Brian Kennedy: in SAN DIEGO, CA

Managed and mentored a staff of 12 techs. Responsible for infrastructure of 2 data centers and 110 hosted customers application and connectivity.

Provided Executive leadership over company-wide IT infrastructure. This was completed by collaborating extensively with other business units, investigating and assisting with their needs. Ensure the smooth and secure operations of all business systems while providing maximum reliability for all services related to MLS. Maximize technology for business application and hardware needs while keeping expenses within budget. Managed all aspects of the MLS Migration from one MLS platform to another while controlling all costs associated with project. Directed strategic technology planning meetings with Board of Directors and select group of brokers from our Membership to improve application functionality and performance and to take advantage of cloud-based services to support Sandicor’s long term goals. Present new technology recommendations to the CEO and Board of Directors. Create and manage company-wide technology budgets by department and/or business needs as a hole. Utilize Analytics to reduce unused/minimally used applications to reduce technology costs. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Established a Change Management process that resulted in 99.99% uptime. • Developed and managed Capital and Operating budget ($4 Million) • Directed, motivated and developed IT personnel (Systems Administrators and Engineers) in all aspects of their various functions and responsibilities. • Created organizational development opportunities for the IT Department which resulted in a structured career progression. • Created Service Desk with policies, procedures, and ticketing system to support Help Desk personnel. • Monitor all aspects of the IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, storage, telecom, data center and software. (200 Servers supporting more than 19,000 users on daily basis.) • Design, implement, validate, and maintain Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plan. • Conversion of 108 servers from physical to virtual.

Responsible for the technical administration and support of all network equipment to maximize reliability, performance and availability to meet business objectives. Responsible for providing administration and technical support for all IT servers and network services internally and externally including identification, prioritization and resolution of issues within the server and network environment. Anticipate hardware and software needs. Procure hardware and software as directed in a cost effective manner. Create and maintain strong relationships with local and national vendors while assuring that orders meet company expectations with regard to availability, quality and price. Track project expenses. Maintain an active inventory of all company assets and software licenses. Ensure that all equipment requests are placed through the proper channels. Project management: Oversee all meetings related to all projects; schedule deadline and delivery of said project within project budget and timeline. Essential Duties and Responsibilities; Vice President, IT Department • Oversee daily duties of all IT Department personnel. • Maintain 6 MS Exchange2003 servers with 1500+ users and 5 SQL servers clusters on a daily basis • Network security management and implementation for entire Enterprise network • Security and stability of 118+ servers for maximum redundancy and fail-over recovery, 6 remote sites and AS/400 Accounting System • Process and schedule all Network Data connections to remote locations • Maintenance and support for keyless entry system and alarm system • All IT purchasing and budget tracking • Manage 1500+ users on a Windows 2003 network Essential Duties and Responsibilities; Data Center Manager • All duties listed under Vice President, IT Department excluding direct management of staff • Migrated 1500+ users from Windows NT 4.0 to 2003 Enterprise • Migrated 1500+ users from MS Exchange 5.5 to 2003 Enterprise