SUMMARY

• Detail - oriented IT Executive, Engineer, Architect and Strategist with expertise in designing and implementing globally distributed highly efficient IT Services. Highly experienced in managing Global IT Operations
• Versatile technologist and visionary of Web Infrastructure integrated with IT Securities. Capable in leading small and large size global teams in deploying and managing critical IT infrastructure world-wide.
• Global project management and IT strategies
• Team building and leadership
• Executive Technology representations
• Infrastructure Security Compliance and Audit
• ITSM/ITIL
• Web and J2EE Application Server engineering 20 years of experience -
• High Availability content management
• Web and Middleware Service Operations
• IT Budgets and Vendor management
• Enterprise Architecture Strategies (UCS Cisco Cloud IAAS)
• DR Site planning and Failover solutions.
• Systems Engineering and virtualizations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York City, New York

VICE PRESIDENT - WEB TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS

• Enterprise Infrastructure Services America’s manager for complete provisioning of Platform Operations, Web Intranet, Extranet, nomura.com, business applications infrastructure provisioning. Global technology owner for Remote Access technology and External Client facing Encrypted data transfers.
• Analyze global platform risks related to IT Security and Cyber Vulnerabilities. Register risks in company’s risk registry. Escalate cases to senior management for timely project planning and implementations.
• Analyze platform resiliency of global services. Detect discrepancies, initiate or delegate projects to global teams. Document proofs of local and regional resiliency/DR tests.
• Engage cross divisional global resources to implement viable fixes. Related technology: Apache, IIS, F5, Splunk, Sentinel, Redhat Linux, Teamsite . Design, propose and submit cases for alternative economically viable solutions to senior management and internal stakeholders.
• Collaboratively lead an IT team of approximately 15 members for 24/7 FTSS operations and expansion of client facing external & internal technologies distributed globally
• Service operations owner regional lead for proprietary applications running on vendor products for America division. Lead and Engage global resources to resolve outstanding end-user functionality issues.
• Take ownership of projects and programs with new governance standards. Ensure delivery meets agreed benefits, budget and quality standards. Represent progress in senior management project meetings.
• Take ownership of projects and programs with new governance standards. Ensure delivery meets agreed benefits, budget and quality standards. Represent progress in senior management project meetings.

Confidential, Rye, New York

SYSTEMS TECHNICAL MANAGER

• IBM WebSphere based ECommerce platform engineering and support
• Regular application changes, application server monitoring, application server tuning, service automation via Shell and Jython scripting
• New Ecommerce projects design and architecture. Overhauled and re-engineered less resilient infrastructures to highly resilient to continuously available services using IBM HTTP Servers, Apache Web Servers and IBM WebSphere.
• Engineered single handedly an automated and scripted PGP encrypted transfer system from external clients. Mentored global team for round the clock support with tiered support model. Owned and drove “Root Cause Analysis” for global IT Web and Access infrastructure.
• Integrated, analyzed and re-engineered Web content performances with QA team. Assessed authentications and availability of web contents in relation to storage locations, replications and mappings, server locations, global Network devices etc. Engaged and worked with global resources to fill in for all knowledge and skill requirements. Related technologies: Apache, IIS, NetScaler, Redhat Linux clustering and engineering, Solaris
• Advised senior management on strategic system conversions and integrations in support of business goals and objectives. With a solid expertise in IBM WebSphere/Apache/Web based technologies, delivered periodic presentations to Senior Management on re-engineering requirements and cost reductions.
• Led a team of four and re-designed production web infrastructure and executed strategic plans that focused on the successful launch of 4 global projects within a 12 month time frame. Increased overall team productivity by 60%.Worked on continuous improvement of systems for zero downtime and lower latency. Improved root cause analysis strategies and techniques with my solid foundation in J2EE Application Server configurations. Managed complex RedHat Linux clusters to support AVON’s ecommerce database.
• Planned and led AUDIT driven security enhancement projects Linux Operating systems, Web and Encryption technologies to meet federal regulated requirement.

Confidential, New York City, New York

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

• Led and handled technology projects for platform migrations, managed vendor licensing & budgeting. Engineered and administered Java Application Servers IBM WebSphere, WebLogic, JBoss, Tomcat, Apache/IHS/IIS Web Servers, Unix/Windows Systems Administration, Middleware, Data Center Operations, Technology documentations and management presentations.
• Engineered multiple trade applications and services with Jython Scripting. Planned and engineered hundreds of shell scripted logics for confidential information exchange requirements.
• Implemented disaster recovery and resiliency solutions for business critical applications. Mitigated risks to the organization by minimizing downtime.
• Migrated legacy trading applications to newer application server platforms for efficiency, vendor support and IT security compliance. Increased the processing speed and capability of applications by 30%. Saved approximately $1.5M in five years by avoiding legacy software extended support by IBM and Oracle.
• Automated trade application deployments on WebSphere Application servers Jython/Shell Scripted for QA, Stage and Production environments. Upgraded application update timings by 70%
• Managed daily operations for UNIX and Windows Virtual VMware systems engineering. Led Root Cause Analysis procedures for systems, third party and application failures. Delivered actionable root cause analysis of issues and assisted with delivery of results.
• Managed Datacenters in New York, Long Island City and Stamford CT as the lead systems engineer in NYC region.

Confidential, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PRINCIPAL

• Successfully administered RedHat and Linux systems with regular maintenance patches and kernel upgrades Ensured Middleware applications like WebLogic, WebSphere and Voice Response were fully functional operational. Collaboratively led a team of 3 technical experts.Migrated legacy Applications from BEA to latest hardware and IBM environments in record time. Increased processing speed and capability of applications by 20%. While doing so made applications 100% support compliant.
• Implemented Intelligent Voice Recognition system for Spherion Staffing Services, Led cross divisional teams and completed the project 25% before the target completion time.
• Used IBM WebSphere IVR, liaised with Telephone Company and delivered project before time.
• Implemented Redhat Linux Kernel Upgrade for entire inventory of Spherion to adhere to security compliance.

Confidential , Boca Raton, Florida

MIDDLEWARE ADMINISTRATOR (CONSULTANT)

• Successfully migrated critical company applications from legacy, unsupported, unlicensed to the latest IBM WebSphere platform and blade servers. These applications were used for National background checks for DMV.
• Increased the processing speed and capability of applications by 50%.
• Provided executive and technology documentations for the office of CTO.
• Investigated and documented of widely spread Applications on various platforms for the purpose of planning failover capabilities.
• Led a team of five consultants to migrate WebSphere applications running on WebSphere version 4 to Version 5.1.x

Confidential - Gaithersburg, Maryland

LEAD TECHNICAL ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Administration of WebSphere Application Servers
• Administer approximately 40 WebSphere Application Servers on AIX platform and provide 24/7 support
• Plan and Deploy WebSphere Applications for various departments of Confidential
• Migrate WebSphere applications running on older platforms 4.x to version 5.1.1.3
• Configure IBM HTTP Servers for various applications deployed on WebSphere Application. Configure SSL certificates on IBM HTTP Servers Apache
• Troubleshoot WebSphere Applications whenever required. Sometimes work in conjunction of IBM Tech support in problem determination.
• Attend meetings and help in decision making before starting a project financial, HR etc
• Documenting technical architecture as well as Application support for Tier-1 support personnel’s

Confidential, Washington, District of Columbia

WEB ADMINISTRATOR

• Managed Intranet Web infrastructure, departmental web hosting services for global departments, Intranet business applications management, remote access authentication management and windows systems administration
• Planned, implemented, tested disaster recovery site functionality after 9/11 for web infrastructure for future DR situations.
• Continuous improvements, ownership, configuration management, Engineering and Administration of
• WebSphere Portal server Ver 5.0.2 on AIX 4.3.3, 5.1, 5.2 platformsNetegrity SiteMinder Policy Server 5.5 for single sign on
• Windows NT and 2000 server
• RSA/ACE server (SecurID) Authentication services
• WebSphere Application Servers 3.x and 5.x on AIX 4.3.3, 5.1, 5.2
• LDAP iPlanet server earlier Netscape
• NetObjects Authoring server team fusion clients. Central web content management and country office services in IFC head quarters.
• IBM HTTP Server, Apache and IIS Web Servers.
• License Management and vendor relations for the above items.

Confidential, Jersey City, New Jersey

CONSULTANT - WEBSPHERE ADMINISTRATOR

• Managed IBM WebSphere and Windows Systems based business Web infrastructure and contents.
• Managed firewall and Cisco Load balancer based web content routing.

Confidential

SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER (MANAGER - SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION)

• Managed and monitored HP-Unix, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and RedHat Linux servers running on different Hardware platforms.
• Managed Web contents and engineered web servers on Redhat Linux apache and Windows IIS based servers.
• Datacenter engineering, management and operations.
• Migrated COMPAQ engineered Microsoft based Web Hosting technologies to RedHat Linux platform. Increased speed and capability of Web experience by 40%
• Managed client relations and services that helped company’s sales team to boost 20% additional revenue.
• Managed large number Systems Administrators working at local ISP locations in various cities. More than 20 locations .

Confidential

NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR & INSTRUCTOR

• Novell’s first certified instructor in India for Internet Business Strategies and Web based tools.

Confidential

TRAINEE WEB DESIGNER & MARKETING EXECUTIVE