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Please allow me to Introduce Myself


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Born in New York. Made in California.

I was born and raised in upstate New York. That means good pizza and miserable weather. After graduating from Binghamton University in 1991, I left the green pastures of upstate NY for the "Greener Pastures" of Northern California. The rest, I guess you can say, is History. Peruse the Social Icons above to find out more.

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John C. Zizak

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John Zizak

Locale: 38.4383° N, 121.3819° W
Phone number: 9!6.3S9.9494
Website: www.zizak.com
E-mail: john@zizak.com

Summation

The more you know...


Employment

  • 2006-future

    Security Compliance Engineer @ Planview

    Built and deployed worldwide infrastructure for Innotas' SaaS PPM solution. Migrated worldwide presence from physical infrastructure to 100% AWS Cloud-based infrastructure with zero downtime. Created and Managed internal controls to support successful SOC2 attestations for 6 consecutive audit periods. Certified ISO-27001 Internal Auditor

  • 2000-2006

    Sr. Unix Administrator @ First American

    Built and supported systems for FirstAmerican's highly successful Metroscan and Metrolist products. Streamlined operations and implemented several cost cutting measures. So much so, I was asked to be successful elsewhere.

  • 1995-2000

    Lead Unix Administrator @MCIWorldCom

    Supported the CampusMCI product serving Internet services to colleges and universities across the country. Moved to State Gov't group and supported 100s of UNIX systems for various products ranging from SMOG Check II to California Firearm Licensee Background check system.

  • 1991-1995

    Systems Matter Expert @ GTE Data Services

    Cut teeth learning Operations supporting IBM 390 Mainframes. Provided application support for GTE employees Nationwide. Promoted to Systems Matter Expert supporting all Infrastructure components and online applications. Introduced to UNIX, never looked back.

Education

Details, Factoids and Minutiae

photo info: Portland, Maine
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Dotcoms Founded
Music Maniac
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I can Juggle
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1 wife 3 kids 2 dogs 2 cats

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Saturday, July 18, 2009

New Alice in Chains. Getting PsycHeD!

New Alice in Chains. Getting PsycHeD!

The new Alice in Chains is set to drop in store September 29th, 2009.

Can.Not.Wait.


For those who have NOT heard the new single, A Looking in View check it out here:

http://www.aliceinchains.com

Be prepared, it is heavier than Whaleshit! Although I would much rather prefer a Layne-Staley-fronted-Alice-in-Chains, (not too possible since Layne went dead back in April of 2002) new frontman, Will Duvall does a great job maintaining the Alice legacy with his strong, dark vocals. A perfect harmonizing complement to AIC Vet, Jerry Cantrell.

I would love to see an extended AIC tour, so far only the following dates have been announced:

Jul 18 Detroit
Aug 1 Dublin, Ireland
Aug 2 Barcelona, Spain
Aug 4 London, United Kingdom
Aug 8 Berlin, Germany
Aug 10 Hamburg, Germany
Aug 12 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Aug 22 Los Angeles
Sep 8 New York City
Sep 12 Indianapolis
Sep 15 Toronto, Canada
Sep 20 Milwaukee

Help bring back Rock and Roll and pick up the new Alice in Chains record when it drops September 29th, 2009.

Rock out!

Services

Yeah. I can do that.


Seasoned Tech Pro

Twenty Five plus years in the Hi-Tech Trenches.

Amazon Web Services

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SOC2

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SaaS

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Systems | Networks

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Locale

38.4383° N, 121.3819° W

Phone number

9!6.3S9.9494

Website

zizakdotcom