Curriculum Vitae

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gaston at gastonbruno.com.ar
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Summary
Solution Architect providing architectural support for Applications Sizing, consolidation, RFPs and steady-state projects. Practical experience of working with a wide range of technologies, platforms and systems. Experienced with responsibilities that cover requirements gathering, overall solution design, architectural documentation and governance, combined with oversight of deployment. Ability to translate requirements, design and evaluate technology solutions for deployment of cost effective solutions.

Excellent understanding of the IT industry, its technologies and practices, working in a service delivery environment; closely with the account delivery teams, sales managers, solution designers and service managers, ensuring that the overall infrastructure solution is integral, robust, serviceable, and managed to meet the requirements of the client.

Proven track record of working in all areas of IT infrastructure solution development, with specific experience of: Technical Leadership, Architectural Methodologies, Technical Governance, High level Design and Architecture. Excellent Documentation and Communication Skills.
Deep knowledge across several IT areas e.g. Platforms, Storage, Networks, Systems Management etc.

Specialties
Technical and commercial profile
Technical advisor for the decision board
IT Department leadership inside the company
IT Project management
Business pursuit & development
Requirements gathering
Integral solutions implementation
IT architectures & best practices
Virtualization & Consolidation
SAP Sizing
Oracle Sizing
VMWare Sizing
Vertica Business Analytics Sizing.
Americas Business Intelligence Virtual Team
Manufacturing and security systems International homologations
Technical support

Work experience
11/08 – present:         Hewlett-Packard
Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking Presales Solution Architect
Technology solutions designing for the Latin American Multi Country Area region.
HP Business Critical Servers, Industry Standard Servers and StorageWorks product lines product specialist.
Horizontal solutions sizing specialist: SAP, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards, Oracle E-Business Suite.
Vertica Analytics System sizing.
Virtualization solutions designing: VmWare, Citrix, Microsoft Hyper-V, HP Virtual Server Environment, HP Integrity Virtual Machines.
Consolidation solutions designing: HP Proliant Blades, HP Integrity Partitionable Servers.
Storage solutions designing: DAS, NAS, SAN.
Backup solutions designing: Tape, library, Virtual Library System, DataProtector
Replication solutions designing: SAN over IP, dark fiber, routers
High availability solutions designing: HP ServiceGuard, Oracle DataGuard, Veritas Cluster File System
Disaster recovery solutions designing: replicated multi site landscapes, Global Instant Capacity
Projects presentation and defense.
Achievements:
Got several businesses of all sizes and industries across the Latin American region.

01/07 – present:         General Plastic Corp S.A.
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
In charge of the Security and Information Technology departments.
Planning and development of the global IT plan
Technology and security decision making
Justification, presentation and defense of IT strategic plans to the Directory Board.
In charge of all the technical architecture that supports the development and manufacturing of plastic cards including magnetic band and safety codes.
In charge of the security associated with the plastic cards production processes, adjusting to the banks, finance, telecommunications and retail companies standards.
Achievements:
Evaluation and acquisition of servers and connectivity hardware.
Antivirus, firewall and security policies implementation.
LAN network infrastructure redesign and application servers implementation.
Operating level HW & SW infrastructure implementation. Microcomputing, directory and centralized storage.
ERP implementation.
Participation in the accreditation committee in terms of operational processes and stringent security controls with:
VISA Internacional
MasterCard
American Express

01/07 – 08/08:            Informática Tekhne S.A.
Presales Solution Architect
HP Business Critical Servers, Industry Standard Servers and StorageWorks product lines product specialist.
Technical Manager of HP projects.
Development and answering to technical RFPs.
Designing and building of IT architectures configurations.
Business development with the client from the technical area.
Business projects leadership throughout the entire life cycle: design, development, implementation and support.
Achievements:
Development, defense and business clinched including:
Central Bank of Argentina. (IT Consolidation under HP Blades + Storage + VMWare + Tokens Aladdin + APC Infrastructure + Services + Implementation)
Cordoba Bank. (IT Consolidation + SAP under HP Blades + EVA Storage + Itanium Superdome)
Cordoba Province Super Computer Center And Primary Health Care Centers. (HP Proliant Servers + Storage XP)

07/06 – 01/07:            Datastar S.A.
Presales Solution Architect
HP Business Critical Servers, Industry Standard Servers and StorageWorks product lines product specialist.
Responsible for configuration and sizing of SAP + HP.
Designing and building of IT architectures configurations.
Responsible for administrative practices with Hewlett-Packard.
Business development with the client from the technical area.
Development and answering to technical RFPs.
Achievements:
Development, defense and business clinched including:
Expofrut (SAP SUN platform replacement by HP Blades + Storage)
EMEGE (IT Consolidation + SAP + HP Blades + Storage)
Biogénesis Bagó (IT Consolidation + SAP + HP Blades + Storage)
Government of the Province of Santa Cruz (IT Consolidation + HP Blades + Storage)
OCASA (SAP + HP Itanium)
SINTYS (HP Itanium)
UADE (IT Consolidation + Oracle + HP Blades + Storage)

11/04 – 07/06:            Hewlett-Packard
IT consultant
Responsible for the following aspects of the HP Adaptive Enterprise workshops:
Infrastructure.
Logistics.
HP Agility Workshop.
HP IT Best Practices Workshop.
HP IT Consolidation Workshop.
Achievements:
Continuous improvement of processes and the system used.
Deliverables development.
Workshops follow up.

11/04 – 07/06:            TEQ Riverland Región SUR
IT consolidation consultant
Development and answering to technical RFPs.
Designing and building of IT architectures configurations.
Virtualization practices development (Microsoft + HP + VmWare)
Achievements:
Development, defense and business clinched including:
Bank of Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
Empresas Públicas de Medellín (Colombia)
Banco Mercantil (Venezuela)
Telgua (Guatemala)
Telefónica - Movistar (Argentina)

08/04 – 04/05:            Freelance Web developer
Web development of Several sites using languages: PHP - MySQL - JavaScript - HTML

03/04 – 11/04:            Universidad de Palermo
Laboratory Manager
In charge of security and the proper functioning of equipment in the University laboratories.

02/04 – 03/04:            Universidad de Palermo
Janitor
Internship as a janitor with tasks such as care and assistance to University students, staff and faculty.

06/03 – 12/03:            Area Computación
IT Consultant
PC Technician with tasks such as customer service, claims, assembly, installation, configuration and tuning of computers, servers, printers and communication elements. Networks laying.

12/02 – 02/03:            Prosistec S.R.L.
Programmer
Visual Basic Programmer of software modules that manage access control systems and ticket printers.

03/0112/01:            Siemens S.A.
IT Consultant
Internship in the area of Communications Networks and completing tasks such as customer service and claims. Back-office. Setup and repair of telephone PBX.

03/99 - 12/01:            Siemens S.A.
Scholarship holder
Studies as scholarship holder rotating through various sectors of the company during the study period.

Teaching experience
10/05 – present:         In charge of one of the Data structures and programming algorithms (C) support classes.
                                Universidad de Palermo

10/05 – present:         In charge of one of the Introduction to programming (C) support classes.
                                Universidad de Palermo

03/06 - 12/08:            In charge of one of the Systems Analysis II support classes.
                                Universidad de Palermo

07/07 – 12/08:            In charge of one of the Laboratory I (JAVA) support classes.
                                Universidad de Palermo

07/07 – 12/08:            In charge of one of the Object Orientation support classes.
                                Universidad de Palermo

03/06 – 07/06:            Systems analysis II student assistant. In charge of the JAVA practice.
                                Universidad de Palermo

10/05 – 12/05:            Data structures and programming algorithms (C) student assistant.
                                Universidad de Palermo

Education
2011 – present:           Master in Information Technology
                                Universidad de Palermo

2003 – 2011:              Information Technology Degree
                                Completed career with an honor mention of best average qualification.
Universidad de Palermo

1999 – 2001:              Electronics technician with telecommunications orientation
Bachelor in production, goods and services
Escuela de educación técnica Werner von Siemens

1989 – 1998:              Primary and secondary school studies
Deutsche Schule Villa Ballester

Professional qualifications, trainings and certifications
2011:                        TZHANA: SAP High-Performance Analytical Appliance
SAP

2011:                        Vertica Analytics System
Hewlett Packard

2009:                        SAPTEC Fundamentals of SAP NetWeaver Application Server
SAP

2009:                        SAPNW SAP NetWeaver Overview
                                SAP

2009:                        Effective presentations training
                                Dale Carnegie - Hewlett Packard

2009:                        Negotiation Workshop
                                CMI International Group Argentina - Hewlett Packard

2007:                        Public speaking, effective communication and personal marketing training
                                ECOP

2007:                        IBM Websphere SOA Professional Qualification
IBM - Universidad de Palermo

2007:                        VmWare Infrastructure training
                                VmWare - Central Bank of Argentina

2007:                        HP Blade servers infrastructure training (HW & SW)
                                Hewlett Packard - Central Bank of Argentina

2007:                        HP EVA storage infrastructure training (HW & SW)
                                Hewlett Packard - Central Bank of Argentina

2007:                        Accredited Presales Professional (APP) Certification
                                Hewlett Packard

2007:                        Planning and Designing HP Commercial Solutions (APP) Certification
                                Hewlett Packard

2007:                        Selling HP Enterprise Solutions (ASP) Certification
                                Hewlett Packard

2007:                        Technical Essentials of HP Enterprise Products (APP) Certification
                                Hewlett Packard

2007:                        Planning and Designing HP Enterprise Solutions (APP) Certification
                                Hewlett Packard

2007:                        Aladdin Cryptography and security tokens training
                                Aladdin - Central Bank of Argentina

2007:                        HP ProLiant Essentials training
                                Hewlett Packard

2007:                        HP Authorized Services Reseller Partner (ASRP) Certification
                                Hewlett Packard

2007:                        Sales Builder training
                                Hewlett Packard

2006:                        Oracle 10g Database Specialist Sales Champion Certification
                                Oracle

2006:                        Authorized Solution Sales Partner Certification
                                Hewlett Packard

2006:                        Authorized Services Reseller Certification
                                Hewlett Packard

2006:                        Accredited Sales Professional (ASP) Certification
                                Hewlett Packard

2006:                        Selling HP Commercial Solutions (ASP) Certification
                                Hewlett Packard

2006:                        Planning & Design HP Integrity mid-range server solutions (APC) training
                                Hewlett Packard

2006:                        Planning & Design HP Integrity entry-level server solutions (APC) training
                                Hewlett Packard

2006:                        Virtualization Solutions Tour in Latin America workshop
                                Hewlett Packard - VmWare

2006:                        Blade technology and VmWare
                                Hewlett Packard - ICS Group

2005:                        IBM Websphere J2ME Professional Qualification
                                IBM - Universidad de Palermo

2005:                        IBM Websphere J2EE Professional Qualification
                                IBM - Universidad de Palermo

2005:                        IBM Websphere J2SE Professional Qualification
                                IBM - Universidad de Palermo

2005:                        IBM DB2 Professional Qualification
                                IBM - Universidad de Palermo

2005:                        ROI & TCO Project analysis workshop
                                Hewlett Packard - Alienan

2004:                        First aid training
                                Universidad de Palermo

2001:                        Ambiental security training – ISO 14001
                                Siemens S.A.

2000:                        Industrial security training – Fire types and prevention
                                Siemens S.A.

1995:                        ZDP (Zentrale Deutschprüfung)
                                Deutsche Schule Villa Ballester

Languages
Spanish: Native
English: Upper-intermediate
German: Upper-intermediate

Personal skills
Communication with people of all ages and profiles
Working in groups
Punctuality and responsibility
Working under pressure
Use of own initiative
Adaptability
Flexibility
Presentation and exposition to audiences of all profiles
Effective communication
Conflict management
Interpretation and relationship between business aspects and technical aspects
Project management

Interests
Running
Snowboarding

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