BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL who is a business driven leader, very effective team builder with expertise as a Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Sr Director of IT, Director of Enterprise Infrastructure and Operations, Manager of Unix Services, Manager of Research and Development. Experienced leader who creates collaborative relationships, builds organizational capability, and serves the mission of the company. Agile, flexible and responsive to organizational needs and conditions. Exceptional knowledge of technology, application development, infrastructure, and security. Extremely passionate about planning, developing, and implementing cutting edge technology solutions to innovate, grow, and improve the business.

SKILL SETS

Solutions Architect

Project Management

Systems Integration

Technology Strategy

Cloud Solutions

Disaster Recovery

Supplier Negotiations and Management

Team Building

Systems Consolidation

Data Center Relocation & Refresh

Hands-On Coding/Scripting/Debugging

Bringing Legacy Systems into Rapid Development Methodology

TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE

Experience in Infrastructure Development & Management, Warehouse Relocation, Software Development and Development Methodologies, Software Systems installation maintenance operations and upgrades, JDE/WM Implementation, Large Scale WiFi Installation, VMWare Virtualization, Data Center Build and Relocation, Audit Management

Professional training includes ITIL, CPI, Dell Storage, HP Storage,

Technical skills within the areas of Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris, Virtualization (VMWare & Docker), Systems Integration, Networking, Software Development, and Cloud Experience (AWS Certifications)

Programming and design C, Scripting, Pascal, Fortran, Python and Assembler Languages.

CAREER

05/19 – 2/23: Magnacare/Brighton Health Plan Solutions is a privately held Healthcare Enablement company, enabling self-funded clients, health systems and TPA’s to enhance member experience and offer highly customized insurance plans with flexibility

SENIOR DIRECTOR of IT for Magnacare/Brighton Health Plan Solutions

Accomplishments:

Migrated Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 and to Exchange Online

Implemented Cisco ISE and Umbrella providing enhanced network security

Upgraded the Cisco UCM, UCCX, and Unity (Call Center, Interactive Voice Response System, and voicemail)

Negotiated new voice and data services contracts for the corporate offices saving more than $125,000 per year

Worked with the CISO to improve Audit Scores for both compliance and maturity on HIPAA and SOC-2

Upgraded VMWare in two Data Centers (on-prem and colocation based)

Upgraded and refreshed the SAN in two Data Centers

Implemented ITIL

Expanded and Managed the Help Desk to provide support for extended hours

Reduced IT spend through vendor management, on a wide range of IT services, including conference calls, WAN services, MPLS services, Cisco Contracts, Microsoft Contracts, hardware maintenance, etc.

Relocated NYC and Melville, NY Offices (IT, Services, Security, Networking, etc)

02/17 – 05/19: Perfumania Holdings, Inc. is a privately held vertically integrated designer, fragrance & beauty retailer, wholesaler and manufacturer of owned and licensed brands, with more than 200 independent retail store locations throughout the US, Puerto Rico, the USVI, and Canada.

DIRECTOR, ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS for Perfumania Holdings, Inc.

Accomplishments:

Consolidated two warehouses into one

Installed and Configured network and WiFi connectivity in the warehouse within 45 days

Consolidated Satellite offices into Headquarters, built out new offices, cube spaces and built a new Data Center

Negotiated new voice and data services at HQ saving more than $50,000

Negotiated new voice and data services nationally for the retail stores saving more than $450,000

Upgraded VMWare Servers to a Hyper-Converged Cluster

Converted Ecommerce on IBM Websphere to a Continuous Deploy/Continuous Integration Model

Rebuilt the Helpdesk Team as it was relocated to Bellport, NY, and created performance targets and process improvements

Reduced IT spend on IBM Server lease (I-Series & OS/400) and maintenance

03/13 – 2/17: Future Tech Enterprise is a privately held IT Solutions Provider, delivering cost effective and customized IT solutions.

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER (CTO) for Future Tech Enterprise Inc.

Accomplishments:

Relocated the Data Center, downsizing the footprint and increasing the capacity, with zero down-time

Implemented a Hardware and Software Refresh in the Data Center to upgrade systems and reduce IT Spend

Converted the phone system to a Managed Voice over IP (VOIP) solution

Implemented and trained users on Docker for micro-services.

Negotiated and realigned the Microsoft Office 365 Contracts reducing the spend by 27%

Upgraded the Warehouse WiFi Scanning Devices

SOLUTIONS ENGINEER for Future Tech Enterprise Inc.

Accomplishments:

Directed and implemented AIX Services for Northrup Grumman Installation, Primary and Disaster Recovery

Developed the Future Tech Enterprise Storage Solutions Program

Upgraded & refreshed the Network Infrastructure, including fiber WAN connections between campus buildings

Added Redundancy to the LAN, WAN and Internet Connections

Refreshed the Laptop and Desktop Systems, moving from Apple Mac to Windows PCs

Planned, implemented and rolled-out a Windows 7 to Windows 10 migration for local and remote users

Upgraded the Video Security System

01/05 – 3/13: Arrow Electronics is a public company, and a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions.

Manager Unix Services for Arrow Electronics

Responsibilities Included:

Unix (IBM AIX) Servers supporting Oracle Databases

Unix (Solaris) Servers supporting Applications and Oracle Databases

Linux (RedHat Linux) Servers Supporting Oracle ERP Applications, Web Servers, Search Engines and Big Data Implementations

Negotiate, purchase, implement, maintain and upgrade IBM Power Hardware (small systems up through the 256 core model 795)

Storage Migrations

06/95 – 1/05: Creative Socio-Medics was a public company, and a national provider of mental health, behavioral health, public health and substance abuse information systems. (Now Netsmart Technologies)

Manager Research and Development for Creative Socio-Medics

Accomplishments:

Implementation of the Behavioral Health Information System on IBM AIX and Sun Solaris Servers

Sales through delivery and implementation of the Y2K Systems

Team member on the development, installation and maintenance of the Oracle and MS SQL data warehouse solution

Project Manager and data conversion engineer for the Systems Implementation

EDUCATION

SUNY Stony Brook – Applied Mathematics, Heavy Concentration in Computer Science

CPI – Continuous Process Improvement – Green Belt (Subject Matter Expert)

ITIL – IT Infrastructure Library Foundations – V3

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