Jack Murgia

San Francisco CA                                          jack.murgia at cloudcontrollers dot com

 

Objective:

IT Manager position with a small to mid-sized organization that embraces a heterogeneous approach to technology.

 

Summary of most recent accomplishments:

IT Manager: At intouch group, inc. in Berkeley, CA (2008-2009), the developers of ibrowz, a slick rss reader for Windows Mobile devices. Moved production environment to a fault-tolerant, co-located Citrix XenServer installation. Reverse-engineered and documented all aspects of the production and back office network. Served as release manager and assisted development and QA teams in troubleshooting and maintaining capistrano ruby deployment scripts. Expanded server and device network monitoring with nagios installation. Reduced voice/data expenditures by almost $2000 per month with asterisk VoIP server and a T-1/DSL combination for WAN connectivity.

 

Network Architect, Lead Consultant, Project Manager: At the Bently Reserve, a state-of-the-art event and HD video conference space in downtown San Francisco (2007-2008). Leveraged open source technologies to reduce cost of expansive wireless network and phone system by ~$70,000 and developed expertise required to implement enterprise-level Polycom HD Video Conference bridging solutions and Asterisk-based VoIP telephony system.

 

Cross-Platform System Administrator: Simultaneously supported Windows 2003 Domain Controllers, 20+ Red Hat/Fedora Core Linux servers, Windows XP and Mac OS X workstations and network infrastructure for Weidlinger Associates in Mountain View, CA (2006-2007). Worked with a team of experienced Linux engineers to successfully integrate a previously isolated branch office of engineers into the corporate directory system. Stabilized the network environment without forcing end-users to abandon the operating system of their choice.

 

System Administrator, Sales Manager, Support Manager, Product Manager: HubbaDubba Internet Services: bootstrap startup. Created a product called "managed internet access" (2004-2007). Experienced the systems management as well as the design and task prioritization demands of a marketing-sales-support cycle which a SaaS provider or web-based business faces.

 

Evaluated and implemented a suite of SaaS products utilizing bith open source technologies and closed source products for Sales CRM, Support CRM, LAMP-based Content Management Systems, Online Billing and Account Automation as well as web-based Affiliate Marketing. Also gained experience working with offshore developers.

 

 

Technical Skills Summary:

The following are the technologies I have worked with during the past 11 years (major technologies, not a comprehensive list)

 

 

Work History:

 

12/2001- Present

Consultant - San Francisco CA: Operating System Integration, Strategic Technology Consulting, Network Router and Switch Design and Implementation. Support all aspects of technology infrastructure for small corporate branch offices and small businesses, allowing decision makers to choose the best technology for the job, without operating system constraints.

 

02/2004- 12/2006

Principal- HubbaDubba Internet Services - San Francisco CA: web hosting and managed internet access solutions provider for commercial property owners and individuals.

 

04/2000- 11/2001

Computer Consultant- Forte Systems - Richmond CA: Worked as an on-call consultant throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Specialized in support for graphics design firms and corporate MARCOM and art departments.

 

10/1999- 3/2000

Network Administrator- Interbrand - San Francisco CA: Supported 20 users, maintained servers, implemented T-1 internet access, remote access connectivity and provided telecom support at this corporate branding firm.

 

01/1996- 10/1999

Computer Consultant- Freelance Consultant - Oakland CA

Supported small businesses in workstation design, hardware installation, application troubleshooting and database programming.

 

10/1985- 12/1995

Non-Profit Development Director, Volunteer Coordinator and Administrator-Various Non-Profits- SF Bay Area

Worked as a fundraiser and administrator for several Bay Area non-profit organizations.

 

Education: University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1983-1985, Major: Journalism

 

References available upon request