Senior IT Director

John McKeown

*** ****** ***., #** . ********, NY 11222

917-***-**** . ********@*****.***

Career Profile:

Over nineteen years of experience in the technology industry, combining

high-level technical knowledge with deep operational experience, technical

savvy and cross-functional communication abilities. Extensive experience

managing departmental budgets, supervising diverse teams, and maximizing

systems performance.

AREAS OF STRENGTH

Staff Management Network Design Budget Management

Systems Optimization Contract Negotiations Exceptional Communications

Trouble Shooting Systems Integration Global VPN Administration

Data Center Relocation Customer Service Procurement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LEADDOG MARKETING GROUP, New York, NY October 2011 to Present

A turnkey Marketing Agency responsible for the creation and activation of

exceptional client Brand experiences to bring customers and businesses

together.

Senior IT Director

. Responsible for the installation and configuration of new devices and

user equipment.

. Planned and executed office network upgrade, reconfiguration and

optimization.

. Managed organization-wide IT Budget including, but not limited to

vendor relationships, contracts, and purchase negotiations.

. Planned and built new office space, executing full office move of all

IT systems, servers, and PCs.

. Documented all IT policies and procedures for employee manual and

security policies.

INDUSTRIAL COLOR, New York, NY August 2008 to October 2011

A privately owned industrial color lab providing industry-leading video and

photography services.

IT Manager

. Installed and configured Intermapper server and network monitoring

systems, as well as, CGI render environment (application,

workstations, and servers).

. Maintained in-house data center consisting of approximately 80

servers.

. Selected and negotiated contracts for 1Gbps internet links with ISP

vendors.

ALADDIN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS, New York, NY November 1996 to January 2008

A leading producer of software for digital rights management and Internet

security.

MIS Director, USA (November 2001 to January 2008)

. Managed staff while collaborating with US and MIS management in Tel

Aviv office to align projects with US and corporate goals - bringing

the vast majority of projects to completion on-time and within budget

parameters.

. Collaborated with global IT Management, writing US sections of the DRP

(Disaster Recovery Plan)

. Oversaw development of new applications and new applications and

modifications to existing in-house applications, meeting with user

base to define needs, document requirements, and coordinate evaluation

and testing.

. Migrated US user base of 80 from Lotus Notes to MS Exchange 2003.

. Performed Multiple Data Center Moves, reviewing centers and needs,

collecting quotes, and making final decisions in collaboration with

head office officials.

. Collaborated with Upper Management and PriceWaterhouseCoopers to write

Sarbanes-Oxley compliant policies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

US IT Manager (May 1998 to November 2001)

. Managed all IT aspects of company acquisitions for Eisai technologies

Incorporated and preview systems, involving supports of new offices

with 30 to 40 users merging NT domains email accounting and contact

management systems.

. Supervised IT aspects of Chicago office move, including frame-relay

set up in the new offices.

. Managed Y2K Project for all IT aspects of the US offices, upgrading

server operating systems phone systems and other necessary

infrastructure.

Systems Administrator (November 1996 to May 1998)

. Provided support for user base of 20 in all aspects of IT, including

server network.

. Set up and administered Listserv bulk emailer and subscription mailing

list for Idealist.org

. Supported network equipment and IBM PCs across various hardware and

software platforms.

iB SOLUTIONS, Dublin, Ireland June 1995 to September 1996

Systems Administrator

. Managed DEC MicroVaxes and various UNIX boxes.

. Qualified as an internal auditor conducting several internal audits.

. Oversaw maintenance of documentation and adherence to procedures

governed by BSI9001 quality standards, passing to external ISO9001

audits.

. Acted as administrator for VT terminals, PCs, hubs, repeaters, bridges

and other equipment necessary for systems operations.

Education

Columbia University, New York, NY

Executive Master of Science, Technology Management

University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Mathematics

Technical Systems Expertise

Dell VM Hosts, Apple Servers, SAN and NAS Devices, Windows (8,7, Vista, XP,

2008 Server),

MS Office Suite, VMware, MS Exchange, MS Active Directory, Dell Poweredge,

servers,

Xerox Printers, Dell and Nortel Switches, Mac OS (X and others), Video

Surveillance, Deadline Rendering Systems, Red Hat Linux, Soalris,

Checkpoint Firewalls, Cisco Routers, Compaq/HP Servers, IBM Servers, Dell

Dimension Servers, Goldmine, SBO, Onyx CRM, Lotus Notes

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