Mauro Cardarelli

Experience

1. VP of Information Technology

   4As

   Sep 2018 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Provide strategic guidance, leadership, and hands-on management for the 4A’s, technology, platform, A/V systems, and MSP/hosted solutions. Spearheaded the transformation of the 4A’s technology platform to a SaaS/Web-based platform enhancing collaboration and streamlining business processes. Several achievements-Championed the migration of the 4A\'s workforce from onsite to an all-staff remote platform-Met with management and evaluated the agency\'s systems, workflows, and processes to formulate the technical vision and strategy in providing a multi-site collaborative, disaster recover, administering and maintaining the 4As systems, infrastructure, desktop management, and Audio/Visual systems-Managing IT budget and contracts to identify financial efficiencies and savings-Revised and optimized the agency’s IT budget by evaluating systems, vendor services and negotiating new agreements at lower costs-Transitioned from an MSP managed security platform to an in-house cloud-based SonicWALL security platform by upgrading firewalls, switches, and endpoint security-Managed migration from GoTo meetings and webinars to a ZOOM platform and manage all meeting rooms and A/V administration-Assembled hardware/software inventory documentation -Managing the migration of all core applications and infrastructure to the cloud, with the intent of cutting IT maintenance and operational costs by over 40 %-Upgrading all Windows Server 2003 and 2008 servers to Server 2016-Upgraded VMware virtual server environment from version 6.0 to version 6.5, enhancing performance and security-Managing and transitioning Agency to a G-suite platform and cloud document storage-Responsible for all Apple/MAC network maintenance and administration-Assist DevOps with network protocol configurations-Manage and administer the AVAYA IP phone system, migrated server from physical to a VM-Standardized g-suite and the use of google shared and personal drives on desktops.

Education

• City University of New York-Herbert H. Lehman College

  MS, Computer Science

• New York University

  BS, Computer Science