Seth J. Gillespie, PhD
I am a proven Information Technology leader known for my ability to successfully guide organizations through large and complex internet-scale Data Center infrastructure deployments, directly impacting millions of customers worldwide.
Summary
Information Technology Leader
Experience
Apple Inc.
IT Manager / PMO / Data Center Planning
Jan 2010 — Present
Manager — Tech Refresh | Infrastructure Software | Data Center Planning
Oct 2018 – Present
Manager — Fleet Management | Information Security
Feb 2017 - Oct 2018
Sr. Project Manager — Global Networking & Computing Services
Jan 2010 – Feb 2017
Chevron
Sr. Project Manager / IT Portfolio Manager
May 2008 — Jan 2010
Siemens
Sr. Project Manager / Technical Manager
October 2006 — March 2008
Dell
Project Manager / IT Manager
August 2005 — April 2006
Lucasfilm, LTD
Project Manager / Data Center Manager
April 2005 — July 2005
Chiron
Project Manager / Deployment Manager
June 2001 — April 2005
Pfizer
Systems Engineer / Portfolio Manager
August 1997 — May 2001
Seth has been a fantastic partner in a complex organization here at Apple. He naturally shares information and contributes whenever asked to any project to help the organization, a true team player. Moreover, Seth understands how to manage projects through people and that project management is about people. Seth's ability to understand and manage how each individual fits his or her role in a project allows him to quickly remove obstacles, obtain last minute approvals, while building team cohesion. I would not hesitate to recommend Seth Gillespie to any company fortunate enough to be in the position to hire him.
— Jack Bates, ITIL, PMP, CSM
Skills
In addition to holding PMP (Project Management Professional), PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner), CSM (Certified ScrumMaster), ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) and CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) credentials, he earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Organization and Management, specializing in Information Technology Management, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with an emphasis in Technology Management, a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and a Minor in Economics.
Project, Program and Portfolio Management
Local, Global and Internet-Scale Infrastructure.
Systems Engineering
iOS, Linux, Solaris, AIX, NAS/SAN/RAID/JBOD, Virtualized, Bare Metal Commodity and Enterprise-Level Compute.
Network Engineering
DC Core, Gateway, Switch, Firewall, WAF, VPN, Cisco, ASA, Load Balancing, VLAN and ACL Management.
Database Engineering
Oracle, TimesTen, MySQL, Cassandra, Hadoop, CouchBase and Mongo DB.
Security
PCI, PII, SOX Compliance, including Tiered Architecture (Web, App and Database).
Data Center Operations
Rack, Power, Cable, Monitoring and Patch Plan Management.
Practice Mastery
Agile, ITIL, Waterfall and SCRUM.
Additional Expertise
Machine Learning, Disaster Recovery, High Availability and Software Asset Management.
Education
Capella University
Organization and Management (Specialization in IT Management), PhD 2006 - 2014
Graduate
UOPX, San Jose
Technology Management, MBA 2002 - 2004
Graduate
Stanford University
Business Management, Continuing Education 2001 - 2002
Certificate Holder
University of California, Berkeley
Project Management, Continuing Education 2001 - 2002
Certificate Holder
University of California, San Diego
Molecular Biology, Bachelor of Science 1993 - 1997
Graduate
University of California, San Diego
Economics, Minor 1993 - 1997
Graduate
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