SUMMARY:

• Solid performer offering extensive combined with over 20 years of progressive experience and proven expertise in Virtualization of Data Centers and VDI environments, Systems Management, Analytics (Performance Management, Capacity Planning, Trending and Tuning) Global Project Design Management, Pre - Sales and Post-Sales Technical support.
• Is considered a senior level System Engineer with in-depth knowledge of Virtualization Technologies for Data Center and Server environments including: VMware ESXi 5.x,6.x VMware vSphere, VMware vRealize, Nutanix, Microsoft Hyper-V. Citrix ( Xenserver / XenDesktop-XenApp)
• Is considered a senior level System Engineer with in-depth knowledge of Virtualization Technologies for Client and Mobile environments including: VMware Horizon View, Microsoft Hyper-V RDP Clients. Citrix XenDesktop-XenApp,, Citrix XenCenter
• Is considered a senior level System Engineer with in-depth knowledge of Management Tools related to Virtualization. Phys Management: ( HP ILO, Cisco CIMC, Confidential iDRAC). Software Management: (VMWARE: VC, vROPS, Log Insight Manager, Horizon View, UMDS, VUM, Converter, VMware Tools (VM).. NUTANIX: (Prism), CITRIX: (XenCenter, Studio, Director), Confidential (Management Suite for Wyse Thin OS Clients)
• Builds customer loyalty through continuous meetings, innovation, and becoming a trusted adviser. Demonstrates expert knowledge of latest technologies and solutions through on-going research and .
• Demonstrates leadership and initiative in successfully driving Technical Solutions and full IT portfolio including hardware, software and services needed for the customer's requirements.
• Balances strategic and tactical pursuits to optimize coverage and develop a predictable Return On Investment solution.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware Management: HP: ILO / CISCO: CIMC / Confidential: iDRAC / NUTANIX: PRISM

Software Management: VMware VC (Virtual Center) Tools: Used for configuration, management and troubleshooting of the VMware environment. VMware VUM/UMDS (VMware Update Manager): Used for Migrations (VC/Clusters/Hosts), Ver Updates and Patch Management. VMware Converter: Used for P2V/V2V Conversions and Host Migrations. VMware Horizon View: Used to manage and troubleshoot the VDI environment. VMware vROPS: Used for Monitoring, What if Analysis and Custom Reporting of the VMware environment. VMware Log Insight Manager: Used for Analysis and Troubleshooting of the VMware environment. VMware Tools: Used for Management and Updates for VMs. Nutanix Prism: Used for Configuration, Management and Troubleshooting of the Nutanix environment. Citrix XenCenter: Used for Configuration, Management and Troubleshooting of the Citrix (XenServer) environment. Citrix Studio: Used for Configuration, Management and Troubleshooting of the Citrix (VDI) environment. Machine Catalog (Master Image for Persistent and Non - Persistent Users) Delivery Groups (Assign and Manage AD groups) Storefront (Create and Manage) Citrix Director: Used for Monitoring, Management and Troubleshooting of the Citrix (VDI-Sessions) environment. Confidential Management Suite (Wyse ThinOS Client): Used for Configuration, Management and Troubleshooting of the Confidential (Wyse ThinOS Client ) RV Tools: Used for Reporting and Asset Management/Inventory Performance\Capacity Management Tools: Used to monitor and report Systems Performance and Capacity

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Virtualization Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Hardware: Confidential, HP, Cisco, Nutanix.
• Sofware (OS): Microsoft Windows (Server 2012,1016,2019, W7, W10), Linux.
• Hypervisors: Microsoft (Hyper-v,), VMware (ESXi 6.x), Citrix (XenServer), AWS (EC2).
• Virtualization Management Tools: VMware (VCenter, VROPS, LIM), Microsoft (Hyper-v Manager), Citrix (Xen Center, Studio, Director), Nutanix (Prism), AWS (EC2 Console - Manager).
• Virtualization (VDI) Tools: VMware (Horizon View), Citrix (XenDesktop / XenApp), Microsoft (RDP), AWS (EC2 Instance Manager) .
• Systems Performance\Capacity Management Tools: Orion SolarWinds, Nagios, Splunk, WireShark, Manage Engine, (SNMP\WMI) Tools.

Confidential, CA

Sr. Virtualization Engineer -VDI Citrix

Responsibilities:

• VMware VC (Virtual Center) Tools: Used for configuration, management and troubleshooting of the VMware environment.
• Nutanix Prism: Used for Configuration, Management and Troubleshooting of the Nutanix environment.
• Citrix Studio: Used for Configuration, Management and Troubleshooting of the Citrix (VDI) environment.
• Machine Catalog (Master Image for Persistent and Non-Persistent Users)
• Delivery Groups (Assign and Manage AD groups)
• Storefront (Create and Manage)
• Citrix Director: Used for Monitoring, Management and Troubleshooting of the Citrix (VDI-Sessions) environment.
• Confidential Management Suite (Wyse ThinOS Client): Used for Configuration, Management and Troubleshooting of the Confidential (Wyse ThinOS Client )
• RV Tools: Used for Reporting and Asset Management/Inventory

Confidential, GA

Sr. Virtualization Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Migrated Remote HQ DC to new HQ DC. (300+ Hosts, vStorage and vNetworking).
• Used VMware VUM/UMDS to perform and manage the migrations.
• Used VMware Converter to perform P2V/V2V Conversions and Host Migrations.
• Used Phys Server Monitoring tools to manage migrations and updates for the Phys Hosts infrastructure:
• HP: ILO (Clusters/Hosts/Standalone)
• CISCO: CIMC (Clusters/Hosts/Standalone)
• Confidential: iDRAC (Clusters/Hosts/Standalone)
• NUTANIX: PRISM (Clusters/Hosts/Standalone)
• Used VMware and Nutanix Tools to manage and monitor the VMware environment migration:
• VMware VC (Virtual Center) Tools: Used for configuration, management and troubleshooting of the VMware environment Pre/Post Migration.
• VMware vROPS: Used for Monitoring, What if Analysis and Custom Reporting of the VMware environment. Pre/Post Migration
• VMware Log Insight Manager: Used for Analysis and Troubleshooting of the VMware environment. Pre/Post Migration
• VMware Horizon View: Used to manage and troubleshoot the VDI environment. Pre/Post Migration.
• Nutanix Prism: Used for Configuration, Management and Troubleshooting of the Nutanix environment. Pre/Post Migration.
• Updated VMware environment from EXSi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5. Updated VMware Horizon to ver 7.0 (3 Corporate Data Centers. 1 HQ DC and 2 Remote DCs).
• Used VMware UMDS (Update Manager Distributed Services) to collet Up-to-Date Patches, update the Patch Repository, and use Jump Servers to update the Remote DCs.
• Used VMware VUM (VMware Update Manager) to update the VMware VCs (Virtual Center) from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5.
• Used VMware VUM (VMware Update Manager) to update the VMware Hosts from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5.
• Used VMware Horizon View to update the VDI environment to ver 7.0
• Used Phys Server Monitoring tools to manage migrations and updates for the Phys Hosts infrastructure:
• Used VMware and Nutanix Tools to manage and monitor the VMware environment update.
• Managed and Monitored the Confidential VMware environment. (3 Corporate Data Centers. 1 HQ DC and 2 Remote DCs / 300+ Hosts, vStorage and vNetworking).
• Used VMware VCSA (Virtual Center Server Appliance) Tools to manage ESXi Hosts and VMs.. Performed ESXi Hosts monitoring. Configuration, updates and troubleshooting. Performed Cluster monitoring. Configuration (DRS and HA), updates and troubleshooting.
• Used VMware VUM/UMDS to manage and monitor Patch Status and Patch Updates.
• Used VMware vROPS to Monitor and Report on the health and utilization of the VMware environment.
• Used VMware Log Insight Manager to perform Analysis and Troubleshooting of the VMware environment.
• Used VMware Horizon View to manage and troubleshoot the VDI environment.
• Used Nutanix Prism to Configure, Manage and Troubleshoot the Nutanix environment.
• Used IRIS to manage Tickets, Incidents, Tasks and Projects.
• Participated in Daily Virtualization Team meetings.
• Participated in Weekly IT Group meetings.
• Participated in all Corporate meetings.

Confidential, CO

Sr. Virtualization Analytics / Performance Engineer.

Responsibilities:

• Systems Management/Monitoring/Performance. (Tools: Nagios, SolarWinds, SevOne, Cacti, SCCM, MS MAP).
• Network Management/Monitoring/Performance. (Tools: Nagios, WireShark, OpenNMS, PRTG, NTOP, Splunk)
• VMware Management/Monitoring/Performance. (Tools: Vsphere 6, Vrops, VMware Log Insight Manager, Veeam ONE, Quest FogLight, VMTurbo).
• Designed. Built and implemented Virtual Test/Dev Labs to convert Real-Time/Long-Term data to Synthetic Data to simulate Load/Traffic scenarios. (Tools: Silk, I/O Meter, various Simulators).

Confidential, Englewood, CO

Sr, VMware Migration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Sr. Technical Migration Engineer for the Wintel to Data Center migrations. In charge of assessments of current systems and application loads for proper migrations to VMware Vsphere 5.5 infrastructure, In charge of correlating and managing multiple migration tasks including (Server Evaluations, OS upgrades, Application dependency assessments, P2P, P2V and Hybrid migrations). Performed P2V evaluation tests of existing Wintel Servers ( 2012 ) for migration to main Confidential Data Centers in CO. Evaluation tests included collecting required information from remote servers, using SNMP and WMI tools. Used Wintel (MS MAP)
• VMware (Converter) and 3rd party tools to evaluate data and create accurate reports for the migration process. Performed Application assessment tests of existing commercial and legacy applications to evaluate application dependencies (Hardware, OS, DB, Network, Storage), and correlated resources from the (Wintel, VMware, Citrix) teams to provide a stable, and fully manageable, virtualized application infrastructure.

Confidential, Englewood, CO

Sr. Technical Architect (Wintel / VMware / Citrix)

Responsibilities:

• Sr. Technical Architect for the Wintel Migration project (200+ Wintel / Linux Servers in the US) . In charge of correlating and managing multiple migration tasks including (Server Evaluations, OS upgrades, Application dependency assessments, P2P, P2V and Hybrid migrations) Performed P2V evaluation tests of existing Wintel Servers ( 2012 )
• Evaluation tests included collecting required information from remote servers, using SNMP and WMI tools. Used Wintel (MS MAP), VMware (Converter) and 3rd party tools to evaluate data and create accurate reports for the migration process. Correlated resources from various IT groups (Compute, Network, Storage, DC) to provide complete HW/OS migration solutions. Charged with, mentoring, and monitoring of all new team members.

Confidential, Aurora, CO

Product Technologist Sr. Advisor

Responsibilities:

• SME (Subject Matter Expert) for Systems Management products including Confidential, HP, Microsoft, CA, Altaris and Cisco
• Senior level System Engineer in Virtualization Technologies for Data Centers and Server environments including: VMware ESXi 4.1 and 5.1, VMware vSphere, VMware Capacity Planner. Microsoft Hyper - V. Citrix XenSerserver. KVM
• Senior level System Engineer in Virtualization Technologies for Clients and Mobile environments including: VMware Horizon View, VMware ThinApp. Microsoft Hyper-V RDP Clients. Citrix XenDesktop, Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenClient.
• Lead OSE for Colorado with VMware and Microsoft, aiding in pre-sales and post-sales. Also hands-on with implementation of VMware and Microsoft virtualization products at customer sites.
• Discussed all virtualization technologies, understanding the differences between them and able to articulate the advantages of each.
• Provided customers with on-site POCs (Proof-Of-Concept) in the areas of Enterprise level Servers, Networking, Storage, Virtualization and Systems Management
• Worked in highly decentralized and customer facing environments. Developed, presented, implemented and explained the value of proposed infrastructure solutions to all levels of management and IT Departments
• Performed a wide variety of technical and administrative duties in overall enterprise solution assessment, design, validation, development, delivery and sales
• Presented whiteboard sessions to all levels of client organization including C-Level.
• On Site at Confidential on-The-Road shows to speak about virtualization and Confidential hardware and Systems Management products.

Confidential, Denver, CO

Solutions Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Technical support for all Vericept products (Development and Implementation)
• Technical support for Field Solution Consultant Team (Implementation)
• Technical support for Channel Partners (Pre-Sales and Implementation)
• Provide Pre and Post Sales support for the Sales and Channel teams.
• Designed and manage Virtual Product Lab for testing and demos
• Design and deployment of custom virtual solutions based on all Vericept and Technology Partners products
• Technical support of various OS implementation platforms (Unix, Linux, Windows 2003/XP, OSX)

Confidential, Boulder, CO

Network Management Tools Sr. Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Architected Network Management solutions for large IBM customers
• Supported Network Management solutions for internal and external IBM customers
• Senior support engineer for CiscoWorks
• Senior support engineer for Lucent VitalNet
• Support engineer for IBM NetView and MRTG

Confidential, Princenton, NJ

NetVigil SE / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Design and Implementation of Service Management solutions utilizing the NetVigil product suite.
• Developed product demos and presentations for several large customers.
• Member of the product development advisory team
• Collaborated with engineering group developing ?management integration products.
• Collaborated with management team negotiating corporate relationships with large customers and partners.

Confidential, Aurora, CO

Founder and President

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented one of the largest SNMP and Network Management portals in the internet.
• Created and manage Confidential .com
• Created and manage Confidential SNMP Lab
• Created and manage Confidential users group
• Created and manage HP-OV Performance Insight users group
• Developed custom SNMP applications
• Developed and implemented custom Network Management solutions utilizing a wide range of products.

Confidential, Englewood, CO

HP OpenView Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Pre and Post sales teams developing and delivering technical sales presentations and plans. Managed consulting and engineering teams during the implementation phase.
• Designed and implemented custom product integration solutions for several customers.
• Developed technical and non-technical sales presentations for several HP OpenView products.
• Participated in a wide range of forums, user meetings, and customer presentations providing sales and technical support.
• Developed product demonstrations and custom materials for customers and HP OpenView sales and technical teams.
• Worked with the HP OpenView product teams identifying product positioning and providing competitive analysis.

Confidential, Denver, CO

Senior Solutions Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managed all areas of Pre and Post technical sales cycles.
• Participated with sales team developing new sales and marketing strategies and documentation.
• Implemented large complex solutions using performance management tools.
• Developed custom performance management solutions specializing in Radius, VoIP, and other communication technologies.
• Created several technical and non-technical presentations and materials.
• Collaborated with engineering group developing performance management integration products.
• Collaborated with management team negotiating corporate relationships with large customers and partners.

Confidential, Denver, CO

Senior Network Management Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Led Network Management engineering team in the Colorado region and worked with corporate sales team as a senior technical consultant.
• Implemented large complex solutions using a variety of Network Management tools.
• Participated in several forums and corporate presentations providing sales and technical support.
• Developed custom integration Network Management products and solutions.
• Created sales and materials for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Worked with senior management team establishing Pre and Post sales services.

Confidential, Denver, CO

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented complex network infrastructure solutions for several large customers and participated in all areas of Pre and Post sales cycles.
• Designed and implemented large network infrastructures utilizing a wide variety of networking technologies.
• Developed network design and implementation tools for Cabletron and Cisco network devices.
• Developed custom sales and materials for customers and internal groups.
• Collaborated with the Network Management team developing tools to manage large hybrid network infrastructures.
• Provided technical and sales support to customers and internal groups.

Confidential, Denver, CO

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with technical and sales teams designing and implementing networking solutions.
• Collaborated with management team coordinating Pre and Post sales services.
• Developed custom sales and materials for customers and internal groups.
• Participated in a wide range of industry forums and customer meetings providing sales and technical support.
• Led advance UNIX engineering team providing sales and technical support.