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I am currently responsible for Zalow's technical design and execution.

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Responsible for all administrative, operational and financial functions of the company and products we create. Also deeply involved in all activities related to marketing, sales, and technical direction of the company at this time. Our flagship product is gamersportal.com

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

I am responsible for the execution of our Engineering department across our various products; I also remain an individual contributor to our technology and architecture. As a member of our Leadership team, I also collaborate in execution of company vision, culture and strategy. Noteworthy:-Solely responsible for managing and negotiating our multi-million dollar annual tech spend-Co-author of our utility patent-Deep involvement in our M&A activities-Contributor and collaborator on strategic partnership agreements and relationships

Chicago, Il, Us

Guiding software delivery and DevOps practices, and everything infrastructureNoteworthy:-Initial designer and architect for our cloud strategy and global architecture-Implemented/guided best practices around infra-as-code, immutable infrastructure and metrics

Was responsible for all technology decisions at EESAT and actively pushed our software, infrastructure, and processes forward. Heavily engaged with product development, market positioning, brand strategy, corporate finances and daily operations.

Chicago, Il, Us

Bootstrapped & co-founded social network for serious gamers (including e-sports) for 4 years. Grew and managed a geo-dispersed team of 6. Responsibilities included product direction, design, fund raising, back office and brand strategy. Also was lead technical architect achieving 25k users in 120 countries.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Provided all technical guidance to CTO for the existing Microsoft environment and constructed plans to upgrade and modernize the environment. Was responsible for migrating/maintaining fileserver setup to open-source SAN solution, as well as NFS and iSCSI access. Provided day-to-day oversight of all system and network events and behaviors on internal and client environments.

I was an independent contractor for IT services targeting the SMB market. (<1000 seats) Services were rendered across a variety of industries (legal, medical, commercial) primarily in technology crisis scenarios.

Oak Brook, Illinois, Us

Consultant specializing in the design, implementation and support of Microsoft, Cisco Contact Center, and Unified Communications solutions. Nearly all project engagements were full life-cycle in both technical and business capacities. Internally became the ‘go-to’ resource for Contact Center greenfield and remediation projects. Worked in various industries with an array of clients including DeVry, Silicon Valley Bank and Columbia University on high-level projects involving their core business. Routinely consulted Director and C-level executives on organizational impact related to their technical initiatives.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Sole technical resource in company that grew from 9 to 24 employees in 9 months. Designed technical environment to support Macintosh and Windows machines, network storage, backup policies, and more. Also was directly responsible for coordinating all technical and administrative logistics during office relocation.

Designed and managed HIPAA compliance program for existing and prospective health industry clients. Administered CS&M file server, firewall and VPN connections, and client SQL & Windows server environments. Maintained client relationships within healthcare ranging from hospitals to doctor’s offices to surgicenters.