Facundo Bernardi

FACUNDO BERNARDI PERSONAL INFO 35 YEARS OLD, SINGLE 2055, Sarratea St. - Quilmes Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA -www.linkedin.com/in/facundobernardi - PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW Over 15 years experience across a broad range of industries, from small/medium-sized companies to large enterprises. Ability to understand the business needs and translate them into technology-based solutions. Solid experience in Manager / Leader roles, providing hands-on and remote support / advisory. Proven teamwork abilities, self-motivated and competent in group empowerment. Good communication abilities, skilled to work with remote teams. Multicultural / Multilanguage approach. Extensive experience in high stress and complex environments. Flexible thinking, well organized and customer oriented. SPECIALTIES Infrastructure projects. Leadership. Team management. Business Continuity. Disaster Recovery Plan. Vendors management. Negotiation. EDUCATION Engineering Degree, Information Technology Universidad Abierta Interamericana (4 pending subjects) Technical Diploma, Programming Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTN) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE GEMALTO (NOV/2013 – CURRENT) IT Manager, Latin America South (LAS) Responsible of the IT Infrastructure & operation of LAS Region sales offices, located in Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Guarantee the optimal operation of the infrastructure, connectivity and telephony systems. Responsible for the back office assets. Interface between local management and global teams. Responsible for IT vendor management and contracts negotiation. Liaison officer for corporate initiatives, in charge of the Global projects deployment & follow up. LPOC for internal/external audit processes. COELSA (MAR/2013 – NOV/2013) Infrastructure & Support Responsible Responsible of the IT structure & support of the head office, ensuring the correct operation of the cash electronic compensation platforms. Business continuity plans improvement, in accordance with the BCRA policies. IT vendor management + development. IT procedures and documentation database improvement. FACUNDO BERNARDI APTARGROUP INC. (SEP/2010 – MAR/2013) Lead, Operations & Communications, Latin America Operations & Communications service responsible for Latin America, leading the Regional support team in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico (scope: 8 production facilities).LPOC for Global projects deployment. Designed and deployed the Business Improvement Plans, in order to support the existent infrastructure, and protect the Business Critical Processes. Deployed redundant connectivity solutions for critical sites, contingency plans, etc. Responsible for IT vendor management and contracts negotiation. APTARGROUP INC. (JAN/2009 – SEP/2010) Malware & Identity Specialist Responsible for the management and implementation of the global antivirus solution, collaborating with the identity team. Design, deployment and monitoring of the Company security architecture using OfficeScan platforms. Consolidation of the multiple existing global AD domains into a unique domain. Deployment and administration of CheckPoint Firewall nodes. APTAR B&H LATIN AMERICA (AUG/2005 – JAN/2009) Network & Security Administrator Network administrator, supporting and troubleshooting +100 desktop computers + 15 servers (Windows / Linux RedHat based) fleet. CheckPoint Firewalls deployment and administration. Daily interaction with Global Teams, supporting the ongoing projects and attending the Regional / Global communications LANGUAGES ENGLISH (Proficient) PORTUGUESE (Proficient) SPANISH (Native) REFERENCES KAMP, Derek IT Director, Americas (GEMALTO) +1 - /- INMAN, Sam IT Manager, Americas (GEMALTO) +1 - /- BELLO, José GGS Deployment Manager (GEMALTO) +54 - /- TESSI, Marcelo BPS Support Manager France (GEMALTO) +54 - /- ODEGAARD, Steve Manager, IS Security (APTARGROUP) +1 - /- MELUS, John Lead, Network & Security (APTARGROUP) +1 - /- HOBBIES Motorsports Technology Cycling Travel