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Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Acted as the Infrastructure and Security Manager for US and EU operations. Managed frontline network security devices and identity platforms. Performed lead role in several highly visible technology platform migrations. Implemented new policies, protocols, and controls for cloud, physical, and virtual infrastructure for improvements and upgrades. Evaluated technology solutions. Provided security event remediation. Acted as IT Ops lead and liaison in 4 new office construction builds and several large scale remodels. Worked with a diverse global team of engineers and technologists to accomplish initiatives.

Provide a leadership role in advising and consulting for clients across the globe in building highly secure terrestrial and cloud infrastructure. Architect private key management systems and network operations tailored to clients needs and budgets. Manage budgets, procurement, and staff.

Architected, built, and managed highly secure cloud and terrestrial networks and infrastructure for a global mobile workforce. Directed the applications and development teams in aspects of internal security and applications integrations. Managed budgets, procurement, and staff.

Irvine, Ca, Us

As a senior consultant I work to provide information technology management solutions and services to organizations worldwide. Providing scratch built complex cloud and hybrid infrastructure consulting and implementation services. Datacenter management and deployments. IT and Risk assessments, consulting, and planning. Skilled at consulting with customers to articulate the needs of the business, developing strategic road-maps to achieve increased quality and productivity while delivering the appropriate support and solutions to all operating units.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Internal and production cloud infrastructure management. Building scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure for our next generation healthcare SaaS offerings. Play a senior leadership role in developing and defining the technology strategy to scale our growing business. Provide the vision to maintain and enhance the infrastructure; along with managing our cloud network services, desktop hardware and software support, systems development and support, database management, systems security, disaster recovery, business continuity, and communication systems and tools.

All manners of awesomeness in IT Consulting and project management. Cloud migrations and management, enterprise wireless, network virtualization, network engineering and network rescues. Designed systems and solutions to solve client problems. Built and maintained all parts of client IT infrastructure in a multitude of diverse environments. Designed Layer 2&3 high availability systems. Planned and executed IT network take-overs, replacing entire staff. Managed AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure. Mastered large scale multi-site disaster recovery engineering, enterprise wireless deployments, and network virtualization migrations with VMware, Hyper-V, and to the cloud. Enterprise email cloud migrations of 1000+ mailbox environments. Business network and IT infrastructure relocations. Provided strategic and tactical IT consulting to clients and other Rocket Science team members on projects and services. Participated in pitch meetings with Rocket Science's CEO for potential new clients.

Eugene, Or, Us

Head of IT for the International Affairs Department. Provide strategic vision for, and manage various IT initiatives and projects. Managed Windows, Linux, and Macintosh systems and servers, both virtual and physical, within a mixed environment in a wide area network. Managed network access security and VPN support. Performed IT/IS audits, tracked, managed, and procured all IT assets. Scoped out, provisioned, and maintained various servers. Managed large long terms projects such as multi-domain AD and LDAP network access migration and team collaboration systems migration. Supported a variety of complicated IS systems ensuring maximum uptime and compliance with State laws regarding education and privacy.

Provided outsourced IT consulting, support, and services for small to medium sized corporations, hospitals, Universities and Colleges throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Performed installation and administration of network infrastructure and IS systems that supported anywhere from 5 to over 1000 users. Served as project lead in server and software implementation projects, identify issues, risks, and barriers to success, develop requirements and specs, facilitate and execute projects, utilizing change management when necessary. Installed and maintained a variety of Windows and Linux server networks, Exchange servers, database servers. Enterprise backup systems, disaster recovery planning and implementation. Managed various firewalls and switches. Managed SAN & NAS arrays. VPN implementation, network migrations, fixed wireless site to site implementation, VoIP setup and migrations, and litigation IT audit execution. Performed key role as technical consultant in engineering, planning, and implementing CRM systems and databases; performing detailed sales force work flow analysis recommending and ultimately designing customized CRM systems.

Tucson, Az, Us

Sold the business just before the housing bubble collapsed completely.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), It