Matthew Rapoport

Managing Member/Partner
Homes Inc.

Managing Member
HOMES INC.
Dates Employed Jan 2010 Present
Los Angeles, CA

Chief Operations Officer

Rack Alley
Jan 2011 Present

Web Hosting and Internet Services. Visit www.rackalley.com for more details.

Director of Global Datacenter Operations

C I HOST/CONSTELLATE
Oct 2006 Jan 2011

Director of Global Datacenter Operations 2006 to 2010

Key Results:
Oversight of three datacenter operations across the United States including network design,
datacenter expansion, vendor relations, UPS systems, HVAC implementation, and electrical
systems.
Created and standardized process and procedure documentation as well as streamlined
inefficient processes to increase productivity and efficiency.
Presented and assisted in deployment of email and collaborative software into the company
such as Exchange 2003, Kayako, and Sharepoint Portal Server 2007, effectively increasing
accountability, communication, and documentation.
Strategic design and integration of large network and server migration strategies for
customers moving from other hosting companies including power, air flow, network
diagrams, and IP allocations.
Responsible for human resource management such as personnel management, training,
employee satisfaction, resource management, hiring/firing, and employee evaluations.
Effectively serving as client relationship coordinator, providing strict client deliverables,
timelines, service items, and high end customer service.


Chief Technology Officer

NEXT EXIT INCORPORATED
Jan 2008 Dec 2009

Key Results:
Design, secure, and establish a redundant network infrastructure through means of port
blocking, SPI, IDS, 1:1 NAT, SNMP, VPN, AD Permissions, SAN, Spam Filtration, Off-site
backups, and Norton Anti-Virus Corporate Edition
Administrator of Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Ubuntu 8.04, and 9.10 with
services including AD, DNS, FTP, RDP, SSL Certificates, Exchange 2003 including POP3,
SMTP, Antigen, and RDC over HTTP, IIS Configuration, Share Point Portal Server 2007,
Apache, Cron, Web Services, Scheduled off-site backups, MySQL, SQL2005, Kayako, and
OTRS.
Web Administrator for Magento, ZenCart, OSCommerce, and Wordpress utilizing
CSS/PHP, HTML, Javascript, and XML. Responsible for SEO including meta data, tags,
keywords, press releases, PPC campaigns, RSS feeds, social media integration (Facebook,
Twitter, Myspace, etc.)
Knowledgeable in applications such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft
Word, Microsfot Visio, Quickbooks, Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4, Adobe Acrobat,
Microsoft Expressions Web, and Microsoft Project 2010.

NOC Technician/Datacenter Manager

C I Host
Dates EmployedOct 2003 Oct 2006

Key Results:
Highly effective inventory controller maintaining server parts, decommissioned servers, IP
allocations, network equipment, uninterrupted power supplies, HVAC equipment, security
equipment.
Lead of OS installation and/or imaging of Windows 2000 (all versions), Windows Server
2003 (all versions), Redhat, Ubuntu, Debian, and CentOS.
Lead of server builds including custom hardware ranging from p4's to duel xeons, Dell, HP,
and Supermicro.
Frontline for hardware issues, server problems, network equipment issues, HVAC issues,
power issues.
Scheduling, hiring/firing, tickets, escalation, issue resolution, vendor communication, and
datacenter expansion.
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Education


California State University, Fullerton

Bachelor's degree
Business
2000 2005