Steve La Peruta

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Senior Information Technology Executive

Results oriented technology executive with over 30 years of progressive and diverse experience in transforming and managing global technology organizations. Experienced in leading large complex technical environments that support business objectives and strengthen competitive position. Technology visionary effective in strategic planning, project execution, leadership, building high performance teams and directing world-class IT operations capable of exceeding objectives.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Executive Information Technology Consultant - January, 2014 – Present Senior advisor supporting key executives with strategy, roadmaps, governance, program management, technology selection and implementation while utilizing operational best practices for global transformation programs. This consists of budgeting, project planning, program oversight and full lifecycle operational support. Highlights of strategic accomplishments include:

Led the design and implementation of a new IBM iSeries Power8 (AS400) platform consisting of high availability and fail-over capabilities to a remote datacenter. This technology platform is responsible for all business transactions, operations and financial processes for a Fortune 500 organization.

Led the design and implementation of a new datacenter which provides enterprise disaster recovery / business continuity services for a global organization.

Designed and implemented a 24x7x365 Network Operations Center (NOC) which resulted in increased availability and improvements in incident and problem management across a global infrastructure.

Provided Information Security consulting to leadership and technical teams on technology selections, implementation methods and operational best practices.

Enhanced operational practices by implementing a successful ITIL framework consisting of change, incident and problem management.

MediaWhiz, a Matomy Media Group Company, Plantation, FL - March, 2010 – July, 2013 Senior Vice President, Information Technology

Senior technology leader for a global digital media agency consisting of over 400 employees with annual revenue of $200 million. Practice areas included: affiliate marketing, search, social media, display advertising, text link ads, email and data acquisition.

Served as a member of the executive management team focusing on developing strategic plans for technology portfolio in support of business objectives. Focused on defining architectural direction utilizing cloud infrastructures with an annual budget responsibility of $20 million. Accountable for creating IT roadmaps, vendor management and contract negotiations.

Directed a 60 person IT organization comprised of application development, database administration, business intelligence, network and systems engineering, telecommunications, information security, system administration, quality assurance, helpdesk, project management, network operations center as well as the management of datacenters and regional offices.

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Oversaw the technology components through global mergers and acquisitions. This included business and corporate platform consolidations leveraging existing technology investments. Results yielded significant capital and operational cost reductions with improved capabilities and efficiencies.

Managed successful development initiatives that included the reengineering of both the affiliate and messaging verticals of the organization. Included Microsoft.Net and open source platforms introducing new mobile capabilities.

Directed the technology implementations and operational management of several new co-location datacenters. This consisted of high availability designs, 24x7x365 operations, incident and SLA (99.999%) management.

Responsible for overseeing the development of business models, revenue projections and technical operations for the messaging division of one of the largest global marketing services network.

Led information security initiatives for the organization. This included the management of IT programs, technical implementations, external services, policies and procedures and responsibility for compliancy and regulatory issues.

Established IT governance program which ensured projects were measured and aligned with company objectives. This included accountability to key stakeholders, measurement of investments and project management methodologies.

Implemented successful disaster recovery / business continuity operations for the organization. This consisted of a fail-over datacenter design and IT support operations preserving availability and preventing business disruption. Saveology.com, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - October, 2008 – March 2010 Director, Information Technology

Director of Information Technology for a global organization focused on lowering the cost of living by offering consumers valuable cost savings, services and information. The company’s websites, direct and email marketing strategies reached 4.5 million consumers per month and consisted of over 700 employees with annual revenue of $200 million.

Directed a 40 person Information Technology department comprised of application developers, network, system and telephony engineers, information security professionals, systems administrators, helpdesk and network operations center personnel. These teams supported a global network consisting of corporate headquarters, national and off- shore call centers, satellite sales and development offices. Annual budget responsibility of $8 million.

Managed the technology implementations and operational management methodologies of a new co-location datacenter. This consisted of a high availability design, a Cisco data communications infrastructure, HP blade servers utilizing F5 load balancers, enterprise SAN storage, VMware virtualization, external internet content delivery services, a new VoIP telephony implementation, information security technologies managed in a “lights out mode”.

Responsible for domestic and off-shore Call Center technology. Technologies included VoIP telephony, thin client computers leveraging VMware virtualization (VDI) solutions that provided ACD’s, IVR’s, call tracking, monitoring and reporting features.

Led information security initiatives for the organization. This included achieving PCI compliancy, establishing all internal operations, implementing disaster recovery / business continuity and consulting to affiliate partners on best practices.

Directed the development and database teams in the re-engineering of a new affiliate platform with enhanced capabilities.

Designed and implemented a 24x7x365 global network operations center consisting of infrastructure monitoring technologies, incident management and reporting processes, service level agreements (SLA), key performance indicators (KPI) and enhanced communication escalation procedures.

Responsible for the launch of a project management program and associated methodologies across the organization. Steve La Peruta

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Office Depot, Inc., Delray Beach, FL - June, 2007 – August, 2008 Senior Manager, Global E-Commerce

Managed global e-commerce engineering and operations initiatives for a leading supplier of office products and services consisting of over 50,000 employees with annual revenue of over $15 billion.

Responsible for the engineering and operations of global web sites that supported headquarters, retail, business to business, distribution channels, delivery centers and call center locations.

Managed a 25 person domestic and international team responsible for the design, implementation and support of global e-commerce infrastructures resulting in revenues of over $6 billion with an annual budget responsibility of $10 million.

Reengineered over 200 global e-commerce and B2B websites to 64 bit architecture converting the Windows based systems to Linux. This included IBM WebSphere, Microsoft and Oracle application servers leveraging technologies such as Akamai and Gomez to enhance user experience, increase performance, and improve system measurements and accuracy.

Responsible for the operational monitoring and reporting of global e-commerce web sites to ensure key performance indicators (KPI), quality, accuracy and service level agreements (SLA) were maintained. This ensured a top five Keynote retail ranking in performance and availability.

Provided information security consulting to IT shared services to ensure e-commerce infrastructure was adequately protected. This included identifying information security gaps, recommending and implementing architecture changes and other mitigating controls to maintain PCI compliancy. The Ultimate Software Group, Inc., Weston, FL - September, 2001 – April, 2007 Director, Information Security and Network Services Director of Security and Network Services for a leading cloud provider of human resource management and payroll services. Managed an IT group for an organization that offers people management solutions to more than 2,300 customers across diverse industries.

Designed a new company offering and revenue channel by implementing a cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) business model enabling a hosted colocation payroll practice accessed across the public internet.

Directed a 30 person IT organization comprised of information security professionals, network, systems and telephony engineers, system administrators and operations teams with an annual budget responsibility of $10 million.

Directed the construction, implementation and operational management methodologies of 4 new datacenters to facilitate business growth. These consisted of over 2,000 servers, high availability operations and were managed in a

“lights out mode”.

Responsible for the development, technical implementations and ongoing management of information security initiatives. This included overseeing the technology, managing external service providers and establishing corporate guidelines, policies and procedures.

Implemented new technology solutions for corporate headquarters and remote domestic locations. This included a new Cisco WAN, LAN, security and wireless infrastructure, Avaya telephony implementation, Microsoft active directory, enterprise email system and remote VPN access solutions.

Directed the design and implementation of a new disaster recovery / business continuity solution for both the corporate and hosted (SaaS) infrastructures. This consisted of centralized storage, new enterprise backup and replication technologies to ensure high availability.

Managed and led IT efforts for a successful Sarbanes Oxley (SAS-70 & 404) compliancy. Directed efforts that resulted in Ultimate Software obtaining the distinction of being the first human resources and payroll software-as-a- service provider to be awarded ISO/IEC 27001 certification.

Provided technology consulting in sales engagements resulting in securing prospective clients.

Accountable for capital and operating expenses for all assigned areas of responsibility. Steve La Peruta

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Fusive.Com, Corp., Deerfield Beach, FL - November, 2000 - September, 2001 Director, Information Technology

Director of Information Technology for a leading convergent integration company specializing in web-enabled applications for call center environments.

Directed a Cisco professional services division for the design, implementation and support of convergent call center VoIP solutions. Awarded the distinction as a Cisco Silver Certified Channel Partner.

Managed IT organization comprised of 30 individuals consisting of an on-site and remotely-based team of network, system and voice engineers, security professionals and help desk support personnel (24/7).

Provided IT consulting services to prospective clients in the selection and implementation of technology solutions.

Developed partnerships with Cisco, Microsoft, Bellsouth and Intel to further enhance company strategic initiatives.

Provided managed services for hosted clients including security, network and system administration support. Mars Music, Inc., Ft, Lauderdale, FL - December, 1999 – October, 2000 Director, Information Technology / Acting CIO

Performed a broad range of IT management functions for an entertainment/retail company comprised of 70+ superstores in 23 states, 2,800 associates and FY’2000 sales of over $300 million.

Managed an IT department comprised of 60+ professionals.

Implemented e-commerce infrastructure for marsmusic.com (launched June, 2000).

Responsible for the successful opening of 15 new stores and the redesigning 50 in 2000 overseeing all IT logistics.

Implemented a new Cisco data and telephony infrastructure at headquarters and 50 remote locations resulting in a reduction of telecommunications expenditures and increased capabilities.

Accountable for all budgetary functions for IT operations. Office Depot, Inc., Delray Beach, FL - May, 1995 – December, 1999 Network Engineer – Level III

Engineered and supported the network operations of one of the world's largest sellers of office products. Distribution channels included stores, direct mail, contract delivery, internet and business-to-business e-commerce. Infrastructure was comprised of 850 world-wide retail stores, 200 delivery centers, 25 call centers, 100 local sales offices and a corporate campus with 6,000 users.

Designed, implemented and managed a 1,200 site wide area network (WAN) that resulted in a stable and manageable infrastructure capable of expansion.

Reengineered the local area network (LAN) / corporate infrastructure, incorporating high speed backbones and Fast Ethernet switching on the edge.

Designed and implemented a Network Operations Center to increase availability and enhance support.

Deployed a Symbol wireless solution to Office Depot’s fleet of trucks to improve customer delivery efficiency.

Led relocation efforts of corporate datacenter from Delray, FL to Charlotte, NC.

Implemented e-commerce network infrastructure for officedepot.com (launched July, 1997).

Managed and implemented disaster recovery operations for the network infrastructure utilizing SunGard, Inc. services.

Implemented video conferencing and distance learning technologies resulting in a significant reduction in travel expenditures.

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Racal Datacom, Sunrise, FL - 1992 – 1995 - Network Engineer Conde Nast Publications, New York, NY - 1989 – 1992 - Assistant Manager Information Products of New York, New York, NY - 1988 – 1989 - Senior Systems Engineer Bell Atlantic, New York, NY - 1983 – 1988 - Senior Systems Engineer EDUCATION

Suburban Technical School - Hempstead, New York

Digital Computer Electronics, 1984 - 1985

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) ISC Certified ITIL v3 - IT Service Management (ITILF) Exin Industry Certifications Cisco, Microsoft and Novell Executive Leadership Program Dale Carnegie

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