EDGAR PARRILLA MENJIVAR
San Salvador,SS
Summary
• To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
• Experienced CTO with over 25 years of experience in IT industry. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CHIEF TECNOLOGY OFFICER
GRUPO UNICOMER
05.2012 - 03.2022
• Responsible for all IT Services procurement and management throughout the entire group - 25 countries (Caribbean islands, Central America, Ecuador, Paraguay, Chile) including all infrastructure platforms and end-user services, IT services deployment and operations, etc. All of this being handled by third party providers.
• On-premise and Cloud platforms management responsibility, capacity planning, hardware / software procurement, business and infrastructure applications rollout and support, etc.
• CAPEX / OPEX preparation according to agreed IT / Business strategy.
• Vendor management and (huge) contract negotiations and renewals (Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, etc).
GROUP IT PLATFORMS MANAGER
DIGICEL GROUP
08.2010 - 04.2012
• Reporting directly to Group CIO / CTO.
• Responsible of all IT Operations in the whole group (Caribbean and Central American operations) including budget preparation and execution.
• Responsible of designing, building, managing the whole operations regarding servers, storages, databases, etc. .
• Responsible of infrastructure projects, operations, budget, etc.
IT INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER
GRUPO SIMAN
03.2001 - 07.2010
• Virtualized Infrastructure deployment with AS400s, IBM RISC, Windows (VMWare).
• Storage Area Networks deployment (30 terabytes): 3 IBM SANs (low, midrange).
• Key player for Oracle Financials (11.5.10) project for 5 Central American Countries: DBA, Server Manager, Technical Support.
• Lotus Notes and Exchange Server project deployments throughout the entire organization.
• Antivirus and Antispamming software deployments throughout the entire company.
• Backup and Recovery throughout the company: IBM TSM software deployment: hardware, software, procedures, etc.
• IT / IS budget planning (yearly).
• From 2001 till 2003: Server Administrator , DBA
• Afterwards, Head of Infrastructure Management Unit, in charge of IBM (mostly), SUN servers.
• Main Business Projects: Warehouse Management Systems, Human Resources, Financials, Credit Systems, Point-of-Sales, Business Performance KPIs, etc.
SENIOR DBA
FRANCE TELECOM (UNDER CTE TELECOM - ANTEL)
01.2000 - 02.2001
• Senior DBA for Oracle Financials and other Backend Databases, Hyperion, ESSBASE, etc.
• Senior DBA for several FrontEnd Databases: customer service, CDR , etc
• Key player in software rollouts (pre-built or home made).
SENIOR PM FOR POINT OF SALES AND ERP APPLICATIONS
GRUPO CETECO
09.1998 - 12.1999
Led a team of consultants to deploy POINT-OF-SALES software and ERP (both based on Oracle platforms)
SENIOR SYSTEMS ANALYST / PROGRAMMER
HILASAL COMPANY
02.1994 - 09.1998
• Oracle E-Business suite analyst and programmer
• Design and build custom made applications, integrated with Oracle EBS.
• First Central American company to roll out such software.
Education
Bachelor of Science - COMPUTER SCIENCE AND BUSINESS MAJOR
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
LOUISIANA, USA05.1993
Skills
- Excellent skills in IT Management at Retail, Telecom and Textile industries
- Real experience at defining, designing, managing, and implementing IT projects involving servers, networks, databases, applications, storage networks, etc either on-premise or cloud based
- Strong relationships and negotiation skills with leading IT suppliers and consulting firms
- Strong administrative experience on Operating Systems, Relational Databases, Networking (routing / switching), Storage Area Networks, etc
- Proven working skills with third party providers (internal outsourcing and shared services)
- Expert on Conflict resolution
- Customer oriented professional
- Teaching experience at private universities
- Flexible and adaptable
Timeline
CHIEF TECNOLOGY OFFICER
GRUPO UNICOMER
05.2012 - 03.2022
GROUP IT PLATFORMS MANAGER
DIGICEL GROUP
08.2010 - 04.2012
IT INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER
GRUPO SIMAN
03.2001 - 07.2010
SENIOR DBA
FRANCE TELECOM (UNDER CTE TELECOM - ANTEL)
01.2000 - 02.2001
SENIOR PM FOR POINT OF SALES AND ERP APPLICATIONS
GRUPO CETECO
09.1998 - 12.1999
SENIOR SYSTEMS ANALYST / PROGRAMMER
HILASAL COMPANY
02.1994 - 09.1998
Bachelor of Science - COMPUTER SCIENCE AND BUSINESS MAJOR
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
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