GIOVANNI SAVASTANO
Tel: (+39) 333 73 27 726 – Skype: giovanni-sis

PROFILE
- Work experience in two Multinational Companies as System Administrator, System Engineer and Team Leader;
- Founder, CTO and CEO of a Web Consulting Agency;
- Solid experience in web programming, with strong skills on technologies such as: (X)HTML, DHTML, XML, PHP, ASP, JavaScript , Ajax, Web Services and major Data Exchange formats like JSON and SOAP;
- Deep knowledge of several programming languages, including: C, C++, Java, Python, Perl and others;
- Skilled on all major database environments (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLlite, Oracle, MS SQL Server and JDE).

WORK EXPERIENCES
Aug ‘07 – Today CEO & CTO at Soluzioni Informatiche e di Sistema s.r.l.
Founder, coordination of the development team, data architect for major projects, financial and budgeting administration, senior systems engineer for the proprietary infrastructure of the company.

Main projects:
- Gruppo Preziosi S.p.a.: official website and catalogue – www.gruppopreziosi.com
- Omnicom Media Group S.p.a.: Document Management System (DMS) and extranet – https://extra.omd.it
- Ferrino S.p.a.: official site for a new line of camping products
- Principe S.p.a.: official website – www.principe.it
- Comitato Termotecnico Italiano s.r.l. (a branch of ISO): official website – www.cti2000.it
- HotelPlan S.p.a.: official website HotelPlan – meravigliedalmondo.hotelplan.it
- Piaggio S.p.a.: finalist at contest for strategic marketing and ninja marketing for new Vespa marketing campaign.
- E-Commerce for Toys s.rl. – shop.toyscenter.it
- E-commerce and management system of the official card for UCI Road World Championships Varese 2008 – www.easycardvarese.it
- Management and development of the company framework for the creation of websites and e-commerce and several multimedia creations for CD / DVD / Intranet / Extranet / Internet catalogues.

Jan ‘05 – Jul ‘07 Systems Engineer and Mobile Platforms Manager at Deloitte Italia
Coordination of the mobile platforms team of support for company’s partners and managers. Management of BlackBerry infrastructure. Management of IT assets of the company. Management and support of the networking infrastructure for all offices of Deloitte located in Italy.

Main projects:
- Development of a new CED Room for the main node for the network of Deloitte Italia: infrastructure, cabling, setup of the air-conditioning system, systems of access to the engine room and tlc in biometric technology, reconfiguration of the local switches for the new subnet, reconfiguration of the remote routers for the new tracks.
- Setup and configuration of the wireless network for the head office of Deloitte Italia (Milano): 62 Access Points Cisco series 1200 in roaming. Configuration of the setup template to be extended to all other national offices.
- Migration of most of the national server infrastructure from Windows 2000/2003 Server to Windows Server 2007
- Migration of the mail infrastructure from Microsoft Exchange 2000 to Microsoft Exchange 2007
- Upgrade of the BlackBerry infrastructure from version 3 to 4.2
- Setup and configuration of the company’s VPN gateways based on Cisco VPN e Aventail VPN technologies
- Setup and configuration of Checkpoint firewalls

Apr ‘01 – Jun ‘07 System Manager at Arthur Andersen IBS
Setup and administration of more than 300 servers Windows and Unix/Linux. Management of networking for connections among more than 20 offices in Italy and connections with international headquarters. Management of security policies for the corporate network.

Main projects:
- Implementation of BlackBerry Enterprise Server v.3
- Setup and configuration of the company’s VPN gateways based on Cisco VPN e Aventail VPN technologies
- Setup and configuration of the Checkpoint firewalls
- Creation and distribution of several auto-installing software packages for the whole set of company’s computers (about 3000 clients)
- Setup, configuration and management of the central repositories for Norton Antivirus Enterprise, subsequently reconfigured for handling McAfee Enterprise nodes.
- Administration of the email servers based on Lotus Domino Server
- Administration of the servers and of the network based on Novell Network
- Migration of the company’s infrastructure from Novell Network to Microsoft Active Directory with related creation of the company’s national directory and join of the international domain. My role was taking part in realizing the migration scripts and performing the silent clients’ reconfiguration.
- Migration of the company’s European infrastructure from Lotus Domino Server to Microsoft Exchange Server
- Creation of a new CED room at the company’s software factory in Avellino (AV): infrastructure, cabling, setup of the air-conditioning system, systems of access to the engine room and tlc in biometric technology, reconfiguration of the local switches for the new subnet
- Setup of the Marconi central for DWDM connection of the company’s office in Avellino (AV) and reconfiguration of the Routers (Cisco class 7000 and 8000) for managing the new infrastructure through the BGP protocol rather than using the EGP one, therefore interconnecting 23 OSPF independent networks.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCES
1998 – Today Freelance Software/Web Development and Systems Engineering
Since my first approach to software and web development back in 1998, I made a lot of experiences in home-made productions as well as in small business contexts, from developing amateur websites to customising linux environments and open source software packages for creating wikis, blogs, system management systems, database administration environments, system administration remotization, fire walling, etc.
I am also experienced in LAN and WAN cabling, both in ethernet and in wifi environments, and worked as data architect consultant and occasionally as project manager in various companies.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
I attended several training courses and seminaries including:
• Open source and free software technology held by: Master; Sikurezza.org
• Web standards “ IWA/HVG
• Online frauds “ Sikurezza.org
• Technology and multimedia communication “ Master; Sikurezza.org, IWA/HVG
• Management of security systems “ Sikurezza.org
• Theory and practice of wireless technology “ Intel, IBM, Research in Motion
• Wireless e mobile technologies for business in companies “ Soiel International, Microsoft
• RFID e structured cabling “ Reply, School of Management at Politecnico di Milano, Soiel International
• Privacy protection and management “ Progetto Winston Smith
• Networks’ security “ Sikurezza.org
• Management of IT incidents “ Sikurezza.org

OTHER SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
LANGUAGES ENGLISH (good);
ITALIAN (native);
FRENCH (basic)

DRIVING LICENCE European driving license

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