Giarratani Matt - Profile

MATT GIARRATANI 7 Acorn Street, Middleton, MA 01949 | Home: 978-774-3978 | Cell: 351-201-9711 | [email protected] INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, MIS, TECHNICAL OPERATIONS Staff Leadership / Strategic Planning and Execution / Business Application Management Mission Critical Support / Business Continuity / P & L Responsibility / Systems & Applications Architecture Information Technology Leader: I have been fortunate to have experienced the use of Information Technology across many industries. The companies have been in the Financial Service, Manufacturing, Retail Distribution, RPO, Staff & Recruiting, and Insurance industries. Over the years I have learned that I can successfully apply my technology experience quickly to a new industry. Career Track: Professional Growth has been a consistent facet of my experience starting as a 3rd Shift Data Center Operator advancing to Supervisor in the first 2-years before leaving to continue my career growth in technology management leading to my most recent role as the Director of Infrastructure. Proven Record – Calm in a crisis: Along with being a technical hands-on manager I have been described as a person who is always calm especially in a crisis. This ability allows me to review the situation, assess the impact, determine the risks, and take appropriate corrective action quickly to resolve the issue while minimizing or avoiding downtime by taking the most effective actions with confidence. Education: BS/BA in Management Information Systems, Northeastern University / University College, Boston, MA Certifications & Training: ITIL Fundamentals Certified | technology training in wide variety of services and products. SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS & SKILLS  Technologies Managed: Managed information technology services for companies in various industrious from small office configurations with 10 -20 devices to enterprise architectures with 75+ servers managed. Architected an MPLS network for 30 locations and a set of active-active data centers to support VoIP, redundant web services, virtualization, replicating databases, financial applications, reporting servers, and active directory for 400+ users.  Data Centers Construction: Managed the build out of two data centers to support 300+ servers in two states in under 9-months with new racking system, power management, UPS, and console controls  Managed Rapid Growth: Opened 11 Offices in 14 months. Managed the opening of each office in various cities across the US. With limited notice (45 – 60 days) each office needed all typical services including construction coordination for inside wiring and ordering and installation of all technical requirements, voice, data, computers, etc.  Cost Management: Reduced telecom costs 24% by replacing old circuits with new circuits. Renegotiated wireless contract reducing MRC by 20%, replaced all phones with Blackberry devices with BES server & licenses at no cost.  Skills: Hands-on executive capable of efficiently managing all levels of budgets and working with many technologies Server Platforms: VMware ESX and XenServer, Windows Server 2003/2008, UNIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Linux Applications: ASP.Net, ColdFusion, Cognos BI, MS Office, Citrix, Great Plains Email and PDA: MS Exchange 2003/2007, BES, Good Messaging, ActiveSync, BlackBerry, Palm, iPhone Relational Databases: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Storage: Platforms (EMC, HP, SUN, NetApp) and Architectures (iSCSI, SAN, NAS, DAS) Networking & Security: Cisco PIX/ASA, Citrix NetScaler, Juniper (NetScreen & VPN/SSL), Checkpoint, Antivirus CAREER OVERVIEW / IT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE Stride & Associates, Boston, MA – Director of Infrastructure – 2005–2009 Plymouth Rock Assurance (STSGI), Boston, MA – Infrastructure Supervisor, Level II – 2004–2005 Corporate Technologies, Inc., Burlington, MA – Senior Consulting Manager / Senior IT Manager – 2000–2004 Axcelis Technologies, Inc., Beverly, MA – Infrastructure Manager – 2000 Thomson Financial, Boston, MA – Manager, Boston Campus Information Services – 1998–2000 Eaton Corporation SEO Division, Beverly, MA – Data Center Manager – 1996–1998 Baring Assets Management, Boston, MA – Assistant Vice President, IT Office Systems Analyst – 1993–1996

Charrette Corporation, Woburn, MA – Data Center Supervisor– 1990–1993