Adrian Ortiz

Current

• Senior Technical Consultant at Minerva Enterprises

Past

• Part-Time Ballroom Dance Instructor (Self-employed)
• IT Engineer at San Diego County Sheriff
• PC Technician at San Diego Unified School District

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Education

• San Diego State University-California State University

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company

Adrian Ortiz’s Summary

www.MinervaE.com

Minerva Enterprises - IT Service and Asset Management Consulting

Minerva Enterprises is a consulting firm focused on IT Asset Management and Service Management. We are big enough to deliver, small enough to care.

We work closely with our clients to design strategies and specific processes to implement IT Service and Asset Management that enable consistent execution of their processes and policies.

We work with our clients to develop a market-based budgeting approach using FullCost methodology to develop close alignment with their customer base. This is a comprehensive, proven, rapid way to develop an effective Service Catalog with defined services and rates.

We help our clients achieve pragmatic, cost-effective solutions aligned with industry good practices such as ITIL, IAITAM, and CobiT.

We provide technology implementation consulting and supportive management process coaching for our client IT organizations so they can achieve true success with their changes related to improving how they operate. We help clients create innovative solutions that improve the effectiveness of their asset management and service management processes.

We are business partners with HP Software. We have great depth of experience with products, originally produced by Peregrine Systems, that are now part of the HP Service Management and Client Automation Center product lines.
Specialties:

IT Financial and Asset Management. Service Catalog development, AssetCenter, IT Service Management, ServiceCenter, Enterprise Discovery/DDM, ITIL, Project Management, FullCost modeling for IT organizations

Adrian Ortiz’s Specialties:

DDMI, AssetCenter Web, AssetCenter, MS SQL, MySQL

Adrian Ortiz’s Experience

• Senior Technical Consultant

  Minerva Enterprises

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  July 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)

  Adrián joined Minerva Enterprises in 2005 with almost fifteen years of information technology experience in the public sector. Adrián has become Minerva's lead technical expert in HP Enterprise Discovery and MySQL. He has participated in several AssetCenter implementations and upgrades and has developed a strong familiarity with both AssetCenter and Connect-It.

• Part-Time Ballroom Dance Instructor

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Performing Arts industry)

  February 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 5 months)

  Part time Ballroom dance instructor teaching Foxtrot, Waltz, Tango, Rumba, Cha-Cha, Swing, Hustle, Salsa and Wedding Dances.
  
  Taught out of the Cheek 2 Cheek Dance Studio located in the Pacific Beach area of San Diego.

• IT Engineer

  San Diego County Sheriff

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Law Enforcement industry)

  1996 — June 2005 (9 years)

  Adrián started off his career heavily involved in PC and LAN support for the San Diego City School District. He then worked for eight years with the San Diego Sheriff’s Department. At the time of his departure from the Sheriff’s Department he was the lead content management analyst, having helped design, implement and manage several systems including the Sheriff's department’s toxicology reporting, criminal records and inmate medical records systems.

• PC Technician

  San Diego Unified School District

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Education Management industry)

  1991 — 1996 (5 years)

  Worked as a PC Technician for the School to Carrier Division

Adrian Ortiz’s Education

• San Diego State University-California State University

  BS , Information and Decision Systems , 2000 — 2003

  Adrian currently holds:
  • Foundations Certificate in IT Service Management (EXIN) – ITIL v.3
  • Certified Hardware Asset Management Profesional – IAITAM
  • Certified Software Asset Manager – IAITAM
  • HP AssetCenter Certification
  • CDIA+ Certification

Additional Information

Adrian Ortiz’s Websites:

• My Company

Adrian Ortiz’s Interests:

Ballroom Dancing, SCUBA Diving

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