diagnosis healthcare provider headquartered in San Clemente CA. The organization underwent a tremendous growth and quickly expanded its operations across multiple states. Under the flagship treatment facilities, Sovereign also established its own toxicology laboratories and pharmacies servicing the patients’ needs. A call center and a full back-office facility was setup in India supporting the business operations globally.Selected Achievements & Solutions:Enterprise Hosting Solution: Designed, planned and implemented hybrid-cloud infrastructure and hosted Sovereign’s ERP, CRM, EMR, RCM and BI applications. Migration and consolidation (AWS): designed, implemented and integrated sovereign websites into robust hosting Amazon Web Services with cost effective solution. Creating VPC, Managing VPC, Managing DNS through Route 53, Managing Amazon S3, EC2, Security Group and ACLs.Enterprise Security: Secured network, endpoint users and devices with Cisco Meraki and ASA firewall, TrendMicro Antivirus, Encryption, Veriato and Cloud Delivered security, OpenDNS.Centralized Data Center management and monitoring: Stood up on Data center with Cisco Chassis, blade servers, UCS manger, virtualization and Operation manager.Infrastructure Redesign: Redesigned and Centralized COLO- Data Centers and hosting to Cloud and local Data center with more security and performance. Connected US/India Site to Site VPN and design seamless network infrastructure between two shores.Backup / Recovery and Storage Solution: implemented EMC’s Storage VNX 5200, DD2500 and installed VDP server, Veeam Backup and enterprise Symantec backup Exec.

Selected Achievements & Solutions:Data Center Build Out: build up very robust datacenter for Laboratory with Fail over, high availability and redundancy with Cisco network gears (Router, Nexus Switches, Firewalls and Fabric Interconnects).Implemented Cisco Chassis, blade servers, UCS manger, virtualization and Operation manager.Office 365 management: Installed and managed email exchange, SharePoint, office and skype LAB Instrument: designed Solid connection between LC/MC machines, Analyzers, and Hamilton machines to Data Center, Provided long-term Archive backup for HIPPA complianceLIS Implementation: Laboratory Information System implementation & supportMirth Connect: Implemented Mirth server (Dev & production) as a Middleware engine and route HL7 message & support, LABDAQ LIS integration, EMR integration for external users.Cloud Backup Solution: Online/Cloud carbonite backup App and Microsoft OneDrive for file sharing,Network Infrastructure: Expand the Network with Cisco Switches and created VLAN, Centralized WIFI ubiquity Access Point, Surveillance camera and badge access reader. Implement Security design and infrastructure to insure HIPPA compliance. Implemented redundant and failover internet connection, BGP

Tehran, Tehran , Ir

Hired and promoted as an associate IT Director to build, manage and optimize systems & Platforms. Provided high performance computing clusters design, implementation and support for high-availability platforms. Project planning and management, quality assurance, risk and change management.Selected Achievements & Solutions:Virtualization platform: Managed virtualization platform, P2V conversions were done from various server and client operating systems to very robust environment with VMware, ESXI 5.5, VSphere server Project management: Created project portfolio and managed the project timelines and resources.Enterprise Mail Servers: Deployed and configured Exchange 2010 and migrated email accounts from MDaemon. Migrated 600 mailboxes.Database Clustering: Implemented cluster Database servers with MS SQL 2008, 2012 R2SAN Storage: Provided disaster recovery, failover with HP DL Servers and SAN Storage Devices (HP P2000)Automated Backup: Installed DPM server 2012, Veeam backup and implemented automated backup VMsNetwork implementation: Installed and configured windows server 2008, 2012 (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, WINS, Group Policy, FTP, IIS), VPN connection, monitoring, reporting with Microsoft ISA and TMG

Enterprise advertising company with headquarter in the UAE. Scope of responsibilities span systems infrastructure design, project planning and security compliance. 500 Clients across 5 GCC countries.Selected Achievements & Solutions:Corporate Network: Responsible for design, implementation, and maintenance of customized IT infrastructure solutions (networks, servers, clients, and/or software)Network Improvement: Optimized system availability and equipped company with scalable systems to support fast business growth. Implemented solutions that reduced single points of failure and improved system uptime availability. Replaced major manufacturer’s vulnerable network with robust security.Monitoring: Monitor networking equipment for possible security threats.