JOSEPH NEWMAN

2060 Park Avenue * Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604

203-683-7407 (home); 203-243-1040 (cell) * joe@newmanfamily.org
MANAGEMENT: Information Technology
Highly successful IT professional with extensive management and development expe
rience. Talented troubleshooter capable of solving problems expeditiously. Effec
tive communicator with an ability to turn complex jargon into laymen's terms. Ed
ucator and mentor skilled in developing training materials to promote employee g
rowth. Creative thinker with demonstrated ability to forge strong business allia
nces. Dedicated to delivering exemplary customer, client service. Microsoft Cert
ified Systems Engineer. Additional areas of expertise:

IT Infrastructure Architecting * Budgeting * Troubleshooting * Diagnostic Acume

n * Communications
Customer Relations * Staff Management * Mentoring * Employee Development * IT Se
curity Management
Technical Analysis * Networking * Education and Curriculum Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MILSTREAM STRATEGY GROUP, New York, NY * 2008-Present
A New York proprietary high-frequency trading firm.
IT Manager
Oversee development of equities and options trading computer infrastructure, inc
luding designing and procuring all equipment and services. Create budgets. Build
servers, server racks, and all desktop workstations. Select vendors. Review ser
vice contracts. Ensure all systems are operational. Review system logs. Monitor
systems. Resolve end-user difficulties on-site or remotely.
Operational Highlights:
* Zero end-user downtime to date
* Designed and built New Jersey datacenter for receiving and processing real-tim
e market data direct from exchanges
* Coordinated and participated in all aspects of successfully moving office loca
tion on weekend, with trading on Monday

CENTERLIGHT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, Greenwich, CT * 2007-2008

A hedge fund serving international banking investors.
IT Manager
Oversee comprehensive development of IT infrastructure including designing and p
rocuring all equipment and services. Create budgets. Build servers, server racks
, and all desktop workstations. Select vendors. Review service contracts. Ensure
all systems are operational. Review system logs. Monitor security systems to id
entify and expunge any breaches that occur. Resolve end-user difficulties on-sit
e or remotely.
Operational Highlights:
* Achieved zero end-user downtime by designing and building requisite infrastruc
ture from day one.
* Secured seamless operations by implementing redundancies.

ARCHEUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, New York, NY * 2004-2007

A New York-based hedge fund firm.
IT Manager
Analyzed and rebuilt the company's network infrastructure. Upgraded desktop comp
uter systems. Relocated the IT/Server room with minimal service interruption. Di
rected network infrastructure setup and configuration overseas to ensure WAN con
nection between New York and London offices. Monitored and responded to network
and Internet interruptions. Fielded tech support calls for 70 desktop users. Est
ablished and maintained backups and tape archiving.
Operational Highlights:
* Designed and built hot co-location facility in Philadelphia using DoubleTake s
oftware and a transparent Ethernet connection.
* Upgraded company network to reliably handle 100 users.
* Built out London network infrastructure and WAN links.

GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT, New York, NY * 2002-2003

An asset management firm dedicated to managing leveraged loans, high yield bonds
, distressed assets and equities in hedge funds and structured funds.
Senior Network Engineer
Reconstructed the company's network infrastructure to maximize operations during
intensive growth period. Monitored network traffic. Identified and rectified pr
oblems with Internet access and market data services. Maintained systems and pro
vided desktop support to 70 end-users.
Operational Highlights:
* Installed and configured Cisco PIX firewalls with VPN for remote users in 1 da
y, exceeding performance goals.
* Managed continuous network operations during facility expansion.
* Moved the server room to a new "data center" room seamlessly.
* Enhanced network speed, security, and backup reliability by rebuilding network
infrastructure, and segmenting network traffic with the addition of new Cisco s
witches and routers.
* Upgraded backbone network segment between servers from 100mb/second to 1 gb/se
cond.

US PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE, Cherry Hill, NJ * 2001-2002

An independent computer certification and training school.
Certifications Instructor
Developed curriculum to certify students in Microsoft and CompTia (A+ and Networ
k+), as well as Microsoft Office User (MOUS). Provided classroom instruction and
mentoring.
Operational Highlights
* Received a perfect rating on student-teacher reviews.

ADDITIONAL CAREER HISTORY

VIRTUAL ADVENTURES INC., Orlando, FL * 1998-2001
President, Owner
* Conceptualized and created the network gaming, virtual reality equipment, and
simulator company, including facility build-out, game installation, and staff ma
nagement.
* Enhanced earnings by developing an equipment rental program.
GRAPHDATA CORPORATION, Altamonte Springs, FL * 1988-1998
Vice President
* Directed building, installation, and support of CAD systems for computer aided
drafting and design firms.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Certified in HP Servers
Windows 2000, 2003, 2008 Server OS * 2008 R2 Standard & Enterprise 64-bit * Wind
ows 7, Vista, 32 & 64 bit, XP * MS Exchange 2003, 2007 Enterprise * MS Office 2
003, 2007
Bloomberg Terminals Installation * Installing & Configuring Market Data Feeds, i
.e. NASDAQ, NYSE, BATS
Various manufacturers of PCs, as well as white box, including Dell, HP, & IBM *
Disk-to-Disk-to-Disk Backup and Archiving Systems * Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware Prog
rams
Bloomberg for Blackberries * Blackberry Enterprise Server * Good (GoodLink) Mess
aging Server
Windows 2003 Storage Server on NAS Device * EMC CLARiiON SAN * Veritas Backup Ex
ec
Email Archiving, Offsite backups
Fiber, Cable Modems, DSL, T1/E1, Transparent Ethernet for Internet and WAN
Firewall/Intrusion Prevention hardware & software with Failover, including Cisco
, Sonic, Fortigate
Quantum AutoLoader SDLTII Tape Backup Systems
Various Wi-Fi Devices including 802. 11G and Wireness-N
DoubleTake Replication and Failover Software
Cisco PIX Firewalls, Switches, Routers
10gig Network, Cisco 4800M Switches, OneX & GBIC fiber modules
Install and repair electrical outlets and network cabling
Installed water-cooled A/C systems with copper piping

TRAINING AND SELF DEVELOPMENT

MCSE Windows 2000 Certification, US Professional Institute
Cisco CCNA Certification, Seminole Community College
CompTia A+ & Network+ Certifications
HP APS Platform Specialist- Servers
Business Coursework towards BBA in Marketing, Bernard Baruch School of Business