Piast Siwek

Current

• Consultant (BI&W) at Oracle

Past

• Siebel Production Support Engineer at Microsoft
• System Administrator at Trimtab sp. z o.o.
• System Administrator at one 2 one communication sp. z o.o.

• Owner at SPiS (Self-employed)
• Computer Support Department Manager at K.O.T. sp. z o.o.

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Piast Siwek’s Summary

Microsoft Windows Servers and Workstations, MS SQL 2000 & 2005, HP Servers & Networking Devices, Unix, Oracle 10g, Oracle OWB

Piast Siwek’s Specialties:

MS Windows and Unix server administration, MS SQL and Oracle 10g server administration, mail system administration, security strategy architecture, machine park & network design and implementation

Piast Siwek’s Experience

• Consultant (BI&W)

  Oracle

  (Public Company; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

• Siebel Production Support Engineer

  Microsoft

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

  April 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 5 months)

• System Administrator

  Trimtab sp. z o.o.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 2006 — March 2007 (4 months)

  • Administration of servers hosting internet business application servers. Platforms included Windows 2003 Server, MS SQL 2000/2005, IIS 6.0, HP hardware (servers, tape libraries and RAID devices), and IBM (servers). Administration of network infrastructure (VPN, firewalls, routers etc) from Cisco and HP. Administration of Qmail mail server on Red Hat 9.0. Supporting a business environment based on Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 for ca. 50 users.
  • Tight collaboration with Development
  • Designing a hardware acquisition strategy
  • Negotiating with large IT hardware and service vendors
  • Implementing new instances of business applications from an operations standpoint – providing hardware, platform and network support.
  • Design and implementation of IT security policies

• System Administrator

  one 2 one communication sp. z o.o.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 2003 — November 2006 (3 years )

  • Administration of servers hosting internet business application servers. Platforms included Windows 2003 Server, MS SQL 2000/2005, IIS 6.0, HP hardware (servers, tape libraries and RAID devices), and IBM (servers). Administration of network infrastructure (VPN, firewalls, routers etc) from Cisco and HP. Administration of Qmail mail server on Red Hat 9.0. Supporting a business environment based on Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 for ca. 50 users.
  • Tight collaboration with Development
  • Designing a hardware acquisition strategy
  • Negotiating with large IT hardware and service vendors
  • Implementing new instances of business applications from an operations standpoint – providing hardware, platform and network support.
  • Design and implementation of IT security policies

• Owner

  SPiS (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 1998 — December 2003 (5 years 8 months)

  • Administration of Windows 9x, 2000, ME, NT, XP.
  • Design, implementation, configuration and operation of a WAN/LAN network based on Windows NT/2000, Novell, UNIX, MS Exchange and MS SQL.
  • Knowledge of hardware by largest IT vendors (Dell, Compaq, HP, IBM, others).
  • Setup and support of computer networks.
  • Providing support and training for Microsoft desktop products.
  • IT consulting, supporting hardware and software purchasing decisions.
  • Knowledge of current trends in IT.
  • Fast response time and ability to quickly solve both hardware and software users’ problems.

• Computer Support Department Manager

  K.O.T. sp. z o.o.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  November 1996 — May 1998 (1 year 7 months)

  • Providing corporate customers with support for Microsoft desktop software.
  • Individually-tailored systems configuration and administration for customers.
  • Consulting IT purchasing and administration decisions. Negotiating terms and conditions of purchase / delivery with vendors.
  • Direct collaboration with Development.
  • Hiring and managing a team of technicians.

Additional Information

Piast Siwek’s Honors:

Microsoft certification:
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) - Aug 2005
Microsoft exam:
Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition (70-229)

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