Paul Cimino

Experience

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  United States Marine Corps

  Apr 1993 - Apr 1999

  Sergeant (2818)

  Maintained and accounted for all battalion IT assets valued in excess of $3 million through four years and two global deployments.Supervised and/or installed several network infrastructure upgrades.Implemented the battalions first internal, secure email system and trained all staff officers on the proper use.Prepared and taught classes to end users on software use and proper network procedures.Wrote new technology procedures and safeguards to protect IT assets.Meritoriously promoted to Sergeant.Honorably discharged.Boot Camp at Parris Island - 3rd Bn Kilo Co Plt 3061School in 29 Palms - MCAGCC, Basic Electronics and DataCom repair2/4, 2/6 2nd Marine Division H&S Bn Comm Co 2d FSSGMEU USS Wasp - 1995Corporal's Leadership CourseCooperative OspreyPanama - 1997Meritorious promotion to SergeantMWTC Okinawa UDP - 1998Held a Secret security clearance. Show less

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  Kurtz Bros., Inc

  Mar 1999 - May 2005

  IT Manager

  Recruited to take over and lead all network and server administration for a $25 million company with 13 retail and wholesale locations. Immediately collaborated with IT manager and company ownership to design short-term upgrade path to replace antiquated hardware, reducing costs and increasing reliability and stability.Promoted to Information Technology Manager within two years and supervised a full-time staff of four including network administrators, help desk, and software developers. Led and successfully completed a high profile move of the company headquarters that included a significant infrastructure upgrade, voice system replacement, building upgrade and rewiring, and complete segmentation of technology assets into a secure, redundant environment.Helped design and implement a complete migration of accounting processes to new software including a replacement of the POS system at all remote locations. This upgrade introduced POS credit card processing and automated delivery scheduling resulting is significant cost savings for the company and faster service for their customers. Show less

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  PRADCO

  Jun 2005 - now

  - Infrastructure including Windows Server 2012R2 hosts and VM's, Active Directory, DNS, SQL Server 2008 & 2012, SSRS, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Azure VM's, Azure web applications, Azure SQL Database instances, and Azure virtual networking.- SSRS report writing using stored procedures, complex SQL queries, and Nevron charting software.- Information Security creating and writing policies, Juniper firewall configuration and management, Windows network monitoring, O365 security configuration, MFA implementation and monitoring, endpoint security, product evaluation and implementation, and end user training.- Day to day support and help desk. Show less Created and led various technology projects with multiple third-party consulting companies to accomplish IT goals. Projects included moving the company to a new location, complete rewrite of critical web application, upgrade company-wide voice system to latest VoIP technology, and streamlining infrastructure hardware to reduce costs and leverage virtualization to maximize return on investment.Develop and align IT goals to compliment overall company strategic plan. Drive new technologies to keep the business at the forefront of their industry.Evaluate, design, implement, and test a company-wide business continuity and disaster recovery plan covering all of information technology as well as other critical business segments.Upgrade and implement all hardware and software to meet company long range goals. Develop system integrations to provide seamless data flow to greatly improve internal processes resulting in significant time and cost savings.Guide client integrations to streamline customer processes and help foster long term relationships. Show less

  • Vice President, Technology & Operations

    Aug 2024 - now

  • Product Manager

    Mar 2021 - Aug 2024

  • IT Operations

    Jan 2017 - Aug 2024

  • Director of IT

    Jun 2005 - Dec 2016