Pete MacDonald

Pete MacDonald is an experienced IT Infrastructure Engineer currently working at Eliassen Group, providing onsite services at Eaton Vance since July 2017. Prior to this role, MacDonald served as a Senior Systems Administrator at Abt Associates, where significant accomplishments included enhancing backup success rates by 80% through improved vendor management and implementing a new patching system that reduced vulnerabilities by seven times within the first year. MacDonald also held various positions at JPMorgan Chase & Co., contributing to the migration of over 1,200 servers during a major transition from Novell to Microsoft systems, and managing a team overseeing extensive network infrastructure. Additional experience includes roles at Titan Corporation, Synetics, North Shore Medical Center, and Commonwealth Mortgage Company, demonstrating a solid background in systems and network administration. MacDonald holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Fitchburg State University.