Senior Technology Executive: Enterprise Network Architecture, IT Operations, Information Security & Compliance
Greater New York City Area
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- VP, IT Operations & Information Security at ARGI (Automated Resources Group)
- Vice President, IT Operations at ARGI
- Committee Member at NJCSDA
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- Past
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- Founding Member at Life Rebuilders, Inc.
- Director, Server Operations & Security at Warner Music Group
- Director, Internet Operations at The Princeton Review
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- Education
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- Atlantic Union College
- Greater New York Academy
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Andrew Baker’s Summary
Accomplished executive with broad technology expertise and proven track record of generating sustainable business results through implementation of effective processes and controls, design and deployment of superior technology infrastructure, and strategic and tactical leadership of IT teams.
Delivering secure, innovative, cost-effective business solutions for organizations in a variety of verticals, including: Internet, Consulting, Finance, New Media, Entertainment, Education and Publishing.
Providing active thought leadership on business and technology issues via mailing lists, technical forums, blogs, professional networking groups, and ongoing contributions to podcasts, webinars, and technical/business magazine articles.
Active membership on several boards and committees for non-profit organizations, and also within the Seventh-day Adventist church.
KEY CONTRIBUTIONS:
• Reduced costs, and improved performance, flexibility and security of a hosted application environment by modernizing the infrastructure to include server and storage virtualization technologies.
• Chief architect behind a global Active Directory 2003 infrastructure supporting 4000 users across 35+ countries. Led the NY-based team that performed the user migrations and supported the teams that subsequently rolled out Exchange 2003.
• Developed and implemented the policies and procedures to improve IT operational performance by over 75%, including system and application uptime, help-desk response time, and tickets resolved per week.
• Led several infrastructure teams in the deployment of a global Financial Reporting and Forecasting system which was ultimately used by over 100 business users worldwide.
• Implemented a comprehensive Information Security program for a global organization to significantly mitigate security risk for the business, and support regulatory compliance initiatives.
• Developed and managed annual operating budgets ranging from $200K to $5.5M.
Andrew Baker’s Specialties:
LEADING & MANAGING PEOPLE:
• Building Strong IT teams
• Mentoring & Nurturing Leaders
• Vendor & Business Partner Relationships
MANAGING PROCESSES:
• Improving Operational Efficiency
• Change Management & Process Improvement
• Management & Mitigation of IT-related Business Risk
DELIVERING SOLUTIONS via TECHNOLOGY:
• Scripting & Automation
• Network Architecture & Design
• Information Security & Compliance
• Vulnerability & Threat Assessment
• DataCenter Build-outs & Migrations
Additional Information
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Andrew Baker’s Interests:
New Technology, Building and mentoring IT Teams, Reading, Basketball, Bicycle Riding, Chess, Computer RPGs, Strategy Games
Andrew Baker’s Contact Settings
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