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Poway, Ca, Us

Poway, Ca, Us

In role of COO took on much wider responsibilities of day to day operations at Connetic. Work with executive leadership team to ensure company profitability, improve market positioning and business performance Made push for and implemented company-wide review of compensation in accordance to ranks and titles, which resulted in more fair compensation, greater transparency and improved morale Managed all aspects of hiring, terminations, disciplinary actions and conflict resolution Provided hiring projections adjusted for projected sales  Reviewed and negotiated contracts with clients and vendors Negotiated technology purchases, leases and data-center hosting terms and contracts Perform process improvement to ensure better utilization of resources and higher efficiency Work with staff to develop up and coming technical super-stars with emphasis on excellent self-organization and communication skills.

San Diego, Ca

As Director of Operations concentrated on many internal aspects of company business while continued to consult and advise clients on critical parts of IT management.  Planned client’s projects, broke them down to individual piece and oversaw execution  Participated in and led IT steering committees with larger clients Reported to owners and executive teams at clients Oversaw transitions of companies during IPOs, acquisitions, conservatorship and liquidations. Advised on, performed documentation and oversight of client’s regulated systems Worked with clients on setting long term IT plans, budgets and internal IT policies Reviewed and approved internal equipment purchases Negotiated and helped establish new internal company policies and procedures Reviewed employee performance and advised company owners on employee promotions and compensation Consulted clients on, designed and implemented disaster recovery plans to meet specific RTO and RPO requirements Monitored, analyzed and improved existing DR systems Advised on and migrated clients into Cloud platforms Worked with clients on setting strong data life-cycle management policies, enforcement and audit of data Identified appropriate solutions for clients, performed vendor selection and contract negotiation Helped clients establish SOPs

As the company grew was promoted to Field and Operations Manager position in order to oversee Connetic’s dispatch and field services. In this role managed a team of technicians servicing various clients and providing on-site services ranging from incident dispatch and staffing to emergency response. This promotion required me to further concentrate on internal operation aspect of the company.  Managed a growing team of local engineers Created schedules and negotiated on-site responsibilities with clients Participated in IT meetings with clients in order to identify appropriate solutions and then plan their implementation Performed server and network build-outs at client’s data-centers Performed a number of physical to virtual server migrations into VMware environment for clients Worked on build-out of Connetic’s new infrastructure at AT&T’s primary San Diego data-center With a small number of peers acted as highest tier technical local resource for client and internal needs Performed emergency response work for client’s mission critical systems Designed and deployed new networks for clients in pharmaceutical and bio-technology sectors Supported a number of venture capital funded start-ups Supported SOX and FDA regulated environments with validated systems and change control procedures Deployed fiber-optic based HP SAN system for clustered server environmentSystems and technologies used: HP LeftHand SAN, HP Proliant servers, HP Fiber and copper Ethernet switches, Windows Server 2000, 2003/R2, 2008/R2, SBS; RedHat Enterprise, Debian, Apache, OS X server, Microsoft Exchange Server 2000, 2003, Acronis Backup, Symantec BackupExec, PowerQuest V2i, VMware Workstation, ESX and ESXi, Sonicwall firewalls, Dell PowerConnect switches, Cisco PIX/ASA/WLAN controllers,

San Diego, Ca

System Integrator Primary duty consists of support, design, planning and deployment of networks and equipment at new and existing clients. Regularly planed, created and oversaw deployment projects of network infrastructure including servers, switches, routers, storage, and power backup systems. As main dispatch and on-site resource at the company, have been involved in a wide range of short and long term projects as well as disaster prevention and recovery efforts. They ranged from complete takeover of corporate networks with offices in several countries in order to provide network support and management, to ensuring day-to-day IT operations of small local businesses. Was in charge of managing, advising to and supporting a number of clients. This included oversight and management of client networks, support of existing on-site IT staff and participation in IT related projects. Worked with equipment from major Computer/Networking manufacturers such as: Dell, Compaq, Digital, 3Com, Cisco, IBM, Intel, Avaya, SonicWall, Watchguard Deployments of storage solutions by HP, Promise, Dell Support of AS400 and Windows NT mixed server environment Support of Lotus Notes Installation of virtualization platforms based on VMware products Design and implementation of secure wireless communications between client sites. Setup and configuration of services for global access to corporate networks over secure connections (VPN, Terminal Services, SSH, VNC) Provided support for offices in Mexico, UK, Taiwan and US. Remote roll-outs of various software solutions such as faxing, time synchronization, e-mail, remote access, etc. Logging and monitoring of hardware, services, operating systems and resource utilization.  Design and implementation of off-site and on-site backup solutions. Design and implementation of power backup systems for mission critical assets Collocation of critical systems at off-site locations for greater protection and reliability.

Was responsible for internal network of a rapidly growing web-site development and hosting company. Provisioned new systems, supported and improved existing mixed Windows/RedHat environment (RedHat gateway proxy, RedHat based Samba servers with Windows 98/NT4/2000 workstations).Implemented wireless communication for internet connectivity through a multi-link proxy servers for secure, fast communications by sales force in remote locations and at travel shows, thus greatly increasing company's capacity to showcase products and dramatically increase sales at trade shows. While working on a tight budget implemented a reliable cross-server backup system which eliminated single point of failure in on-site backup system. This provided for lower TCO and increased utilization of available resources without a need to purchase new hardware.Was single point of contact for all local and remote users via phone and e-mail, performed maintenance tasks and emergency response.Rolled out first Windows 2000 servers with Exchange mail server in order to increase usability and user friendliness of the available systems. Planned and managed company wide upgrade from Windows 98 and NT4 to Windows 2000, which has greatly improved stability of the systems, reduced downtime and as a result positively impacted productivity.Worked on design, deployment and administration of remote access servers based on Windows 2000 and multiple modem bank cards.Performed license audit to ensure full legal and contractual compliance of the organization.

Performed a number of duties at a computer store specializing in custom workstations and server builds. Was involved in day to day operations of computer store including inventory, price tracking, stocking, depositing of weekly revenue to the bank. As a Master Technician consulted clients on available options for high performance workstations and servers, their performance metrics, issued quotes and performed the system builds, operating system installation and configuration (Windows 95,98,NT4 and Linux), application installation and configuration (AutoCAD, SolidWorks,etc). Followed and applied cutting edge industry know-how to create fastest possible system configurations for number of local organizations and institutions.