Jack (Yaakov) Bezalel

Current

IT Manager, Security Manager at CA
IT Manager, Security Manager at Computer Associates

Past

IT Manager, Security Manager at Memco
IT Manager at Phoenix Insurance company

Education

SANS
SANS
Singalovsky

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Jack (Yaakov) Bezalel’s Summary

I have successful experience of ~25 years running all IT operations supporting leading products development, marketing, sales, operations groups.

I am specialized in the complete life cycle for hundreds of Unix systems (Linux - Redhat/SuSE & more, Solaris, HPUX, AIX and more), Windows platforms, Novell.

I have managed the deployment of High availability Systems and Clusters for all those Operating Systems), Virtualization solutions (VMware ESX, HP VM, more), supporting many hardware types (Itanium, X64, X86, s390, zSeries, PA-RISC, more), Storage solutions from NetAP, EMC and others, management and security products implementations.

Jack (Yaakov) Bezalel’s Specialties:

I am well aware of how to collaborate with the different teams in both small companies and large corporations. The results are happy IT users, raving company customers, revenue growth and massive collaboration of IT Team within the company as well as with vendors, suppliers and IT professionals across the industry.
I have handled purchases and negotiations, budget plans, environment setup for different teams, transition and deployment of services and applications, support and expert advisory.

Jack (Yaakov) Bezalel’s Experience

IT Manager, Security Manager

CA

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

September 1999 — Present (10 years 3 months)

Manager for all IT operations supporting the leading CA product.
Specialized in the complete life cycle for hundreds of Unix systems (Linux - Redhat/SuSE & more, Solaris, HPUX, AIX and more), Windows platforms, Novell, Clusters for all those Operating Systems), Virtualization solutions (VMware ESX, HP VM, more), supporting many hardware types (Itanium, X64, X86, s390, zSeries, PA-RISC, more), Storage solutions from NetAP, EMC and others, management and security products implementations.
IT Manager, Security Manager

Computer Associates

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CAI; Computer Software industry)

September 1999 — Present (10 years 3 months)

Manager for all IT operations supporting the leading CA product.
Specialized in the complete life cycle for hundreds of Unix systems (Linux - Redhat/SuSE & more, Solaris, HPUX, AIX and more), Windows platforms, Novell, Clusters for all those Operating Systems), Virtualization solutions (VMware ESX, HP VM, more), supporting many hardware types (Itanium, X64, X86, s390, zSeries, PA-RISC, more), Storage solutions from NetAP, EMC and others, management and security products implementations.
IT Manager, Security Manager

Memco

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 1998 — September 1999 (1 year 9 months)

Manager for all IT operations supporting the leading Memco product.
Specialized in the complete life cycle for hundreds of Unix systems (Linux - Redhat/SuSE & more, Solaris, HPUX, AIX and more), Windows platforms, Novell, Clusters for all those Operating Systems), Virtualization solutions (VMware and others), supporting many hardware types (Itanium, X86, s390, zSeries, PA-RISC, more), Storage solutions, management and security products implementations.
IT Manager

Phoenix Insurance company

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry)

January 1994 — January 1998 (4 years 1 month)

Manager of teams supporting Databases (Oracle, DG/SQL), Operating Systems (Solaris, HPUX, DG/UX, Windows, Novell), Applications Development support, Network Support (Nortel, Cisco), Security support.
Responsible of this one of the biggest insurance companies in Israel for transitioning from Mainframe type systems to Open Systems.
Customers for our systems included ~3000 people.

Jack (Yaakov) Bezalel’s Education

SANS

GCIH , Security , 2006 — 2006
SANS

GCFA , Security , 2005 — 2005
Singalovsky

Computer 1986 — 1988

Additional Information

Jack (Yaakov) Bezalel’s Websites:

Jack (Yaakov) Bezalel’s Interests:

IT & Technologies, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Learning and Teaching. Empowering people.

Jack (Yaakov) Bezalel’s Groups:

MIT Enterprise Forum of Israel, Windows IT Pro faceboook group., Internet Marketing, Friday Traffic Newsletter (Authority Sites)

Online Marketing, Web Analytics, and E-commerce Group -- WebAnalysts.Info
STKI (META Group Israel) employees, alumni and friends
Application Virtualization
IT Specialist Group
eMarketing Association Network
Venture Capital Cafe (+5000 Members)
The UNIX and Linux Forums Users
MIT Enterprise Forum of Israel
ThoseinMedia
Linux Expert
GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst
IT Professionals-Infrastructure&Tech http://budurl.com/ITmm
Israel Entrepreneur Network (3000+)
Online Lead Generation
Digital Marketing
Unix and Linux Professionals Europe
Automation Engineers
SQAforums
SMB Professionals Group
UNIX United Professionals
Test automation
QA Test Automation
Work@Home Community
IT Core Infrastructure
System Administrators
QAGuild Network
IT HELP DESK
Tel Aviv Entrepreneur Meetup - www.tech-scene.co.il
Computing Tips and Tools for Home and Small Business Owners (http://bestitfriend.org)
IT Professionals - Infrastructure & Technology Job Opportunities
מאמן כושר
Buy and Sell Computers and IT Stuff
SuperGroup Founders
The Group Leaders Forum
Linked Strategies
UnEmployed
IT/ IS Manager in Israel
Strategic use of IT
פורום מנמר - מנמ"ר - מנמרים - מנהלי מערכות מידע (http://itprofessional-mastermind.com)
Sun Startup Essentials
קידום אתרים
iPhones in Medicine
Automation Engineers Technical Group
Sales and Marketing Professionals Promoting Israeli High-Tech in the USA
Corporate Planning & Global Industry Segmentation
שיווק באינטרנט
The Daily Buzz
How to Fight The Swine Flu - Virus VS. Mankind