Pedro de Camillo
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Accomplished results oriented senior level IT leader, experienced at managing all aspects of technology with strong focus on the needs of the business. Excellent communicator who successfully partners with all stakeholders. Build and lead high performance teams, and foster virtual team collaboration. Proficient in reducing expenditures, increasing performance, and streamlining operations.
Key Areas of Expertise
IT Strategy & Execution Process Improvement Customer Support Project Management
Business Continuity Network Management Change Management Disaster Recovery
Systems Integration Cyber Security Vendor Management Application Support
Professional Experience
Duquesne Fund Services, New York, NY – Director of Technology 2/2016 to 12/2017
Principal liaison for IT and the Partners, Portfolio Managers and Traders
Manage a team to technologists in support of multiple hedge funds
Manage projects and implementation of new front-end systems and desktops
Create operational policies, procedures, standards, guidelines and best practices based on ITIL
Manage the implementation of a helpdesk system attaining an increased first-level call resolution of 95%
Implement end-user Cyber Security procedures and awareness
Implement problem resolution and continuous service improvement attaining a 60% decrease in repeat issues
Oversee department meetings with staff leads and managers to ensure continuity of information systems support and goal attainment
Kaye Scholer, New York, NY – Director of Technology 1/2013 to 2/2016
Principal liaison for IT and the Partners, Associates and Business Units
Responsible for the technology support budget and a staff of 30 people in 7 US and 3 international offices
Managed the transition of a new Helpdesk to the firm’s new operations center in Florida
Create operational policies, procedures, standards, guidelines and best practices based on ITIL
Hire and train the new team members on delivering excellence in customer service
Implemented ACD system which increased helpdesk efficiency by 60%
Identify efficiencies in mobile device utilization and renegotiate the contracts resulting in a 45% yearly savings
Define, manage and support the IT and AV requirements for global Partners meetings and Partners retreats
Manage the migration of the firm’s Window 7 and Office 2010 desktops, laptops and virtual desktops
Responsible for the training department delivering high-end technology training
Implement call analysis reviews between the training department and the helpdesk which results in a better training curriculum
Project managed the firm’s IT requirements and relocation to a new headquarters in New York City
Withers Bergman, New Haven, CT – Manager of Technology 5/2012 to 1/2013
Manage helpdesk, desktop support, projects, training and AV support
Create operational policies, procedures, standards, guidelines and best practices based on ITIL
Develop end-user communications for planned and un-planned system outages
Manage the upgrade from iManage 8.2 to iManage 8.5 with Matter Centricity
Dewey & LeBoeuf, New York, NY – Manager of Technology 6/2008 to 5/2012
Principal liaison for IT and the Partners, Associates and Business Units
Responsible for the technology support budget and a staff of 32 people
Create operational policies, procedures, standards, guidelines and best practices based on ITIL
Member of Cyber Security team to enhance systems security and end-user awareness
Implement a new helpdesk & inventory system SDE (Service Desk Express) which delivered higher quality incident tracking and metrics reporting while increasing call handling by 30%
Implemented Cisco ACD system which increased helpdesk efficiency by 35% while decreasing the call time to an average of 5 minutes per call
Developed end-user communications for planned and un-planned systems outages
Project manager for the firm's global migration from Windows XP to Windows 7; MS Office 2003 to MS Office 2010; DocsOpen to iManage 8.x / FileSite
Define, manage and support the IT and AV requirements for global Partners meetings and Partners retreats
Project manage the development and implementation of Disaster Recover (DR) and Business Continuity (BC) initiatives
Renegotiated the printer page charges and maintenance with the existing vendor resulting in a 20% yearly savings
Identified efficiencies in mobile device utilization and renegotiated the contracts resulting in a 30% yearly savings
Exenet Consulting (at Dewey & LeBoeuf) – Program/Project Manager 11/2007 to 6/2008
Project manage the datacenter relocation, and the consolidation of multiple servers and network equipment
Project manage the installation of VMware
Project manage the email systems conversion from Lotus Notes to MS Exchange
Project manage the transition from Novell to MS Windows
Developed teams for the various project phases
Coordinated multi-country teams for simultaneous integration efforts
Eventus Group Technology (at MDAD) – Director of Technology 6/2006 to 7/2007
Increase business with Miami International Airport by 50%
Expand the company’s Service Portfolio with Miami International Airport, Miami Dade County and Broward County
Review and respond to multiple RFPs allowing the firm to expand the scope of businesses’ offerings in multiple counties
Black Box Network Services (at MDAD) – Program Manager & IT Operations Manager 1/2000 to 6/2006
Directly responsible for a $43+ million P&L and a staff of 52 and 25 contractors
Increase business revenue by over $1M/Y via service orders, and expanded services offerings
Responsible for the delivery of IT and Telecom services to the MDAD (Miami Dade Aviation Department) which includes Miami International Airport and three regional airports of Miami-Dade County
Implement disaster recovery plans designed to maintain all major systems running at 99.99% uptime
During hurricanes Katrina and Wilma, which hit Miami in 2005, all IT systems were kept running with no downtime
Managed the 24x7x365 helpdesk and NOC following strict ITIL standards
Develop end-user communications for planned and un-planned systems outages
Negotiate and manage multiple third party vendor contracts
Negotiate and manage the CUTE (Common Use Terminal Equipment) contracts to 60 airlines Identified and coordinated
Black Box Network Services (at MDAD) – Manager of Network 6/1998 to 1/2000
TEK Systems (at MDAD) – Project Manager 1/1998 to 6/1998
Danske Bank, New York, NY – AVP of Information Systems 9/1990 to 10/1997
Walter Kaye Associates, New York, NY – Senior Systems Analyst 7/1989 to 9/1990
First Interstate Bank International, New York, NY – Systems Analyst 1/1988 to 7/1989
Avionics Instruments, Avenel, NJ – Programmer Analyst 8/1986 to 1/1988
Technical Skills
Software Applications: MS Office, MS Project, Visio, SQL, Active Directory, Bloomberg, Reuters Eikon, Pivot, MobilePass/RSA, Citrix, SharePoint, WebEx, Lync, Skype, Bomgar, SCCM, AirWatch, RDP, iManage, FileSite, DocsOpen, TrackIT, SDE, FootPrints, Symantec, McAfee, MobileIron, Good Technologies, Photoshop, MAPICS, Montran, Misys, SWIFT, CHIPS
Systems: Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, Linux, OS/400
Hardware: IBM, HP, Lenovo, Dell, Apple, Tandberg, Polycomm, Cisco, Netgear, iPhone, iPad, Android
Networking: TCP/IP, IPsec, HCP, DNS, DHCP, Firewall, HTTP, VPN, LAN, WAN, WiFi, RDP, Routers, Switches
Professional Education
PMP
ITIL V.3
MCSE, Exchange, SQL
Management and Leadership