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Director, Information System

Manage all aspects of day-to-day operations for nine locations in the Bay area.  Oversees and facilitates implementation of all systems and programs, provides assistance, education, and training to all departments.

• Acts as a liaison between company and various vendors; negotiates contracts, directs long-range planning, prepares and monitors budgets.
• Collaborates with Internet Service Provider to migrated company network infrastructure from DSL to T-1 data and voice services for all 9 locations.
• Implements Enterprise wide VPN backbone.
• Plans, implements, and administers Unified Messaging VOIP Telecommunication System for various locations.
• Implements & Centralizes Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory Network infrastructure and Terminal Server Services.
  
  • Reduced maintenance time, increased security, and significantly reduced travel expenses to 9 locations.
    
• Improves reliability and performance of desktops for clients and optimized and resolved issues with financial services, payroll services, and the company proprietary database systems.
  
  • Improved application performance by 60% by recognizing failures in existing database system.
  • Acts as technical liaison and guidance for users to optimize the user and application productivity and efficiency.
    
• Works with executive management to determine departmental budgets and negotiated with hardware and software vendors to purchase equipment.
• Stabilizes networks infrastructure; including LAN/WAN Connectivity, therefore, reducing downtime by 80-90%.
• Saved thousands of dollars in support costs and improved customer satisfaction by standardizing the configuration of software and hardware solutions.

Director of IT
Job Description Summary:
The Director of IT oversees and administers company platforms, technology and strategies. Identifies information system enhancements that will improve business and support future business needs
Manage all aspects of day-to-day operations for nine locations in the Bay area. Oversees and facilitates implementation of all systems and programs, provides assistance, education, and training to all departments.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Assists in unit testing to verify the system functions satisfy business requirements
2. Participates in the review of technical designs
3. Prepares project plans that outline expected tasks and activities
4. Evaluates software vendors and solutions
5. Develops network operations budget and ensures operations meet approved budget levels

Skills:

1. Excellent communication, leadership and collaboration skills
2. Possesses solid project management skills
3. Advanced decision making and problem solving skills
4. Business acumen, knowledge and professionalism

Common Requirements for a Director of IT Position:

1. Average 7-10 years prior IT experience required
2. Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Engineering or a related field

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