Alexei Cornea

Manager, Systems Infrastructure @Moneris

Responsible for managing, maintaining and improving a complex network infrastructure, including two datacenters, and multiple branch locations, including network, storage, servers, voice, VPN and wireless. • Achieved minimal downtime of all IT infrastructure systems for 400+ MFS employees and all external customers by applying industry leading information technology best practices, security techniques, redundancy and oversight. • Participate at construction of budget of local IT department by optimizing resources and scrutinizing expending. • Lead team of qualified professionals, grew it from three to six employees, and maximized the employee retention using leading by example techniques. • Enhanced the alignment between the IT team capabilities and the continuously changing business needs to provide the best and most efficient service to the customer. • Established and directed strategic long-term goals, policies, and procedures. • Assessed and improved existing Backup and Disaster Recovery strategies. • Enhanced performance and technological offerings by attending vendor events, keeping up to date on industry trends, and applying technological processes best practices.