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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

- Manage the IT Team of this large healthcare services company (8 engineers and project managers)- Managed the network configuration, planning, and Fortinet SD-WAN deployment for 50 locations- In charge of the management of 1,300 PCs, 900 users, 80 servers- In charge of the IT Project Management, helpdesk, and procurement services team- Migration from traditional colocation to a Hybrid Cloud model (mix of private and multiple public clouds)- Deployment of always-on DR site- Planning and deployment of SOCaaS / SIEM / MDR / EDR solution (following 6-months due diligence reviews of most prominent vendors using MITRE data, and others).- Drafting of HIPAA-compliance policy documents- Contract drafting and negotiations for all the following vendors: ISP/Internet, Telephony/UCaaS, Call Center/CCaaS, Copiers lease, SOC, Datacenter, Private Cloud, Hardware and licensing, etc.

Stamford, Ct, Us

Owner / Consultant for Internet Backbone systems, Enterprise IT Infrastructure, vCIO, Account Executive, Systems Administration & IT support.1) Typical work involved all aspects of IT consulting, computing & networking support2) Consulting / Technology auditor & consultant for many third-party IT firms.3) Client Acquisition / Projects management and support contractsSAMPLE CLIENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:1) Otarian USA – Worldwide Restaurant chain – NYC, London UK, Perth AustraliaI was the head project leader for the chain’s entire network infrastructure, managing all connectivity for each store and commissaries, including global VPN implementation of all locations back to Perth’s headquarters, overall IT infrastructure and Point-of-sales reporting.2) Urban Apparel Group – Clothing manufacturer, NYC- Complete LAN implementation & design- Internet Connectivity & redundancy (Fiber optic & Cable redundancy) – Routing- Messaging System (Hosted MS Exchange)- WAN Remote Access- Custom Software implementation- Day-to-day IT Administration- Hardware maintenance & Software upgrades - 4 Servers / 50 Workstations / 4 sites.3) Ozaneaux, LLC. – Accounting firm, NYC- Managed all IT and technical aspects of this Downtown Manhattan accounting firm, on a consulting basis, both for the firm (5 servers and thirty workstations) *as well as all its clients* (30 small businesses in the NYC area).

Terrebonne, Quebec, Ca

Ongoing, long-term contract with "Team Microfix" for the delivery of Strategy, Product Management and Large Accounts Management Services, as well as the delivery of multiple complex IT projects (Virtual CIO, Principal IT Architect and Account Executive).Specific mandates:- Sold and implemented multiple Million Dollars $M in services, hardware and software, year over year.- Product Manager for the development and implementation of the company's SOC/CIEM/Security services.Verticals: - Medical equipment industry ("Medicom" / all worldwide locations in Canada, USA, France, UK)- Banking and Investment industry ("Professionals Financial" / 10 locations in Canada)

New York, New York, Us

Lead architect for IT projects:- Law firm Chemtob Moss Forman & Beyda- Law firm Nadel & Ciarlo- Law firm Platte Law- London Luxury- Lai Apparel- Creative People- Matrix Mechanical

Head of all deliverable for the DIA and MPLS divisions (High-Capacity Corporate-Grade fiber optic circuits) from the moment Openface acquired ZEROFAIL, until it was sold to Beanfield MetroConnect.

This company, Pre2Post Inc., d.b.a "ZEROFAIL" was bought by "Openface" in 2016.As Dir. for the USA, I did all of:- Strategy & Operational development- Pre-Sales engineering & Post-sales deployments- Senior Auditor & Project Manager- Senior Account ManagerSAMPLE CLIENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:1) ICE.com / Diamond.com (2009-2010) – Head Project Manager of the entire IT infrastructure and web site for the world’s largest online jeweler – Headed a team of 9 engineers to manage, design and plan the most optimal infrastructure possible (75 servers in production in three (3) datacenters, Disaster Recovery, e-Commerce platform Blue Martini and Ecometry)2) R3D (2008-2009), a multinational consulting IT firm with Offices in Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Boston, New York and Paris. Principal Project Manager - Successfully migrated their entire IT infrastructure to a datacenter hosted model (Virtual Datacenter) sold by ZEROFAIL.3) Capazoo.com (2011), a new social gathering website. Provided technical analysis and recommendations for a scalable solution that would meet a load of 30,000 concurrent projected users - SUN SPARC and SOLARIS servers, fiber-optic links, back-end SQL databases, WEB server farm, global multimedia distribution and five Petabytes of storage using EMC SAN solutions.4) The First International Outgames (Montreal 2006) – 17,000 athletes from 35 countries - Responsible for the design and implementation of the support IT infrastructure needed to operate this world-class event.My work directly resulted in ZEROFAIL winning the 2006 Microsoft IMPACT Awards for Infrastructure of the year.

New York, Us

- I managed SigmaCare / eHealth Solutions, Atlantic’s most important client. I was in charge of the entire project of implementation of WiFi coverage and network infrastructure for over 80 nursing homes in the tri-state area.- I was the single point of contact and successfully managed a team of 10 individuals, from the actual client to hardware purchaser and hardware supplier, from Systems administrators to cabling companies, Telco companies and technical crews.- This project was successfully implemented thanks to a mix of several technologies, ranging from Microsoft Project Server, Symantec Ghost, PoE 3Com switches, Motorola / Symbol WAP and handheld devices, Panasonic Toughbooks and HP workstations.- I also handled multiple other smaller projects for all kinds of vertical legal and healthcare clients.

This was the beginning of my IT carreer; owning a computer store:- VAR (Building custom PCs) - Built from scratch & sold over 500 Win9x, NT Workstation and NT Server Computers- Servicing & Fixing PCs (Would repair, service, upgrade ANY brand of INTEL based PCs including IBM (Authorized Service Center)- Network Consulting- Desktop publishing, Web Site Design, General PC support- Reseller of peripherals, boxed software, accessories, books, etc.- Over 1000 local clients in the Throg's Neck area (Bronx, NY.)

Paris, Fr

- Recording engineer in several recording studios- Sound technician for dozens of live concerts - All musical styles, including jazz, classical, rock, heavy metal, etc.- Separate resume available

Master Of Arts (Ma) - École Supérieure De Théâtre, Semiotics & Translation Across Cultures

Certificate, Professional Acting

Undergraduate, Political Sciences

Associate'S Degree, Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities

Dec (Diploma Of Collegiate Studies), Electronics

High School Diploma