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Atul Pala

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Interim AVP, IT Infrastructure Services at San José State University
📍 San Jose, California, United States

Atul Pala is a technical executive with over 20 years of experience, currently serving as the Interim Associate Vice President of IT Infrastructure and Operations at San José State University. He specializes in hybrid clouds and virtual data centers. Colleagues describe him as determined, patient, and honest.

His team successfully restored 95% of systems within days after a major power surge damaged the universitys data centers.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Interim AVP, IT Infrastructure Services
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Jose, California, United States
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IT Infrastructure Resilience
Was a key member of the award-winning team that responded to a major power outage which damaged SJSU's data centers, restoring critical systems under pressure.
Higher Education Tech
Serves on steering committees at San José State University to guide campus-wide projects like classroom technology upgrades and unified communications transitions.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Interim AVP, IT Infrastructure Services
San José State University
4-2020
Senior Director, IT Infrastructure Computing Services
San José State University
8-2018 - 4-2020
Associate Director, IT Computing Services
San José State University
4-2000 - 9-2006
Network Engineer
Hyperion/Brio Software
Network Engineer
Hyperion Solutions / Brio Software
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Education
1999 - 2000
Certificate
University of California, Berkeley
1992 - 1996
BS
Yeshwantrao Chawan College of Engineering
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