TROY GARCIA

Chief Technology Officer

 

 

Southern California
Mobile : (951) 972-7633 troykgarcia@gmail.com

29 Years of Hands on - IT Consulting, IT Services, and Data Center Operations for 14 Fortune 500 companies: Hardware/Software Infrastructure, Managed Technical Support, Business Development, SOX, ITIL, ISO9001& Six Sigma Quality, IT Governance, Customer Support, Vendor Support, Contract Negotiations, Risk Management, Service Delivery (SLA), Service Restoration, Network Support, Business Continuity.

I am uniquely positioned to provide IT Leadership to your Organization.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Troy Web Service (TWS) – Temecula, California

Chief Technology Officer - CTO

 
2004 - Present
  • Provide Web Design, Hosting, E-Commerce, Podcasts, Blogs, Email, and SEO Solutions to a diverse client base
  • Technologist – Exploring new ways of lowering energy & power requirements
    (moving in a green direction)

Achievements

  • Successfully Launched and Supported 12 Commercial Websites
  • Successfully Launched and Supported 8 Non for Profit Missionary Websites

PlantCML (EADS North America) – Temecula , California

IT Manager – Emergency 911 Industry

 
2009 - Present
  • Lead the IS Department: Ensure the high availability of critical business applications by mentoring IS team, selecting the best infrastructure/technology, and business partners
  • Salesforce - ERP, Epicor - CRM, MS Server & SQL 2000-2008, VMWare/ESX, Exchange, Sharepoint
  • 3.5 Million dollar Annual Budgetary Responsibilities
  • Vendor Relations, Contracts, and Software Licenses
  • Team Builder – Fostering a positive professional attitude to improve the communication and working environment setting the expectation of world class service and excellence

Achievements

  • Vitalizing Data Center (VMWare/ESX and SAN/NetApp) environment
  • U pgrade Managed Services - MC911.COM client facing website
  • Installing – NOC Fire Control System
  • Installing Symantec Enterprise Vault for Email Exchange Solution & SOX / Legal Discovery Compliance

 

Tech Mahindra San Diego , California

Sr. Enterprise Manager – Offshore/Onshore Telcom Outsourcing & Consulting Services

 
2006 - 2009
  • 4 Direct Report Managers and a team of 45+ analysts providing Level 1 / 2 support Across 4 geographic locations in the US and in India (For the AT&TClient).
  • Coordinate with PMO Service objectives and report on Monthly Service Matrix with AT&T ITO Leadership.
  • ROCC – Operations Services, Exception Monitoring (HP Openview / Netcool, Patrol), Change/Outage Management, Service Restoration (MTTR), Relationship Building: Customers, BTP’s, Vendors, and Management.
  • Open Systems – 18,000 Servers (HP,SUN,IBM: Unix, Wintel, Linux, VMware) (Websphere, Oracle, MqSeries)
  • IBM zOS Mainframe (50,000 mips), ( SAN , TCP/IP, IMS, CICS, DB2, IBM ATL/VTS, STK ACS 440).
  • Delivering all Projects on time and under budget.

Achievements

  • Implemented ITIL V3 processes into department IT governance, policy, and procedures.
  • Mentor 45 + analyst team in proficient IT support, communication, knowledge base, and escalation process.
  • Client facing Service Delivery Manager: Negotiating Service Levels andProcess Improvement.
  • Successfully reorganized offshore ( India ) technical teams and virtualized the onshore team model - leveraging our resources, reducing labor costs by 20%, and increasing our clients ROI.
  • Successfully transition Mainframe workload to IBM Global Services Brazil .

 

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) –
San Diego, California
Data Center Manager – IT Outsourcing Industry

 
1991-2006
  • CHLA (Children’s Hospital Los Angeles ) Wintel Server Support:
    Lead a Team of Analysts providing Level 1 and Level 2 Support for Wintel Servers driving the MTTR below 15 minute SLA . Ensuring the doctors and nurses had their online information systems available and did not have to fall back to a manual (white board) method to tracking of patient medications (Cerner BMC Patrol).
  • JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) : Operations Support: Assisted the JCAHO in setting up a nightly (server side) FTP transmission to CSC. Ensured transmissions were successful and DB2 processing (on the IBM Mainframe) completed successfully.

IT Support: Lead a Team of Analysts supporting:

  • Data Center Infrastructure (Mainframe, Midrange, Open Systems AS400, Unix, DEC/VAX, Wintel Platforms).
  • New Business - Due Diligence, Knowledge Transfer, Project Transition , Account Improvements.
  • Mission Critical Systems (IMS, CICS, DB2, MQseries, Web Portal/Servers, Citrix, Exchange/Blackberry, DB & Apps (Oracle 11.i / RAC , SQL, SAP , ERP, Data Warehouse), Network (LAN/WANVTAM/SNA) availability.
  • Daily Backups & Restores (SAN/NAS – ATL/VTS – Silo’s) ( Netbackup, Brightstor, Arcserv, Legato, Xomni).
  • Change, Problem, Risk Management . Escalation, Process Improvement. Service Restoration, Root Cause Analysis , Automation, Disaster Recovery, and Documentation.
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA), meeting and exceeding expectation. Driving the MTTR below 15 minutes.
  • Best Practices in Exception Monitoring: ( Cerner BMC Patrol, HPOpenview, Netview)
  • Facilities Support: 70,000 Square feet raised floor. Fire Control and Power Systems.
  • Training for 25+ Major client Portfolio’s spanning multiple Industries : Hospital, Healthcare, Government, Financial, Insurance , Telecommunications, Energy, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Banking, and Education.

Achievements

  • New Business - Hand picked by the President of CSC Pennant Alliance in winning the COSD Outsourcing Deal.
    $1 Billion revenue over 7 years, i ncreasing Western Centers Profit and Loss (P&L) ratio by 21%.
  • Asset Management Project - S uccessfully Lead an Asset management project team for the BAE client . Coordinated with 25 Unix System Administrators inputting 1000+ servers into common database for Asset Inventory and Management called NETIESS, and design ed custom reports. Completed the 6 month project on time.
  • Project Lead for ISO9001 Quality Certification for CSC Western Center - S etup the Lotus Notes Documentation database and worked with the auditors and trained the staff in the ISO processes


General Dynamics –
San Diego, California
Senior Technical Team Lead – Operations Services

 
1987-1991
  • Directed the day to day activity and work flow for a 60+ computer professionals – GD Data System Division:
    Supporting engineering teams in 6 GD Aero Space Divisions. (Automation, Output Services / Distribution, Call Center , Networking Departments)
  • Directly responsible for essential hardware, software, and networks for the sustained operation.
  • Responsible for Trouble Shooting (identifying, resolving, improving) System Lockups and Failures.

Achievements

  • Led Team in US military contract support As the Operations Security Supervisor, I was responsible for conducting closed room classified processing for engineering teams and the US Navy. I held a US Government Secret Clearance and was responsible for properly handling classified documents brought into and created out of this environment.

Colonial Insurance – Anaheim , California

Night Shift Supervisor -

 
1984-1987
  • Ensured Operations (12 person) team completed nightly batch, online, and network processing successfully.
    Escalated any client impacting issues to support teams and upper management for resolution and communication.
  • Balanced nightly processing runs to ensure prompt delivery of claims, cancellations, and new accounts.

Achievements

  • Automated Manual Nightly Balancing process.
  • Designed and implemented: Automation (VM/REXX) to extract from nightly reporting critical balancing routine. Reducing resources required to support IT footprint.

Skills Licenses and Certifications

Highest Integrity

Current

Excellent Communicator

Current

Team Builder

Current

Strong Problem Solving Skills

Current

Departmental Budgeting

Current

National University – San Diego, California
MCSE (Microsoft Certified System Engineer) Training

2002


Microsoft MCP #2698912

2002

MS Office – Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio, PP, Project

2008

Licensed California Real Estate #01831711

 
2007
Training for the ITIL V3 Foundation Certification
 
Current

Pasadena City College - Pasadena, California
46 Units in Computer Science

 
1985
Highly Regarded by Executives in the IT World
 
Current

 

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