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Page 1 of 3 <br />Allan Polak <br />Volunteer Application <br />Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br />Name: <br />Name Called: <br />Home Address <br />Phone: (Day) <br />Phone: (Evening) <br />Fax: <br />Mr. Allan Polak <br />116 Shadowood Drive Apt S <br />Chapel Hill NC 27514 <br />9195932202 <br />Email: allan_polak@yahoo.com <br />Place of Employment: NOAH <br />Job Title: President <br />Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br />Zone of Residence: C.H. City Limits <br />Sex: Male <br />Ethnic Background: Caucasian <br />Date of Birth: 9/6/1978 <br />Boards/Commissions applied for: <br />Information Technology Advisory Committee <br />Chapel Hill Planning Board <br />Work Experience: <br />*NOAH - Chapel Hill, NC <br />12 <br />President <br />(September 2004 - Present): <br />Founder and president of NOAH, an IT solutions firm specializing in Disaster Recovery <br />Planning, rapid systems recovery, and network security. NOAH helps small businesses <br />and non-,profit organizations weather the storm by preventing, planning for, and <br />responding to the failure of critical computer systems due to natural disasters, hardware <br />malfunctions, viruses, and theft. <br />*Systems Plus, Inc. - Rockville, MD <br />Network Administrator <br />(January 2004 - August 2004): Administered Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0/Windows <br />2000 Server/Windows Server 2003 network for a federal IT-contractor. Provided <br />administration for Microsoft Exchange 5.5 and recommended and carried out migration <br />to Exchange 2003. Established and maintained security policies and hardware baselines <br />and inventories, created thorough compilation of network documentation, and <br />consolidated domains. Conducted and tested backups of domain controllers, Exchange <br />servers, and file servers using Veritas Backup Exec. Created VPNs through <br />WatchGuard firewall and provided documentation and user instruction. Responsible for <br />network security and patch management. Provided desktop support and advised <br />management on technology purchases and IT security issues.