IT Director Resume

Title
IT Director

Primary Skills
IT Management

Location
US-CA-Menlo Park

Posted
Jan-05-09


Senior Information Technology Manager, creative and energetic with over 20 years of successful planning and directing activities that provide innovative information technology, infrastructure, and customer service. Skilled at conceptualizing, developing and implementing solutions, and partnering closely with stakeholders and executives. Excel at motivating, earning trust, and building cohesive teams in high-pressure and fast-paced environments. Current technical experience of corporate IT systems, Linux variants, and virtualization technologies.

Mentor, Leader, Team builder Enterprise-wide change management
Enterprise policy creation and implementation Strategic technology and business planning
Budget management and cost control Network and infrastructure planning
Enterprise IT operations and support Pioneered Intranet and knowledge database
Data Center delivery and project management Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Senior Information Technology Consultant 3/06 -- present

Finance Systems Manager

SuccessFactors 7/08 -- 12/08
For this fast-paced SaaS company, my assignment was to ensure that they passed their 2008 IT SOX audit. Assuming a client-side role, I worked closely with IT and Finance to bridge the support gap, ensure controls compliance, and repair and enhance security.

• Revamped NetSuite Accounting/ERP access permissions
• Reorganized Active Directory group and permission
• Implemented File server security changes
• Ensured SOX ITGC compliance
• Acted as SuccessFactors liaison to Ernst & Young IT Audit team

Information Technology Director

Castlewood Country Club 11/07 -- 3/08
Managed and implemented the Computing Infrastructure Project; wrote proposal and presented to the Board of Directors. This multi-phase project modernized the infrastructure, standardized hardware and protocols, and prepared for new Finance systems implementations.

• Completely re-designed and implemented innovative network infrastructure
• Replaced aging servers, designed and built new server room
• Upgraded premises wiring
• Installed ADP handpunch timeclock system

LimeLife, Inc. 3/06 -- 7/06
As interim IT Director reporting to the Engineering Vice President, I was brought in to stabilize and enhance their infrastructure and rebuild trust with internal customers.

• Completely redesigned network
• Replaced outdated servers with all new Dell servers, redesigned server room
• Repaired internal customer relations
• Addressed software licensing irregularities

SOX IT Consultant 5/06 - present
Provide consulting services related to the development and testing of SOX IT General Controls. My IT Operations expertise has enabled me to integrate “IT best practices” into SOX compliance, minimizing the cost of IT SOX implementation and enabling clients to gain operational benefits. Performed SOX IT Documentation, Testing, and Remediation.

Client list:
Advantest America, CoTherix, Cytokinetics, Geron, Intermune, Neurobiological Technologies, Renovis, SiRF, Titan Pharmaceuticals, Vivus.

Sixto Bernal

Owner Bernal Construction, Menlo Park 1/01 -- 12/05
Custom residential construction projects; managed projects including whole house construction, residential additions, bathroom and kitchen remodels, HVAC upgrades, landscaping, home network design & installation, ISP and Telephony, security systems installation and customization.

Director, Information Systems Good Technology, Redwood City 8/00 -- 11/00
Reported to the Chief Executive Officer and managed two employees and an outsource vendor support team. Responsible for all aspects of corporate computing infrastructure including desktop support, system implementations, application development.

Director of Operations HearMe Inc., Mountain View 7/99 -- 7/00
Reported to the Vice President of Engineering and managed a team of 32 employees. Responsible for Systems Administration, Database Administration, Information Systems, Customer Support and Network Operations. Successfully resolved the challenges of voice transport, low latency and massive scalability to support 8 million registered users.

Information Systems Manager Interval Research, Palo Alto 12/96 -- 7/99
Reported to the Chief Financial Officer and managed a team of 9 employees. Responsible for computing infrastructure, including servers, desktop support, telephony, service delivery for headquarters location and for remote sites. Managed the site selection, build-out and ongoing support for spin-off companies.

Technical Support Manager Sun Microsystems, Mountain View 9/94 -- 12/96
Reported to the Director of Technical Support and managed a team of twelve support engineers. Responsible for ensuring prompt and reliable customer technical support. Pioneered knowledgebase tools.

Information Technology Manager EDS/World Cup Soccer '94, Stanford 1/94 -- 7/94
Reported to the Venue Technology Director and managed a team of eleven employees and 25 volunteers. Responsible for all technology functions, including network design and management, database administration, systems administration, application support, computer operations and technical support helpdesk.

Computer Operations Manager Pyramid Corp., San Jose 10/90 -- 12/93
Reported to the MIS Director and managed a staff of four employees. Responsible for Data Center operations ensuring stable, reliable, and recoverable 24x7x365 production environment.

Data Center Operations Manager Oracle Corp., Redwood Shores 3/88 -- 9/90
Developed Data Center Disaster Recovery Plan, created and implemented test plans, conducted mock disasters.


Technical Skills

IT-SOX compliance, data center construction, vendor management, team building, system implementation, virtualization, startups, turnarounds, crisis management, systems administration, database administration, network operations, technical support, application development, project management, disaster recovery, customer service, budget planning, help desk, life sciences, biotech, engineering escalations, 24x7x365,

Windows Server, XP, UNIX, Linux, Solaris, Oracle, Sybase, Ubuntu, Red Hat, VMware, HTML, TCP/IP, Microsoft Office, SQL, Equity Edge, NetSuite, Concur, SharePoint, Excel, Active Directory,


EDUCATION:

UC Berkeley 1977, Mechanical Engineering
College of San Mateo 1976, Mathematics


Professional Affiliations:
ISACA -- Information Systems Audit and Control Association, Silicon Valley Chapter

Certifications
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