Matthew S. Podber
Austin, TX 78750
ablwy5@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
Results-driven leader with 17 years of experience in Information
Technology. Ten years of management experience in leading and developing
teams of IT System Administrators, Engineers, and desk-top support staff.
Ability to manage teams in a broad range of IT areas including: Sarbanes-
Oxley and SAS70 Audit and compliancy, Asset Management, Data Center and
Disaster Recovery Management, Unix/Linux System Administration, Oracle
Database Administration and Development, and Network/PBX (Voice)
Engineering.
SKILLS/PROGRAM LANGUAGES
VMWare, Unix (Solaris/HP-UX/Tru64/AIX), Linux Red Hat 3.0/2.1, Oracle 11i,
Oracle RAC/ASM, Oracle 11i Developer and Database, PRO*C/C, PLSQL/SQL*Plus,
SQL Navigator, Windows XP/2000/NT, Open VMS, Cisco PIX/ASA/VPN, MS
Exchange, Active Directory, IIS, NAS/SAN, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliancy, Budget
responsibility, Windows Server 2003/2008
WORK EXPERIENCE
Stored IQ, Austin, TX
August 2008 - August 2010
IT Manager/Lead
. Managed Infrastructure team and performed lead technical support
consisting of Data Center Management, Windows Administration, Desktop
Support, Linux Administration and Network Engineering for the 24x7
infrastructure environment.
. Supervised and maintained the facilities support and Technical
administration of the 24x7 computer centers.
. Performed lead Administration of Exchange 2007, Active Directory 2003,
Blackberry Enterprise Server and Windows Server 2008 for all corporate
servers.
. Implemented and maintained VMWare servers running CentOS Linux, Windows
2003 server and multiple desktop clients.
. Managed the Systems Administration group who support over 100 Linux and
Windows servers.
. Oversaw the management of EMC Centera and Celerra NAS devices along with
a Clarion SAN environment which supported the software development cycle.
. Installed and managed Cisco ASA/Firewall, VPN and Network switches.
. Implemented and managed customer response SLAs, priorities and escalation
procedures.
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., Bethlehem, PA
May 2004 - March 2008
IT Manager
. Managed and supervised the 24x7 corporate data center and 28 employees
consisting of, Windows Engineers, UNIX/Linux System Administrators, PBX
Engineers, Cisco Network Engineers, Helpdesk specialists and Oracle
Database administrators.
. Supervised day to day facility operations for 2 Corporate Data Centers,
Disaster Recovery site and 2 company offices which included HVAC, UPS,
electrical and Generator aspects.
. Orchestrated new Corporate Data Center project to accommodate rapid
growth of company.
. Researched, composed and maintained the Corporate CapEx and OpEx budgets
in excess of $12 million.
. Managed 24x7 support of network infrastructure of 120 servers comprised
of Red Hat Linux and Windows 2003 servers.
. Orchestrated upgrade of backup architecture from DLT 8000 to Virtual
Library and LTO3 tape drives using Veritas Netbackup and Quantum Tape
Libraries.
. Performed key role in yearly Sarbanes-Oxley and SAS70 compliancy reviews
with internal and external auditors.
. Supervised upgrade of four Oracle 9i Streams environments to Oracle
11i/RAC on Red Hat Linux AS 4.0 and Sun Solaris operating systems.
. Implemented network intrusion detection through the installation of two
Cisco IDS blades on redundant Cisco 6509 core switches.
. Initiated Disaster Recovery plan and procedures for all corporate
clients.
. Managed Desktop Support and software licensing for 2200 users by
utilizing VMWare and Quest Active Roles Server.
. Directed Intranet website development and maintenance using HTML,
JavaScript, IIS, Oracle and Java.
> 2006 President's Award Finalist
RCN, Princeton, NJ March 2001 -
April 2004
Senior Manager of IT
. Managed and supervised corporate data centers, 10 Oracle Developers,
Oracle/DB2 database administrators and UNIX/AS400/Linux System
Administrators for applications including ICOMS Billing, Oracle
Financials, and PeopleSoft.
. Developed intranet website utilizing HTML, JavaScript, ASP, CSS in
Macromedia Dreamweaver on a Windows 2000 IIS Web server.
. Managed and performed Lead Developer activities using Oracle Developer 9i
and Oracle 9ias (web forms) on Sun Solaris and HP/DEC Alpha Tru64
platforms.
. Managed PeopleSoft, Crystal Reports and RJS reporting implementations.
. Facilitated and coordinated the upgrade of PeopleSoft version 7 to 8 and
Oracle Financials version 11.03 to11i on a Sun Solaris Unix platform.
. Supervised Corporate Data Center migration including Sun, HP, IBM and
Dell servers from a single facility to multiple locations with SAN
environment.
PRINCETON eCOM, Princeton, NJ March 2000 - March
2001
Development Project Manager
. Supervised Corporate Development of 25 developers/consultants using
Oracle Developer 6i, Oracle 8i, SQL*LOADER, c/pro*c.
. Initiated re-engineering of Payment Processing Application by switching
to Sun Solaris 8 UNIX platform using Oracle Developer 6i, Oracle 8i
database from a FoxPro/Novell 4.1 platform.
. Arranged product presentations of the Payment Processing Application and
Customer Service interface for potential Banking clients.
CENTER FOR CLAIMS RESOLUTION, Princeton, NJ
March 1996 - March 2000
Systems Project Manager
. Managed Oracle Development, performed Lead development duties and
assistant DBA responsibilities.
. Coordinated, designed and implemented development of new projects using
Oracle Developer 2000 and Oracle 8i on Open VMS, Tru64 and NT platforms.
. Lead development in conversion from Oracle character based Forms
1.0/Reports 2.0 on an Alpha Open VMS operating system to a GUI 32-bit
version of Oracle Developer 2.1 on a Windows NT environment.
GALAXY SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, Eatontown, NJ
March 1995 - March 1996
Developer
. Coordinated the maintenance and development of multiple systems for the
ISMA-On-Line Bulletin board using Oracle Developer 3 and Oracle 7.34
database.
. Created and implemented a timeline integrating new systems on a HP-UX
Unix operating system with an existing dbase bulletin board.
. Oracle DBA, Unix administrator and Oracle Forms 3.0 lead developer for
the Order Tracking and Purchasing System.
THE ROBERT PLAN CORPORATION, Somerset, NJ
July 1993 - March 1995
Programmer/Analyst
. Performed FoxPro development of the insurance claims transaction and
underwriting systems.
. Supervised the electronic transmission of the ISO Reporting System and
Check Register for seven insurance companies.
EDUCATION
RUTGERS COLLEGE, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
December 1993
New Brunswick, NJ
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science