Top Talent like Brian are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specilaized talent, while giving talent more flexibilty and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Brian Capstick

Project Manager • Operations Manager • DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer • Brantford, ON, CA
Team Management
Crisis Management
Talent Management
Partnership Management
Client Communication
Planning
Client Management
Directing
Management
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
Experienced leader skilled in people management, technology management, data centre operations, portfolio management and project management.
I am a leader with diverse experience in IT, project/program management with a focus on infrastructure. A collaborative leader of large global technical teams in the delivery of transformational initiatives. Over 30 years of IT experience in Cloud Services, Retail, Infrastructure Transformation, DevOps, Networks, Security, Business Intelligence, Architecture, Standardization and Deployment. Projects have been as large as $14 million; complex and time-bound. I really enjoy being at ground zero of an opportunity and leading a team to create the vision of the solution and then bring that vision to life.

Work History

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VP Professional Services

MIS3MIS3 is an IT services company. My accountability is to assess the work opportunities and align and assign resources to work. I respond to Request for Proposals and complete Scope Statements for the engagement when finalized. As the leader of the Project Management Office (PMO) I also manage a number of the Projects that we execute.
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Director, Operations Engineering Quickplay Media

AT&T Canada/Quickplay MediaJun 2015 - Feb 2019 • 3 yrs 9 mosExecuted Capacity and Performance architecture and infrastructure adjustments to extend life and customer size for premier mobile client (utilized application and data centre for an additional year, 200% of initial content and 10 times the customer base). Resulted in the product being able to capture additional market share and retain revenue growth (+$100 million) Production operations management ensuring 24x7 operation of real-time system to millions of customers world-wide ($10 million annual capital budget) Implemented managed service infrastructure in two Cloud data centres in Asia with auto-scaling for customer loads resulting in increased performance and both client and customer satisfaction. Drove a strategy for the migration of all business-to-business services to Cloud infrastructure to save capital costs and increase agility Led a team of up to 25 technical professionals, spread over three countries with accountability for the Design and Build, L2 and L3 Support for the infrastructure of a managed service that delivered services to our Global Customer Base. Utilized On-Premise, Cloud and IAAS capabilities. Consolidated Data Centres achieving $600,000 annual savings by moving clients and services that were providing end-consumer services. (2 Data Centres closed, 20 racks & 14 racks) utilizing Private and Public Cloud Services Instigated a Global Network connecting facilities in a five-phase plan to Video Streaming services, MPLS connectivity and Internet services increasing capabilities and simplifying management. Implemented Next-Generation Firewall capabilities, Software-defined networking, and private and public-Cloud infrastructure. Collaborated with Sales and Finance teams to translate the Sales Contract into the Invoices that were sent to Clients that accurately reflected the Services that we were providing Maintained stable relations with providers by assuming accountability for the Accounts Receivable function after the Start-up was acquired
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Director, Infrastructure and PCI

Shoppers Drug MartSep 2007 - Feb 2015 • 7 yrs 6 mosAs the Portfolio Director for the Infrastructure I was the steward of the assets that "IT uses to run IT" (hardware, OS, Network, SAN, etc) and the applications that IT uses (ITSM, schedulers, monitors, etc). My team scanned our vendors looking for End-of-Sale/Support/Life situations with our asset base and launched projects to remediate the situation. We solicited our internal customers to determine their satisfaction with the existing assets and remediated if there is a gap between what the asset was doing and what the customer wanted done. As the PCI Portfolio Director, I initiated projects to allow SDM to remain PCI Compliant.

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

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Experienced leader skilled in people management, technology management, data centre operations, portfolio management and project management.
I am a leader with diverse experience in IT, project/program management with a focus on infrastructure. A collaborative leader of large global technical teams in the delivery of transformational initiatives. Over 30 years of IT experience in Cloud Services, Retail, Infrastructure Transformation, DevOps, Networks, Security, Business Intelligence, Architecture, Standardization and Deployment. Projects have been as large as $14 million; complex and time-bound. I really enjoy being at ground zero of an opportunity and leading a team to create the vision of the solution and then bring that vision to life.

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Top Talent like Brian are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specilaized talent, while giving talent more flexibilty and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Brian Capstick

Project Manager • Operations Manager • DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer • Brantford, ON, CA
Team Management
Crisis Management
Talent Management
Partnership Management
Client Communication
Planning
Client Management
Directing
Management
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts

Work History

M

VP Professional Services

MIS3MIS3 is an IT services company. My accountability is to assess the work opportunities and align and assign resources to work. I respond to Request for Proposals and complete Scope Statements for the engagement when finalized. As the leader of the Project Management Office (PMO) I also manage a number of the Projects that we execute.
A

Director, Operations Engineering Quickplay Media

AT&T Canada/Quickplay MediaJun 2015 - Feb 2019 • 3 yrs 9 mosExecuted Capacity and Performance architecture and infrastructure adjustments to extend life and customer size for premier mobile client (utilized application and data centre for an additional year, 200% of initial content and 10 times the customer base). Resulted in the product being able to capture additional market share and retain revenue growth (+$100 million) Production operations management ensuring 24x7 operation of real-time system to millions of customers world-wide ($10 million annual capital budget) Implemented managed service infrastructure in two Cloud data centres in Asia with auto-scaling for customer loads resulting in increased performance and both client and customer satisfaction. Drove a strategy for the migration of all business-to-business services to Cloud infrastructure to save capital costs and increase agility Led a team of up to 25 technical professionals, spread over three countries with accountability for the Design and Build, L2 and L3 Support for the infrastructure of a managed service that delivered services to our Global Customer Base. Utilized On-Premise, Cloud and IAAS capabilities. Consolidated Data Centres achieving $600,000 annual savings by moving clients and services that were providing end-consumer services. (2 Data Centres closed, 20 racks & 14 racks) utilizing Private and Public Cloud Services Instigated a Global Network connecting facilities in a five-phase plan to Video Streaming services, MPLS connectivity and Internet services increasing capabilities and simplifying management. Implemented Next-Generation Firewall capabilities, Software-defined networking, and private and public-Cloud infrastructure. Collaborated with Sales and Finance teams to translate the Sales Contract into the Invoices that were sent to Clients that accurately reflected the Services that we were providing Maintained stable relations with providers by assuming accountability for the Accounts Receivable function after the Start-up was acquired
S

Director, Infrastructure and PCI

Shoppers Drug MartSep 2007 - Feb 2015 • 7 yrs 6 mosAs the Portfolio Director for the Infrastructure I was the steward of the assets that "IT uses to run IT" (hardware, OS, Network, SAN, etc) and the applications that IT uses (ITSM, schedulers, monitors, etc). My team scanned our vendors looking for End-of-Sale/Support/Life situations with our asset base and launched projects to remediate the situation. We solicited our internal customers to determine their satisfaction with the existing assets and remediated if there is a gap between what the asset was doing and what the customer wanted done. As the PCI Portfolio Director, I initiated projects to allow SDM to remain PCI Compliant.

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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