David Rashidi

About David Rashidi

Experienced Director Of Information Technology with a demonstrated history of working in the retail industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Operations Management, Analytical Skills, Sales, and IT Service Management. Strong information technology professional with a Master of Science focused in Computer Science from New York Institute of Technology.

Experience

1. Director of IT

   Dollar Store Services

   Nov 2013 — Present

   Infrastructure move• Provide expertise and leadership to manage the department personnel engaged in maintaining highly sophisticated network.• Conduct ongoing reviews of budgeting and staffing plans; recruiting, training, supervising, and evaluating personnel and service providers.• Provide consultation and advice to the CEO regarding the viability of each project.• Provide daily, weekly, monthly and other statistical reports.• Upper management liaison, develop and implement strategy, policies and procedures for directing all activities including software development, problem resolution, help desk support, event coverage, internal/external client service, equipment purchase and relation accounts.• Day-to-day management of the IT infrastructure and support.• Manage security of network, systems and enterprise information. Ensure data integrity through system configuration, access control and security measures.• Negotiate vendor contracts and agreements on an annual basis or the term of the agreement, whichever comes first.• Analyze, track all IT Department budgets and profitability goals and ensure all staff members are not only aware of, but working to achieve goals

Education

• St. John's University

  Bachelor's of Science, Computer Science

  1983 — 1986

• New York Institute of Technology

  Master of Science, Computer Science

  1993 — 1996

• Mount Kelly, Tavistock, England

  High School, O Levels and A Levels

  1976 — 1981

Skills

• IT Operations
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Vendor Management
• Investment Properties
• Budgets
• Data Center
• Business Applications
• Marketing
• Property Management
• Networking
• Team Building
• Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Customer Service
• Sellers
• IT Service Management
• Due Diligence
• Business Analysis
• Strategy
• Infrastructure
• Network Administration
• IT Strategy
• IT Management
• Analysis
• Solution Architecture
• Integration
• Information Technology
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Entrepreneurship
• Negotiation
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Troubleshooting
• Residential Homes
• Virtualization
• Operations Management
• Team Leadership
• Business Intelligence