Dave Giaimo

Technology Mentor | Former IT Leader | Disability Advocate | Certified Peer Visitor

I have been disabled since 2006, but continue to share my expertise as a volunteer and mentor.

Key Achievements

• Provided day-to-day management for a team of full-time support professionals across seven continents for an international reinsurance organization.
• Managed help-desk ticketing systems, including the production and distribution of system metrics.
• Performed an in-place migration of key server and email systems with Active Directory.
• Implemented secure remote access solutions, VPNs, firewalls, and mobile clients.
• Provided enterprise email migration, upgrades, and support.
• Authored computer usage policies, documented systems and procedures, and implemented controls to ensure the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of critical business information.
• Managed a firm-wide migration to a unified Windows operating system.
• Directed an organization-wide redesign and revamp of the primary web presence, increasing web traffic from an average of 3,000 to 300,000 hits per day.
• Piloted an early-release/rapid deployment of Microsoft Windows to 400 users.
• Standardized desktop & server environments under MS Windows, realizing significant cost savings.
• Earned CISSP designation in October 2001, maintained through 2007.
• Certified Peer Visitor, Amputee Coalition of America, 2019-Present.