BARRY A.

RUBIN
(347) 422-7790 - Barry@BarryRubin.Net

Senior Infrastructure Technology Executive

Outstanding history of driving cost efficiencies and delivering strategic enterprise solutions and services delivery with increasing responsibilities in Shared Services, systems support, data center management / network infrastructure - services management, & implementation. Demonstrated great depth in business-driven technology design while delivering agile, scalable and resilient solutions. Proven record of results-oriented performance, and hands-on technical qualifications as well as being accomplished in vendor management relating to product and service delivery. Rapid Deployment Experience. Provided Vision, Strategy and Leadership. Built collaborative teams across all levels of the organization, management & partner providers. Experienced with many warehouse, manufacturing, fulfillment, supply chain, financial and Customer Order systems and business processes - Insurance, Brokerage, Publishing & Information Services Sectors. Results - Oriented, Energetic, Passionate. Execution-Oriented VP, Technology Infrastructure and Operations 2010 2012 iQor, Inc. New York, New York Technology Infrastructure and Operations Hands-On management and support for Global Technology Infrastructure & Call Center Operations / Cisco Telephony / BPO. Data Centers, Networks, Processing, Servers, SAN, Telephony, driving engineering solutions, monitoring and support. High-Transaction volume of Data, Inbound / Outbound VOIP and CTI workflow. Global Technology / Data-Voice Carrier Experience. Establishment of IT alignment with business goals Improved service levels through restructuring, talent acquisition and process improvement Personally Trained and mentored all Engineers Manage global IT team w/multiple disciplines & broad scope. Hands-On Crisis Manager Manage core infrastructure services, delivered to world-wide set of business locations

A senior information technology executive combining global experience, merger integration and in-depth hands on technical expertise in the management, planning, implementation and operations of large-scale complex systems, enabling business management to achieve their vision through the most efficient use of technology. Expertise includes IT strategy, alignment and governance; IT transformation, effectiveness, and operational efficiency; budget, ROI and TCO management; vendor contract negotiations; network infrastructure; Telecom Carriers, data center site selection, vendor evaluations, builds, consolidations and relocations; virtualization of server and storage platforms; Cisco/Avaya Telephony systems; capacity planning; high availability; disaster recovery and business continuity planning; support services; team building; security and compliance. Principal Consultant 2008 2010 Infrastructure Technology Solutions, LLC Technology Consulting, Project Manager for a multi-site SAP Hosting data center consolidation, relocation and vendor migration for a major international consumer products firm based in NY w/ Global operations. Program mgt. across all technology towers, (1000+ Servers) operational, migration and san-storage assessments for operational optimization and risk mitigation. Vice President, Technology Infrastructure and Operations 1998 2008 Scholastic Inc. New York, New York Rebuilt the corporate data centers, network infrastructure as well as the corporate desktop PC platforms; my mission was to attract, motivate and retain a new staff (3X in size to 86+, in 8 states since my arrival), develop a comprehensive set of strategies, processes and methods / procedures for infrastructure & data center operations. Established a new departmental Lifecycle Process of Plan, Implement & Run to get the new IT support organization once again providing critical data center, network services and platform support to the many lines of businesses. This included assessing and implementing Change Management-Change Control.

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Established networking and systems standards for the infrastructure, reliable user desktops and Change Management in the data center and Internet / Intranet security. Began an ITIL adoption program for Infrastructure. Responsibility for communications, and information security supporting 85+ sites and 6,500 employees \ users. Extensive relationship management and negotiation skills with technology partners and internal business clients. Directly managed an IT team of 90 engineers across disparate hub sites, ~110 overall w $30+ million within IT and $50mm umbrella in operating and capital budgets, reporting to the CIO. Major Achievements: Generated annual $1mm savings w/ the establishment of a Consolidated Corporate Data Center - Shared Services processing, storage and global network operations. Employing Agile Methodology, Consolidated and Virtualized SQL, App, Web & Citrix servers to Blades / VMWare. Achieved > 20:1 compression footprint and a centralized consolidation platform for all Windows SQL servers. >$1mm savings Delivered HA Processing Infrastructure for Oracle (ERP) on HPUX / Unix. Envisioned and built a corporate, standards - based global IP/MPLS (Wan/Lan/Man) & Windows Active Directory network. QOS & COS implemented to optimize for VOIP and improved performance for key applications and Call Centers leverage. Led Infrastructure Group to a certified Best in Class by Gartner Benchmark Study Designed & deployed standard desktop technology standards & platforms, automated software updates / security patching, remote management and metrics Implemented technology standards, disciplines, processes & an overall corporate technology strategy for services delivery. Developed / promoted consolidation strategies / process efficiencies. As the Information Security Officer, lead & motivated a global team on SOX / PCI audit, compliance & remediation Information Security, Data Center Ops, Network Ops, & Change Management. Assures HIPAA compliance within Infrastructure. Areas of Responsibilities: (Shared Services) Data Center Operations (iSeries\AS400, pSeries AIX Unix, HPUX Superdomes, Tiered SANs, all in a High-Availability configuration, W2k3, VMWare, Citrix, facilities management, space, power/UPS/generators, HVAC) - Capacity Planning & Reporting / Metrics Enterprise Network Infrastructure & Operations - LAN, WAN, Fiber Channel, Monitoring - Configuration Management - Capacity Planning & Reporting / Metrics Change & Configuration Management Process Internet security and governance / Identity Mgt Network Operating Systems and Messaging / Exchange, Active Directory Anti-Spam and Web Proxy Filtering systems Desktop Support Services & Help Desk w Metrics Performance & Capacity Planning Network Services, Data Center Operations Corporate Information Security Officer Public Audit, SOX Audit, PCI Governance &d Overall Remediation Governance Disaster Recovery Planning & Execution Business Continuity Planning Support 3 local and remote Call Centers Budgeting, Scheduling for staff of 90 with $30+ million in operating and capital budgets

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Key Accomplishments: VPN Architecture and security infrastructure Infrastructure Cost Reductions o Infrastructure consolidation (Data Centers & Networks) o 35 fold Bandwidth Growth / Telco reductions o LAN infrastructure upgrades. Delivered 10-fold capacity increase with full redundancy, while reducing annual costs by 25%- $0.8 million. Delivered new IP MPLS network topology Deployed VOIP network for Call Centers Bid-out all Network Ops to Outsource RFP. Insourcing Option proved to be 35% more cost effective than bidders. ePolicy / Information Security Policy Global PC Standards & Imaging (6500+) PC Software Delivery, Configuration Mgt 6000+ Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus strategy & implementation Production Change Management / Control iSeries Growth & Leveraged for value $4.3mm savings + increased capacity Messaging / Exchange consolidations Implemented Altiris Patch Management System (650+ Servers, US & UK) Received CIO Award for Technology Innovation Director, Network Services & Operations 1991 1998 Equitable Life - AXA New York, New York Redesigned and deployed all of Equitables Insurance / Annuity product-line network infrastructures and data center client- servers (~200) integrating state-of-the-art technology as Equitable invested in their technology future. Implemented a management information architecture across all of Equitables computing environments, integrating across all product lines 8000 nodes. The targeted disciplines: Enterprise Help Desk, Software Delivery, Asset Inventory, Enterprise-Wide Event Management, Systems and Network Management. Evolved a new network architecture (Cisco IP framework) to support the burgeoning client server requirements in the data center. Designed and implemented a new business-driven WAN / LAN infrastructure & server farm for Equitables Agency network in order to support the new Agents Workstation (5000). This included the design, testing, implementation and management of a nation-wide network of over 130 routers and 200 servers. Designed and developed a modern, state-of-the-art data center / network operations center equipped and staffed with the latest tools (OpenView) and 7X24 staff. Re-engineered the departments Lifecycle by implementing a Plan, Implement, & Run management style as well as reconstructing the data communications business to prepare for the client server evolution. Senior Technical Consultant, Project Team Manager Previous Experience Digital Transport Inc. New York, New York Communications Consulting Managed a number of consulting Client assignments, which included my role as the DTI Project Manager of a large data center, network design and rollout for a Japanese shared-services client. Performed all requirements gathering, validation and execution. Director, Network Operations & Services Previous Experience Automatic Data Processing Inc. New York, New York Brokerage Information Services Group (now Broadridge) Project Manager for ADPs move from Wall St. to Jersey City. Performed all requirements gathering, validation and execution for ADPs largest network and data center relocation. Serving thousands of Wall St. Brokerage firms through ADP's systems, processed 25% of the NYSE traffic. Built, evolved & managed the infrastructure & NOC. Provided hands-on technical management / direction of 7X24 Network Operations Center, including all aspects of day-to-day service delivery issues, Help Desk & reporting systems.

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Education:

University at Buffalo (SUNY) Bachelor of Arts - Legal Studies

Management Program - Scholastic University, AXA University

Affiliations: Member, The Council of Communications Advisors, Gerson Lehrman Group Member, The Society of Industry Leaders (SIL) http://linkedin.com/in/barryrubin http://BarryRubin.Net