JEAN-CLAUDE BOURSIQUOT
6001 Canterbury Drive, #105 ' Culver City, CA 90230 ' [Send email to request phone number] 22.6323 '
IT PROFESSIONAL WITH OVER 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Project Management ' Network Administration ' Information Technology
System Troubleshooting ' Upgrade and Installation Coordination
Strong Technical and Management Skills
Ability to Evaluate, Adapt and Implement New Technology
Commitment to Ensuring Projects are on Budget, of High Quality and on
Schedule
Self Starter Who Motivates Team with Strong Work Ethic
Manages and Evaluates Projects using Strategic and Achievable Goals
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems Applications
Windows XP/Vista Net Backup
Ubutu Linix Backup Exec
Windows 2003/2008 Server Websense Web Security
Red Hat Linux Microsoft Office | Project | Visio
Mac OSX 10.4 and OSX 10.5 Globalscape Secure FTP server
Mac OSX Server 10.4 and 10.5 Exchange/SQL Server
VM Ware
Great Plains
Citrix
CERTIFICATIONS
Microsoft Certified System Engineer Windows NT 4.0, Certified 06/99
Microsoft Certified System Engineer Windows 2003, Certified 1/05
Specialist: TCP/IP ' Exchange
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The Annenberg Foundation Century City, CA 2/2009 “ 8/2009
Sr. IT Consultant
Well known global nonprofit foundation with over $1,200,000,000 in assets
known for investing in programs which improve the human condition
Transitioned IT management from a legacy outsourced IT agency in Pennsylvania
to an in-house, local IT model while leading entire IT staff in all initiatives
Modified IT policies and procedures to Sarbanes Oxley standards and
implemented disaster recovery procedures foundation wide
Maintained IT project management for 15+ projects simultaneously including
the opening of the Annenberg Space for Photography which boast state of the art
equipment including 4K projectors and Microsoft Surface Tables
Coordinated with web developers to implement an efficient Online Event
Ticketing System for use at the Space for Photography which saved over $20,000
development costs
Increased productivity by strategically adding storage in SAN environments ,
successfully stabilizing Citrix environment by reconfiguring using best practices
and increased network uptime by creating failover internet connections complete
with failover VPN all while keeping costs down by leveraging existing equipment
Managed support of existing systems including 2003/2008 Active Directory,
Exchange, Citrix, SAN, VMWare, SQL, Great Plains, Gifts, Backup Exec, Apple
Xserv, IIS, WSUS, Artesia DAM, LAN, VOIP, Telecom, state of the Art AV components
and WAN infrastructure
Led weekly meetings with entire IT staff while establishing agenda, verifying
completion of milestones and delegating deliverables
Established relationships with vendors and negotiated an average of a 20%
discount on equipment and services purchased while many items were well above
that discount level
Marvel Studios Beverly Hills, CA 11/2006 “ 12/2008
Director of IT and Studio Technology
Led IT support initiatives for "Iron Man (2008) and "The Incredible Hulk"
(2008) feature films during the 3 major production phases. The revenue generated
from these projects exceeded $750,000,000
Built up IT staff and infrastructure from the ground up while achieving high
uptime and excellent customer service
Planned and executed additions, deletions and major modifications to the
supporting infrastructure in strict compliance with SOX regulations
Engineered and maintained Network Security for corporate and offsite
locations
Championed the implementation of cutting-edge technologies and effectively
managed innovative processes
Created IT documentation for both corporate staff and internal IT personnel
Worked closely with CIO and other senior management to create and implement
digital asset management strategy along with other technical procedures needed to
support feature films
Motivated staff and upper management to implement new policies and practices
by using strong teamwork ethic
Webzen America Los Angeles, CA 8/2005 “ 11/2006
IT/Operations Manager
Forecasted budget for MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game Soul of
Ultimate Nation and negotiated enterprise level pricing with DELL, HP, Cisco,
IBM and other vendors
Performed site surveys of several Data Centers for potential hosting of MMO
titles
Traveled to the Headquarters in Korea to learn the proprietary MMO gaming
architecture (high availability application hosted in a data center environment)
in order to re-launch in the US market
Facilitated all web hosting for Webzen America both internally and in a
managed environment
Established Corporate IT infrastructure including email (Exchange 2003), File
server, Telecommunications, Active Directory and comprehensive security
Atari Santa Monica, CA 10/2000-8/2005
Site IT Lead “ Regional Manager of So California
Managed IT departments for Southern California locations including Shiny
Entertainment
Integrated Shiny Entertainment Studios ' IT infrastructure after acquisition
during Enter the Matrix game development cycle which released on time and
sold 1,000,000 units in the first week
Performed successful migrations from Windows NT 4.0 domain to Windows 2003
Active Directory Domain
Organized multiple office moves which included recreating and modifying
network infrastructures
Supported both Avaya PBX and Verizon Hosted VOIP telecommunication solutions
Built both the staff and infrastructure from the ground up as the first IT
hire in Southern California
Nordstrom Redondo Beach, CA 1/1998-10/2000
Regional Data System Support Specialist “ IT Services
Led Y2K upgrade project for LA area stores
Deployed systems at newly opened and remodeled locations
Upgraded infrastructure to Windows NT 4.0 from a combination of mainframe and
Windows NT 3.51 environment
EDUCATION
Inetversity, Torrance, CA - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Designation
West Los Angeles College, Culver City, CA - Major in Business
AFFILIATIONS ' AWARDS ' ACTIVITIES
Presented technology donation to Flournoy Elementary School and spoke about
the importance of staying in school on the behalf of the Annenberg Foundation
Cool Careers Speaker (2004) - Santa Monica College
Public speaking engagement to educate students on how to pursue a career in IT
Advisory Board Member (2004) “ Santa Monica College
Assisted in creating curriculum to increase enrollment in technology
department
|