Minh Huynh

About Minh Huynh

Profile Summary:As the Chief Information Officer at Menlo College InfraGard in the San Francisco Bay Area, I bring strategic oversight and dynamic leadership to all facets of information technology and security. My expertise spans continuous budget management, where I have significantly reduced spending across major cloud services like AWS and IBM, as well as hardware and software vendors. I am adept at negotiating equipment lease lines with financial institutions, ensuring optimal capital allocation.Strategic IT Management: Lead the comprehensive management of IT, security, compliance, and network systems, including IT infrastructure, ERP integration, ERP, CRM, eDiscovery, and cybersecurity systems. I provide visionary leadership to align the information systems with the company’s strategic goals.Operational Efficiency: Oversee the functionality and maintenance of a diverse range of IT components such as IDS, NAS, VM, workstations, wireless communications, and mobile environments. My approach focuses on continual support and rapid adaptation to evolving technological landscapes.Innovation and Optimization: Regularly assess new technologies and innovative security systems to enhance organizational efficiency. I excel in identifying problems, bottlenecks, and inefficiencies, deploying advanced technologies and processes to address these challenges.Global Communications: Manage worldwide communications systems, ensuring seamless connectivity and information flow across global operations.Financial Stewardship: Strategically plan and forecast departmental spending on capital equipment, software, telecommunications, and staff overheads. My proactive budget management includes summarizing expenditures and adjusting financial plans to meet operational needs and maximize ROI.Vendor Relations: Negotiate with vendors and solution providers to secure the highest returns on investment, leveraging my expertise to foster beneficial partnerships and cost-effective solutions.Technical Proficiencies:Networking: Proficient with Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, Juniper, Aruba, AWS, Aliyun, and Azure.Platforms: Experienced with AD, LDAP, Citrix, Windows Server, VMware, Xen, Linux, Unix, and Sun.Hardware: Skilled in managing mini servers, blade servers, workstations, laptops, NAS, VoIP systems, and video conferencing tools.Software: Extensive use of Office 365, Google Apps, Centrify, Okta, VoIP, Jira, Wiki, Github, Nagios, Jenzabar, Lockdown Browser, and Lockdown Monitor.Security: Proficient in ICS-CERT, Nmap, Metasploit, CSET 8, Wireshark, Grassmarlin, and Csploit.

Experience

1. Chief Information Officer (CIO)

   Menlo College

   Jan 2018 — Present · Atherton, CA, US

   Leading a diverse IT team to support over 1200 users—students, faculty, staff, and adjuncts. I manage a robust IT budget, focusing on strategic cost reduction and reallocating funds for significant technological enhancements.Key Achievements:Strategic Leadership: Implemented a dynamic IT strategy to transition to hybrid learning during COVID-19, optimizing both on-premises and online systems.Cost Management: Reduced annual IT spending and negotiated equipment financing with banks and vendors, achieving a $30k yearly saving on internet connectivity alone.Infrastructure Upgrades: Overhauled network infrastructure, including installing OS2 and OM4 fiber optics, upgrading to 10G switches, Wifi 6+ technology, and migrating firewalls from Fortinet to Palo Alto Networks and back.System Enhancements: Upgraded VM servers and NAS to 10G, transitioned to cloud-based VOIP, and spearheaded the major upgrade and migration of the Jenzabar system to the cloud.Security and Compliance: Enhanced cybersecurity with implementations like Crowdstrike and SentinelOne for endpoint protection and compliance with SOC 2, PCI DSS, and GDPR. Transitioned to Okta Zero Trust, with plans to move to Duo Security.Manages IT compliance-related staff, service providers, budgets, audits, inspections & projects.Conducts risk assessments of critical systems, accounts, & other in-scope areas & activities. Operational Improvements: Established a Network Operation Center (NOC), improved the reliability of WiFi and LAN connections and rectified the VDI-Unidesk infrastructure.Skills:Information Technology, Cybersecurity, VMware, Network Engineering, ERP, Project Management, Linux System Administration, AWS, TCP/IP, SIEM, and more.

Education

• San José State University

  Computer Engineering

Skills

• Disaster Recovery
• Security Audit
• Linux
• Vmware
• Unix
• Servers
• Cloud Computing
• Windows Server
• Cisco Technologies
• Security
• Network Security
• Firewalls
• Network Administration
• Vpn
• Solaris
• Microsoft Exchange
• Switches
• Integration
• Databases
• Ip
• System Administration
• Voip
• Storage Area Networks
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Windows
• Storage
• Routers
• Networking
• Troubleshooting
• Wan
• Red Hat Linux
• Technical Support
• High Availability
• Virtualization
• Hp
• Data Center
• Netapp
• Backup Exec
• Software Development
• Telecommunications