Pavels Gurskis

CEO

Latvia22 yrs 7 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Supported 3500+ internal users across 8 locations.
Reduced AWS EC2 provisioning time by 20x.
Delivered zero-downtime migration of 80 domains.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned IT Operations and Security Leader specializing in cloud and infrastructure modernization.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DesignSolution ArchitectureIt StrategyProject Management

Other Skills

Team ManagementData CentersCloud ComputingBusiness Process AutomationTeam LeadershipProcess OptimizationFinOpsDevSecOpsSystem MonitoringDjangoFlutterLeadershipProblem SolvingIT OperationsVPN

About

I help growing companies strengthen IT operations, modernize infrastructure, and get audit-ready without the cost of a full-time senior hire. Over 20 years in IT, I have led infrastructure, operations, and security initiatives across enterprise and multi-site environments, from hands-on systems work to leadership and consulting. Selected outcomes include: - supported 3500+ internal users across 8 locations - reduced AWS EC2 provisioning time by 20x - cut help desk onboarding time from 6 months to 2 months - delivered zero-downtime migration of 80 domains and 250+ mailboxes - built disaster recovery capability with failover within 1 hour I typically help with: - IT operations leadership - infrastructure and cloud modernization - automation and service reliability - ISO 27001 readiness and security process design I work with growing companies that need stronger IT operations, infrastructure modernization, or audit readiness without committing to a full-time senior hire.

Experience

22 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Ithesion

Fractional CIO

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · Remote

Achieveup.ai

Founder, CTO

Sep 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos · Remote

Product DesignSolution Architecture

Unlisted

Fractional CIO

Sep 2022 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · Remote

IT Strategy advisor for the Board
Architecture and design of IT solutions
Auditing IT Development and Operations divisions
IT personnel development (screening, interview, mentoring)
IT cost optimization

Team ManagementData CentersCloud ComputingProject ManagementSolution ArchitectureIT Strategy

C.t.co

3 roles

Security Consultant

Sep 2017 – Nov 2017 · 2 mos

Development of Security-related polices and procedures
Defining vision for Security Division

IT Department Manager

Promoted

Jan 2007 – Aug 2017 · 10 yrs 7 mos

Managing team of 10+ professionals providing services to 400+ users across 5 companies
IT infrastructure operation & development (Network, Server, Desktop, Software, Security, Applications)
Business process execution (IT Asset Tracking, Purchase & Procurement, Vendor Management, Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity)

System Administrator

Sep 2005 – Dec 2006 · 1 yr 3 mos

Network administration, monitoring and management:
150+ users
100+ servers (Linux, FreeBSD, Windows 2003)
2 locations (HQ & DC)
20+ VLANs across 20+ L3 switches (Nortel)
Firewall, Routing & VPN (Cisco)
Physical security
Typical tasks:
User account provision (AD, Linux, E-mail, Applications)
User access control (Firewall, Physical, Applications)
Applications management, configuration & troubleshooting (JIRA, Confluence, Perforce etc.)
Network setup, configuration and troubleshooting (Switches, VLANs, Routing, VPN)
Server setup, configuration and troubleshooting (CentOS, FreeBSD, Windows 2003)
Infrastructure service setup & configuration (DNS, DHCP, IP/NAT, MySQL/PostgreSQL, FTP/TFTP)

Dynatech latvia

Director IT Operations

Sep 2017 – Aug 2022 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Riga, Latvia

Responsible for leading Group's Help-desk and System Administration teams (~30 employees total)
Providing operational support to 150+ IT projects across 3 portfolio companies
Establishing internal processes in the subordinate units
Design and implementation of Group's IT projects and systems
Developing IT operations strategy and road-map
Defining standards and procedures
Coaching direct subordinates on operational best practices
Improving overall IT systems stability group-wide
Business process execution (IT Asset Tracking, Vendor Management, Budgeting)

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System Administrator

Sep 2003 – Aug 2005 · 1 yr 11 mos

Network administration and monitoring:
150+ users
10+ Linux servers (Slackware 10, Mandrake)
10+ L3 switches (incl. Passport 8600)
5+ branch VPN/IPsec deployments
Administration of web load-balancing cluster
IP Video surveillance infrastructure
BGP (zebra)
DNS (bind)
Proxy server (squid)
Security policy enforcement and monitoring
Resolving network-related problems
Implemented highly-available network backbone using 2 Linux routers/firewalls in hot-standby mode
Implemented standard for VPN roll-out in branch-offices