The best feeling is to wake up each morning and actually look forward to going to work, to seeing your colleagues, and doing a job that you're great at and that you enjoy. I mean, since you're going to be spending most of your time during the day at work, you should ideally -like- what you do. I relocated to the Netherlands (Amsterdam) from the hectic automotive racing world of Italy. Immediately I felt at home here and fell in love with the country, the people, the culture and the history. The weather? Meh, it's a trade-off. At GoldenGate I had an extremely challenging job, working for a fast-growing company on a team of close, talented people. I LOVED it. Every part of it. The late nights, the odd, complicated growing pains, the impossible requirements with the biggest victories, and even my tiny working space. It was the PEOPLE that made the job so excellent. People that actually LIKED each other and were friends both at work and after. People that were world-class at their jobs but like to grab a beer together after work. I can meet any challenge, I have an incredible breadth and depth of experience, knowledge and training, but I'm not your typical "I.T. guy". I actually care about my colleagues and always go far above and beyond for them, as well as the customers. I'm a very gregarious and social person, always smiling, positive, happy. Not that "strange, awkward guy that works in the IT closet." So if there is a company out there with some great people that could use a true team member, I think we should talk. Send me a message at idanyork at Gmail or just call me.

CIO @ MediaMonks is the biggest creative digital production company on the planet. We specialize in working for and with advertising agencies to craft amazing digital work for global brands. You can find us anywhere on the Web as well as in Amsterdam, London, New York, LA, Singapore and Dubai. MediaMonks boasts an in-house team of 400 Monks that are versed in an infinite range of digital disciplines, collectively covering anything you could possibly throw at a digital campaign. Our award-winning capabilities include film, games and mobile and are recognized by over fifty institutions worldwide, including Cannes, Eurobest, the Webbys and the Awwwards. MediaMonks, est. 2001, is a member of SoDA and part of the FWA Hall of Fame with over 100 FWA awards and counting. Catch our latest & greatest at mediamonks.com/work. Specialties digtal production, campaigns, websites, films, games, mobile, apps, display advertising, banners, interactive experiences, platforms, content, design, illustration, animation, motion graphics, social, UX, rich media, cats Website :: http://mediamonks.com Industry :: Marketing and Advertising Type :: Privately Held Headquarters :: Schapenkamp 2 Hilversum, Noord-Holland 1211 PA Netherlands From July 2015 to Present (6 months) Performance Engineer, Banking Sector @ As an ePerformance and eBusiness consultant, I leverage my many years of hands-on technical and business experience, management experience, and team leading to deliver services and solutions from a business, application and infrastructural perspective so that our clients can deliver a provably better service to their customers combined with higher online success and increased revenue. I use highly sophisticated solutions in the fields of availability, capacity and performance management, monitoring, and alerting to help clients ensure that they gain complete insight and control of their networked, digital and/or online service offerings to their customers and employees. These solutions can be combinations of virtualized environments, SaaS, native software, cloud and mobile applications, load testing scripts, alerting and data mining. I manage customer support tickets, assign tasks, and work with vendors, providing real-world data and customer feedback to drive the development direction of their software and service offerings. Designing, developing, and delivering custom load tests and monitoring solutions and managing small teams of e-delivery specialists and developers through projects that I designed based on meetings and conferences with global Fortune 500 customers. Specialties: • Online (financial) services • Performance audits • Aligning business processes with technical solutions • Crisis Management, prevention and alerting Tools and Technologies: • Oracle RUEI (Real User Experience Insight). • Self-developed RUM tag solutions. • SOASTA, Riverbed, AlertSite, New Relic, Boomerang, AppDynamics, CompuWare APM – Gomez, WebPageTest, SiteSpeed.io, and many more. • PowerShell, Chef, Puppet, WinTask & Network Automation, Agile, many others. Platforms: • Linux, RedHat, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, many others. • Sun Sparc, Solaris. • Windows and Mac Server (all platforms). • ESX, ESXi, blades. • Amazon Cloud • VMWare, VirtuaBox, XenApp, other virtualized environments. From January 2014 to June 2015 (1 year 6 months) Almere Stad Area, NetherlandsSr. Systems Administrator EMEA GIT PDIT @ Senior IT Systems Administrator for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. • Oracle Corp. is primarily a global enterprise computer software and hardware company (135,000+ employees) that has acquired and owns a vast variety of software and hardware products and services. • My role in Oracle Global IT / Product Dev IT was to build, support and maintain both internal and customer facing applications and services including all Mobile Applications, Customer Analytics / Business Intelligence and Social Networking (SEO, CRM, Mobile apps, Analytics). • Using BI and Analytics to improve the user and customer’s experience by adding features and functionality to the product and services offerings. • Created and maintained the Social Networking Application “Communities” (a type of Oracle Facebook) for customers and employees so that they could share knowledge, information and ideas. • On the team that built, maintained and improved all Oracle Mobile Applications. • Built virtualization environment (EMS) that was used to quickly duplicate and deploy cloned environments and Operating Systems. • Team that developed Oracle RUEI (Real User Experience Insight) • Oracle MOS (My Oracle Support for customers and employees). • Defect tracking system & database. • Cloud Operations, WebLogic and SEO. • Knowledge Management, Customer and Employee Call Center, CRM, Siebel. • Resolve customer and employee issues with various systems, Siebel, Orion, Bug database, access issues, etc. • Project Management: Ran projects, recruited participants, scheduled and ran meetings, set milestones and objectives for team, bi-weekly status updates to upper management, tested and signed off goals. • Install, configure and maintain Enterprise Manager environments 11g and 12c. Enterprise Manager/Grid Control provides comprehensive, flexible, easy-to-use monitoring functionality that supports the timely detection and notification of impending IT problems to the intended users. From November 2009 to December 2013 (4 years 2 months) IT Manager &Sr. Systems Administrator, EMEA @ Acquired by Oracle / Sun Corporate IT System Administration and user support on a variety of system infrastructure and desktop systems and applications for all offices in 10 countries world-wide. Build EMEA Datacenter. Spec and order all hardware. Negotiate contracts for space, hardware and network circuits. Build and install servers, switches and all hardware. Supporting a software development environment on a variety of platforms including AIX, Unix, Linux, Windows servers 2000-8 AD/LDAP, Non-Stop, Tandem, etc., with most types of underlying databases in several languages. Maintain, build and migrate various server types, Windows Exchange server, Blades servers, Linux, SAN and VMWare environments. Build and maintain Avaya IP telephone servers with SIP, including voicemail integrated with MS Communication/Live Server and Blackberry Server and MS Windows Mobile Services. Build, configure, troubleshoot and maintain TCP/IP Cisco switch LAN/ WAN network, Juniper Firewalls, Cisco ASA, VPN services/clients. On-call rotation and remote client support with WebEx. Scripting, Ghost, VM, RoundTable, Radius and patch and version control, remote users, iPass, Dell laptops and Desktops. From June 2008 to November 2009 (1 year 6 months) Amsterdam Area, NetherlandsTechnical Director (Monza Circuit) @ Formula One, Superbike, WWRC, IRC, MotoGP track in Monza, Milan, Italy Technical Director. Advise racing drivers and teams on technical gear, data acquisition, telemetry, safety, fire suppression, FIA regulations. Determine which equipment best meets the requirements based on type of car, type of race and type of driver. Vendor meetings, tradeshows, understanding of technical gear, cars, rules and regulations, equipment, new technology and best practices applications for safety. Built secure wireless network with timed use availability for clients. Built and implemented SQL-driven barcode system for inventory and sales tracking. Built dynamic pre-formatted reporting with Crystal Reports. Built database-driven dynamic CMS website linked to inventory system and merchant account for online sales. From December 2000 to June 2008 (7 years 7 months) Milan Area, ItalyBroadcast Technician & Technical Manager, Milan area @ Provide on-site customer service and technical support for point-to-point ISDN and IP linked Audio and Video conferencing equipment. Install, maintain and troubleshoot equipment, connections, software and databases. Work onsite with Fortune 50 customers. Provide independent support for 5 sites in northern Italy. Operate AV equipment and links in real-time to provide best feedback from Marketing Research sessions. Train new employees. From December 2006 to May 2008 (1 year 6 months) Milan Area, ItalySenior Data Engineer, Milan @ Independent onsite technician for city-wide wireless project. Mapped wireless hotspots using mobile equipment. Maintained databases linked in real-time from mobile equipment with geosat mapping software and GPS equipment. From February 2006 to September 2007 (1 year 8 months) Milan Area, ItalyOwner @ Started, built and ran a successful business that produced and marketed assorted novelty items, promotional materials, garments, books and merchandise. Built wireless network for prepress art production and daily company operations. Oversaw product production and operations both in-house and contracted. Worked with vendors and distributors through full product life-cycle. Managed employees. Sold business to competitors. From February 2000 to November 2002 (2 years 10 months) I.T. Director, Global @ Objectshare acquired Select Software Tools, and me. Board-facing position. Turn-around situation. Planned and implemented the rebuild of all systems for reverse and forward scalability, to support new direction of the company which had no disaster recovery plan, no documentation, no backup, no procedures, and was not Y2K compliant. Reduced I.T. overspending from $2.5 million to $750k while improving the service and scope in less than 1 year. Brought company into Y2K compliance. Moved 3 offices, replaced all telephone systems with IP-based integrated digital switches. Rebuilt all NT and UNIX networks. Replaced 65% of desktop, and remote user hardware. Built VPN network. Implemented MAS90, Exchange Server, MSSQL, Goldmine, and disaster recovery procedures. Managed a group of 12 I.S. professionals, plus directed 2 software development groups, and the web development team, totaling 35 people. Increased NT network uptime from 85% to 99.99%. Prepared company for acquisition. After acquisition, worked on web development, and partner integrations with Vignette, WebRidge, Documentum, WebEdge, Macromedia, Adobe, Bluestone, and many other product suites and technologies. Acquired by Borland Software where I was made CIO. I left the company to start my own business. From March 1998 to April 2000 (2 years 2 months) I.T. Director @ Starbase acquired Objectshare, and me. was taken over by Borland. I moved to italy. From April 1999 to February 2000 (11 months) VP of Global IT @ Help grow from small 10 person company to an international, fast-growing, publicly traded corporation with 18 offices in 6 countries and over 350 employees with nearly zero down time in a little over 2 years with an IPO in September '96. Maintained and managed all hardware, including DEC Alpha, SAG, and SGI, all software and NOS, including, NT 3.51, NT4, Novell 3.x, and 4.x, UNIX, MS SQL, SMS, and SNA, all network, and database systems, including Lotus Notes, Domino, Oracle, Sybase, Platinum, Onyx and Sirius G2. Design, build, and maintain International Frame Relay WAN, corporate website, corporate Intranet, T-1 internet access, Firewall, proxy server, and world-wide Microsoft Exchange Server. Liaison with overseas offices for coordinating and implementing all LANs, WANs, and communications systems. Setup domestic and International remote sites. Plan, coordinate, and implement I.T. policies, procedures and guidelines. Plan, purchase, and implement all capital equipment, including DSP based telephone switches and voicemail systems. Manage and maintain all security and infrared systems. Recruit, train, and manage I.T. team. From January 1995 to March 1998 (3 years 3 months) Sr. I.T. Manager @ Acquired by Objectshare. My role integrated the companies from an IT infrastructure, technological and logistical standpoint while employed by SST/OBJS From 1995 to 1997 (2 years) International Field Systems Specialist @ Worldwide field installation and service technician for firmware and P.C. based telemanagement integrated systems. Extensive international travel for customer site installation and hardware to code level troubleshooting of telephone switches, ringback detection units and integrated call accounting equipment. Extensive customer contact and training. This was a one-year contract. From February 1994 to January 1995 (1 year) Senior Systems Specialist @ Systems designer for integrated P.C. based property management and call accounting systems. Extensive International travel and customer interaction including comprehensive training and 24 hour support. Field technician with emphasis in installation, network, and troubleshooting areas. From February 1992 to January 1994 (2 years) Lead Technician @ Supervise LAN/ WAN network installation team of 3 to 25 employees. Oversee installation of 5 to 2,000 station LAN/ WAN cable and fiber optic integrated voice and data networks for clients such as Unisys, NASA, JPL (Jet Propulsion Labs), HP, and Upper Deck. Upgrade, retrofit, troubleshoot, and maintain industrial work groups.· Extensive travel and interaction with clientele. Receive weekly training on state of the art technology from vendors such as Hewlett Packard, AMP Industries, JPL, IBM, and AT&T. From March 1989 to February 1992 (3 years) Mainframe operator - Cleanroom operations @ Clean Room and computer operation. Swing Shift IBM Mainframe operator for the largest insurance company in America.· Produce all reports, backup Datapaks to tape, produce all departmental reports, and produce field agent microfiche for daily distribution to 15,000 agent offices. From September 1986 to March 1989 (2 years 7 months) Gopher / Printer / Photographer @ I interned at a weekly newspaper / print shop. One of the hardest but coolest jobs I ever had. I had been working since a very young age (selling newspapers etc, door-to-door since age 8) and developed a strong self-motivating work ethic. This opened the door for me at the printing company which produced a weekly newspaper. This was before the digital age, so I learned analog photography and became a photo-journalist, reporting stories and supplying copy and self-developed prints. I learned the entire photo lifecycle from camera to print, not only for 35mm, but also for full-size newspaper negatives and plate-making. I leaned typesetting, and how to create hand-set plates for a Heidelberg windmill printer. I made business cards and flyers, and still today, I love letterpress and the tactile feel of hand-made paper and printing. I was very fortunate to be able to learn this trade and work with a fantastic office full of people that I think of fondly, even after all these years. Thank you all for the long nights, the sleepless weekends, the tears, the laughter and making me feel like I was part of a family. I look for these qualities in every company I work for and every job i do. Thank you with all my heart. From August 1976 to September 1980 (4 years 2 months)

Idan York is skilled in: Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Applications, Solution Selling, Enterprise Software, Oracle, Business Intelligence, Oracle HR, Databases, Cloud Computing, Disaster Recovery, Integration, Oracle RAC, Unix, Virtualization, Web Development