Evan J.

Over $1 Billion in Amazon sales

My Why: Helping Good People Grow Good Online Businesses

I have always had a strong preference for working with the most reputable firms that offer the best services or products in their market.  The desire to help my clients grow by increasing their new business development efficiencies and find venture capital to fuel their growth is what drives me.

Learn more about us at StraightUpGrowth.com

CEO and Co-Founder

Over $500 Million in Amazon Sales and $25 Million on Amazon Ads Spent
Straight Up Growth will empower you to execute a strategy to meet your tough sales targets

HADJI Studios

An ex-AMEX ex-IBM engineer decides to start a video production company. Imagine the possibilities.

Owner

I launched HADJI Studios in 2017 because I wanted to create beautiful videos. Simultaneously, I was managing enterprise linux infrastructures with Fortune 100s solving complex problems behind a computer terminal. I heard the calling, took a leap of faith, and now I get to create beautiful videos that helps businesses grow. From commercials, brand films, promos, live streams, masterclasses, keynotes, talkshows for brands, B2Bs, and non-profits, I help create videos that motivate people to action. Thank God I swallowed the red pill!

CEO + Creative Director

American Express

Platform engineering support for production environments supporting prepaid card technologies
SAN administration - MPIO, Netapp ONTAP/EF Fiber storage, Oracle ASM, LVM
External DNS administration
Internal/External Mail administration
Automation/Tooling - RHEL Satellite, Puppet, Ansible,  bash scripting
Datacenter Migrations
Oracle/Mysql performance tuning and capacity implementation/support

Linux Platform  Engineer

Bunch & Associates

Linux infrastructure support for medical management/workman comp technologies
Develop and maintain installation/configuration procedures - MediaWiki/Sharepoint administration
Linux kernel performance tuning for Oracle RAC
Enhanced existing software monitoring solutions using Munin/Nagios
VLAN network management
SAN administration
Provide as backup to network administrator

Linux Systems Administrator

security compliance remediation 
ID management, privilege access and revalidation 
Deployment of patches and kernel upgrades 
Management of customer and infrastructure change and problem records
Administer customer risk acceptance deviations and suppressions
Support all middleware upgrades - Tivoli, Apache

Auction Management Solutions, Inc.

Engineering and provisioning:
automation technologies -  cfengine, rpm, rpmbuild
HA technologies - Linux HA, Heartbeat
Implement backup technologies - Amanda

Operations and Support:
firewall
ID administration
monitoring  - Munin/Nagios
AV hardware troubleshooting and support 

Maintenance:
patching
procedures documentation
performance tuning

Systems Administrator

Founder of HADJI Studios | Creative Director | Brand Films aimed at amplifying humanity | Tatted cyclist | Fueled by old school hip-hop

I am an entrepreneuring, self-employing, road-cycling, chihuahua-loving, Jeep-driving hip-hop enthusiast. I also run a video production business that helps companies and brands get what they desire through exciting and share-worthy content.

Before launching HADJI Studios in 2017, I had root access to the entire linux infrastructure of a couple Fortune 100s. From storage administration, full data center migrations, network engineering support, automation, provisioning, and the good-ole-whodunnit-root-cause-analysis - I thrived in open-source danger. Managing chaos and order within RedHat/Oracle/Netapp environment is never for the faint of heart, but I took on that challenge. I was the Michael Bay of linux engineering.

I fell in love with video and filmmaking at an early age, but it resurfaced during the tail end of my engineering career. A serendipitous release valve.

Fast forward to 2022 and what originally started as a hobby God turned into an agency with limitless potential. Since the pivot, the journey has introduced an amazing network of creatives and has taken me to some interesting places, opening up doors to working alongside the Atlanta Braves, MLB Network, UFC Fight Pass, PepsiCo, Tyson, Audi, and some amazing musicians. Today, I focus on serving tech startups and marketing agencies who are looking for results.

PS: The decision to pivot was scary, but it's been worth every drop thus far.
This is not my final form. Call me when the stakes are high. 🚀

dj@hadji.tv
813.966.0893

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