HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Apple Certified (OS X Server, ACTC and AppleCare) Systems & Network Administrator
• IT Manager / Certified Technical Coordinator
• Certified Member, Apple Consultants Network
• Cross / Multi - platform support and integration
• Emphasis on cultivating good relationships, through mutual respect with all end-users

Consultant: OSX Server, Engineering Department ( )

Confidential,Washington, DC

Saved the company 160 hours of IT labor through the following:

• Performed audit of existing deployment of 12 Xserves, reported findings / recommendations to Director of IT Client Management and Publications Division.
• Updated company’s extended warranty database via Apple’s GSX (Global Service Exchange) account.
• Upgraded / standardized all Xserves to current version of Firmware, EFI & OS.
• Created / deployed ‘.pkg’ & ‘.dmg’ images via JAMF/Casper Suite (v7.1).
• Provided thorough documentation on infrastructure, proposals, security vulnerabilities (to comply with HIPPA standards), and various managed projects.
• Assigned several Project Management tasks, documenting via internally hosted wiki.
• Liaison with Windows Server admins for binding with Active Directory when necessary.

OS X Server Systems Administrator (2008)

Confidential,New York, NY

Immediately tasked with XSAN upgrade project, after in-sourced consultant’s proprietary clone utility failed to execute weekend migration of 13 TB of RAW video files for mission-critical deadline:

• Objective met successfully (via shell scripts I wrote utilizing RSYNC), to minimize RAM resource utilization by GUI clone utilities, and by changing medium from link-aggregated Ethernet, to direct Fiber patch. Ratio of data-transfer for same 13 TB was 2-to-1, for next business day.
• Created new and updated existing custom NetBoot Disk Images for rapid mass deployment of all new Intel Macs (configured to bind to Active Directory PDC) out of the box.
• Designed / deployed globally accessible inventory database, exportable to web for real-time updating from any browser via ODBC drivers.
• Researched / deployed entire Motion Graphics Department\'s (13 Adobe After Effects users) for mission-critical client TV commercial production, resulting from incompatibility with new, Intel architecture Macs, and existing Productivity suite (Adobe CS3).

Network and Systems Administrator ( )

Confidential, New York, NY

Conceived, budgeted, procured and installed entire LAN/WAN infrastructure. Created in-house A/V studio and saved company $250,000 in post production costs.

• Built entire Data Center all rack nodes from scratch: Router, Switches (Gigabit / Cat6), Firewall, XRAIDs, Xserves (running File, Print, DNS, Kerberos / Open Directory, Email, Web, FTP and VPN services), Tertiary Tape-Library Backups, and UPS’s.
• Mail server hosted internally, then outsourced, then brought back internally again. (Kerio Mail Server).
• Conceived print job tracking solution, generating increased revenue through both (a) quantifying job-related costs per client, (b) reducing costs of consumable resources from personal use.
• Created in-house Audio/Video studio for internal repurposing of various media types (BETA, VHS, DVD, Hi-8, Mini-DV, Reel-to-Reel, etc.), for internal Post-Production, significantly reducing TCO. Accounting Dept. re-designated space from cost-center, to profit center.
• Set and enforced all I.T. Policies (usage, security, etc.), as none existed prior to my employ here.
• Upgraded all desktops (45 end-users), from PowerPC, to the new Intel-based Macs, data transfer performed overnight via rapid mass deployment of newly created disk images.

Consultant (2003)

Confidential,New York, NY

Three-month contract to stem revenue hemorrhage and meet critical deployment deadlines.

(Revenue hemorrhage was the result of procurement error: Apple’s first-ever generation of non-legacy-bootable / non-backward compatible machines for entire Marketing Dept, necessitating critical solution).

• Developed custom core-build disk images for rapid mass deployment, used to migrate entire platform from OS 9 to OS X.
• Provided training and thorough documentation to IT staff for maintenance of core-build disk image template and seamless deployments after my departure.

Consultant, then Systems Analyst ( )

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsible for all technical operations in the NY Editorial office

• Integrated QPS (Quark Publishing System) client/server administration
• Deployed and patched (in a controlled test environment) Citrix Clients.
• Provided solutions for known issues routing AppleTalk packets through Cisco switch’s Spanning-Tree issues
• Resolved anomalies with NT 4’s inherent inabilities to recognize Mac file’s Resource-forks (for QPS files).
• Produced / edited multiple digital video projects.

Field Service Technician ( )

Confidential, Wantagh, NY

• Dispatched full-time to Bookspan (was DoubledayPublishing) and Cygnus Business Media

RELATED EXPERTISE

• LAN Conception, Installation, and Administration
• Remote Access Administration / Log Monitoring
• Security Analysis and Auditing
• Protocol Analysis (Packet Tracking / Sniffing)
• Open Directory / Active Directory Integration
• Internal DNS Administration / Hosting
• NetBoot / NetInstall Rapid Mass Deployment
• Multimedia Content Development / Digital Video
• XSAN Administration
• Workflow Automation (via Shell & Apple Scripting)
• Administration of Enterprise-Class Publishing Workflow Management Systems
• Database Data-Mapping and Conversion
• Management of Licenses and Serialization
• Hardware Repair (AppleCare, A-Plus Certified)

EDUCATION: Computer Science