Rob Alter

Current

• Global Technology Architect at Cerner Corporation

Past

• PCA Manager - Washington, D.C. at US Treasury
• Business Development Manager at bIT360
• Owner - São Paulo, Brazil at Serengeti Enterprises

• Senior IT Manager - São Paulo, Brazil at Verisign
• IT Technical Operations Manager - Brazil at BellSouth International
• IT Manager - BellSouth Region 2 at BellSouth Cellular
• Systems Engineer at ComputerLand

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Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website

Rob Alter’s Summary

Extensive experience in network design, data center implementation, project management, network security and troubleshooting.

Rob Alter’s Specialties:

Startup Technical Consultant
MCSE
CONTROL-M
Assembly, Python
Network design and analysis
Telecom Design, Implementation
Data Center Architecture and Buildout
Skills in Audio/Video Post Production (Premiere Pro, Audition, After Effects, PhotoShop)

Rob Alter’s Experience

• Global Technology Architect

  Cerner Corporation

  (Public Company; CERN; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2009 — Present (1 year 6 months)

• PCA Manager - Washington, D.C.

  US Treasury

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  May 2008 — February 2009 (10 months)

  Responsible for process control applications in payroll, accounting and human resources department.
  In a few short months I was quickly able to dramatically improve system stability and reliability by reengineering the production environment and rewriting all process controls. Tools used were BMC’s CONTROL-M, Perl Scripts, Windows/DOS Batch scripts, Python and SQL.
  Also responsible for daily management of development and production environments which include MS Windows Server 2003, MS SQL 2005 in multiple VMware Virtual environments.

• Business Development Manager

  bIT360

  (Information Services industry)

  January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)

  Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)
  Certified in Planning, Implementing and Maintaining a MS Server Active Directory Infrastructure (Certified November 2007, Exam # 070-294)
  Developed, designed and marketed new products for State Department and Bureau of Prisons.
  Responsible for expanding business model to Eastern United States.
  Developed government contacts for IT security services, virtual attendant products and State Department Consular VISA programs.
  Established new office in Washington, D.C. to service east coast clients and federal government offices.
  Technical consulting and contracting for large enterprise clients

• Owner - São Paulo, Brazil

  Serengeti Enterprises

  (Entertainment industry)

  March 2007 — December 2007 (10 months)

  Owned and operated a bar/restaurant with live music and entertainment. I was able to quickly renovate space and bring lively, exciting musical entertainment to the local community. On average we sold over 700 liters of beer nightly and enjoyed outstanding success. Building and managing this business to success was a very rewarding experience.

• Senior IT Manager - São Paulo, Brazil

  Verisign

  (Public Company; VRSN; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2001 — January 2007 (5 years 6 months)

  Responsible for the IT infrastructure and security at newly acquired telecommunications company, Embratel Clearinghouse.
  Project manager for implementing the technical infrastructure and data security for acquisition target, Embratel Clearinghouse, to a fully operational Verisign office. This project was brought online on time and under budget.
  Manager responsible for deployment of Brazilian Multimedia Messaging Service clearinghouse. All Brazilian cellular carriers now clear inter-carrier MMS through Verisign.
  Manager responsible for starting and designing local SS7 network in Brazil.
  Local field engineer for BCP Telecomunicações prepaid real time cellular billing system.
  Technical Project Manager for development and implementation of clearinghouse reporting system for South American customers. (Web based Oracle DB)

• IT Technical Operations Manager - Brazil

  BellSouth International

  (Telecommunications industry)

  December 1997 — August 2001 (3 years 9 months)

  Local technical operations manager for real time prepaid cellular billing system. System served over 1.5 million BCP Telecomunicações subscribers. Managed the design, implementation and support of system and redesigned the system from initial design specs of 250,000 customers to 1.5 million.
  Responsible for IT infrastructure of Florida and South American systems.
  Chief architect for the design of internal network, remote access, security, desktops and telecom infrastructure for offices and data center.
  Chief architect and project manager for design and construction of primary data center for South America Operations. Integrated data center with BellSouth MTSO to minimize cost. Data center build out came in on time and under budget.

• IT Manager - BellSouth Region 2

  BellSouth Cellular

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BLS; Telecommunications industry)

  October 1991 — December 1997 (6 years 3 months)

  Project manager and chief architect for design and build out of primary and all secondary data centers in the Midwest. (BellSouth Region 2)
  Technical project manager and architect for design and build out of 100,000 sq. foot corporate HQ building and primary customer care facility.
  Chief architect for design and build out of fifteen satellite offices and four secondary data centers for Wisconsin and Northern Illinois operations.
  Manager and chief architect for entire Region 2 data network and telecommunications infrastructure.

• Systems Engineer

  ComputerLand

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Networking industry)

  September 1983 — October 1991 (8 years 2 months)

  Responsible for network design, installation and technical sales support.

Rob Alter’s Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Physics 1985 — 1989

  Activities and Societies:

  Clincal Psychology Experimenter - Technical Systems Design

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Rob Alter’s Websites:

• My Website

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