Brian Fukuba

Brian Fukuba is a Principle at PC/Network Consultants. He has worked in the Bay Area for almost 20 years. Here is some of Brian’s background:

• Principal

  PC/Network Consultant

  (Computer & Network Security industry)

  July 2003 — Present

  Assisting small to mid sized businesses address their IT project and ongoing support requirements, being mindful of Best Practices and off the shelf solutions.

  Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity programs.
  Managing Change Control Process.
  Business Consultant to determine long term goals and how technology can assist in meeting those goals.
  Secure the best price/configuration for new systems.
  Configure and setup of LAN network.
  Resolve Microsoft software errors/issues.
  Research and recommend software for applications.
  Develop a backup scheme for PC’s – both local and remote over IP.

• Data Center Manager

  KLA-Tencor

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; KLAC; Semiconductors industry)

  1996 — 2003

  •Managed a Fortune 500 Company’s Data Center with a $4 Million operations budget and staff of 20 for five years.
  •Delivered extensive Data Center facilities upgrades without interrupting service.
  •Developed and implemented a backup scheme for the Corporate Data Center as well as all world-wide remote sites/field sales offices.
  •Developed/documented ISO compliant Policies and Procedures for Data Center Operations.
  •Developed and presented to Executives SLA’s and Metrics for the Data Center.
  •Developed an escalation process to minimize outages.
  •Safety/Security – Manage the Data Center card key access and Intergen fire suppression system.
  •Implemented and facilitated the IT Change Management Process.
  •Developed and ran semi-annual tests of the IT Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Program.
  •Vendor management resulted in significant cost savings in equipment maintenance, and standardized maintenance coverage.

• Consultant, Systems Analyst

  Cambria Corp

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1992 — 1996

  Designed and installed LAN’s for numerous clients.
  PC Desktop and Server Support tasks. Numerous hardware and software installations and problem resolution.
  Coded and supported numerous custom applications using a variety of tools.

• Programmer Analyst

  US Fleet Leasing

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Automotive industry)

  1990 — 1992

  Worked on development of a Sales quote application for the United Kingdom, a departmental Time Reporting System and a reporting/ordering application for US customers to enable them to manage their auto fleet on their desktop PC’s from data downloaded from the US Fleet mainframe.
  Wrote policies and procedures for management of a Corporate PC group

• Manufacturing/Marketing Analyst

  Daisy Systems

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1985 — 1990

  Business Marketing Analyst.
  Developed several applications including and electronic price book for domestic/international sales offices, and bookings/forecast applications for Product Managers.
  Manufacturing Analyst.
  Assisted in the setup and maintenance of a 3Com LAN for manufacturing.
  Developed numerous applications for manufacturing using a variety of PC based database software. These included spreadsheet, graphing, word processing, communications, database, bar coding, and mainframe (ASK-QUIZ) reports.
  These Database applications were written in Clipper, using a wide variety of third party libraries where required.

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