Manager Management

ELI H. PEYMAN

Roslyn Heights, NY ● (***) *** - 1573 ● ***.******@*****.***

SENIOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER

– NETWORKING – TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT – GLOBAL MANAGEMENT

INFRASTRUCTURE

Accomplished technology manager experienced in planning, developing and implementing state-of-the-art information

solutions to address business opportunities. Proven leader adept at strategic planning, team building, customer service,

implementing best-practice methodologies, technical problem solving, and driving continuous improvement programs.

Reputed for consistently delivering fast paced, high-impact global projects on time, on budget, and with demonstrable

business benefits.

• Saved over $1.4 million annually in data communication services cost

• Reduced software licensing costs by over $1 million per year

• Improved operational efficiency and saved over $800K anually by consolidation and

relocation of data centers

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Client Focus – Project Management – Design and Architecture – Vendor Management

Strategic Planning – Infrastructure & Operations Management – Data Center Management & Relocation –

Staff Management – Global Team Leadership – Performance Measurement & Capacity Planning –

Information Security Business and Technology Integration – Mobile and Remote Workforce – Networking

(Voice/Data/Video) – ITIL Deployment – Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery – Cloud Computing –

Outsourcing – Risk Management Negotiating – Mergers and Acquisitions – P&L and Budgeting – Cost

Allocation – Cost Containment

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TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Windows Server & Client – Active Directory – MS Lync – MS Exchange – MS SQL – MS

SharePoint MS UAG – MS Systems Center – MS ILM – IIS – VMware – AutoCAD – MicroStation – BIM –

MS Project Unix/Linux – SSO – HP/Dell/SUN Servers – EMC/HP/3Par SANs – NetBackup – Routers –

Switches – WAN Optimization – Firewalls – VOIP – HSRP – OSPF – BGP – EIGRP – SSL – IPSec – Wi-

Fi 802.11a/b/g/n – ATM MPLS – VPN – Frame Relay – PKI – Oracle – Weblogic - Symantec – Trend

Micro – McAfee – Data Domain – Ping Identity Q1 Labs – Cisco – Juniper – Brocade – Riverbed – Citrix –

F5 – Check Point – Autodesk – Bentley

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. New York, NY, http://www.pbworld.com February 1989 – April 2013

Global engineering, program & construction management firm with over 13,000 employees providing

comprehensive infrastructure services on six continents through over 250 offices.

Assistant Vice President, Global Infrastructure Manager, 2009 - 2013

Leading company’s Enterprise Infrastructure team responsible for: strategic planning,

technological innovation, assessment/selection of new products and services, upgrade planning,

user impact analysis, cost analysis, vendor negotiation, contracts review, service level

improvements, and risk management. Major accomplishments included:

- Orchestrated an extensive team in the sourcing and implementation of a vendor-

managed global MPLS WAN infrastructure, including Internet and security gateways.

Implementation included 130 MPLS sites in over 25 countries and six external gateways

based in each of the major global geographic data centers. Project took 18 months to

complete resulting in 30% annual savings with significant improvements in performance,

reliability, and the security profile.

- Program managed and led selection, design, and relocation of company’s enterprise

data center to an East Coast based co-location facility on schedule and with no down time.

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Re-architected the data center, consolidating and simplifying the environment. Reduced

power and hardware costs by 30% while improving security, scalability, and reliability.

Architected and designed company’s disaster recovery & development data center in a

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West Coast based co-location facility for all Enterprise systems. Changed company’s

backup system using tapeless technology with multi-tier replication and automated failover,

resulting in much improved RTOs and RPOs while saving $300K annually in operational

costs.

Owned and managed assessment, cost benefit analysis, selection, vendor negotiation,

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and deployment planning of several new products, services, and technologies including:

Microsoft Universal Access Gateway 2010 for Reverse Proxy, Microsoft Lync 2010, Q1

Labs QRadar for SIEM, F5 Big-IP LTM for SharePoint and Exchange 2010 content

delivery switch, Ping Identity Ping Federate for SSO integration between Oracle CRM on

demand service and company’s Active Directory, Riverbed Steelhead for WAN

acceleration, 3PAR SAN for tiered storage, and Microsoft Office 365 pilot program.

Spearheaded project for developing and implementing ITIL framework for IT Service

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Management and Service Delivery, consolidated five regional service desk systems into

one global service management platform using a cloud based SaaS solution from Service

Now.

Reduced annual server licensing cost by $400K by negotiating an Enterprise License

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Agreement with VMware allowing for unlimited usage of VMware Infrastructure software

for all company servers.

Designed a highly scalable global IP addressing scheme in response to network

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connectivity requirement between company sites and acquisition sites. Led the IP address

conversion project for impacted sites.

Key contributor and technical lead in development of company’s global IT strategy and

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road map.

Directed a global virtualization and application consolidation program to make more

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efficient use of computing resources while simplifying administration, adding redundancy,

reducing costs and allowing for increased capacity; annual savings of over $600K.

Assistant Vice President, Global IT Infrastructure Services Manager, 1994 - 2009

Managed a 15-person Infrastructure team responsible for global core services including Network

(Data, Voice, Mobility), Messaging, Data Center Operations, and Identity Management.

Responsibilities involved project management, staff management, vendor management, capacity

planning, infrastructure architecture design, and communications with customers and

stakeholders. Assisted in managing department’s budget. Major accomplishments included:

• Project managed and technologically led infrastructure integration of a total of seven

different company acquisitions including a 2000 employee company in the UK with 22 sites,

and a 1500 employee acquisition in Australia with 12 sites. The integrations included all IT

Infrastructure systems such as network, Active Directory migration, Email system, DMZ, and

Intranet. Each one of the projects completed successfully in short time with no business

disruption, ensuring minimal user impact and profitability of the acquired companies.

• Established company’s Enterprise Information Security group. Managed the group for

period of one year, and transitioned the function to newly hired security manager.

• Implemented an automated Active Directory account provisioning system linked to

corporate Human Resources database. The system has eliminated two full time positions and

substantially improved security and delivery time.

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• Spearheaded company’s global Standards Committee for seven consecutive years to

improve operational efficiency and to facilitate global purchasing discount opportunities.

• Reduced software licensing costs by over $1 million per year by establishing Enterprise Agreements with

Microsoft and Symantec. Implemented a software monitoring system and organized all software licensing

under one enterprise group.

• Established, developed, and managed company’s global Email system including migration

of a 2000 user Notes based acquisition to Microsoft Exchange. One of the first companies to

test and implement BlackBerry systems in the US.

Led a global project to Integrate 130 dispersed Windows NT domains into one global

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Active Directory domain allowing all users to authenticate via same single sign-on system

regardless of their location or connectivity type.

Established, developed, and managed company’s Wide Area Network (WAN) starting

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with three sites. Developed the WAN to a global network with 130 sites in alignment with

business requirements into a seamless multi-vendor, multi-technology fabric. The network

has gone through four technology/contract refresh cycles since.

Project managed numerous project site office deployments, corporate office relocations,

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and project staff mobilization.

Designed Server and Networking solution for the conversion of the ERP system from

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IBM mainframe based to Oracle E-business suite using Sun Solaris platform.

Senior Systems Analyst, 1989 - 1994

Responsible for providing Telecommunications, Server, and Client services for corporate

headquarters with 900 users. Established and managed the first Local Area Network (LAN) in

the office.

ITRC A telecommunication Research firm, 1984-1988

Telecommunications Engineer: Research and development responsibility for various voice/data

communication systems including the first ISDN network in the center and a prototype digital PBX design.

EDUCATION

M.S., Telecommunications Engineering, University of Tehran

B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Tehran

CERTIFICATES

ITIL V.3 Foundation, 2009

PMP PMBOK 5th Edition candidate, August 2013

Cisco CCNA candidate, 1997

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), 1995

Novell Master CNE (ECNE) 1994

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR)

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Computer Security Institute (CSI)

Advisory board member of a technology startup

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Network Professional Associates (NPA)

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