Experience

CoCreativ

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Information Technology Department

  • Jul 2022 - Jun 2023

  New York, United States -Created company roadmap for internal projects. -Hired and managed a small team of three that supported two coasts, four office locations and a mix of employees, contractors, freelancers and external customers. -Transformed IT’s reputation from “what is IT for” to positively impacting operations, marketing, sales and creative departments. -Eliminated redundant costs through vendor products and services rationalization and operated the IT department below previous budgets.



Soni

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Network Engineer

  • May 2022 - Jul 2022

  -Assessed and identified configuration and installation areas of improvement -WI-FI expansion and improvements that eliminated over two thousand daily errors



DGX Security

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Sales and Technology

  • Jun 2019 - May 2022

  Jersey City, New Jersey, United States -Responsible for the strategy and growth of sales and engineering.



VIOLA Brands

• United States
• Consumer Goods
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Medical Cannabis Consultant

  • Oct 2019 - Mar 2020

  Detroit, Michigan, United States -Made recommendations of specific strains based on medical need and personal preference. -Operated point of sale systems, measured and packed cannabis products, deli style before dispensing. -Welcomed and checked patients into METRC tracking and reporting system. -Complied with Michigan State laws and regulations to ensure customer safety and security of cannabis products and facilities. Customer reviews can be found on Weedmaps here ... https://bit.ly/3tg6Qnc



Ergonomic Group

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Media & Entertainment Practice Lead

  • Jan 2014 - Oct 2017

  United States -Helped global media customers modernize their workflows and infrastructures by designing solutions around NVIDIA, FrontPorch, Avid, Adobe, Cinema 3D, Cisco UCS, Cisco DCM, EMC Storage and backup, Pure storage and VMWare virtualization. -The team was able to reduce complex customer requirements into easy to process and reproducible design and ordering templates. -As result of our efforts, the company experienced parabolic growth in M&E product sales and revenue.

• EMC/VCE/VMWARE Data Center Solutions Architect / Engineer

  • Jul 2013 - Oct 2017

  -Resolved severe issues with mission-critical infrastructure for customers with over 4 billion dollars in assets by utilizing cumulative experience of data center operations and specific product knowledge. -Assessed and proposed cloud services that met customer demand for custom-branded cloud solutions. This was the first offering of its kind at the company.



CDI LLC

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• VNX/ISILON/DRS Solutions Architect / Engineer

  • Jul 2011 - Jun 2013

  New York NY -Supported the sales team in driving product sales and services with a focus on EMC solutions. -Grew Isilon storage platform business and customers; Isilon is a solution for unstructured data, big data and general-purpose network attached storage or backup target.



FalconStor Software

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• SAN/NAS/VTL & UI Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Jul 2005 - Apr 2010

  -Led QA effort of Intel-branded and Falconstor as original equipment manufacturer of SS4000-E storage device for global consumer and SMB markets. -Managed onshore and offshore quality assurance team members. -Drafted and helped establish company-wide GUI design standards which saved thousands of dollars in design and support costs. -Created technical documentation such as instruction guides, solution designs and presentations on how to protect MS Exchange, MS SQL, Oracle and other… Show more -Led QA effort of Intel-branded and Falconstor as original equipment manufacturer of SS4000-E storage device for global consumer and SMB markets. -Managed onshore and offshore quality assurance team members. -Drafted and helped establish company-wide GUI design standards which saved thousands of dollars in design and support costs. -Created technical documentation such as instruction guides, solution designs and presentations on how to protect MS Exchange, MS SQL, Oracle and other common data center applications. Show less



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• SGT, E-5

  • 1999 - 2007

  -Noble Eagle III, Force Protection: Provided front line installation security. -88M Motor Transport Operator (Truck Driver) Motor transport operators are primarily responsible for supervising or operating wheeled vehicles to transport personnel and cargo. They are the backbone of the Army National Guard's support and sustain structure, providing advanced mobility on and off the battlefield.