Ashish Dwivedi

Experience

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  SRG Computers Pvt Ltd

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1987

  Computer Engineer

  Responsible for coordinating with OEM (original equipment Manufacturer) for evaluation, testing and quality control of computer cards. Debugging and circuit level testing of computer cards.Training: * Testing and debugging of computer peripheral cards. * Quality control, PC Integration.

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  Wipro Infotech Ltd

  Jan 1990 - Apr 1994

  Sr. Field Engineering Specialist

  Responsible for providing pre and post Installation support to whole range of Micros, Minis and Mid-range machines with variety of peripherals on following hardware, software and operating systems.+ SUN SPARC Station and its peripherals, PC-NFS Ethernet Networking under SUN OS 4.1 environment.+ Mini Computers and its peripheral installation, local and remote terminals with line drivers, modems and Ethernet Networking under UNIX environment.+ IBM PC's hardware and its peripherals under MS-DOS, UNIX and +Novell Netware environment. Installation and support on PC database packagesTraining:* SUN OS and SUN Hardware & Peripherals * UNIX System Administration (AT&T UNIX, SCO UNIX-SRV-4)* Mini Computers and its peripherals (Intel, Motorola Processors)* Personal Computers and its peripherals* MS-DOS and Netware Operating Systems* Customer Relations training Show less

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  Govt. Computer Bureau, Republic of Nauru

  Sept 1994 - Feb 1996

  Manager, Computer Bureau

  Responsibilities: Joined Computer Bureau as Computer Engineer and promoted as Manager, Computer Bureau. I was responsible for system administration and maintenance of IBM Mainframe machines (AS/400 with OS/400) and its peripherals, which includes number of local and remote terminals connected to various departments. Also maintaining a large number of IBM PS/2, Intel Microprocessor based standalone computers (386, 486, Pentium machines), Novell Netware local Area Networking, Windows for Workgroup and Windows 95 Operating System. Maintaining the commonwealth package for debt recording using Informix under SCO UNIX. As a Manager, Govt. Computer Bureau, I was administrating the staff of 13 professionals in order to provide the online services to many Government Departments, Banks, Hospitals and other Corporations.Training:OS/400 System Administration Training (From SQL Star India Ltd, New Delhi) Show less

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  Nauru Computer Bureau

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1996

  Computer Systems Engineer

  Joined Computer Bureau as Computer Engineer and promoted as Manager, Computer Bureau. I was responsible for system administration and maintenance of IBM Mainframe machines (AS/400 with OS/400) and its peripherals, which includes number of local and remote terminals connected to various departments. Also maintaining a large number of IBM PS/2, Intel Microprocessor based standalone computers (386, 486, Pentium machines), Novell Netware local Area Networking, Windows for Workgroup and Windows 95 Operating System. Maintaining the commonwealth package for debt recording using Informix under SCO UNIX. As a Manager, Govt. Computer Bureau, I was administrating the staff of 13 professionals in order to provide the online services to many Government Departments, Banks, Hospitals and other Corporations.Training:OS/400 System Administration Training (From SQL Star India Ltd, New Delhi) Show less

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  North Shore City Council

  Aug 1995 - Dec 1996

  Network Systems Engineer

  Responsibilities: North Shore City Council's IS infrastructure included a Wide Area Network with more than 450 PCs and 40 Servers (Novell, MS-NT, UNIX, IBM AS/400) linked together. Most of the Networked PCs running Win-95/NT. Apart from variety of customized applications, MS-Office Applications were mainly used on PCs. Being a first point of contact for users needing help with Information Technology issues or Applications, I worked as a close link between end-user tasks and System Administration and Support activities. Job includes Installation and Support of Networked PCs, Hardware and Applications. Training:Service Desk Management Training Show less

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  University

  May 1997 - May 2016

  Team Leader - Network & Infrastructure Services

  Unitec Institute of Technologywww.unitec.ac.nz

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  Unitec Institute of Technology

  May 1997 - May 2016

  Team Lead - Network and Insfrastructure Services

  Requirement analysis, scoping, design, costing, delivery, deployment, management and support for several BAU and transformation projects.Technical consultancy in forming IT road-maps aligning to organization’s strategic directionEither preparing or contributing in preparation of business cases.Maintaining Supporting and overseeing the highest availability of Unitec’s key ERP system PeopleSoft, Student Learning System, Messaging services, Document Management servicesInvestigating, Proactive planning and testing new technologiesParticipating in vendor selection processProposing and implementing innovative ideas to increase productivityReviewing cloud service providers service catalogueInstalling, Integrating and supporting SAN, IBM Blade-Center, VMware Infrastructure, Windows, Novell SUSE OES, Unix (Linux, SUN Solaris) serversProviding 3rd Level technical support to enterprise solutionsChange Management (RFCs) Member of Change Management CommitteeTraining and Liaisons-Lead a team of 6-8 Systems EngineerLiaising with external hardware/software vendorsKeeping track of Service Level Agreements (SLAs)Advising management in drafting IT Policies/Procedures and monitoring enforcement of these policies (such as Internet usage, email usage, staff and student home drive and share drive quota allocation, backup, restore, remote access, software licensing, equipment buying etc.)Recruitment, Budgeting and ProcurementAssisting in recruitment of new IT staff (System Administrators, Field Engineers, Technicians, Help Desk support). Budget estimation, equipment procurement and service contract negotiation process.Training: Novell Certified Engineer, Microsoft Certifications, D-Link Certification, ITIL (itSMF/EXIN) Certified, Qulay Guard Certified, Technical Writing, Microsoft Solution Framework, VMware VCP4/5-Dacacenter and Cloud, IBM SAN, IBM System-X Certified, PRINCE2 Certified Show less

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  Haere Mai Motels Group Ltd.

  Jan 2017 - now

  Managing Director