Currently enjoying the retired life - but still interested in Technology
built wifi enabled Temperature and Humidity sensors (for remote rooms)
built wifi enabled Temperature and Humidity sensors with relays to control the HVAC (for utility room)
Hardware:
ESP8266 wifi SOC for wifi and controller
Relay for switching AC mains
Raspberry Pi 3
Software:
Linux
Home Assistant
Google Home / Assistant
built wifi enabled plugs to control living room lights via voice control
Hardware:
ESP8266 wifi SOC for wifi and controller
Relay for switching AC mains
Raspberry Pi 3
Software:
Linux
Home Assistant
Google Home / Assistant
created zone based music system
Stream from local source or Internet to 1 or more zones
Multiple Sources to Multiple Zones or Groups of Zone
Currently investigating building controllable LED rigs to replace circline florescence bulbs in encasement
1993 - 2017
Under my charge, L'Oréal achieved many milestones:
Managed & Designed Main US Headquarters move to new Hudson Yards complex
1500+ Employee move consisting of Voice / Data and Video technologies
Managed & Designed backoffice headquarters move to NJ
First Successful Commercial implementation of Bell Atlantic's Switched Multi-Megabit Data Services (SMDS)
One of the first Commercial AT&T Frame Relay users - Was the First Successfully Implemented Frame Relay Network in the Nestlé Family
Lead and Conducted the Migration from AT&T Data and Voice Network to MCI services in 1 weekend
Designed, Implemented and Managed a secure, centralize Remote Access environment
Lead and Conducted the Migration from MCI Data Network to AT&T services in 1 weekend
Designed, Managed, and Monitored end to end LAN/WAN connectivity(Cisco routers/switches, various monitoring tools)
Designed and Implemented centralized email for the administrative and research groups using HP OpenMail product.
Designed and Implemented an email exchange Gateway allowing disparate email systems (Noteworks, Pegasus Mail, HP OpenMail, MS Mail, Lotus Notes and MS Exchange) to work together, providing a seamless User client experience.
Designed and Implemented L'Oréal's first email gateway, providing access to X.400 and Internet addresses
Anticipating the importance of a secure Internet presence, I convinced management of the need for a centralized environment. I designed, implemented, and operated said environment using a co-location facility.
Designed, Implemented, and Managed L'Oréal USA's Internet Access Gateway, providing secure proxied communications (HTTP/FTP/SMTP)
Designed, Implemented and Managed L'Oréal USA's External Gateway to Outside Partners and vendors. This gateway is designed to allow seamless flow of information between L'Oréal's business partners by securing applications using traditional firewalls and scanning engines.
Designed, Implemented, and Managed L'Oréal USA's “Virtual Office” project using Citrix Presentation Server / Xen Server Suite of applications
Designed, Implemented, and Managed L'Oréal USA's “Large File Transfer” Portal allowing for the receiving and sending of attachments too big for standard email implementations
Implemented a Centralized model for internal Client Support for Corporate Administration (Centralized Help Desk)
Implemented a weekly Change Control session for all the operational changes to be discussed and planned - This enabled all the disparate divisions / teams to be informed of any upcoming planned changes, significantly reducing issues and increasing up-time.
Design, Implement & Manage Audio Video Technologies across the L'Oréal America's Zone (North, Central and South Americas)
Video Conferencing Technology and Network
Conference Room Technologies
Digital Signage
VoIP
Telecommunications (Design. Implement, Manage)
WAN
Voice
Internet Technologies (Design. Implement, Manage)
Web Hosting
Web Browsing
B2B Communications
AS2
File Transfer (SCP. SFTP, FTP, custom solutions)
Application Development
Technology Management
Software Distribution
Hardware / Software replacement strategy
Management of Servers / Appliances
Management
Employee Development
Salary Exercises
Resource Management
Budgeting
Vendor Contract Negotiation
Vendor Management
Helpdesk Management
Change Control Management
L'Oréal Position Time line
Director (Infrastructure): 3/2008-9/2017
Director (Information Technology): 9/2001-3/2008
Director (Computer Information Resource Management): 7/2000-8/2001
Manager (Data Communications): 1/96-6/2000
Supervisor (Telecommunications): 7/94-12/95
Coordinator (Management Information Systems): 11/93-6/94
2/2008 - Present
Anticipating the slowing of the general economy, I started an IT Staff Augmentation and Consulting Company.
I Acquired startup and first year funding from Angel Investors.
Identifying a need for Local Consumer Based Services, I expanded LoGuMaGu LLC to include service desk offerings for general consumers.
6/90-10/93
Developed Front End system for managing AT&T PBXes, NEC PBXes, and Octel Voicemail Systems. - System allowed for Telecom administrator to enter name, location, charge code, and phone type. Once the data was entered the system would Identify free ports, DIDs, and extensions - it would then program the appropriate hardware and print out the phone template.
Developed Call Reporting System for Call Center. System allowed for Analysis of Patterns and Archiving of Data.
Developed a Small Business Resource Planning application for Print Shops - Allowed for quoting of jobs, estimating cost of goods based on current inventory, scheduling of jobs and resources based on amount of staff scheduled.
6/88-6/90
operated 2 and 4 color Printing Presses
Responsibilities included
Designing and formatting Corporate Communications for Publication
Creation of Paper and Metal Plates to be used on Printing Presses
Responsibilities included
Budgeting
Project/Scheduling Planning
Creating Job quotes
Managing Bidding