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James Andrew Clark
Santa Barbara, California

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Over 10 years of executive management experience • 20 years of hands-on IT experience • Project Management • Enterprise-Class Architectures • IT Security • Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity • High-Performance Systems • Virtualization • Maintains many prominent technology certifications, including CISSP, VCP and Security+

experience

Director of Information Technology — Santa Barbara City College   
April 2008 — present
Responsible for the strategic direction and day-to-day management of a team of mid-level to senior IT professionals delivering infrastructure and support services to faculty and staff. Managed projects, personnel, communications, user support functions and resources to meet the campus technology needs of the district. Oversaw an over $2.5 million annual budget. Served as inside consultant, technical lead and subject matter expert on a variety of projects related to IT infrastructure, directory services, storage, virtualization, disaster recovery, network design and security. Built a culture of service excellence. Overarching responsibilities included the development and support of infrastructure services in terms of deployment, operation, maintenance, monitoring, security, and performance standards.

Executive Technology Consultant — Channel Islands Technology Integrators Group, Inc   
February 2009 — Present
Served as an outsourced CIO for external clients. Provided enterprise-level technology consulting services to businesses with an emphasis on project management, tactical infrastructure planning, network security, disaster recovery and business continuity.

Vice President, Consulting Services — CIO Solutions   
February 2007 — April 2008
Provided executive level IT consulting services and enterprise infrastructure management as a “virtual CIO” for businesses. Implemented enterprise technologies for clients with a focus on planning, virtualization, managed services, storage consolidation, wide-area networking, HIPAA compliance, security and high systems availability. Operated as a functional CTO for the internal organization. Created new and improved company standards for project management, technical infrastructure, network architecture, reporting and documentation. Managed the IT engineering staff and operations of the internal business network.

Chief Technology Officer —  CompuVision   
April 2001 — january 2007
Directed IT consulting, strategy, architecture and engineering. Established, planned, and administered the overall IT policies and goals for the company. Implemented an extensive range of LAN/WAN technologies and services for clients, including installation and support of Microsoft Active Directory, Citrix remote application deployment, VMware, storage area networks (SANs), Microsoft Exchange server installations and migrations, intrusion detection systems, custom web sites, virtualization, and Cisco networking. Performed network security assessments, developed security policies and provided remediation.

Director of Engineering — GlobalApp, LLC    
september 2000 — april 2001
Lead the building and delivery of web-based SaaS solutions for external clients. Developed sizeable hosting environments using application streaming technologies from Citrix and Microsoft. Managed datacenter infrastructure and staff for the organization. Designed, implemented and administered an enterprise Windows network. Executed the installation of a medium-scale datacenter, including planning, budgeting, staffing and computer room construction. Organized all administrative aspects of key technical projects, including planning, resource management, documentation and implementation.

education

University of California, Santa Barbara
Undergraduate Certificate, Computer Networking — 1998

Santa Barbara City College
Associate in Arts, Liberal Studies — 1995

accreditations

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Security+ Certified Professional
Server+ Certified Professional
Network+ Certified Network Technician
i-Net+ Certified Internetwork Professional
A+ Certified Computer Technician
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
VMware Sales Professional (VSP)
Extreme Networks Associate (ENA)
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
ShoreTel Certified Installer
Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate (JNCIA-FWV)
Juniper Networks Sales Specialist
Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator (CCEA)
Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
HP/Compaq Accredited Systems Engineer (ASE)
HP/Compaq Accredited Integration Specialist (AIS)
HP/Compaq Accredited Platform Specialist (APS)
Symantec Product Specialist (SPS)
Dell Certified Technician
Certified Network Cabling Specialist

technical qualifications

Security —  Internet Security Appliances (Cisco PIX/ASA, Juniper SSG, Extreme Sentriant, SonicWall), Symantec security suite of applications (AntiVirus, Mail Security, BackupExec), network scanners and monitors, vulnerability analysis, ethical hacking practices, disaster recovery planning, security assessments and remediation.

Operating Systems —  Windows Server 2008 w/Hyper-V, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, Terminal Services, Windows NT 4.0 Server, Windows desktops (7.0, Vista, XP, 2000 Professional, ME, 98/95, 3.11), MS-DOS, RedHat Linux, VMware vSphere 4 & ESX 3.5.

Citrix Access Suite (XenApp, Presentation Server, Access Gateway), Microsoft Exchange Server 2007/2003/2000/5.5, Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2000/7.0, Microsoft Internet Information Server, VMware Server, VMware Workstation.

Networking —  Cisco product line (1600/1700/2500/3600 series routers, 2900/3500 series switches), Juniper ScreenOS & JUNOS, Extreme switches & wireless access points, TCP/IP routing protocols, layer 3 switching, VLANs, VPNs, WAN circuit installation (Frame relay, T1, DS3), Internet connectivity (SDSL, Cable, Wireless), VoIP telephony.

Web Development —  Programming in HTML, ASP, SQL, XML, JavaScript, and VBScript.

affiliations

Chief Information Systems Officers Association (CISOA)
Associate Member since 2010

references

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