PAUL ZURAWSKI

1133 Stonecrest Drive, Antioch, CA 94531

(415) 902‐6166 paul.e.zurawski@gmail.com

TECHNOLOGY MANAGER

EXPERTISE

Secured Server and Network Infrastructure – Information Technology & Global Information Delivery Systems

Business Information Systems and Technology Evolution Planning – Software Methodologies & Best Practices

Process Engineering & Reengineering, Turnaround Management, Change Management & Internal Education Expert

SPECIALTIES

Business‐driven technology strategy and execution. Multi‐million dollar Capital and Operating Expense Budgeting.

Proven record of successfully using technology to deliver measurable bottom line value.

Recruitment, development and retention of top talent and building cohesive, high‐performance teams.

Agile Development, Data center infrastructure, eCommerce, SaaS–PaaS–IaaS cloud computing, big data (Hadoop, HDFS,

MapReduce, Hive, HQL, Amazon EC2/S3) including high‐availability clusters, mobile technologies, terrestrial and satellitebased

LAN/WAN design, business continuity planning, security and unified communications.

EMPLOYMENT

CONTRACT PROJECT MANAGER

BUREAU OF ATF, WALNUT CREEK, CA

 Manage relationships and contracted SLA’s with vendors (HP, Oracle, Remedy, Forensic Technology, Google, Avaya)

 FORENSIC BALLISTIC DBA / SME – Maintain National Ballistics Database on Oracle, built an Oracle/Hadoop test environment

showing improved throughput

 SAS70 / SSAE16, ISO 27001 / 27002, PCI, ASCLD/LAB, ISO 9000/9001 and ISO/IEC 17025 assessment and certification

GENERAL MANAGER

FOG CITY CONSULTING GROUP, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

2008 – 2011

A partnership of 6 members meeting the project needs of clients. Responsible for Administration, Accounting, Marketing of the Group.

Project Director for Cam‐West, Standard Pacific Homes, Superior Concrete, and Presidio Holdings.

 P&L Responsibility, New Business Development, Grant Writing, Corporate Sponsorships, Human Resources Management,

Marketing Communications for the Group

 Amazon Web Services: EC2, EBS, FPS, Glacier, RDS for various clients

 Own the execution of all enterprise projects of software development, integration and delivery for clients

 Migrated 7 datacenters (“clouds”) in San Francisco, Long Beach, Salt Lake City and Hamburg, Germany

 Managed the implementation of a unified‐messaging, IP‐enabled PBX telecommunications system for 3 clients (Avaya G series) with

redundancy to ensure location survivability

 Develop the skill base and capability of the staff; Advocate agile development methodology, engineering standards and best practices,

current with trends and issues in the IT industry, including current technologies & related costs

 Act as an advocate for ITʹs vision by communicating with the companyʹs executives, department heads, and end users

 Hire exceptional managers and IT administrators, and providing them with challenging opportunities

 Working with internal and external audit to ensure compliance to appropriate regulations and data protection directives. Negotiated

pricing, terms, and conditions of contracts with service providers

 Enterprise system security and disaster planning, leadership and implementation projects for many clients with focus on enhanced

collaboration services, disaster recovery and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

 Implement robust business automation systems and architecture including ESX VMware, JD Edwards ERP, MS Server 2008, SQL Server

2008, SharePoint 2010, Enterprise SAN, CISCO UCS, DR systems, and various enterprise level network routing, security and analysis

devices

 Architect distributed applications (SaaS), platforms and networks using Cloudera/Hadoop, VMWare and Citrix

IT DIRECTOR

CLIN‐ASSIST LLC, PACIFICA, CA

2007 – 2008

A startup in the healthcare industry, offering laboratory assistance in clinical trials. Application, auditing and testing of ISO/IEC standards

in securing FDA Approval for clients. Implemented Exchange server and VMWare, hosting apps in the “cloud.” Wrote RFP and selected

outside vendors for hosted services. Selected replacement, went to a new startup venture.

 Advise, counsel, and inform executives and management on project competitive and financial impact

 Wrote RFP’s, selected and managed vendor relationships, deliverables and contracted SLA’s

 Enterprise security and disaster planning and recovery, leadership and implementation of enhanced collaboration services, and

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

 Senior IT leadership and strategic planning, cited for “outside the box” innovation

2011 – PRESENT

Pursuing an interest in Forensic Science, and hired by the Section Chief of the ATF to apply advanced technology to criminalistics.

 US Department of Justice SECRET Security Clearance, Office of Science and Technology

PAUL ZURAWSKI

1133 Stonecrest Drive, Antioch, CA 94531

IT DIRECTOR

(415) 902‐6166 paul.e.zurawski@gmail.com

PIER 39, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

1997 – 2007

Reporting to the President/CEO, authored and led the technology implementation to be in‐line with the overall vision, mission and

strategic objectives of the organization. Initiated strategic technology projects, prepared analysis of IT projects. Spearheaded unification of

IT services across five sister companies by leading a team of administrators, supporting 300 office staff in 3 timezones. Implemented new

initiatives in staff training and education, Collaborated with line managers and executive management to establish requirements in meeting

goals and regulatory guidelines.

 Created an on‐line sales channel generating $11M annually, while eliminating $250K/year in operational costs

 Created a Zope/Python/Perl e‐commerce site, Coldfusion based marketing sites for PIER39, Blue and Gold Fleet, Telesails, others

 Project management – prioritizing, planning, and executing complex IT projects with enterprise and external resources

 Datacenter and system migration – architecture, capacity design and build‐out. IT skills gap analysis.

 International procurement & contract management, with vendors in Europe, India and Australia

 Hands‐on management, oversight and audit of all IT Programming/Engineering, Telecom Services, Managed Services, vendors and

consultants

 Co‐stewardship of “Green Waves” projects garnering Federal and State recognition awards and grants

 Doubled Destination Management Co contracts over 3 years and supporting volume increase from $330K to $2.7 million

 Streamlined credit/debit card payment process through unifying card clearing accounts across all companies and implemented

banking approval standards exceeding current banking security requirements

 Developed and deployed an in‐house helpdesk ‘trouble‐ticket’ portal for staff to submit & track help requests over the browser

 Windows and Unix System Administrator 1997‐1999

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

United Parcel Service – Sort & Load‐line Operations Supervisor 4 years 1987 – 1991

Apple Computer, Inc. – Campus Marketing Representative 1 year 1990 – 1991

Microsoft Corporation – Marketing, Peripherals, 2 years 1991 – 1993

Spacelabs Medical, Inc. – Marketing, Technical Documentation, Network Jr. Administrator, 3 years 1993 – 1997

EDUCATION

 BA – Business / Psychology, University of Washington

 ITIL v.3 Foundations, 2013

 Infrastructure Security, Department of Defense, 2012

 Information Security – FEMA and DOJ, 2011

 Certified Information Privacy Professional/Information Technology, 2011

 ITIL v.2 2006

 Project Management Professional (PMP) 2005

 Python, Plone & Zope 2004

 FlashMX, 2002‐2003

 Avaya G3 & 8400, Octel, Rolm and Nortel Meridian MAX Administration 1998‐2006

 Perl, Advanced Perl, Perl & Relational Databases, 2001

 Cisco Router Programming, PIX and VPN modules (CCNA), 2000

 Sun Certified System Administrator (SCSA) (SA237, SA287, SA387 & SA400) 1999

 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) 1998

Exchange 5.5, NT 4.0 Workstation & Server, SQL Server 6.5‐7.0, Networking with TCP/IP NT2000 Core

 Macintosh System 9 and OSX, UNIX, Linux, Windows, HTML, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop (CS5),

Microsoft Office + Project & Visio products, Google SaaS, various Open Source Software packages

COMPUTER SKILLS

.

 Amazon EC2/S3 cloud services including Hadoop, HDFS, MapReduce, Hive, HQL

 PHP (4 / 5, Web / CLI), Eclipse, NetBeans, PHPStorm, SQLPro

 Javascript, (D)XHTML, HTML5, CSS 1‐3, XML, XSL/XSLT, AJAX, Photoshop

 API: Google, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

 Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, Plone, Zope

 Linux and FreeBSD server administration including: Hadoop, LAMP, proftpd, sshd, Samba, NFS, DHCP, VMWare, VirtualBox, firewalls,

kernel rebuilds, puppet/chef, Nagios, Jira, Confluence, etc.

 Perl, bash, zsh, Python, Ruby, SQL (MySQL)

 OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, Linux (Ubuntu/Debian, Fedora/CentOS/RHEL, Gentoo, Slackware), Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7

ACTIVITIES

Stand Up for Kids! Volunteer, 2010‐present

Photography and darkroom procedures, graphic arts

2012

PRIOR TO 1997