Phone: (516) 536-4531
 
 
David Johnson  


 

Highlights of Qualifications

Senior Executive Leadership, Strategic Planning, Corporate Restructuring, Technical Operations, Operations Management, IT Planning & Development, System Design & Implementation, E-Commerce, Project Management, Vendor Relations, Organizational Optimization, and P&L Management.

Highly qualified professional executive successful in the design, development and deployment of technology strategies and policies. Extensive experience in leading information systems, operations, and administrative teams in project management, solution design, problem solving, technical skills, communications, hardware, software, Networking, eCommerce, UNIX, and with a well rounded exposure to all aspects of the information technology department through all phases of technology including, cost analysis, planning, vendor selection, and acquisitions. Diverse background includes extensive knowledge in team leadership, infrastructure, security, operations, technologies, networks, problem solving, eCommerce, and web presence. Comprehensive experience in providing guidance and leadership to technology teams as they transition through mergers and acquisitions especially in Banking, Brokerage, and Retail industries

Professional Experience
DVSA Technologies Corporation
Rockville Centre, New York
President and Chief Technology Officer
2002 to present

Business consulting, LAN/WAN analysis & Implementation, Cisco Networking & Administration, WEB Hosting, Software development (C, C++, VC++), WEB Design, Network administration and installation, Windows (4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, AD, Exchange) installation, administration & networking. System integration, design, and implementation. DSL, T1, T3, frame relay design, install, and administration

Business Consulting

Designed & Implemented a Fiber PDS and Internet network for two Malls. Built infrastructure to support 165 stores (providing services for phones and Internet)
Business & Web consulting for Your Morning Cup, Flexi-Shaft, The Fishing Line, Nassau County PBA, Web House, Barclay's Capital, Suffolk County Law, Suffolk County Fire Academy, Frisch Financial Group, MTA PBA, Vornado Realty Group, Our Lady of Snows School, Devito Studios, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, MTA PBA.
EMC, Netapps, MCI, Qwest, Covad, LightPath, and Arrow solution partner
1800Flowers.com
Westbury, New York
Vice President Technical Operations and Chief of Security
1-800-FLOWERS.COM is a leading provider of flowers, candies, gift baskets and other gifts to customers around the world via the Internet, telephone, and company stores

Provided leadership to this growing company in the rollout strategy as a senior business consultant in 1994 and hired full time in 2000 as Vice President of Technical Operations. Developed and built the operations organization as a hands on Vice President and a key member of the IT management team reporting directly to the CTO. Provided leadership and direction to a staff of 39 resources and 4 Directors in the areas of Telecommunications, Network Engineering, Database Administration, Technical Support, Data Security, and Service Quality. Supported several PBX’s in multiple locations, several thousand employees, and computers with several hundred servers in multiple data centers throughout the US.
Designed and built network infrastructure for 3 hosting facilities allowing 100% uptime of the corporate website. Performed duties including network design, system administration (Unix and NT), and project management.
Was instrumental in the consolidation of 85 T1 lines into multiple T3’s at a substantial savings.
Improved system reliability and uptime of back-end systems by initiating and performing capacity planning, system performance trending, and holiday preparation activities to keep computer systems ahead of the constant demands of double-digit growth and by analyzing the root cause for system outages combined with change control measures.
Created, Established, and implemented corporate wide policies for security, hosting, email, phone, cell, password management, and change control
Performed project management for major projects including the build out of several hosting facilities and IT expansion
Reviewed and analyzed corporate Network & Communications infrastructure for improvements and cost saving opportunities
NCR Corporation
New York City, New York

Senior Technology Consultant
1993-2000

NCR Corporation provides worldwide solutions that combine hardware, software, professional consulting services, customer support services, third party applications, and technologies

Managed a team of seven consultants performing UNIX upgrades on several hundred systems around the country. Completed the project ahead of schedule and under budget
Performed senior consulting activities including project management, implementation, and system design for six years at 1-800-Flowers.com.
Installation and administration of NT 4.0 (Domain Controllers), Citrix, Windows 2000 (Active Directory), and XP systems including networking design/configuration, application installation, application development, trouble shooting, printer admin, RAS, and file sharing.
Configuration and implementation of voice and data T1 lines on PBX and Cisco switches, ISDN, and analog modems.
Network design and implementation of point-to-point and Frame Relay network consisting of over a dozen locations and 85 T1’s (voice and data).
Design and implemented routing protocols and network designs for the entire enterprise
Performed UNIX system administration for AT&T, NCR, and Sun UNIX environments.
Performed Network administration on Cisco 5000, 5500, 6500, 2500, Pix, 4000, 7000, 3500, and VoIP.
MCSE/I certified in 1999
Cisco CCNA trained
Extensive experience in integrating dissimilar systems in a major New York bank as it merged with or acquired other banks several times.
AT&T
New York City, New York
Lead Consultant
1982 to 1993

Provided primary support for all activities at major New York banks and Wall Street firms
Performed PBX design and implementation for AT&T System 85 and Definity systems
Performed  voice and data T1/T3/frame relay configurations and frame and carrier support
Performed configuration, design, and implementation of a 7000+ PC network and 400+ UNIX servers
Provided technical support in migrating and integrating banking systems through the transition of mergers and acquisitions
Education

Postdam College of Arts and Science - Major: Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science 1982

MCSE 1999
 
Professional Development

Management Skills
Hardware
Software
Seminars
Industry/Background
Communications
PBX
Computer Telephony Integration
 
Computer Proficiency & Professional Experience
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Front Page, Access, Power Point)
Provided thought leadership and inspiration to technology teams
Formed the Technical Operations division at 1800Flowers.com
Application development in over a dozen languages including VC++, VB, C supporting platforms including UNIX, Dos, Windows, NT, AIX, Solaris, and OS/2.
Project management, system integration, customer consultation, wide area network design, analysis, and installations for major banking, financial, and retail customers
Performed technical systems analysis creating complex systems solutions

Completed over 100 courses in communications, programming, UNIX, management skills, hardware, software, and industry specific classes (course list)

Specialize in UNIX system performance tuning, complex trouble shooting techniques, and database performance tuning, Novell, TCP/IP.

Internet savvy
 

Operating Systems & Tools

(In-depth personal experience)
Office - MS Project, Word, Excel, Electronics Design
OS - Solaris, AT&T/NCR Unix SVR4, MS-DOS, OS/2Windows XP, Windows 2000, NT, 98, 95, WIN 3.1, Unix Tuning, Netware, Netware/X, AIX, Database Design & Performance Tuning (Sybase, Oracle, Informix, Ingress, Dbase, Microsoft Access), CA Unicenter TNG, Citrix Winframe, Windows Terminal Server
Networking - TCP/IP, IPX, basic wiring, Ethernet & Token Ring, Data General Sniffer, Async, ISN, ISDN, CISCO, Arrow Point/Cisco Load Balancer,
Development - C, C++, ZAPP, Microsoft Embedded Development, Basic, PASCAL, PL/1, PL/C, Assembler (80X86, 6502), FORTRAN, FOCUS, Application Design, Terminal Emulation
  Platforms -, RS6000SPARC Utra 2, Multi-Processing, Sun servers (250, 450, 4500, E6500), Compaq (8000, 3000), EMC,
  Telecommunications - System 85, System 75, Merlin, Panasonic, Basic Wiring, CORBA/VESP
WEB - Load Runner web testing, Global Server Load Balancing, Pure Atria Scripting,
 

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