Palo Alto, Qumulo, Dell EMC Isilon, Mellanox, Cisco, AWS Thinkbox Deadline, Render Farms, Maya, Houdini, Nuke, Arnold, Adobe, Shotgrid, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Airtable, Zcentral, Terradici, Parsec, vSphere, Veeam, TPN Compliance

Senior IT Manager for North America and Canada managing all Headquarters , Distribution Centers / Warehouses and +220 Retail Store locations. Oversaw new store openings and closures in the US and Canada (40+ location openings). Managed 4.4 million dollar IT budget annually as well as vendor relationships management. Administration of VOIP, network and system infrastructure for US/Canada. Worked closely with department heads to ensure IT is meeting all expectations. Research and deploy new technologies to increase efficiency, add functionality or reduce overall cost objectives. Create policies and procedures for new and existing business processes. Implemented an Asset Management System, Password Management System, Project Management System and Managed Print Servers. Created Technical Policy and Procedure guidesIntroduced SLAs as well as 24/7 emergency hotline. Deployed EMV credit terminalsReduced mobile costs by 50%, reduced equipment procurement costs by 20%. Rolled out Meraki cloud based access points to all locations. Implemented Cold Boot Persistence for warehouse scanners to reduce setup and startup times. Swapped firewalls in 220+ retail store locations across North America and Canada.

IT Manager with diverse and demonstrated expertise maintaining internal systems and data networks. Providing top tier technical support while developing innovative solutions in alignment with business objectives. Responsible for the oversight and management of 12 Post Production Facilities in the Los Angeles area, providing Network Architecture & Design to support to both clients and Moviola employees.

Responsible for the overall planning, organizing, and execution of all IT functions. This includes directing all IT operations to meet requirements as well as the support and maintenance of existing applications and development of new technical solutions.