Jeromy Giacosa

Current

• Director of Information Technology at PICO Holdings, Inc.
• Director of IT at Integrant, Inc.

Past

• Director of IT at Triad Therapeutics, Inc.
• Lead Systems Engineer at Connex

Education

• Bellevue University
• Palomar College

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company

Jeromy Giacosa’s Summary

• 10 years hands-on IT experience

• Self-motivated and innovative problem solver experienced with crisis management, allows me to persistently meet demanding objectives and excel in fast-paced environments

• Excellent communication and documentation skills with extensive experience preparing for and passing IT audits for public (SOX Section 404, audited by Deloitte & Touche) and private non-profit (self imposed, audited by Grant Thornton) companies

• Build loyal, self-sustaining teams by recruiting top performers and providing them responsibility, authority, autonomy, and accountability fostering overall teamwork and achievement of common goals

• Project management experience developing detailed project plans aligned to IT budgets and teaching project management to team leads

• Public, private, non-profit, and start-up company experience managing rapid growth, complex operations, and downsizing

• Conceptual thinker with proven leadership abilities who’s decisive and diplomatic character produce win-win solutions

Jeromy Giacosa’s Specialties:

• Managing projects and budgets

• Outsourcing, offshoring, and consulting experience

• Recruiting and supervising staff

• Developing and implementing procedures

• Problem-solving and analysis skills

• Developing and documenting secure infrastructures

• Complying with section 404 Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Jeromy Giacosa’s Experience

• Director of Information Technology

  PICO Holdings, Inc.

  (Investment Management industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

• Director of IT

  Integrant, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2004 — Present (5 years 4 months)

  • Successfully develop outsourced IT services as a new business line
  
  • Built a compelling business case for combining onshore and offshore IT services
  
  • Responsible for recruiting, supervising and retaining a team of talented Engineers
  
  • Oversee all IT Operations:
  - Network Administration
  - Account, project, and budget management
  - Developed:
  * IT Assessments / Gap Analyses
  * Service Level Agreements (SLA)
  * Statements of Work (SOW)
  * Service Level Reports (SLR)
  - Build and maintain servers and workstations
  * Windows, SUN, SGI, and Linux
  - Configure and support hardware
  * Routers, switches, firewalls and storage
  - Business continuity planning and annual testing
  - Help desk support
  - Collocation builds and systems monitoring
  - Standardized documentation templates for:
  * Policies, procedures, training manuals, and how-to tutorials
  - SOX and general audits of IT controls

• Director of IT

  Triad Therapeutics, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Biotechnology industry)

  October 1999 — April 2004 (4 years 7 months)

  • Managed IT operations for administration, chemistry, biology, enzymology, informatics, and NMR, including a datacenter of 50 multiplatform servers (Windows, Solaris, SGI, and Linux) and 70 desktops (Windows, SGI, and Linux)
  
  • Worked closely with management on overall strategy of technology integration to facilitate company goal of accelerating small molecule drug discovery
  
  • Designed the network infrastructure for multiple facilities and executed multiple facility moves
  
  • Negotiated over a quarter of a million dollars in savings for initial purchases and renewal fees for maintenance and support contracts
  
  • Streamlined processes to create efficiency across multiple departments
  
  • Implemented videoconferencing and Voice Over IP solutions
  
  • Purchase and installation of Cisco VOIP phone system, develop and implementation of backup strategies, and configured equipment for data capture
  
  • Managed three quarters of a million dollars annual budget

• Lead Systems Engineer

  Connex

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer Networking industry)

  April 1998 — October 1999 (1 year 7 months)

  • Network Consulting: Advanced network administration, design, and implementation for multiple clients
  
  • Designed and implemented “turnkey” network solutions for multiple clients
  
  • Presales technical support representative assisting in the sales cycle
  
  • Administered over 25 different networks including multiple operating systems and diverse hardware environments

Jeromy Giacosa’s Education

• Bellevue University

  BS , Management of Information Systems , 2004 — 2005

  Dean’s Scholars List, 2 consecutive semesters

• Palomar College

  AA , General , 1991 — 1996

Additional Information

Jeromy Giacosa’s Websites:

• My Company

Jeromy Giacosa’s Interests:

research cutting edge technologies, reviewing software applications, all family activities, watching: (movies, sitcoms, and cartoons)

Jeromy Giacosa’s Groups:

San Diego IT Directors Group

•    BlackBerry Cool

Jeromy Giacosa’s Honors:

Dean’s Scholars List, 2 consecutive semesters

Jeromy Giacosa’s Contact Settings

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