Phillip Banks

• Invited to present for President Obama’s technology White House (2016) for presentation of future of technology in America.
• Keynote speaker at global tech conference in Prague with an audience 4000.
• Global training for Linux Foundation in Prague, Vancouver, Montreal, Los Angeles and San Diego forming relationship with Linux and Git creator Linus Torvalds who volunteers to speak for us occasionally.
• Built training programs teaching more than 2000 youth globally to… Show more

• Invited to present for President Obama’s technology White House (2016) for presentation of future of technology in America.
• Keynote speaker at global tech conference in Prague with an audience 4000.
• Global training for Linux Foundation in Prague, Vancouver, Montreal, Los Angeles and San Diego forming relationship with Linux and Git creator Linus Torvalds who volunteers to speak for us occasionally.
• Built training programs teaching more than 2000 youth globally to code in HTML, CSS, Python and C# and recognized by media personalities such as CNN’s Van Jones and CIO for LA county.
• Invited (with daughter) to speak at Comcast’s internal developer workshops on re-imagining developer involvement in open source projects.
• Implemented in person and remote training programs in technology, business management and social media sponsored by Mayor of L.A., Mayor of Compton, CA, city councilman and others.
• Exceeded expectations and used as example by Mayor Eric Garcetti using inner city youth to plan, design and publish social media operations for Small Business month for the City of LA (2015).
• Requested by Mastercard to be judges for sponsored hackathon for coders from Latin American and Caribbean countries in Miami (2017). Show less

• Along with other chairs grew a community from scratch to largest community run technology exhibit in the United States.
• Coordinate 100+ volunteers from around the world for week long event.
• Engage with community via writing or featured in print articles, vlogs, podcasts and blogs.
• Pick, coordinate and introduce speaker talks from a wide array of technology disciplines forming lifelong bonds.

• Successfully led projects for large media corporations such as Disney, and DreamWorks SKG and manufacturing corporations such as Corning Int. Inc.
• Lead 2 year SQL database development and administration project for CalTrans San Diego that accelerated it to #1 most efficient Project/RISK management district in California.
• Coordinated 2 year complete data and network re-design for Corning Int. subsidiary.
• Implemented conversion of multiple offices from on-site to… Show more

• Successfully led projects for large media corporations such as Disney, and DreamWorks SKG and manufacturing corporations such as Corning Int. Inc.
• Lead 2 year SQL database development and administration project for CalTrans San Diego that accelerated it to #1 most efficient Project/RISK management district in California.
• Coordinated 2 year complete data and network re-design for Corning Int. subsidiary.
• Implemented conversion of multiple offices from on-site to fully remote users and administration using AWS, Azure and Google cloud.
• Cut server installation, administration, and maintenance using BASH scripting and automation tools such as Ansible.
• Steered contract negotiations and vendor selection for medium to large companies.
• Implemented Linux (Redhat, CentOS and Ubuntu) migration from Windows server for multiple data centers decreasing licensing costs by more than 70%.
�� Python software development to migrate 10 years of historical data to Oracle and SQL servers.
• Spearheaded AWS hybrid cloud based infrastructure with Linux servers.
• Overhauled wiring and WiFi for wireless payment systems in iconic Mann Chinese Theater.
• Pioneered video streaming services and WAN connecting churches across Southern California during pandemic to stream services, receive payments as well as video conversion cluster to convert video for different social media platforms with branding.
• Outperformed vendor expectations by 6 month training and migration of SQL data to SAP. Show less

Los Angeles' largest audio post production company. Starting with 4 locations spread out from Hollywood headquarters to Margarita Mix locations in Hollywood and Santa Monica. Almost all major movie studios worked with us including Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and many more.

Linux/Windows/Mac cross platform WAN integration from servers to editing bays in all locations. Web services direct to client from editing bays which led to it becoming industry standard. Media streaming… Show more

Los Angeles' largest audio post production company. Starting with 4 locations spread out from Hollywood headquarters to Margarita Mix locations in Hollywood and Santa Monica. Almost all major movie studios worked with us including Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and many more.

Linux/Windows/Mac cross platform WAN integration from servers to editing bays in all locations. Web services direct to client from editing bays which led to it becoming industry standard. Media streaming. Video editing. ISDN connectivity to celebrity in home studios.

Project management implementations and migrations for CRM, scheduling systems, effects libraries and finance systems all incredibly under budget and ahead of time across 4 locations. Show less

Plastics division of the global glass company Fortune 500 company Corning.

Network security and maintenance gained acclaim an accommodations that gave rise to setting security standards that effected locations from all US cities, Mexico, France to Brazil.

Netware, Windows and Linux servers. Technologies: SQL Server, Exchange server, Visual Basic, EDI, XML, Microsft Access and other data migration tools.

800 user network of University connected with Martin Luther King hospital. Center of hospital training and services for all of south Los Angeles.Successfully implemented services that brought an underserved area top notch medical training and hospital services.

Using a mix on Netware servers and a HP Unix server provided hands on support from server to desktop applications as well as supporting around 10 off campus programs connected to the King/Drew medical group.