IT System Engineer with 20 years of extensive hands-on technical and project management experience, including IT security, budgeting, auditing, and Enterprise Recovery Planning. Work closely with internal and external business groups providing technology solutions to meet business requirements. Partner with internal and external business groups to establish best practices and policies to support a high level of service and performance of business operations.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Chanel Inc. May 2008 – Present
885 Centenial Drive
Piscataway NJ 08854
Position: Senior Network Engineer
• Robert Half Technologies October 2007 – April 2008
TDI / Broadway.com Network Engineer
ACLU Network Engineer
10 Woodbridge Center Dr, Woodbridge, NJ
(732) 636-2778
• The Judge Group August 2007 – September 2007
Citigroup Network Engineer
90 Matawan Road,
Suite 201
Matawan, NJ 07747
phone: (732)-346-9100
fax: (732)-346-9101
• Matlen Silver Group September 2005 – July 2007
400 Somerset Corporate Blvd., Suite 500
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Position: Technical Contractor
Ihab Guirdes (732)794-4422
Schering Plough
Network Engineer Level II
Performed migration of Netware 4/5 to Windows 2003 platform
Coordinate and facilitate migration activities with business groups to meet business expectations.
Developed migration project plans.
Develop, test and executed migration utilizing Windows Active Directory GPO and VBS scripts.
AIG Technologies
Disaster Recovery Technical Specialist
Performed onsite technical test activities at data recovery site (SUNGARD) to meet business recovery and continuity objectives.
Analyze and recommended documentation improvements to achieve business continuity goals for senior management approval.
Coordinate technical activities at Disaster Recovery facilities (SUNGARD) with on-site staff to achieve business recovery and continuity objectives.
Innovative Technology Solutions June 2005 – July 2005
Network Engineer Consultant
Performed onsite upgrade of MS Exchange 2000 servers to MS Exchange 2003 server with minimal business interruption.
Performed migration of 1000 MS Exchange 2000 mailboxes to MS Exchange 2003
Provided on-site technical support, maintenance and installation of Windows 2000 solutions to meet client business needs.
Eagle Rock Alliance October 2005 – November 2005
Business Continuity Consultant
Performed onsite technical test activities with recovery site staff to meet business recovery and continuity objectives.
Develop business impact analysis (BIA) documentation trough thorough interviews with key business stake holders with final approval from senior corporate management.
Coordinate onsite technical activities at Disaster Recovery facilities (SUNGARD) with on-site staff to achieve documented business recovery and continuity test objectives.
PDI, INC. (FORMERLY PROFESSIONAL DETAILING, INC.) 1998 - 2005
Manager of Information Technology
Key Projects and Achievements:
• Created and established Enterprise Recovery Program plans and
capability needed to assist PDI with corporate survival should a business
interruption occur.
• Negotiated national dialup services contract, which saved company over
1.3M annually on remote access costs.
• Instituted information technology security standard operating procedure
and policy that meets with PDI corporate policy.
• Developed a migration plan from Windows 4.0 to Windows 2000 Active
Directory, and Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 with Outlook 2000 clients.
Coordinated this two-phase move involving infrastructure and equipment
enhancements with 0% loss of productivity.
• Worked with PDI partner companies to establish common practices and
standards across Enterprise Information Technology operations groups.
• Managed staff of five system engineers.
• Established and managed relationships with third party vendors to
procure and deploy laptops and desktops to a growing sales force of
3000 users,
which resulted in faster and efficient sales force deployment engagements.
• Established a Customer Service team to support a growing sales force of
over 3000 users, which provided a high degree of quality of service.
• Provided technology expertise to facilitate the integration process of
newly acquired business partner companies managing the relocation and
implementation of new data center facilities as required.
• Worked closely and interfaced with Information Technology
representatives of PDI’s business clients to build better partnerships
through technology integration.
• Participated in the strategic planning and analysis of the IT Operations to
meet PDI corporate business goals.
• Reviewed contract language and negotiated terms with 3rd party
providers to meet PDI corporate business needs.
• Managed all outsourced service suppliers service level agreements to meet
established PDI corporate service levels and business terms.
Systems Engineer 1998 -2000
• Areas of technical responsibility: Data Center (AS400 system, Windows
NT servers, Data Communication systems), Firewall security systems,
Laptop and Desktops.
• Implemented and maintained a scalable and secure remote access solution
with major dial-up service provider.
• Performed periodic reviews of system performance and capacity
utilization to establish growth trends.
• Designed and implemented 3-tier data network architecture
(Development, Test and Production).
• Designed and implemented a highly available and secure firewall
infrastructure utilizing technologies from Cisco Systems and CheckPoint
technologies. PDI business operation required a secure, reliable and
scalable IT infrastructure to support large-scale systems (Peoplesoft
and Seibel).
• Implemented and maintained a secure Frame Relay network which
nterconnected PDI partner companies.
ORSINI DESIGN ASSOCIATES, NEW YORK NY 1996 – 1998
Network Systems Consultant
• Developed and implemented a scalable network platform migration
strategy to leverage AutoCAD, Microsoft Windows and Novell IntraNetware technology investments to meet corporate business
objectives.
• Designed and implemented a resilient and scalable network infrastructure
to effectively meet corporate business requirements for a cost effective
messaging, application and data collaboration environment.
• Developed and implemented business technology based policies for
network operations, security, and data access across enterprise network
infrastructure.
• Performed Level 3 support services for network server systems.
CHASE MANHATTAN NEW YORK NY 1993 - 1996
GE SERVICES/DECISION ONE, NEW YORK, NY
Network Systems Consultant
• Provided Level 1 and 2 desktop and server support in a Novell
Netware and Microsoft Windows NT network environment.
• Performed installation and configuration of Token Ring and TCP/IP
Ethernet topologies.
• Performed installation and configuration of secure remote access solution
for corporate mobile staff.
• Performed installation and configuration of Windows NT, Microsoft
Office Suite, and Lotus Notes email accounts to corporate business standards.
EDUCATION
A.S Rhode Island College, Warwick, RI
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
CISCO - CCNA
MCSE – Windows 2000 / Active Directory Coursework
MCSE – MS Exchange 2000 Coursework
Certified Novell Engineer
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