Proven professional with an extensive track record of success in diverse areas encompassing management, information technology, sales, consulting, and project management.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NCB II Management, LLC - New York, NY
MANAGING DIRECTOR 2007-PRESENT
- Applied operations management skills as co-owner of successful New York City restaurant and nightclub business
- Grew top line of revenue of the business by more than 30% annually
- Managed staff of more than 60 employees across sales and marketing, finance, business operations, public relations, security, and general restaurant staff
- Continuously developed new business strategies to generate new and diversified clientele
- Led a cost reduction program that drove a permanent savings of 15% through innovative workflow design and increased worker productivity
Hamptons Escape, LLC - Bridgehampton, NY
DIRECTOR OF SALES AND OPERATIONS 2004-2009
- Facilitated sales of more than 90 time share units at Southampton, New York resort property
- Created strategic sales plans that resulted in exceeding sales goals and generating in excess of $100,000 in revenue over three month sales cycle for six consecutive years
- Coordinated promotions of social events catering to support client base consisting of more than 1600 individuals
- Administered all financial transactions related to the sale of vacation units
Metropolitan Transit Authority - New York, NY
SERVER OPERATIONS / WINDOWS LEAD CONSULTANT 2005-2007
- Experienced Windows System Engineer with in-depth knowledge of Windows 2000 / 2003 Server and Active Directory
- Managed overall viability and functionality of Windows environment for the New York City Transit Authority, consisting of more than 300 Windows servers for over 3000 end users
- Senior project manager for server decommissioning and data migration of over 50 terabytes of active file server data
- Utilized extensive knowledge of server virtualization with VMware ESX; managed more than 40 Exchange 5.5 servers and built in excess of 50 Windows 2003 servers
Barclays Capital - New York, NY
GLOBAL MARKETS TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT 2004-2005
- Supported MarketView product and coordinated market data to integrate trading in electronic fixed income markets
- Established and cultivated relationships with development team and business groups to ensure successful new product roll outs and upgrades
- Planned and defined product roll-out strategy and oversaw regression testing of new releases
HRA / City of New York - New York, NY
POS / LAN MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT 2003-2004
- Technical Manager accountable for overseeing all aspects of a 400-person LAN site
- Managed and maintained connectivity for the HRA Wide Area Network
- Directed installation of all Citrix, Imaging, COM, and APP servers
- Performed troubleshooting and developed solutions for all hardware and software issues on HP and Compaq servers
ION Trading Inc. - New York, NY
SUPPORT ANALYST CONSULTANT 2002-2003
- Oversaw the quality assurance process for new MarketView releases
- Supported fixed income market data solution that integrated with Espeed, Bloomberg, and Tradeweb
- Collaborated with Barclays Capital, JP Morgan Chase and BNP Paribas for MarketView products
- Prepared documentation for MarketView products and provided on-site training and support
Credit Suisse First Boston - New York, NY
NETWORK SUPPORT CONSULTANT 2001-2002
- Oversaw administration for more than 15,000 NT 4.0 Workstations, Blackberries, Bloomberg terminals, and network printers
- Managed configuration and installation of NT 4.0 images for Dell desktops and IBM laptops
- Designed and managed NT environment through creation, deletion, modification, and granting ACL user rights
- Actively involved in NT Server decommissioning and data migration project
- Led set-up of Citrix MetaFrame farms and efficiently handled and resolved Citrix related issues
- Completed configuration of users’ Outlook e-mail profiles through Microsoft Exchange Server 2000
OFFICEDOTCOM / Winstar Communications - New York, NY
NT SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR 1999-2001
- Spearheaded Windows NT system administration and integration team
- Implemented and supported 25 NT 4.0 Servers for more than 150 users
- Developed Primary Domain Controllers and Backup Domain Controllers for new NT Network infrastructure
- Monitored the creation of global domain user accounts and set shares and permissions for all new associates
EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH
University of Connecticut - Storrs, CT - 1995
CERTIFICATIONS
Microsoft Certified Professional - Career Center RHEL Linux Certification