Greg Matuskovic

Experience

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  Pepsi Beverages Company

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1999

  Network Analyst, US Implementation Team

  • Executed U.S. field implementation of Windows NT Workstation 4.0 across 8000 desktops.• Built and tested NetWare 411 software and hardware standards for Pepsi field locations nationwide, and installed final solution in 450 remote sites across the country.

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  Conneq, Inc.

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2002

  Senior Systems Engineer

  Designed and engineered Internet-based solutions for firms in the Southern California region, to include Internet connectivity, Internet security, network design, and database installation/monitoring. Managed all projects throughout the entire life cycle, from pre-sales cycle to job completion and delivery; directed team of 4 personnel and ensured accuracy across project scope and results.• Gained expansive, in-depth knowledge of Windows 2000 and Active Directory through on-the-job experience, classroom training, and self-study; migrated mid-sized networks to Windows 2000 Server/Advanced server and rolled out Windows 2000 Professional workstations using Microsoft SysPrep utility and Symantec Ghost.• Conducted thorough security analysis for clients and provided solutions to improve overall security by at least 90% using applications such as ISS Internet Scanner, CyberCop Scanner, RSA ACE/Server with SecurID Tokens, and CyberGuard Firewall.• Implemented a Cisco Voice over IP (VoIP) network solution for a manufacturing company across the Southern California area and Mexico Show less

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  L7 Technology, LLC

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2007

  Managing Partner

  Oversaw all aspects of business operations from client development and contract negotiations, proposals, project management, billing, accounting, and HR functions. Led team of ~5 direct reports to achieve project objectives on-time and within budget; assembled results-oriented teams of consultants and matched resources with appropriate clients. Examined several solutions for each client to determine the cost benefit for each option; built relationships with clients by communicating effectively throughout all phases of engagement, to include initial meetings, proposal presentations, and final delivery. Designed disaster recovery plan with 3 levels of RTOs and RPOs, and performed cost analysis for city government.• Employed Microsoft IIS, SQL Server, Commerce Server, and Dell hardware to build backend web/database infrastructure for one of the largest online retailer of motorcycle parts and equipment.• Constructed high-availability datacenter space and sold services to clients as a fully managed service with connectivity, security, hardware, software, management, backups, and integration.• Executed a large-scale Active Directory and Exchange 2003 rollout to 4,500 users and transferred systems from disparate platforms across the organization.• Set up SAN for image storage functions within the Web’s largest device personalization service and replicated data to redundant SAN offsite for security purposes. Show less

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  EMB

  Jul 2007 - Jan 2011

  IT Manager, North America

  Manage all IT systems for locations in North America; maintain connectivity and uptime to ensure smooth workflow for all users. Research and implement new technologies, with a focus on preparing budgets that encompass all required updates, infrastructure, and architecture to keep EMB ahead of its competitors. Collaborate with directors and cross-department leaders to align business needs with IT systems; communicate with enterprise clients on the design, planning, and implementation of EMB software in various environments. Engage with offices around the globe to align IT initiatives and architecture, and move the company toward reaching long-term objectives.• Grew the U.S. operations and IT infrastructure EMB from a single office to a multi-site, multi-national organization across North America with 2 datacenters achieving 99.9% availability.• Migrated systems to virtualized desktop environment to optimize resource utilization and unify user experience across all resources; constructed redundant MPLS network to maximize reliability to centralized resources. Reduced IT expenditures on desktop and server hardware; consolidated server hardware by 50%.• Established unified communications with Microsoft and Cisco technologies to increase employee productivity and slash telecom expenses by 80%.• Designed comprehensive business continuity plan to meet 2-hour recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs) for the business. Show less

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  WTW

  Feb 2011 - now

  Lead global team of solution architects for the Insurance Consulting and Technology line of business to drive cloud adoption for existing and new products and solutions.Established new architecture, deployment, and operations practices for product families to ensure reliable and secure delivery of products.Guide research and development for new technologies, tools, and processes to deliver innovative solutions that expand our SaaS product offerings.Adopt industry standards for many topics including automation, compliance, and reporting. Show less An integral member of the Global Technology Consulting Group concentrating on enterprise architecture and implementation of cloud-based solutions and high-performance computing environments for the risk and financial service markets. Involved in a variety of IT related roles, including:• Provide professional services to clients to optimize system architecture and maximize performance of delivered software• Application research and development• Service delivery and datacenter management• Global support for all risk consulting applicationsWorked closely with many enterprise clients to support the design and implementation of their risk software environments. Some of these areas include server and storage architecture, network design, server and application virtualization, end user computing platforms and performance benchmarking and analysis. Show less

  • Head of Technology Consulting

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Director Solutions Architecture

    Jan 2018 - now

  • Senior Technology Consultant

    Feb 2011 - Dec 2017