Management Project Manager

BARRY A. RUBIN

* ****** **** ***** ***********, New Jersey 07751 646-***-**** ************@*****.***

Senior Technology Executive

Outstanding history of driving cost efficiencies and delivering strategic enterprise solutions and

services delivery with increasing responsibilities in systems support, data center management /

network infrastructure - services management, and implementation. Demonstrated great depth

in business-driven technology design while delivering agile, flexible, scalable and resilient

solutions. Proven track record of results-oriented performance, and hands-on technical

qualifications as well as being accomplished in vendor management relating to product and

service delivery. Provided Vision, Strategy and Leadership.

Built collaborative teams across all levels of the organization, management & partner providers.

Experienced with many warehouse, manufacturing, fulfillment, supply chain, financial and

Customer Order systems and business processes - Insurance, Brokerage, Publishing &

Information Services Sectors. Results - Oriented, Energetic, Passionate.

Principal Consultant 2008 – Present

Infrastructure Technology Solutions, LLC

Technology Consulting and Project / Program Manager for a multi-site SAP Hosting data center

consolidation, relocation and vendor migration for a major international consumer products

company based in New York. Performing Program management across all technology towers,

(1000+ Servers) operational, migration and san-storage (~500TB) assessments for operational

optimization and risk mitigation.

Vice President, Technology Infrastructure and Operations 1998 – 2008

Scholastic Inc. New York, New York

Rebuilt the corporate data centers, network infrastructure as well as the corporate desktop PC

platforms; my mission was to attract, motivate and retain a new staff (3X in size to 86+, in 8

states since my arrival), develop a comprehensive set of strategies, processes and methods /

procedures for infrastructure & data center operations. Established a new departmental

Lifecycle process of Plan, Implement & Run to get the new IT support organization once again

providing critical data center, network services and platform support to the many lines of

businesses.

Established networking and systems standards for the infrastructure, reliable user desktops and

Change Management in the data center and Internet / Intranet security. Began an ITIL

adoption program for Infrastructure. Global responsibility for communications, and information

security supporting 85+ sites and 6,500 employees \ users. Extensive relationship management

and negotiation skills with technology partners and internal business clients. Manage staff of

86 with $28+ million in operating and capital budgets, reporting to the CIO.

Major Achievements:

• Generated annual $1mm savings w/ the establishment of a Consolidated Corporate

Data Center - Shared Services processing, storage and global network operations.

• Envisioned and built a corporate, standards - based global IP/MPLS (Wan/Lan/Man)

& Windows Active Directory network. QOS & COS implemented to optimize for

VOIP and improved performance for key applications and Call Centers leverage.

• Led Infrastructure Group to a certified “Best in Class” by Gartner Benchmark Study

• Designed & deployed standard desktop technology standards & platforms, delivering

superior service levels, automated software updates / security patching, remote

management and metrics performance resulting in reduced delivery costs and

increased time to market.

• Implemented technology standards, disciplines, processes and an overall corporate

technology strategy for services delivery and Platform Support. Developed and

promoted consolidation strategies and process efficiencies.

Resume – Barry A. Rubin

• Bid-out all Network Ops to Outsource RFP. Insourcing Option proved to be 35%

more cost effective than bidders, thus creating run-rate containment.

• As the Information Security Officer, lead & motivated a global team on SOX / PCI

audit, compliance & remediation – Information Security, Data Center Ops, Network

Ops, & Change Management. Assures HIPAA compliance within Infrastructure.

• Delivered HA Processing Infrastructure for Oracle (ERP) on HPUX / Unix.

• Consolidate and Virtualize SQL /App / Web servers to Blades in the data centers.

Achieving greater than a 16:1 compression – footprint and a centralized

consolidation platform for all Windows SQL servers. >$1mm savings

Key Accomplishments:

Areas of Responsibilities: (Shared Services)

• VPN Architecture and security infrastructure

• Data Center Operations (iSeries\AS400,

• Infrastructure Cost Reductions

pSeries AIX Unix, HPUX Superdomes,

o Infrastructure consolidation (Data

Tiered SANs, all in a High-Availability

Centers & Networks)

configuration, W2k3, VMWare, Citrix, facilities

o 35 fold Bandwidth Growth / Telco

management, space, power/UPS/generators,

reductions

HVAC)

o LAN infrastructure upgrades. Delivered

- Capacity Planning & Reporting / Metrics

• Enterprise Network Infrastructure & Operations 10-fold capacity increase with full

redundancy, while reducing annual costs

- LAN, WAN, Fiber Channel, Monitoring

by 25%- $0.8 million.

- Configuration Management

- Capacity Planning & Reporting / Metrics • Delivered new IP MPLS network topology

• Deployed VOIP network for Call Centers

• Change & Configuration Management Process

• Bid-out all Network Ops to Outsource RFP.

• Internet security and governance / Identity Mgt

• Network Operating Systems and Insourcing Option proved to be 35% more cost

Messaging / Exchange, Active Directory effective than bidders.

• Anti-Spam and Web Proxy Filtering systems • ePolicy / Information Security Policy

• Desktop Support Services & Help Desk w Metrics • Global PC Standards & Imaging (6500+)

• Performance & Capacity Planning • PC Software Delivery, Configuration Mgt 6000+

• Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus strategy & implementation

Network Services, Data Center Operations

• Corporate Information Security Officer • Production Change Management / Control

Public Audit, SOX Audit, PCI Governance and• iSeries Growth & Leveraged for value – $4.3mm

Overall Remediation Governance savings + increased capacity

• Disaster Recovery Planning & Execution • Messaging / Exchange consolidations

• Business Continuity Planning • Implemented Altiris Patch Management System

• Support 3 local and remote Call Centers (550+ Servers, US & UK)

• Budgeting, Scheduling for staff of 86 with $28+ • Received CIO Award for Technology Innovation

million in operating and capital budgets

Director, Data Communications 1991 – 1998

Equitable Life - AXA New York, New York

Redesigned and deployed all of Equitable’s Insurance / Annuity product-line network

infrastructures and data center client- servers (~200) integrating state-of-the-art technology as

Equitable invested in their technology future. Implemented a management information

architecture across all of Equitable’s computing environments, integrating across all product

lines – 8000 nodes. The targeted disciplines: Enterprise Help Desk, Software Delivery, Asset

Inventory, Enterprise-Wide Event Management, Systems and Network Management.

Evolved a new network architecture (Cisco IP framework) to support the burgeoning client

server requirements in the data center. Designed and implemented a new business-driven

WAN / LAN infrastructure & server farm for Equitable’s Agency network in order to support the

new Agent’s Workstation (5000). This included the design, testing, implementation and

management of a nation-wide network of over 130 routers and 200 servers. Designed and

developed a modern, state-of-the-art data center / network operations center equipped and

staffed with the latest tools (OpenView) and 7X24 staff. Re-engineered the department’s

Lifecycle by implementing a Plan, Implement, & Run management style as well as

reconstructing the data communications business to prepare for the client server evolution.

Resume – Barry A. Rubin

Senior Technical Consultant, Data Communications 1990 – 1991

Digital Transport Inc. New York, New York Communications Consulting

Managed a number of Client assignments, which included my role as the DTI Project Manager

of a large data center, network design and rollout for a Japanese client.

Director, Network Services 1981 - 1990

Automatic Data Processing Inc. New York, New York

Brokerage Information Services Group (now Broadridge )

Provided hands-on technical management of 7X24 Network Operations Center, Network of over

2,000 data lines) including all aspects of day-to-day service delivery issues, Help Desk,

reporting systems. Held accountable for all personnel issues, budget management, large staff

of professionals (40) including managers, supervisors, analysts, technicians, and clerks.

Data Communications Technician 1981 – 1981

Eastern States Bankcard Assoc. ( FirstData ) Lake Success, N.Y.

Education: University at Buffalo (SUNY) Bachelor of Arts 1981- Legal Studies

Management Training - Scholastic University, AXA University

Affiliations: Information Risk Executive Council, Corporate Executive Board

Member, The Council of Communications Advisors, Gerson Lehrman Group

Member, The Society of Industry Leaders (SIL)

http://www.linkedin.com/in/barryrubin

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