Brentwood, California, United States
Anil is an experienced IT professional with 20+ years hands-on experience in the field. Formerly a founder of an IT services company in the United Arab Emirates, he has built and scaled the IT infrastructure for several small to medium businesses in the region. With a keen interest in adopting new technologies, Anil built a reputation for his company as the provider of durable and cost-effective solutions, resulting in decade-long IT support contracts with several companies that he worked with.
• Founded company in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and handled all IT needs for small to medium businesses from enduser equipment to server setup and administration. • Built IT infrastructure from the ground up for several companies, scaling needs for < 10 users to 100s of users across multiple branches. (see projects below) • Maintained ~15 year relationship with several companies for their IT equipment and support, by building Compumart to have a reputation of providing high quality customer service and durable solutions. • Setup Windows Server environments with Active Directory, Domain Controllers, terminal servers and exchange. • Configured and deployed networking and servers in LAN/WAN environments including structured cabling, routing and switching, server rack installations, VPN setup and remote access administration. • Upgraded IT infrastructure for several companies to migrate to VMware virtualized datacenter solutions for software provisioning of new servers and efficient administration. • Provided consultancy on efficient layout for IT infrastructure during new office constructions, on migration of data centers, on secure network expansion and durable backup solutions. • Implemented IP based solutions for company-wide communication ranging from few telephone endpoints to several hundred endpoints, leveraging Cisco as well as Asterisk-based open source technology. • Provided 24/7 on-site and remote IT support for troubleshooting outages, general operations and preventative maintenance, migrating data-centers and configuring backup solutions. • Configured and troubleshooted corporate workstations and laptops in Windows, Linux and Mac environments. • Managed and trained small team of full-time employees, established career growth opportunities within the company and mentored team members through promotions and career changes.
• Automated the process of laying out code on the EPROM that was part of the 16-bit micro-controller. • Team Lead on a die shrink project that was successfully completed, tested and shipped as one of the fastest projects from concept to tape-out at the time. • Designed a prototype to demonstrate how a controller could be designed by taking pre-existing modules from prior chip designs to meet customer specifications at the smallest die size possible. Presented the design to all engineers in the division.