Engineer Manager

Timothy P Quinn

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Vice President - Information Technology

Fifteen years of information technology experience including ten years of

broad-based management in Engineering, Technical Support and Operations.

Strategically and cost effectively utilize technology in alignment with

corporate goals. Consistently improve delivery times and service levels

while reducing costs. Excel at strategic planning, building high-

performanc teams, project management, and implementing best practice

methodologies and continuous improvement programs.

Professional Experience

Plainfield Asset Management ? Greenwich, CT

Private Equity Firm

Vice President - Information Technology

2007-Present

Wholly accountable for the strategic direction and daily leadership of IT

operations, including planning, policies, project supervision and oversight

of all information technology functions, systems and equipment for

Plainfield Asset Management. Direct all computing, networking,

telecommunications infrastructure design/development and technical support

services.

Notable Accomplishments:

. Led project to relocate corporate headquarters, build out an

enterprise Business Continuity Site and open the firm's first remote

office.

. Implemented new network infrastructure and design, including new core

layers with CWDM between locations.

. Team converted over 90% of the company's servers to a virtualized

environment using ESX 3.5 and Network Appliance SANs, saving an

otherwise necessary data center expansion, reducing linear-growing

server costs and significantly improving the disaster recovery plan.

. Deployed cost reduction strategies reducing the company

telecommunication bills by more than a third and cut per-employee

spending by more than half through re-working volume contracts and

policy re-working.

FactSet Research Systems ? Norwalk, CT

Provider of Financial Research Solutions

Global Director, Network Engineering & Operations

2002-2007

Manager, Network Engineering - Global

2002-2004

Manager, Network Operations - North America

2000-2002

Senior Network Engineer

1998-2000

Provide global strategic leadership for the network, internal and external

client support organization of one of the leading providers of financial

data worldwide. As part of the executive team, directly report to the

company Chief Technology Officer and actively involved in setting direction

and strategy implementation. Manage an operating budget of $6mm and

maintain relationships with over 20 telecom providers, encompassing

contract and service level management.

Manage five teams of engineers globally (25+ employees), encompassing

Client Technical Support, Network Engineering, Operations and Desktop

Support.

. Lead operations for a 650 node global Wide Area Network and maintain

the corporate connectivity infrastructure, consisting of 21 offices

worldwide, two enterprise data centers and 10 regional points of

presence.

. Team managed relationships with 1,500 of the top investment and

banking companies in the world, encompassing technical support, design

and service delivery.

. Direct two teams in charge of supporting 1,300 employees worldwide.

Responsibilities include hardware support, user training and corporate

support infrastructure.

Notable Accomplishments:

. Implemented many industry-standard procedures, such as change

management, formalized trouble ticketing, asset tracking, expense

control and various communication tools.

. Lead operational efficiency group, transferring tasks from specialized

engineers to more appropriate junior staff and automated processes.

Results were a 1/3 improvement in payroll efficiency and improved

service levels.

. Played strategic role in moves of both enterprise data centers and

corporate headquarters. Lead construction of current points of

presence and many new remote offices.

Fuji Medical Systems ? Stamford, CT

Provider of Medical Imaging and Network Systems

Systems Engineer

1996-1998

. Supported and maintained all production NT servers, including mail and

file servers

. Managed a corporate upgrade initiative from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95,

encompassing over 300 end users both local and remote

. Acted as lead contact for all corporate headquarter moves, including

the move of 150+ end users and the implementation of a revised network

design

. Recommended the installation of a Citrix server environment. Led the

installation and managed the maintenance of the new system

. Implemented desktop and laptop vendor changes, while maintaining full

productivity level and over a 25% cost savings

Education & Certifications

Fairfield University

1996

Management Information Systems, BS

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