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31 Belmont Ct.
Amityville, N.Y. 11701
Phone 631-948-1691
Email matt@100781.org
Matthew F. Fox
Experienced IT professional skilled at problem solving, interfacing with management, network design, software development and web/print production.
  • Education
  • 2003 San Diego State University Distance Learning
  • 2001 Babson College, NFTE Certified Entrepreneurship Teacher
  • 1999 – 2000 Pace University, New York – Undergraduate/Computer Science
  • Certifications
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer – Windows 2000
  • Work Experience
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer – Windows 2003 early achiever
  • 06/2007 – Present
  • Latina Media Ventures LLC
  • 625 Madison Ave, Suite 3c, New York, New York 10022
  • Latina Media Ventures LLC is the leading integrated media company for bicultural U.S. Hispanic women. Its flagship property, Latina Magazine, has a readership of over 2 million in the United States and has ranked No. 1 in total advertising pages among 38 Hispanic publications
  • IT Director – Reports to President
    • Design and implementation new network infrastructure, improving systems efficiency, dependability and security.
    • Management of mixed computing environment including Windows and OSX workstations, and Windows, OSX and Linux servers at HQ and 2 regional sales offices.
    • Implementation of helpdesk and network/environmental monitoring systems.
    • Design and implementation of Terminal Servers, remote access services and corporate messaging systems to increase office connectivity for mobile users.
    • Acquisition of industrial design printers and other office equipment.
    • Renegotiation of Internet/Telephone services resulting in redundant Internet connectivity, better quality services and an estimated annual savings of 35%.
    • Initiated several technical projects with other departments that improved business performance and related operational processes, including a document management system for Legal and Accounting use.
    • Installation of hybrid telecommunications system and migration of all POTS lines to an existing PRI, reserving them for backup use.
    • Performed a key role in the redesign of Latina.com, acting as main technical contact for strategic partners and working on software development/content syndication projects when needed. Latina.com was ranked no. 3 in magazine websites for fashion/lifestyle information by Media Industry News on July 21, 2008.
  • 02/2000 – 06/2007
  • The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
  • 120 Wall St, New York, New York 10005
  • NFTE teaches entrepreneurship to young people from low-income communities to enhance their economic productivity by improving their business, academic and life skills.
  • Managed a standardized network consisting of 20+ servers and 200+ workstations in 15+ locations, both national and international. Designed VPN connections between regional offices and HQ, provided RAS services for mobile users. Maintained Exchange 2003 “geocluster” with nodes on both coasts as part of a business continuity plan.
  • 01/2003 – 06/2007
  • IT Manager – Reported to CFO
    • Complete redesign of entire network, including infrastructure, security, and backup and disaster recovery processes.
    • Implementation, maintenance and administration of servers and workstations located at HQ, 12 regional offices and 3 data centers.
    • Implementation, maintenance and administration of messaging system including Microsoft Exchange servers in 2 locations, Microsoft Mobile Information Server, Outlook Web Access, Barracuda spam filtering appliances, and XWall gateway mail filter.
    • Implementation, maintenance and administration of servers and websites located at Globix’s NYC data center (nfte.com, online store, BizTech 1.5, BizTech 2.0).
    • Design and development of NFTE public and internal websites.
    • Technical lead on BizTech 2.0 – A 2005 Codie Awards finalist in the Best Secondary Education Instructional Solution category.
    • Design and implementation of custom disaster recovery system in cooperation with Veritas, Microsoft, HP/Compaq and 3COM.
    • Monitor disaster recovery system and make adjustments as necessary.
    • Develop and monitor policies and standards for usage of NFTE computing resources.
    • Determine the need for, evaluate, and purchase new technologies including workstations, servers, Internet connections, etc.
    • Manage and administer security services for HQ and associated VPN connections (Firewalls/VPN Devices, RRAS servers, Workstation/Groupware anti virus, content filtering, security certificates).
    • Management of multi-site hybrid phone system.
  • 02/2000 – 01/2003
  • Network Manager – Reported to CIO
    • Negotiated managed hosting (outsourcing) agreements as organization experienced a period of rapid growth.
    • Performed nightly backups at the HQ office and data centers.
    • Maintained licensing agreements with hardware/software vendors and service providers.
    • Managed consultants working on technology related projects.
    • Managed and administer network services and applications located at Headquarters (Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, RAS, Raiser’s Edge, MAS90).
    • Performed low-level maintenance on phone system located at Headquarters and act as a main point of contact for contracted vendor on higher-level service requests.
    • Provided help desk support to employees located at Headquarters and regional offices.
    • Monitored network performance and make adjustments as necessary.
  • Summary of
  • Windows NT/XP/2003/2008, Linux (Slackware, CentOS/Fedora/RHEL), OS X/ OSX Server, Microsoft Exchange 5.5-2007, Active Directory/Open Directory/LDAP, DNS, DHCP
  • qualifications
  • IPsec, SSL and PPTP VPN, RAS, IP Routing, FTP, SSH, Cisco and Sonicwall Firewalls, Symantec BackupExec/Storage Replicator, Neverfail for Exchange, McAfee Total Virus Defense, Trend Micro, Windows Software Update Services, IP Monitor, Barracuda appliances, Dataenter XWall, Nagios, Openfire, VMWare, Amazon EC2
  • HTML/XHTML, ASP, C++, C#, PHP, Java/JSP, JavaScript, Visual Basic/VBScript, IIS, Apache, DeepMetrix Livestats, Microsoft CMS, Drupal, WordPress, Microsoft SQL, MySQL
  • Microsoft Office, SAGE MAS 90/500, Blackbaud products, Adobe Creative Suite, Extensis Suitcase, Gigabyte Express
  • Mitel/Inter-Tel and NEC/Nitsuko telephone systems