ALBERTO BEGLIOMINI
707 Continental Circle #135
Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone: (650) 265-4420
Cell: (650) 743-3975
Email: aub@infoqualis.com
CAREER PROFILE
Energetic IT Professional and Entrepreneur with track record of outstanding accomplishments in IT infrastructures design, deployment and management, IT Security, IT leadership, and IT project management.
Founded and led startup technology consulting firm to profitable $1M revenue in the first year.
Operate within a variety of industries including technology, medical, real estate, marketing, publishing, and educational, serving clients that range from start-ups to fortune 1000 companies.
EXPERTISE SUMMARY
Proven track record designing, deploying, and managing large 24x7 IT infrastructures.
Data Centers overhauls and moves.
Exceptional communication skills at the Executive level.
Ability to understand business objectives, needs and skills.
Ability to lead and manage strategic IT projects.
Proven track record leading and mentoring IT teams.
Ability to successfully negotiate with external and internal parties.
Strong presentation development and delivery skills.
System and Network Administration.
Vulnerability assessments, security audits, and penetration testing.
Sarbanes-Oxley IT compliance.
Automated security scanning.
Forensic analysis.
Security policy definitions.
Firewalls (Cisco PIX, Checkpoint, Netscreen, Fortinet, ipfilters, iptables).
Operating systems hardening (Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows NT/2000).
Routers hardening.
Intrusion detection systems (RealSecure, Snort)
File integrity checkers (Tripwire, AIDE).
Point-to-point VPN and mobile VPN (IPSEC).
One-time password technologies (SecurID, S/Key).
PKI infrastructures.
Anti-virus and Anti-spam systems.
Disaster recovery, and business continuity plans.
Operating systems (Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Windows NT/2000, AIX, SunOS, IRIX).
Routers and switches including Cisco 7000 series, Cisco Catalyst, f5 BIG-IP, and 3COM.
Routing technologies (BGP, EIGRP, OSPF).
Languages (C, Perl, Bourne Shell, Korn Shell, Bash, C Shell, awk).
Email (Sendmail, Postfix, Qmail) and DNS (BIND).
Web servers (Apache).
Backup technologies (NetBackup, Legato, Amanda).
Database infrastructures (Oracle).
NAS and SAN (Veritas, NetApp, EMC).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Co-Founder/Partner, InfoQualis LLC, Redwood Shores, CA, 5/1997 - present.
Co-founded a consulting firm focused on delivering IT infrastructure and security solutions and support.
Grew annual revenue in excess of $1M.
Directly provide consulting to strategic clients, including fortune 1000 companies.
Manage IT infrastructures and IT Operations teams on behalf of clients.
Lead the company's business development and sales team.
Major Projects
SOX Consultant, Armanino McKenna, 10/2005 - Present.
Partecipated in various SOX external audits.
Security Consultant, Broadvision, 2/2004 - Present.
Designed and implemented RSA SecurID across the whole network including the international sites.
Defined, implemented and tested the IT Controls for the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance.
Security Consultant, San Joaquin Delta College, 9/2003 - 12/2003.
Designed and implemented RSA a patch management solution across the whole campus network.
Security Consultant, FootHill De Anza College, 9/2002 - 7/2003.
Defined the requirements to implement a wireless network for both campuses. Designed a solution that utilizes Cisco Aironet product in conjunction with Bluesocket secure gateways. Implemented the first phase of the project scheduled for this year.
Security Consultant, Electronic Arts, 6/2002 - 12/2002.
Electronic Arts is the world's largest computer gaming company.
Led a team conducting security audits and penetration testing on the IT infrastructures for the Earth & Beyond and The Sims Online games, which included Linux and Solaris servers and Cisco routers.
Provided the client with an extensive analysis of the results, risks and recommendations.
Achieved and exceeded client's goal of deploying a highly secure on-line game infrastructure.
IT Architect/Manager Consultant, Virtual Health Networks, 2/2002 - 9/2002.
Designed the IT infrastructures for a high-transaction medical ASP, including PKI, S/MIME, LDAP, Apache, Qmail, DNS, PIX, and Internet access.
Managed the IT Operations team and acted as the liaison between IT Operations and development.
Closely worked with the business development team to translate the business requirements into an efficient IT solution.
Successfully achieved client's goal of deploying a highly secure ASP infrastructure.
Security Consultant, zipRealty, 4/2002 - 7/2002.
zipRealty is a leading online real estate broker.
Performed a security assessment of the entire production IT infrastructure and provided the client with a detailed analysis of the results, risks and recommendations.
Hardened the operating system (Linux) of each production server.
Hardened the configuration of the productions Cisco routers, including BGP.
Provide the client with tools, procedures, and documentation to build new Linux servers automatically and securely.
Chief Security Officer Consultant, AuctionWatch, 5/2001 - 9/2001.
Acted as Chief Security Officer for a high-transaction on-line auctions web site. Responsible for all the aspect of corporate and production IT Security.
Performed in-depth security assessments of the corporate and production IT infrastructures.
Designed a multi-layer security infrastructure for the production web site to meet the stringent security requirements dictated by the business.
IT Architect/Director Consultant, Telephia, 3/2000 - 3/2002.
Telephia is the leading provider of essential market intelligence for the wireless industry.
Acted as interim IT Director for the client. Successfully managed all the aspects of the IT Operations for the production Data Center.
Designed and deployed the Data Center for the production web site, which included Cisco routers, Cisco switches, LocalDirector, Solaris, Linux, Windows NT, NetApp, PIX, Netscreen, VPN, secure Internet access, Sendmail, DNS, and Apache.
Built, managed, and mentored the IT Operations team.
Successfully relocated the entire Data Center in 48 hours with minimum downtime.
Negotiated costs for hardware, software, and services on behalf of the client.
Chief Security Officer Consultant, Egreetings Network, 8/1999 - 6/2001.
Egreetings is one of the largest online greeting card provider.
Acted as Chief Security Officer for the client. Responsible for all facets of IT Security for Corporate and the production web site with millions of visitors per day.
Deployed and managed IT Security infrastructures including hardened Solaris servers, hardened Cisco routers, PIX, point-to-point and mobile VPN, SecurID, DNS, Sendmail, Postfix, Apache, IDS, anti-virus systems.
Chief Security Officer Consultant, Logistix, 5/1997 - 12/2001.
Acted as Chief Security Officer for the client. Responsible for all the aspects of IT Security, Email, DNS, VPN, and customer extranets.
Designed and deployed a firewall infrastructure, DNS, Email, anti-virus system, and anti-spam system.
Designed and deployed a large international VPN connecting US, Asia, Europe, Central America, and South America and reducing the operational costs in excess of $1M per year.
Negotiated and renegotiated several key vendor agreements.
Mentored and coached the IT Operations team.
Employment
IT Director, IDE, San Francisco, CA, 8/1995 - 8/1996.
Responsible for all aspects of the company's IT infrastructure including servers (Sun, HP, DEC, SGI, IBM), Windows workstations, WAN, routers, firewalls, terminal servers, and modem banks.
Restructured and consolidated the Data Center reducing the operating costs by 30%.
Successfully managed, coached, and mentored the IT Operations team.
IT Manager, Schlumberger GeoQuest, Corte Madera, CA, 8/1994 - 8/1995.
Managed a network consisting of several Sun and NT servers, Windows clients, Cisco routers and switches.
Improved the efficiency of the entire network and reduced the operating costs by 40% integrating the Unix and the Windows NT storage infrastructure.
Senior System and Network Engineer, Andersen Consulting, Minneapolis, MN, 1/1994 - 8/1994.
Supported a production network of approximately 1,000 Solaris and SunOS servers, several Cisco routers and switches on a 24x7 basis.
Designed and implemented a high availability network of servers and the corporate firewall infrastructure.
Senior System Administrator, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1/1993 - 1/1994.
Administered and maintained a network of SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX, Sendmail, DNS, and News servers for the Electrical Engineering Department.
Responsible for the security incident response team.
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Physics, University of Genova, Italy.
Continuing Education, Computer Science core classes, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Pursuing CISSP certification (expected 6/2006).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
President and Treasurer of BayLISA (Bay Area Large Installation Systems Administration) 1999 - 2003.
Instructor at San Jose State University Professional Development Center.
Member of the Advisory Board of San Jose State University Professional Development Center
Member of USENIX, SAGE, ISSA, and InfraGard.
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