Simon Chong

Background

About Simon Chong

15+ years of excellence in IT strategy, solutions delivery and operations leadership Rich knowledge of Cloud Services (SaaS/PaaS/IaaS), Big Data Solutions and infrastructure virtualization Deep expertise in architecture design and implementation of enterprise data centers, network backbones and services, security and governance programs Organizational Leadership I have been described as a technology leader that is conscientious and pragmatic about the investments made in IT solutions. My objective and passion is to transform the performance of companies by delivering an IT architecture and solution infrastructure that meets genuine business needs and provides a return on investment. Being attentive to the needs of the business and building a team that has a solution-focused mentality are imperative to achieving these loft goals. This is precisely what I’ve been able to accomplish over the past 16+ years at Esurance and the State Fund. Creating a hybrid public/private Cloud environment Architecting an Infrastructure-as-a-Service framework Delivering SaaS-based applications Deploying high-availability, high-performance virtual infrastructures Designing and implementing cutting-edge network backbone, enterprise WAN, unified communications, CRM and call center solutions Integrating comprehensive business intelligence, data warehousing, reporting, and analytics platforms Instituting formal technology governance standards, policies, and best practices [Expertise]: IaaS/PaaS.SaaS | PMP | Global Team | Cloud | Network (LAN, WAN)| Data Center | Co-location hosting | Vrtualization (VMware, Citrix, Red Hat)| Storage Network ( EMC and NetApp)| VOIP| E-commerce | Application Service Provider (ASP)| ITIL Framework | PCI, SSAE 16 SOC2, ISO 27001 and 27002 compliance | ERP systems | Disaster Recovery | Flexpod | DevOps | Oracle RAC | MS SQL | Big Data – Hadoop and NoSQL | Automation | Puppet and Chef