CAD Manager

Jorge Luis Septién

** ******** *****, ************, ** 08691

tel: 609-***-****

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGER

•Over 20 years of experience in the management of state-of-the-art information solutions with a focus on streamlining production and enhancing business development.

•Highly successful at formulating strategic plans and implementing cross-function electronic documentation for firm-wide uniformity.

•Adept troubleshooter for all types of IT problems and skilled in devising innovative solutions that result in precise and well-coordinated projects.

•Broad infrastructure management background, including networks and systems as well as software integration, training and customization.

•Initiated budget planning for IT solutions, incorporating cutting-edge industry technological advancements combined with sound budgetary considerations.

CORE PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS

Windows / Netware Server Administration IT Planning and Budgeting

Hardware and Software Research and Development IT Policies and Procedures Development

Network Security and Contingency Planning Intranet and FTP Management

Electronic Documents Archival Procedure Development, Tracking and Maintenance

Software Compliance Tracking and Analysis Symantec AntiVirus/Backup Exec Maintenance

Staff IT Training, Troubleshooting and Support MS Exchange 2003/2007 Administration

AutoCAD Management and Standards Execution AutoDesk Revit Implementation

Adobe Creative Suite/Corel Graphics Suite Support Microsoft Office 2007 Suite Support

Outstanding leadership ability/effective negotiator Excellent communication skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Clarke Caton Hintz, Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture, Trenton, New Jersey 2007-Present

Director of Information Services: Research and recommend hardware and software for company’s CAD, graphics and productivity requirements • Support the firm’s software programs (AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite) and provide support for its hardware issues • Manage firm’s Windows 2007 servers • Maintain E-mail system, company-wide backup procedures and implemented comprehensive contingency plan • Propose and prepare budgets for hardware and software upgrades through Dell’s financial leasing terms for approval of partnership

CAD Manager: Recently deployed AutoCAD 2011 within a specific timeline avoiding any disturbance in firm’s productivity and trained full architectural staff in latest AutoCAD advancements • Developed custom scripts and lisp routines for automating CAD production • Produced, maintained and enforced current office CAD standards and procedures

Facilities Manager: Successfully completed the relocation of the Trenton office technical infrastructure from Ewing and coordinated contractors, including HVAC, workstations and office panel systems, network, telephony, audio/visual and security, to prepare the new space. Although management requested numerous last minute changes, project was completed on time and with minimal staff down time. Continued office maintenance by coordinating installers throughout the first few months of occupancy to complete punch-list items and provide essential workspace environment for all employees

Gruzen Samton Architects, Planners & Interior Designers PC, New York, New York 1997-2007

Director of Information Technology/Associate Partner: Researched and recommended hardware and software for company’s CAD and graphics requirements • Supported the firm’s software programs (AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite) and provided support for its hardware issues • Managed firm’s Windows 2003 servers that host over 100 users • Maintained E-mail system, company-wide backup procedures and implemented comprehensive contingency plan • Proposed and prepared budgets for hardware and software upgrades through Dell’s financial leasing terms for approval of partnership

CAD Manager: Recently deployed AutoCAD 2006 within a specific timeline avoiding any disturbance in firm’s productivity and trained full architectural staff in latest AutoCAD advancements • Introduced and initiated a pilot project utilizing AutoDesk Revit, a Building Information Modeling (BIM) program that creates a 3-dimensional model of a building, producing 2D information directly from the model for Construction Documents • Introduced AutoCAD 14 in 1997 and in 2000, implemented a project-by-project based strategy for implementing AutoCAD 2000 firm-wide • Developed custom scripts and lisp routines for automating CAD production • Produced, maintained and enforced current office CAD standards and procedures

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, PC, New York, New York 1991-1996

Director of Information Services / Associate: Reported status of the firm’s Interiors Department’s computer facilities to management • Recommended appropriate hardware and software for the firm’s CAD capabilities • Supervised and managed the firm’s Novell NetWare network from its inception, which was used to centralize all computer-generated documents

CAD Manager/Project Coordinator: Supervised the firm’s CAD Department • Developed and maintained office-wide AutoCAD standards • Responsible for training Microstation users in AutoCAD for the Interiors Department • Organized and coordinated AutoCAD drawings for the Construction Documents of The World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC (700,000 SF) and the Foley Square Courthouse, New York, NY (1,000,000 SF) • Helped to find solutions for in-house CAD and computer-related problems that included Microsoft Word and Excel documentation

Designer/Space Planner: Assisted in the design decisions for previously-mentioned projects • Produced feasibility studies for the new headquarters of CS First Boston

I.S.D. Incorporated, New York, New York 1989-1991

Project Coordinator: Organized and coordinated VersaCAD files for the working drawings of USF&G Mount Washington Center, Baltimore, MD (250,000 SF) and Computer Associates World Headquarters Operations Complex, Islandia, NY (700,000 SF)

Designer/Space Planner: Assisted in the design decisions for above-cited projects • Designed several components for the I.S.D., Los Angeles projects Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Los Angeles, CA

Bekiarides Associates, Guttenberg, New Jersey 1988-1989

Designer/ CAD Draftsperson: Updated AutoCAD drawings of NABISCO Brands’ Plazas I and II, Parsippany, NJ (440,000 SF) to accommodate new swing-move conditions • Assisted in drafting the working drawings for the NABISCO Brands swing moves and Greek Orthodox Church of the Ascension, Fairview, NJ

EDUCATION

Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, New York

Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, May 1988

Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, New York

Associate in Applied Science, Interior Design, December 1995

SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING

AutoDesk University Annual User Conference and Exhibition, Las Vegas, Nevada, Winter 2000

A series of intense seminars focused on making a firm more productive with AutoDesk products

School of Continuing Education, New York University, New York, New York, Spring 1990

A program designed to show the advantages of using AutoCAD

Brown and Brown Tutors, Oxford, England, Summer 1983

A summer course that taught the fundamentals of landscape painting and drawing

Art Students’ League, New York, New York, Spring 1982

A program that instructed live model and still life freehand drawing

The Joe Kubert School of Cartooning, Dover, New Jersey, Summer 1981

Affiliated with Marvel Comics, the school offered a program in the art of cartooning

The Rafdaly Fine Arts Academy, West New York, New Jersey, 1975-1980

A five-year program teaching charcoal and pastel drawing, acrylic, watercolor and oil painting

OTHER INFORMATION

AIA Associate

Fluent in Spanish

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