TECHNICAL SKILLS - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Google Cloud, Azure Cloud and AWS, VM network design, deployment, administration, and data migration
Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace administrator
Network administration (Cisco Meraki trained and certified, Umbrella, VSM and IP video surveillance)
IT network design, installation and maintenance, (Bluebeam Revu, Lucidchart, Terraform)
Basic Python and Powershell scripting
Engineering NAS, SAN, hybrid storage and render farm pipelines
Building automation, machine vision and sensor system configuration and deployment (Cognex, GroSens, Growlink)
Design, install, maintain, and troubleshoot analytical laboratory instrument (Agilent Technologies)
Data integration and server or services virtualization (Zapier, APIs)
MacOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android platform support
IT CERTIFICATIONS
ITIL 4
Agile Leader certification
Cisco Meraki ECM series 1
35+ hours of CCNA and PMP training
PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
3+ years experience creating technology departments from the ground up, authoring IT, processes, procedures, and workflows (ITIL® certified). Hiring, training and guiding IT teams in servant leader capacity.
20 years in leadership roles. Comfortable presenting technology, budgets, and data analysis to C-suite and stakeholders, board of directors, legal teams and politicians
5+ years experience running IT, engineering and technology projects and programs under Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
PMP training and experience using a wide variety of online PM tools such as Jira, Wrike, Confluence as well as creating custom real time automated dashboards. Real time reporting for your team. programs and projects
20+ years technical writing, creating tutorials, how-tos, repositories of information and documentation
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Automated Export XLS - Form from IT PM online dashboard for Physical Onsite Security
Open API from Service Desk Plus and Cisco Meraki to basic web dashboard for video surveillance projects
Printable network upgrade weekly checklist - Excerpt from live IT project dashboard
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Sample PDF - using GPU acceleration for compression
Sample quick start text based instructions to staff
Sample PDF - using DCI hardware in 2011
IT LEADERSHIP
Successful in hiring and leading diverse IT teams (Agile Leadership training)
10+ years leading technology divisions and departments
IT vendor selection to fill out a complete tech stack
Experience in setting departmental, program and project goals, tracking metrics and adjusting methods to achieve success
Excellent track record of improving IT communication and effectiveness, developing an IT strategy that encompasses the entire supply chain and serves every department
Expertise in reducing IT spend through value-based IT budgeting
EXAMPLES:
In 2019 leading an IT team of 4 reduced IT spend 20% went from 85% network uptime to 99.9% network uptime in the first year.
In one year, with a team of 5: modernized network security, implemented asset tracking and remote device management, incident tracking systems, disaster recovery and fail-over procedures for 300 employees.
Tech lead for accounts with: Visa, Intel, Symantec, NetApp, Seagate, Hewlett Packard, Adobe, Sun, Amgen, Chevron, 1-800 Contacts, TIBCO, Applied Materials, Square Enix and Tecmo.
IT ENGINEERING SKILLS
IT system design and implementation, from requirements gathering to implementation.
IT workflows or service desk deployments, hands-on experience with Service Now and Service Desk Plus.
Network design, both virtual and onsite, hands-on experience with Cisco and HP networking products.
Virtualization, and hybrid solutions for data and workflows. Hands-on with AWS and Azure. Trained in Google Cloud storage solutions.
Network and machine room design, installation, maintenance, migration, and decommission.
Soldering, cable making, hardware repair.
EXAMPLES:
Hands-on network infrastructure overhaul, 10 locations in California, 2 international. Project plans, cabling diagrams, rack build out, installation, termination and turn-up with ISP providers.
Virtualized on-premise storage and email server, migrated to G Suite, AWS, or MS365 products.
Hand-on experience administering Azure cloud solutions in a MS365 environment for 300-3k employees.
NICHE ENGINEERING SPECIALTIES
Video compression, video surveillance, video walls and LED screens, 8k projection and workflows, all and systems support.
High capacity storage, RAID arrays, networked and high performance storage. Worked for 15 years in video, game, astronomy, VFX all requiring NAS, SAN, cloud or hybrid storage solutions. Specified, built, managed, and migrated petabytes of data.
25 years digital media experience, worked transitioning studios from analog to digital in the late 1990s, moving from SD to HD, and then into fulldome and 360 video.
Leading production and post production teams. Production and post production skills, producer / shooter / editor
Live video streaming, camera operation and switching for 4k content (Brightcove, Adobe Media Server, IBM)
Advanced workflows and solutions architecting for motion graphics, audio and video editing up to 8k resolution content (Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, Avid, Pro Tools, Nuke and Blender)
VR / 360° video content creation and projection
EXAMPLES:
Experience running live events, AV switching, multiple cameras, I can technically direct or run any of the DMX or MIDI based systems.
Built out Avid, ProTools, Meyers audio surround sound rooms and theaters.
Experienced planetarium engineer including 360 VR pipeline.
Guided Cannabis company Origin House through acquisition and merger. Largest publicly traded acquisition in the sector, estimated 1.1 billion dollar deal.