IT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL WITH OVER 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE Project Management - Network Administration - Information Technology System Troubleshooting - Upgrade and Installation Coordination TECHNICAL SKILLS Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista Windows 2003/2008 Server Red Hat Linux Server Mac OSX 10.4 and OSX 10.5 Mac OSX Server 10.4 and 10.5 Applications: Net Backup | Backup Exec Websense Web Security Microsoft Office | Project | Visio Globalscape Secure FTP server Exchange/SQL Server Blackberry Enterprise Server Symantec Corporate Antivirus VMWare Great Plains Citrix CERTIFICATIONS Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Certified 2010 Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) Windows 2003, Certified 2005 Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) Windows NT 4.0, Certified 1999 Specialist: TCP/IP - Exchange - Routing - Switching PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE The Annenberg Foundation | Century City, CA SR. IT CONSULTANT (Contract), 2009 Transitioned IT management from a legacy outsourced IT agency in Pennsylvania t o an in-house, local IT model while leading entire IT staff in all initiatives Increased productivity by strategically adding storage in SAN environments, suc cessfully stabilizing the Citrix environment, and increased network uptime by cr eating failover internet connections all while keeping costs down by leveraging existing equipment Managed support of existing systems including 2003/2008 Active Directory, Excha nge, Citrix, SAN, VMWare, SQL, Great Plains, Gifts, Backup Exec, Apple Xserv, II S, WSUS, Artesia DAM, LAN, VOIP, Telecom, state of the Art AV components and WAN infrastructure Established relationships with vendors and negotiated an average of a 20% disco unt on equipment and services Marvel Studios | Beverly Hills, CA DIRECTOR OF IT AND STUDIO TECHNOLOGY, 2006 - 2008 Led IT support initiatives for "Iron Man (2008) and "The Incredible Hulk" (2008 ) feature films during the 3 major production phases. The revenue generated from these projects exceeded $750,000,000 Built up IT staff and heterogeneous (Windows, MAC, Linux) infrastructure from t he ground up while achieving high uptime, excellent customer service and impleme nting best practices Successfully implemented windows based Digital Asset Management System (OTC) us ed in blockbuster feature films and later migrated to a Red Hat Linux platform w hich significantly increased performance and functionality Planned and executed additions, deletions and major modifications to the suppor ting infrastructure in strict compliance with SOX regulations Engineered and maintained Network Security for corporate and offsite locations Championed the implementation of cutting-edge technologies and effectively mana ged innovative processes Webzen America | Los Angeles, CA IT/OPERATIONS MANAGER, 2005 - 2006 Forecasted budget for MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game Soul of Ultimate Nation and negotiated enterprise level pricing with DELL, HP, Cisco, IBM and oth er vendors Traveled to the Headquarters in Korea to document the proprietary MMO gaming ar chitecture (high availability application hosted in a data center environment) i n order to re-launch in the US market Implemented a Fedora Linux based solution to emulate network latency used to de termine collocation requirements for upcoming MMO titles Performed site surveys of several Data Centers for potential hosting of MMO tit les Established Corporate IT infrastructure including email (Exchange 2003), File s erver, Telecommunications, Active Directory and comprehensive security Atari | Santa Monica, CA SITE IT LEAD - REGIONAL MANAGER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 2000 - 2005 Managed IT departments for Southern California locations including the acquisit ion of Shiny Entertainment Integrated Shiny Entertainment Studios ' IT infrastructure after acquisition du ring Enter the Matrix game development cycle which released on time and sold 1,0 00,000 units in the first week Performed successful migrations from Windows NT 4.0 domain to Windows 2003 Acti ve Directory Domain Utilized Red Hat and Debian Linux for firewall and ftp solutions Organized multiple office moves which included recreating and modifying network infrastructures Built both the staff and infrastructure from the ground up as the first IT hire in Southern California Nordstrom | Redondo Beach, CA REGIONAL DATA SYSTEM SUPPORT SPECIALIST - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, 1998 - 2000 Led Y2K upgrade project for LA area stores Deployed systems at newly opened and remodeled locations Upgraded infrastructure to Windows NT 4.0 from a combination of mainframe and W indows NT 3.51 environment EDUCATION Inetversity,Torrance, CA - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Designation West Los Angeles College, Culver City, CA - Attended - Major in Business AFFILIATIONS - AWARDS - ACTIVITIES Project Management Institute Member - Los Angeles and Orange County Chapters Presented technology donation to Flournoy Elementary School and spoke about the importance of staying in school on the behalf of the Annenberg Foundation Cool Careers Speaker - Santa Monica College Public speaking engagement to educate students on how to pursue a career in IT Advisory Board Member - Santa Monica College Assisted in creating curriculum to increase enrollment in technology department Atari All-Star Award Unanimously selected by Senior management for extraordinary performance