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Conrad L. Macina

168 Orben Drive

Landing, NJ 07850

(973) 398-2952, cell (917) 217-9172

cmacina at nac dot net

Summary: Strong experience with Hands-on Technical Management, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Shell Scripting, Unix Administration, Planning, Performance Analysis, Troubleshooting, and Communications.

Hardware: Sun/Solaris, Compaq/DEC, StorageTek tape libraries, DLT7000 and LTO Ultrium tape drives, EMC and Hitachi disk arrays

Software: Unix (Solaris, TRU-64, AIX), Legato NetWorker, shell scripting (ksh), awk, perl, Veritas Volume Manager and File System, EMC BCV and SRDF

Communications: TCP/IP, PPP, X.25, RJE

5/02 to Present: Team Leader, Data Protection
Pfizer, Inc.
201 Tabor Road, Morris Plains NJ 07590

Team Leader of a group of three, responsible for eight Legato NetWorker master servers and seven storage nodes backing up 300+ Sun/Solaris and Intel/Win2K servers (about 30-50 TB per day).
Review and remediate backup and software failures
Write shell scripts for jukebox maintenance (eject tapes for off-site, request and label blank and recyclable tapes), gap analysis (systems and save sets not being backed up) and monitoring (log messages, software anomalies).
Document procedures for Operations, level 2 backup support and Disaster Recovery tests.
Planned and implemented two new data zones, one with three storage nodes. Planned and implemented client and storage node migration to the new data zones.
Participated in Disaster Recovery tests at our off-site location
General Solaris administration: installing and upgrading operating systems and software products, managing patch installation, configuring kernel parameters, troubleshooting, system tuning, capacity planning, performance analysis, contingency planning and interfacing with vendors.

2/01 to 11/01: Manager of Unix Systems
National Discount Brokers
90 Hudson St., Jersey City NJ 07302

Manager of a group of seven System Administrators responsible for approximately 300 Sun Solaris servers affecting all aspects of ndb.com’s business: Web site, voice response, securities trading, customer service, mail and backups. 24x7x365 coverage for problem resolution
"Hands on" activities included shell scripting, e-mail maintenance (Sun Internet Mail Services), communication support and documentation
Sponsored internal projects to enhance security, reliability and operability.
Headed up an effort to implement SAN technology, comparing competitive offerings from EMC, Hitachi and Xiotech

11/98 to 2/01: Unix System Administrator
Toys "R" Us
61 Walsh Drive, Parsippany NJ 07054

Lead administrator responsible for installing, configuring and managing fifty single- and multi-processor Unix systems, primarily Sun/Solaris and Compaq/Digital Unix but also including IBM AIX. The systems support all aspects of Toys "R" Us National Operations, including E-commerce, inventory & warehousing and report generation.
Created a complete set of operations and administrative documentation covering all aspects of Unix system management.
Worked with EMC Symmetrix and Hitachi 7700E disk arrays, and with EMC’s SRDF (Symmetrix Remote Data Facility).

3/96 to 11/98: System Administrator
National Discount Brokers
7 Hanover Square, 4th Floor, New York NY 10004

Responsible for multiprocessor clustered Sequent systems supporting NDB's Internet and Voice Response Trading, and Customer Service. Configured and maintained files and raw data spaces on an array of disk devices using Veritas Volume Manager. Monitored the installation to eliminate disk "hot spots." Conducted initial training and ongoing management for an off-hours operations staff. Implemented and maintain a 3770 SNA RJE link with a back office vendor. Configured and support ten X.25 communications links which transmit orders to our trading partners and receive execution reports. Formulated and implemented a backup strategy, a cluster-to-cluster switchover procedures, node-to-node failover policies and automated diagnostic reporting.

2/83 to 3/96:  Assistant Vice President
               Chemical Banking Corp. (previously Manufacturers Hanover Trust)
               4 New York Plaza, 14th Floor, New York NY 10004

Manager, Service Delivery Systems:

Manager of Production Support for PRISM, a client/server imaging application in the Retirement Investment Center. Responsible for HP 9000 servers running HP-UX, Informix and workflow automation software. System Administrator for multiple HP-UX and AT&T servers. Managed software rollouts and distribution to the client workstations. Designed and implemented a voice response system for the Express Phone Customer Service Area, worked on expert systems, voice response units and imaging systems, and was Manager of System Development for the EXCEL Home Banking product.

Prior to 2/83:

Held a variety of programming and management positions at European American Bank, Western Union International, National Broadcasting Company, Western Union Telegraph, Securities Industry Automation Corporation and Western Electric/Bell Labs.

Education: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48104