Experience

RealD

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, IT

  • May 2016 - Present

  Migrating IT infrastructure and support services in-house from previous MSP. Oversee applications development team, network/server infrastructure, and end-user support teams for international entertainment company. Manage VMware 5.x-7.x clusters with Pure Storage and Nimble Storage SANs. Migrating IT infrastructure and support services in-house from previous MSP. Oversee applications development team, network/server infrastructure, and end-user support teams for international entertainment company. Manage VMware 5.x-7.x clusters with Pure Storage and Nimble Storage SANs.



CSP Networks - Award-Winning IT Managed Services

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

• IT Site Manager

  • Oct 2012 - May 2016

  Manage all facets of IT in support of a fast-paced, high-throughput, post-production studio in Los Angeles. Emphasis on data-integrity in a high-volume SAN-centric environment. Manage all infrastructure including switches [1Gb/10Gb/Fibre Channel], firewalls, servers/blades, storage, security cameras. Manage all facets of IT in support of a fast-paced, high-throughput, post-production studio in Los Angeles. Emphasis on data-integrity in a high-volume SAN-centric environment. Manage all infrastructure including switches [1Gb/10Gb/Fibre Channel], firewalls, servers/blades, storage, security cameras.



ICM Partners

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Systems Engineer

  • Feb 2012 - Oct 2012

  Currently transitioning all servers and infrastructure (virtual hosts and VMs, physical servers, SANs, switches) for Playboy Enterprises headquarters from Chicago to Los Angeles and Las Vegas co-location facility with minimal impact to the daily operation and production of Playboy magazine. Currently transitioning all servers and infrastructure (virtual hosts and VMs, physical servers, SANs, switches) for Playboy Enterprises headquarters from Chicago to Los Angeles and Las Vegas co-location facility with minimal impact to the daily operation and production of Playboy magazine.



Playboy Enterprises, Inc.

• United States
• Consumer Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Infrastructure Manager

  • May 2010 - Jan 2012

  Create and gather specifications for, install, and maintain servers (physical and virtual) for Playboy Enterprises' corporate IT. Maintain Active-Directory, Exchange, and file servers, ESXi clusters, SANs, Citrix farm. Maintain Cisco routers and switches, anti-virus solutions, and backup and disaster-recovery products.

• Video Operations Coordinator

  • Mar 2006 - Apr 2010

  Create video post-production workflows and solutions for video transcoding and content management in preparation for web distribution. Provide IA/UX input for web video products. Interview and make hiring recommendations for video editors and other video operations staff.



OSF Saint Francis Medical Center

• Network Engineer

  • 1996 - 2000

  Maintained all routers, switches, cabling and patch panels. Installed and maintained telephone PBX systems at satellite clinics and offices. Maintained all routers, switches, cabling and patch panels. Installed and maintained telephone PBX systems at satellite clinics and offices.