OBJECTIVE:

To provide top-quality, conscientious service as a Sr. TSM/Storage Consultant with emphasis on providing and maintaining the most accurate data in accordance with company and professional standards.

EDUCATION:
Masters of Business Administration
Bachelors of Science

CERTIFICATIONS:
Legato Specialist
Butterfly Deployment Professional

SKILLS:
Management of Information Systems:

• Experience with the following software and platforms: MS Office, Lotus, AIX, TSM, Legato Networker, Veritas Netbackup, NT, Windows 2000 and 2003 Server, HACMP, SQL BackTrack, EMC Symmetrix and Clariion disk arrays, DataDomain, and Connected.
• SQL as a programming language
• Taken several IBM Education classes for Networking, AIX, SP, and TSM.
• TSM V2.X-6.3/AIX V4.-V.6.1/SP/HACMP Admin. On F50, H50, J30, J40, S70, S80, R24, SP Hide Nodes, P5, P6, and P7 Series servers.
• Experience installing, configuring, and architecting ADSM/TSM, and PAPD for AIX, TSM, SP, HACMP, and networking issues.
• Experience installing, configuring, and trouble shooting EXABYTE 480, 3494, StorageTek, 7331, 3584 automated tape libraries and 7510 VTL.
• Project management
• Service management within large IT organizations.
• Contract negotiation.
• Developing and managing storage services for outsourcing.
• Developing training materials for multiple applications and Operating Systems.
• Working with global solutions, customers, and outsourcing.
• Developing and implementing disaster recovery solutions for all levels of data recovery.

WORK HISTORY:

Confidential,Myrtle Beach, SC
Owner and Sr. Principal Storage Consultant 02/01 to present.
Performing TSM consulting services for EMC Corporation, McKesson Corporation, Wal-Mart, BNP Paribus Bank, IBM, Capital One, large hospitals, Veterans Administration, the Federal Government and several large Fortune 500 corporations to architect, implement, integrate, and provide daily systems administration for large scale and complex Windows and UNIX DR environments using TSM, Legato Networker, and Veritas Netbackup. These environments consists of large DB applications such as Oracle, SAP, and DB/2 in excess of 50TB DBs, utilizing HACMP clustering methodologies, large SAN storage environments , utilizing both EMC and IBM disks and automated IBM, Storage Tek, Quantum, and ADIC libraries, and TDP for Virtual Environments for V.6.2X environments.
Providing data center move designs, project management services, storage assessments, analysis, and mediation, documentation, cross training, budgets, maintaining and establishing vendor relationships, strategic planning for SOX compliance, cost analysis and budgeting, and DR.
Integrating and architecting new Data Domain installations with AIX and TSM for Hoag Hospital, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, and HOAG Hospital.
Working with executive management on cost reductions and technical strategies.

Confidential,Charlotte, NC
Global PC Backup Service Manager 10/01 to 10/05.
Performing as a service manager to architect, implement, and integrate PC Backup services to all Hewlett Packard employees globally.
Managing a project budget of $16 million.
Responsible for all vendor contracts and negotiation.
Renegotiated vendor contracts to reduce service costs by 35% annually.
Revised architecture to incorporate increased user base from Compaq merger.
Writing and responding to RFPs.
Developing business and technical strategies for implementation and integration of a global solution.
Lead architect and implemented service for trade sector as HP hadn’t previously provided this service to the trade market.
Completed all internal and trade service documentation
Evaluating competitor’s solutions from a cost and technical perspective.
Working with executive management on cost reduction and technical strategies

Confidential, Austin, TX
Senior Consultant 06/00 to 05/04/01, 02/03 to present contracting for EMC
Performing as a consultant for ADSM/TSM, Legato, Connected TLM, and Veritas on multiple platforms, designing, configuring, installing, and trouble shooting ADSM/TSM, Legato, and Veritas.
Performing as Project Manager for backup and recovery service design for the Managed Infrastructure project.
Training customers and colleagues on backup strategies, principles, and administrators how to manage storage systems.
Working for EMC on contract on several large projects to perform TSM Backup and Recovery audits, performance analysis, and trouble shoot HACMP installations.

Confidential,Atlanta, GA
Systems Engineer Jan. 2000 to 06/00
Performing as an ADSM/TSM Consultant on multiple platforms, designing, configuring, installing, and trouble shooting ADSM/TSM on AIX.
Training customers and colleagues on backup strategies, principles, applications, and administrators how to manage backup solutions for ADSM.

Confidential,Charlotte, NC
IT Specialist July 1999 January 2000
IT Specialist for ADSM, AIX, HACMP, EMC Time Finder, and SP High Nodes consisting of a 7 Frame 28 High Node Complex, 2 S70s, and 1 3494 with 10 3590 B1A tape drives.
Administrator for all backups on 2 ADSM Servers backing up SAP Application on 400 GB Oracle DB to 3494.
Performed PAPD on FDDI, TR, CSS0, and ET networks.
Trained System Administrators on AIX, ADSM, and various tape libraries.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC
IT Specialist -Distributed Storage Management/ADSM, June 1997 - July 1999.
Administrator for all Lotus Application DB backups on 6 F50s and 2 H50s for IGS South with 100+ SP clients.
Administrator for all work stations backups for IGS South on 6 servers with 7500+ clients.
Extensive network PAPD on ATM, TR, ET, and Fibre Channel networks.
Lead Administrator in upgrading ADSM Servers and Clients from V2 to V3 and ptfs.
Trained new System Administrators on AIX, ADSM, backup applications, strategies, and various tape libraries.
Delivery Lead for Internal and External accounts.

Confidential, Rock Hill, SC
Chemist October 1991 June 1997
Performing chemical analysis on cellulose acetate production and research samples.
Training and mentoring new chemists.