SummaryResults-driven IT management professional with 20 years of experience in diverse industries, including Infrastructure and data center management. Expertise includes team leadership, technical architecture, training , recruiting, mentoring , development, disaster recovery planning, asset management, inventory control, VAR experience, contract to hire experience and information protection analysis. Knowledge of Enterprise Project Lifecycle methodology with a emphasis in Infrastructure engineering with strong background in project management, product support including break fix to the board level. More than 15 years in IT project management, skilled in installation, configuration, migration and implementation of rack systems, cable management, cable testing, server, power and cooling infrastructure including retrofitting, commissioning and decommissioning data centers from the ground up. Dynamic, resourceful, and extremely driven individual with a deep passion for creating and delivering programs and solutions that empower a team, company, and customer to meet and exceed desired expectations. HighlightsEnterprise platformsExperienced in infrastructure designForecasting specialistKnowledge of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)Supplier interfacePerformance criteria trackingEnd-to-end product lifecyclesCollaborativeInventory trackingVendor managementProject trackingHardware and software upgrade planningProduct requirements documentationSelf-directedBudgeting and resource managementMS VisioDecisiveCost reductionColo experience and management.Staffing augmentation, hiring and training. ExperienceSenior Data Center Lab Engineer,07 2016-CurrentApex Systems Middleton,WI,Insight Global contract positionInstall and perform repairs to hardware and peripheral equipment, following design and installation specifications including copper fiber cabling for connectivity. This includes Dell, HP servers and blades, Cisco switches and firewalls, HP switches, EMC arrays, F5 and related KVM devices etc.Provided feet and hands support for commissioning decommissioning, break fix to the board level, cabling installation and testing and rack installation for the Barrington, Chicago, Milwaukee and Wauwatosa data centers as required.Conduct computer diagnostics, firmware upgrades to investigate and resolve problems and provide technical assistance and support to product developers and programmers.Design, maintain and audit inventory according to present and forth coming projects.Provide space, power and cooling direction and installation according to project hardware and software requirements.Provide quarterly data center hardware audits using Visio to maintain FDA standards and requirements.Senior Data Center Engineer,10 2015-07 2016Accenture Fort Harrison,MT,Apex contract positionProvided daily commissioning and decommissioning of various types of equipment into racks based on HP Service Manager customer tickets including required copper,fiber cables including cable management.Provided vendor escorts to install and or provide break fix of customer equipment.Provided break fix for servers, switches, firewalls and other related equipment to the board level and beyond.Provided hands and feet services for off-site engineers to troubleshoot, install, repair, upgrade or anything required to return their equipment to operational status.Maintained the cleanliness of the data center including the floors and both the interior and exterior of each rack being installed in the data center.Set up and configure servers and blade servers in the lab racks prior to going live on the data center floor according to owner requirements.Participate in bridge calls requiring assistance for failed equipment and or connections until corrected as the on-site engineer.Maintain and monitor the power and cooling systems and related alarms. IBM Global Remote Data Center Manager,02 2015-06 2015Cincinnati Bell West Chester,OH,Compunnel contract position.Manage IBM Colo for Baxter pharmaceutical customer daily request for connectivity and hardware installation remotely.Project management to both decommission old customer equipment and to commission customers design in the COLO for new racks, equipment and connectivity.Managed customer split between Baxter pharmaceutical and Baxalta pharmaceutical and ensure that the connectivity and equipment is moved and reinstalled in the COLO ensuring to separate companies.Worked directly with customer network administration to complete customer request for network connectivity and hardware trouble shooting including issuing the proper TCP IP and VMWare scopes.Provided mentoring and trouble shooting experience with on-site remote hands engineers to complete customer new orders for cable, connectivity and hardware installation and trouble shooting. Infrastructure Manager,05 2009-06 2014Engility Corporation Fort Meade,MD,Directed and managed the infrastructure and engineers to bring the data online from a empty building to a fully operational 428,000 Sq. Ft. production data center.Managed day-to-day activities of 12 infrastructure technicians and D R data center, which included handling daily I.T.S.M tickets for power, server, switch and router installations, decommissioning and connectivity issues.Conducted performance reviews of engineers and scheduling of PTO, ECC and on call 24X7 coverage.Directed engineers course of action resolving Internet connectivity, general software and hardware issues.Directed hands-on management of racking, stacking, decommissions, inventory, asset management, cable tracing, cable clean up, cable testing and new circuit installations including Roadm and dark fiber.Redesigned recruiting process requiring stringent technical knowledge and experience and training for seven data centers including the training for engineers, colo space and remote hands.This involved the following Windows operating systems from XP thru Windows 7, Server 2003, Cisco Nexus 7000, 6500, 3750 s and 2800 series, Net scout, Netbotz 500, Compaq, RF code, HP and Dell servers, Liebert CRAC s and PDU s, Terminal server using Cisco 2600 and Cisco Airport s for wireless.Participated in the weekly change control and risk meetings collaborating with all levels of management from director to CTO.Hired, trained and mentored 75 new infrastructure engineers.Managed the 75 person local data center infrastructure team, allocating resources to ongoing projects and enforcing deadlines.Collaborated with the global team to resolve IT support cases in the data centers.Self employed,03 2008-05 2009Sentinel Technologies Inc Bloomington,IL,Assisted residential and small business owners with daily hardware and software support.This included break fix, re-imaging, network connectivity, wireless networks, cabling and network installation and maintenance.This involved the following Windows from 98 thru Vista, Microsoft Office 97 thru 2007, Linksys and D-Link routers and switches, phone support.Premise Technician,09 2007-03 2008Granite Telecommunications Llc Chicago,IL,Installed U-Verse into customer s homes and businesses on a daily basis, which involved making cross connects at the VRAD and then completing the connection using a balun at the customers NID.Cat5 coax was then installed throughout the home or business, which was terminated, tested and certified and connected to a television and or computer.This involved the following Windows from 98 thru Vista, Microsoft Office 97 thru 2007, Linksys and D-Link routers and switches including trouble tickets.System Integration Manager,10 2006-04 2007Amerisourcebergen Corporation - Corporate Dothan,AL,CompuCom contract positionManaged contract account for GE Healthcare including budget, profit margin, hiring, recruiting and mentoring.This included the projects for each of my teams in cooperation with GE managers, which consisted of 45 technicians ranging from tier one to designer.Responsible for the daily operation of GE end users and responded to help desk tickets to meet SOP and SLA s, which ranged from windows UNIX server issues and everything in between.This involved Windows XP and Server 2000 and 2003, UNIX 9, 10 and Linux on HP, Compaq, Dell and Sun servers. Facility Data Center Manager,06 2006-09 2006Zurich Farmers Insurance City,STATE,Teksystems contract position.Installed server racks and servers into the data center and maintained and monitored their connectivity.Also maintained the Liebert 750KVA UPS and Liebert CRAC units using Liebert sitescan 3.0.This included the Liebert PDU s and halon fire suppression system on a 24 7 on-call basis.This involved Windows 2000 Server, UNIX and HP AUX.SIS Project Manager,04 2006-05 2006Wisconsin Department Of Corrections City,STATE,Teksystems contract positionManaged the project to transfer all ownership and technical support of the Department of Corrections computer systems to the Department of Engineering, which included transferring eight thousand and five hundred Microsoft Outlook accounts and six hundred and fifty print servers.This involved Outlook 2003 and process management.Data Center Engineer,2006-04 2006JP Morgan-Chase City,STATE,Teksystems contract position.Installed and de-installed servers on a daily basis and installed either the Windows server OS or the UNIX OS depending upon the requirement using a script.This also involved break fix on Dell, Compaq and HP servers to the board level and maintenance and monitoring of the Liebert power and cooling systems.Collaborated with the global team to decommission the data center and transfer the assets.NOC Manager,2005-04 2005Allergan Pharmaceutical City,STATE,Compucom contract position.Managed the daily operation of 55 tier one and tier two technicians that responded to help desk tickets for end user assistance ranging from file and folder issues to server connectivity issues.This also involved managing the SLA s, SOP s and Sarbanes-Oxley audits to ensure FDA regulation compliance.Handled the recruiting, hiring and mentoring of the staff, which included vendor management.Data Center Manager,01 2002-2005Publicis Groupe Leo Burnett USA, Inc City,STATE,Directed and managed the transition from a main frame data center to a traditional open systems data center including printing services.Managed three global data centers and participated in the building and project management of a fourth data center spanning Chicago, Michigan, New York and Europe.Directed the management of 9 analysts, 2 network telecom technicians and 3 electricians, which included training and mentoring.I also managed and was responsible for calculating the cooling and power needs of the data centers using Liebert UPS and CRAC s.This involved the daily break fix of all hardware within the data centers and the maintenance and management of the AS390 mainframe on a daily basis including transitioning from the mainframe to open systems solely.This involved Dell, Compaq and HP, Sun, HP AUX servers and Panduit racks using Windows NT 4.0 and 2000, Novell 4.11.Managed help desk ticket and phone support queue. Education A CNA certification,Expected in1997-Training Technologies-Rancho Cucamonga,CAGPA Status-Coursework in Computer Networking and Information Technology Skills15 years of experience in recruiting, hiring, training and mentoring infrastructure engineers.10 years of experience managing the daily functioning of 24 7 data centers.18 years of experience performing break fix to the board level on servers, desktops, laptops and most printers.10 years of experience upgrading, commissioning and decommissioning global data centers.  SEP  New York City-based Private Equity Fund Administration Firm is looking for a Senior Fund Accountant to provide accounting services including preparation and processing of transactions and financial statements with supporting schedules and work papers.Primary Responsibilities Will Include Examine and analyze accounting records to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting standardsReview work papers, prepare call and distribution letters, calculate carried interest, and allocate profits and losses in accordance with Fund Governing Agreement with special allocations for blocked or tax-exempt PartnersPrepare Consolidated Financial Statements with footnotesAnalyze investment documents and properly set up investment structures including holding companies, AIV, and blockersCalculate current and deferred tax expensebenefits and related deferred tax assetsliabilitiesTrain new employees and assist with new fund transition andor set upJob Requirements, Skills, Education, and Experience Bachelors degree in AccountancyMust have working knowledge of consolidations with non-controlling interestMust have working knowledge of realized and unrealized waterfall allocationsMust have 2 years of experience in a private equity fund accounting positionThe salary range for this position is 80,000- 115,000, in addition to a discretionary bonus and comprehensive benefits package. Please note that the actual salary offered within that range will depend on the candidates experience level.Work ArrangementAll applicants applying to Gen II Fund Services, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Please note that all US employees are required to work a hybrid schedule, comprised of two (2) days a week in our office and three (3) days remotely.About the Company Gen II Fund Services, LLC is one of the largest global independent private equity fund administrators, administering over 1 trillion of private capital on behalf of its clients with offices in New York, San Francisco, Boston, Stamford, Dallas, Denver, Vancouver, and Luxembourg. Gen II offers private fund sponsors a best-in-class combination of people, process, and technology, enabling fund sponsors to most effectively manage their operational infrastructure, financial reporting, and investor communications. The Gen II team is the most experienced and longest tenured team in the private equity fund administration industry, with broad expertise across buyout, funds of funds, real estate, energy, infrastructure, credit, co-investment, hybrid funds, feeder funds, venture capital, retail, and managed accounts.Key Facts Administering over 1T in assetsServicing nearly every significant investor in the asset classInstitutional grade infrastructure and SSAE 18 (SOC-1, Type 2) certification, ensuring confidence in our processes and operating modelThe most experienced and best performing team in the industryhttps gen2fund.comcandidate-privacy-statement Equal Opportunity EmployerProtected VeteransIndividuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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