Glen MEHN

Education and Qualifications

2007-2008            University of Oxford                                                        Completing MBA Degree
                             Saïd Business School, UK                                               GMAT 750
                             Founder & Co-chair of  Oxford Summit on Business and the Environment
                             Communications Director – Oxford Business Network on Social Entrepreneurship
                             Inaugural team leader, Oxford Volunteer Consulting Club
                             Led Oxford team to finals at UCLA Global Leadership Competition
                             Winner in Idea Idol business plan competition: Greening the Data Centre
1997-1998            Dell’Arte Int’l School of Physical Theatre  Certificate, Physical Theatre
1991-1997            University of New Orleans, USA                    BGs Culture, performance, design,
                                                                                                       3.9 GPA (out of 4.0)

Work Experience
2008                     Man Group, PLC [Alternative investments, FTSE50]
                             Organisational Design and Communications consultant
I worked in a team of four alongside senior (C-level) members of the organisation in order to identify, analyse, and preserve the entrepreneurial culture of the global leader in Alternative Investments in the face of astonishing growth. We used inductive (ethnographic interviews & observation), and deductive (organisational and structural analysis) to coordinate changes across the fifteen global offices.
               
2005-2007            Perlegen Sciences, USA [Genotyping and personalized medicine, privately held]
                             Internal IT Consultant
I planned, built, and managed a high availability, scalable IT infrastructure including P-Series servers, SAN and NAS, and Oracle platform migration using internal resources and consultants. I managed three offices in two countries with a team of only three people, all while balancing budget and complex engineering requirements, and coordinating between operations, lab, bioinformatics, and Senior Management.

• Argued and won for long-term expansion data centre capacity while reducing power usage, for both cost savings and green thinking.
• Achieved 99.99%+ uptime. (less than 18 hours total downtime per year)
• Constantly coordinated between departments of to optimize data usage in 40TB genotype database. This HA data was the core asset of our company.
• Showed foresight in implementation of network security plan ahead of SOX.

1998-2006            Mehn-line Consulting, USA [Multiple industries]
                             Strategic start-up consultant – select projects

• Launched the MyVest managed accounts system. (Wealth Management)
• Installed the patent tracking system & managed Y2K transition for Exelixis, Inc.
• Analysed and implemented technical needs for Enovity, Inc. (Green building)
• Planned and implemented AD/DNS cutover for Tessera, Inc (Chip Design)
• Designed failover system for UCSF HIVInSite (nonprofit/health information)
• Managed acquisition and integration for the GoMo/Pomp acquisition.
• Architected and designed a spam-filtering appliance for MiaVia.

2004-2005            LookSmart, Ltd, USA [Online advertising, public]
                             Business Intelligence Internal Consultant
I was the internal IT resource for the Business Intelligence unit. This role required complex coordination across several departments, including TCO and ROI analysis, right-sizing IT strategy, and managing external consultants.

• Coordinated between BI, Engineering, Operations, and Sales to reduce bill time from 72 hours to under 24 – Saving the company $100K each month.
• Managed integration of acquired company BI system (Primary Knowledge) and re-architecture of that system, including a shift to a clustered system.
• Coordinated Windows, Unix, Operations, and Database groups to set up a new audit/authentication system to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley.

1999-2004            SquareTrade, Inc,USA[Online dispute resolution, privately held]
                             Head of IT
I was the fourth employee at this company, and built its technical infrastructure from the ground up. I managed often-conflicting requirements from all departments in a start-up environment and drove communications between Operations and Engineering, resulting in fast development/release cycles with higher operational uptimes. I supervised 5 people.

• Implemented shift to rapid development using open-source technologies, saving 72% in annualized operating costs.
• Planned and implemented full data centre change with zero downtime, resulting in 30% annualized operating cost savings.

2001-2006            Black Rock City, LLC [Burning Man]
                             IT Team Lead (Part time)
I managed a diverse, global, remote group of volunteers and paid staff across all departments, building the technology infrastructure to build a temporary city of 45000 annually. I was constantly challenged to come up with creative solutions, including linking a temporary community in the middle of the desert to the Internet, web casting the entire event, and a process to manage thousands of volunteers across the globe.

• Negotiated between external vendors and internal departments in cities around the globe to manage accounting and ticket sales process.
• Enabled live full-frame Internet video streaming and wireless access across seven square miles in the middle of the desert—10 miles from the nearest phone line.

1998-1999            TriStrata [Secure document handling, privately held]
                             Systems Administrator
I was responsible for the internal network and desktop systems at this company, including capacity planning and bottleneck analysis.

1995-1998            The Space Between, USA [Multi/interdisciplinary arts production nonprofit]
                             Founder, designer, producer
The Space Between grew out of work that myself and several artists and designers were doing in New Orleans. I learned to work with large groups of people, negotiate, and find win-win outcomes in all things. I managed all aspects of the business, from PR to production to fundraising to graphic design to taking out the trash.

• Ran a quarterly sold-out multidisciplinary arts show at Positive Space Gallery.
• Produced TranSForms, an international film project based on the work of Rodin.

1992-1998            Glen Mehn Design, USA [Theatre and Film]
                             Lighting Designer, Scenic Designer, electrician, carpenter, director
A designer in nonprofit arts learns to minimize waste and reuse everything, while managing diverse groups of people and juggling complex schedules.

• Led teams of carpenters and electricians for most New Orleans-area theatres.
• Taught Design and stage combat course at the Tulane summer theatre program.
• Assistant designer, Dog and Pony Theatre Company.

Additional Information
Achievements:       Managed 50 person Burning Man camp including design and operations (2000-2006).
                             Pembroke College, Oxford MCR Sommelier, 2007-2008.
Publications:          “Strategic use of Internet-Based Social Lending on small enterprises” IBIMA, Kuala
                                    Lumpur, Malaysia (2008).
Interests:                Modern art, modern design, writing & reading (fiction and nonfiction), food & wine, yoga, language,
                             green technologies, rowing, cycling, travelling (three continents and counting), backpacking/outdoors,
                             SCUBA diving, culture, Economics & Sociology, process design, problem solving, simple & elegant
                             solutions.
Nationality:            USA.  Eligible to work in the UK via Tier 1 (old HSMP).
Languages:            English (native speaker), Spanish (Business Conversant).