Gradimir Novakovic
ICT Data Center ManagerFiat Group Automobiles
Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro
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General
About
Currently I am working for a Multinational company FIAT GROUP AUTOMOBILES that employs more than 120.000 people worldwide and conducts its business throughout many countries. I am responsible for short/long term strategy, building & leadership of direct/indirect ICT teams, and organization & coordination of other teams closely connected to ICT. I was brought to FIAT for purpose of enlarging/developing ICT as main support to all other sectors, as well as project team leader to realize Data Center infrastructure for factory in Serbia with high end technology on market (SAN, EVA, OpenVMS, VMware, Win Server 2008, MSSQL, ORACLE, CISCO, … etc ). Responsible for managing data center activities in line with rules, architectures and strategies by Fiat Group Automobiles Information and Communicatio Technology.
Throughout 2009/2011 I have had constant results in increasing budget & client base by providing good IT Management and support to Kronospan Ltd in Serbia.
From early
Throughout 2009/2011 I have had constant results in increasing budget & client base by providing good IT Management and support to Kronospan Ltd in Serbia.
From early
Haves
- plan, design, manage, support and optimize:
* Microsoft Server Platform,
* Microsoft System Management,
* Microsoft Server Virtualization,
* Network and Internet Security, ...
- Consultant Information Security Management
- Designer Improved Switched Network
- Service Catalogue Management
- Availability Management
- Continuity Management
- Capacity Management
- Server Deployment
- Application Deployment
- Incident Management
- Event Management
- Network Administration
- Server Administration
* Microsoft Server Platform,
* Microsoft System Management,
* Microsoft Server Virtualization,
* Network and Internet Security, ...
- Consultant Information Security Management
- Designer Improved Switched Network
- Service Catalogue Management
- Availability Management
- Continuity Management
- Capacity Management
- Server Deployment
- Application Deployment
- Incident Management
- Event Management
- Network Administration
- Server Administration
Professional Experience
Oct 2011 - Present
ICT Data Center Manager
Fiat Group Automobiles
Automotive
Fiat Group Automobiles
Automotive
Resposible for managing data center activities in line with rules, architetures and strategies by Fiat Group Automobiles Information and Communicatio Technology. General duties are as follows:
- Identification and planning of all activities, with definition of timing, deadlines, efforts and planning development including the definition of roles and responsibilities of the team;
- Location and placement of necessary human/technical/methodological resources;
- To check activity progress status compared to the planning and carrying out the appropriate actions;
- Management of technical/functional change management;
- To guarantee a constant and timely update of operative documentation;
- To ensure the communication both inside the team work and to third parts (e.g. users, suppliers, ...);
- Setup and manage systems for public facing high-traffic applications;
- Able to work as individual contributor and provide technical leadership within the admin team;
- Proactively identify mitigation strategies where needed and follow through to minimize risks and negative impact;
- Prioritize day-to-day tasks to align with key project milestones and communicate any potential to miss deadlines early on;
- Work collaboratively and contributively with other engineers and team members.
- Providing detailed technical input in the planning, design and development of all electrical and mechanical facilities equipment. The activity, carried out at the plant hardware room, has to guarantee the following services:
- Taking on and management of problems, during the whole life cycle;
- Activation of local/central availability;
- Monitoring of systems, processes and LAN/WAN network;
- Back-up management;
- Transmissions between central and local systems;
- Activation and management of procedures;
- LAN first, second and third level service to execute restoration operations;
- Systems first, second and third level service to execute restoration operation.
- Identification and planning of all activities, with definition of timing, deadlines, efforts and planning development including the definition of roles and responsibilities of the team;
- Location and placement of necessary human/technical/methodological resources;
- To check activity progress status compared to the planning and carrying out the appropriate actions;
- Management of technical/functional change management;
- To guarantee a constant and timely update of operative documentation;
- To ensure the communication both inside the team work and to third parts (e.g. users, suppliers, ...);
- Setup and manage systems for public facing high-traffic applications;
- Able to work as individual contributor and provide technical leadership within the admin team;
- Proactively identify mitigation strategies where needed and follow through to minimize risks and negative impact;
- Prioritize day-to-day tasks to align with key project milestones and communicate any potential to miss deadlines early on;
- Work collaboratively and contributively with other engineers and team members.
- Providing detailed technical input in the planning, design and development of all electrical and mechanical facilities equipment. The activity, carried out at the plant hardware room, has to guarantee the following services:
- Taking on and management of problems, during the whole life cycle;
- Activation of local/central availability;
- Monitoring of systems, processes and LAN/WAN network;
- Back-up management;
- Transmissions between central and local systems;
- Activation and management of procedures;
- LAN first, second and third level service to execute restoration operations;
- Systems first, second and third level service to execute restoration operation.
Sep 2006 - Jun 2007
(1 years)
(1 years)
System Administrator
Center for Social Welfare ``Solidarnost``
Civic & Social Organization
Center for Social Welfare ``Solidarnost``
Civic & Social Organization
- Participating in making strategic decisions in the field of IT.
- Planning, designing and implementation of new solutions. - In charge of maintenance of Information System to be in functional and stable state. - In charge of the following units inside Infrastructure Division: Networks, Servers, Operating systems, Databases, Security and Technical Support. - Reporting to the Executive Director of the IT Department on the regular intervals. - Managing of the IT Infrastructure Division inside IT Department .
- Communication with other sectors.
- - Design, planning and implementation of new information technology solutions in the fields of networking, operating systems and security. - Configuration, administration and monitoring of the information system. - Presentation of the new technologies to the management. - Management of the various project in the IT sector related to the network, operating systems and security.
- Planning, designing and implementation of new solutions. - In charge of maintenance of Information System to be in functional and stable state. - In charge of the following units inside Infrastructure Division: Networks, Servers, Operating systems, Databases, Security and Technical Support. - Reporting to the Executive Director of the IT Department on the regular intervals. - Managing of the IT Infrastructure Division inside IT Department .
- Communication with other sectors.
- - Design, planning and implementation of new information technology solutions in the fields of networking, operating systems and security. - Configuration, administration and monitoring of the information system. - Presentation of the new technologies to the management. - Management of the various project in the IT sector related to the network, operating systems and security.
Jun 2007 - Oct 2007
(0 years, 4 Months)
(0 years, 4 Months)
Web application development associate
IMS Groups - Kragujevac
Information Technology and Services
IMS Groups - Kragujevac
Information Technology and Services
Participation in development of the following Web applications: KlaraM -Beograd; Zoo Vrt -Jagodina; Moto - Berza-Kragujevac; Media MarketingKragujevac; Orion - Kragujevac; MMA Manager – USA, ...
Jul 2008 - Apr 2009
(1 years)
(1 years)
System Administrator
ENMON GROUP
Glass, Ceramics & Concrete
ENMON GROUP
Glass, Ceramics & Concrete
1. Maintenance and improvement of ICT system - whole HW and SW, Win Server 2003, LAN, WAN, VPN between all ENMON branches in region. 2. Maintenace and implementation of ERP ( Enterprise resourse planning - http://www.datalab.eu/index.php?id=2402 ) solution Pantheon 5.
3. Technical support to staff 4. Other duties: communication with clients, usage of Pantheon in every day activities.
3. Technical support to staff 4. Other duties: communication with clients, usage of Pantheon in every day activities.
Apr 2009 - Oct 2011
(2 years, 6 Months)
(2 years, 6 Months)
IT Manager
Kronospan
Paper & Forest Products
Kronospan
Paper & Forest Products
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Implementation of IS on the surface of 550 000 square meters, structural implementation of IS, - Management and implementation of over 20 projects during the construction of the entire factory (project planing for the IS of the factory, coordination of fiber connection in the factory - 15 FDP(fiber distribute places) with multimode and singlemode fiber links, setting up, implementation and realization of Data Center,
- Implementation of Industrial wireless for production warehouses Motorola, - Administration of all IS factory in cooperation and agreements with other IT Managers-whole group (28 factorys),
- Planned and Implemented a fully Virtualized environment on the Testing and Development Network using VMware Infrastructure,
- Planning Disaster Recovery environment, deployment, refinement, and documentation.
- Implementing and Managing new Microsoft Active Directory on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition,
- Implementing and Managing an Additional Domain Controller to act as a Backup Domain Controller,
- Implementing and managing new Exchange 2003 Standard Edition with Backend Front-end Technology,
- Provided fully Customized Desktop Operating System and securing it by using GPO, - HP EVA 4100-4400 Storage Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESX Server, Symantec Backup Exec 12.5, NLB - Network Load Balancing, McAfee (ePO), Kaspersky Open Space Security Enterprise,
- Configuration and administration of HP ProCurve Series Switches (2610, 2810, 2520G, 2600, ...), Motrola Wireless Switch - RFS6000 series, Cisco PIX 506, ...
- Provide technical support, guidance and installation services to the company networks on the implementation and operation of their information and communication technologies infrastructure. This includes data communications, networking, server and client operating systems, standard desktop applications, ICT security, asset management, contingency and risk management and general ICT operations.
- Implementation of IS on the surface of 550 000 square meters, structural implementation of IS, - Management and implementation of over 20 projects during the construction of the entire factory (project planing for the IS of the factory, coordination of fiber connection in the factory - 15 FDP(fiber distribute places) with multimode and singlemode fiber links, setting up, implementation and realization of Data Center,
- Implementation of Industrial wireless for production warehouses Motorola, - Administration of all IS factory in cooperation and agreements with other IT Managers-whole group (28 factorys),
- Planned and Implemented a fully Virtualized environment on the Testing and Development Network using VMware Infrastructure,
- Planning Disaster Recovery environment, deployment, refinement, and documentation.
- Implementing and Managing new Microsoft Active Directory on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition,
- Implementing and Managing an Additional Domain Controller to act as a Backup Domain Controller,
- Implementing and managing new Exchange 2003 Standard Edition with Backend Front-end Technology,
- Provided fully Customized Desktop Operating System and securing it by using GPO, - HP EVA 4100-4400 Storage Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESX Server, Symantec Backup Exec 12.5, NLB - Network Load Balancing, McAfee (ePO), Kaspersky Open Space Security Enterprise,
- Configuration and administration of HP ProCurve Series Switches (2610, 2810, 2520G, 2600, ...), Motrola Wireless Switch - RFS6000 series, Cisco PIX 506, ...
- Provide technical support, guidance and installation services to the company networks on the implementation and operation of their information and communication technologies infrastructure. This includes data communications, networking, server and client operating systems, standard desktop applications, ICT security, asset management, contingency and risk management and general ICT operations.
Apr 2009 - Oct 2011
(2 years, 6 Months)
(2 years, 6 Months)
IT Manager
Kronospan
Paper & Forest Products
Kronospan
Paper & Forest Products
Education
2006
Certification, Student Cultural Center and United society of computer science engineers of Serbia (High School)
IT
ECDL Certificate
IT
ECDL Certificate
2000
VII/1 – College degree, University at Kragujevac-Serbia (High School)
Faculty of natural sciences, University of Kragujevac, Group for physics and com
Faculty of natural sciences, University of Kragujevac, Group for physics and com
2008
Certification, INFORMATIKA AD Belgrade (High School)
IT
IT Administrator – MCSA / E ( Microsoft System Administrator / Engineer); CCNA ( Cisco Certified Network Engineer )
IT
IT Administrator – MCSA / E ( Microsoft System Administrator / Engineer); CCNA ( Cisco Certified Network Engineer )
2009
Certification, SPARK Business Start – Up Centre Kragujevac (High School)
Managment
Business Skills Training Modules: Small Business Systems Management, Team Building, Management Skills, Coaching, Business Plan Writing
Managment
Business Skills Training Modules: Small Business Systems Management, Team Building, Management Skills, Coaching, Business Plan Writing
2012
FGA ICT Architecture Team and HP architecture Team (High School)
ICT Data Center Facilities Training
-Software and Hardware Architecture Overview
-Hardware and Server Maintenance
-Storage architecture Details
-Virtualization Infrastructure Details (Vmware Farm) - Application Environments:
Architecture/Components
Configuration and Management
MQ Cofiguration and Management -Windows Servers/Cluster Details
-SQL Server Configurations
-Linux Server/Cluster Details
-Network Architecture -Backup Infratstructure Architecture
-Backup Server/Agent Configuration and Management
-Monitoring Environment
ICT Data Center Facilities Training
-Software and Hardware Architecture Overview
-Hardware and Server Maintenance
-Storage architecture Details
-Virtualization Infrastructure Details (Vmware Farm) - Application Environments:
Architecture/Components
Configuration and Management
MQ Cofiguration and Management -Windows Servers/Cluster Details
-SQL Server Configurations
-Linux Server/Cluster Details
-Network Architecture -Backup Infratstructure Architecture
-Backup Server/Agent Configuration and Management
-Monitoring Environment
More about Gradimir Novakovic
First Name
Gradimir
Last Name
Novakovic
Interests / Hobbies
Team work skills, cooperation and successful communication in different environments. I had opportunity to work in multicultural environments and teams of individuals from different cultures and cultures, during my stay in USA, in 2005 – 2006.
Painting - I have had tree independent exhibitions in Kragujevac, until now.
Sport
- Football 12 years;
- Aikido 3 years;
- Snowboarding 10 Years.
Specialities
- plan, design, manage, support and optimize:
* Microsoft Server Platform,
* Microsoft System Management,
* Microsoft Server Virtualization,
* Network and Internet Security, ...
- Consultant Information Security Management
- Designer Improved Switched Network
- Service Catalogue Management
- Availability Management
- Continuity Management
- Capacity Management
- Server Deployment
- Application Deployment
- Incident Management
- Event Management
- Network Administration
- Server Administration
* Microsoft Server Platform,
* Microsoft System Management,
* Microsoft Server Virtualization,
* Network and Internet Security, ...
- Consultant Information Security Management
- Designer Improved Switched Network
- Service Catalogue Management
- Availability Management
- Continuity Management
- Capacity Management
- Server Deployment
- Application Deployment
- Incident Management
- Event Management
- Network Administration
- Server Administration
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