Ara Yavruyan

 Phone # (818)6609992 Burbank CA: 91501 Email: 

IT Manager

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

History of bridging IS and IT to enhance business value. Expertise in enterprise
infrastructure management, budgeting, planning and procurement. Policies and
procedures implementation based on Information Security Requirements with
disaster recovery planning. Very strong at projects planning and system
deployments. Multiple degrees in business and technology fields of study.

 PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

KPMG 2002 to present

Regional IT Manager
Design, implement, and support corporate network data systems, specifically
complex data infrastructure systems such as email, secure data storage and
corporate networks data interexchange. 
Train junior network administrators in remote locations.

Accomplishments
Oversaw new KPMG office Server room construction with new PoE SCS (Structured
Cabling System) design deployment based on CAT6 standards and PoE support. A
project includes design, planning, budgeting, procurement, construction, testing
and commissioning of optical WAN, LAN, Wi-Fi, Server room power grid, network DVR
systems and proper HVAC.

Oversaw new KPMG Georgia office Server room construction. A project includes
design, planning, budgeting, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning
of WAN, LAN, power management and HVAC.

Impact: Old server rooms migration to new building with minimum downtime
.Cost-effective, reliable and safe IT infrastructure. Deployment of proper IT
equipment and cost effective solutions to decrease monthly expenditures with ITIL
IT Service Management standards.

Implementation of policies and procedures for data disaster recovery. End-users
awareness program. Security procedure for granting and revoking access to any
corporate data. Security incident management. IT room access management. Critical
assets management.
. 

Ranchpar LLC. 2001-2002

Chief of Communication department and network system administration
Support corporate network data systems, specifically complex data infrastructure
systems such as email, secure data storage and corporate networks data
interexchange with using of DSL/ADSL/ISDN equipment.
Electronic project management solutions support. Support of corporate
workstations/notebooks/servers. 

Accomplishments
Proper server room construction based on IBM server solutions. Optical WAN
network construction. 
Two-way radio system implementation with repeater system based on Motorola,
Yaesu equipment. Multi trunk system management. Local paging system commissioning
based on Motorola equipment. Marriot Armenia construction (digital building
system management by Johnson Controls ) service implementation.
Close circuit TV (CCTV) deployment and management. 

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Networking & Telephony: SCS (Structured Cabling System) design deployment, WAN
and LAN networks construction and testing management. Regional IT help desk with
electronic reporting systems. Panasonic PABX system integration. VOIP systems
implementation based on Cisco AS series equipment.

Operating Systems: Windows platforms (2003 Server/ 2000 /XP /NT /Vista) Active
Directory, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft ISA server, RSA Server (Secure ID),SCCM
Server, DNS, DHCP, Proxy, Network print. Symantec Corporate Antivirus server,
Safe Boot Server deployments, Server hardware and backup systems services
administration. Secure ID Management server.

Hardware: HP Proliant DL/ML series servers ,IBM servers, Cisco 2800,1700
routers, Cisco PIX- Firewalls, Cisco Catalyst 3750E PoE switches, HP Procurve
switches, APC Symmetra Series UPS systems, HP DLT backup devices, Cisco Aeronet
Wireless devices, Digital KVM switches ,DVR systems, Door access control
systems.

Software: Ms Office, Symantec Antivirus, MS SharePoint, DVR management,
Messaging, Cisco VPN

Protocols: TCP/IP, MPLS, FTP and TFTP

Databases: MS SQL, TimesSheet DB, Interbase

Certifications: Microsoft Certified System Engineer MCSE, MCSA, MCSA Messaging,
IT Project Management in Company Standard ANSI-PMI. 

EDUCATION

Yerevan State University of Economy 
Accounting and Audit department 1997-2002
MA : Accounting and Audit

Armenian Agricultural Academy 
(Courses on Computer Science) 1997-1998

IT Expert Project Management Institute
(Courses on Project Management in Company Standard ANSI-PMI )

Trainings
Date: 2002-present
Location: KPMG Moscow
 KPMG Netherlands
 KPMG Belgium 
 KPMG Czech Republic 
 KPMG Georgia
 KPMG Hungary
 United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
 KPMG Austria 

Organization: KPMG 
Training: 
Regional IT infrastructure Forum
Vector IT Technical training and deployment workshop
Global Desktop deployment workshop
CEE & CIS Regional IT planning Forum
New office network design and Cisco routing/firewall equipment installation
Vector 2007 Global implementation 
KPMG Georgia IT infrastructure deployment
Microsoft based IT infrastructure deployment
Intel Blade platforms Machine virtualization
Microsoft Executive Briefing 2008(Moscow)
Enterprise SW roadmap
System Management strategy 
2007 Office Systems Business productivity Infrastructure
Microsoft Security (core infrastructure optimization)
IBM Seminar 2008 (System X and Blade Centre) IT infrastructure integration and
data storage systems consolidation
(Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003) deployment and administration
EAudit deployment 2009
HP redundant Enterprise solutions 2009 
APC 2009 Solutions
Microsoft Windows Server2008
Date: 2001-2002

Organization: Ranchpar LLC

Training: International safe IT infrastructure construction forum
 Johnson Controls system integration in current IT infrastructure
 LANGUAGES

Language Reading Speaking Writing
English excellent excellent excellent