Experienced global professional in IT and Operations
London, United Kingdom
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- Infrastructure Manager at Trafigura
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- Head of Infrastructure at OILspace
- Instructor - Information Technology at US Navy - Naval Submarine School, Subase New London
- Senior Network Analyst at US Navy - USS ALASKA (SSBN 732)
- Education
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- ECSU
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Justin Cook’s Summary
More than ten years experience in computer information systems and computer science. A background of secure, high-available, and mission-critical systems used in US Navy submarine weapons systems and logistics and application service providers. Experience with director responsibilities in information technology and operation roles.
jhcook@gmail.com
Justin Cook’s Specialties:
Personnel management and motivation, enterprise technology infrastructure, highly-available architectures, long-term vision, corporate operations, team building, training and instruction, TCP/IP, UNIX, Linux, Windows, IP Switching/Routing, Routing protocols, Java/C/C++ programming, security, intrusion detection, network management tools, SAN storage, RAID, disaster recovery, policy development, goals, mentoring, equipment lifecycle.
Justin Cook’s Experience
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Infrastructure Manager
Trafigura
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)
January 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)
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Head of Infrastructure
OILspace
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2005 — December 2006 (2 years)
Crucial role in leading technical and product development teams; formulate long- and short-term strategic business plans. In charge of global IT infrastructure that delivers services to traders and other clientele. Direct a diverse staff of system and database administrators, network engineers, script developers, security, release management, and helpdesk personnel. Prioritize action items and control budget for global telecommunications, asset lifecycle, and growth. Initiate policies and technology that streamline performance, integrate assets, and manage risk. Control global assets of 200 servers distributed from New York, London, Moscow, Russia, Shanghai, China, and Singapore that interface with 3rd party vendors, such as Nymex, IPE, Comstock, and Platts. Serve as primary liaison with infrastructure vendor partnerships, including Redhat, Sun Microsystems, Cisco, and IBM.
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Instructor - Information Technology
US Navy - Naval Submarine School, Subase New London
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
April 2001 — January 2005 (3 years 10 months)
Subject-matter expert for the US submarine forces’ most complex integrated data processing system consisting of ATM, Solaris and NT servers, and storage area networks. Instructed enlisted and officer personnel in the complex field of network administration. Taught network security to advanced administrators – included contingency planning, network and user policies, security risks, and firewalls.
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Senior Network Analyst
US Navy - USS ALASKA (SSBN 732)
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Networking industry)
June 1996 — April 2001 (4 years 11 months)
Directed ship wide network including NT, Novell, and HP-UX servers to deliver a wide variety of mission critical data and services. Supervised all aspects and decisions regarding the operation and administration of the submarine’s local area network. Developed policies and implemented new services to improve network performance and responsiveness. Developed training goals, assessments and lectures for the work center, network users, and administrators. Performed and supervised troubleshooting of numerous system-wide technical faults on data processing systems, monitoring systems, and weapons control systems. Administered a preventative maintenance system that led to virtually 100% mission-critical operational up time.
