SUMMARY:

• Expert in the design and delivery of cost - effective, high-performance information technology infrastructures and applications to address complex business problems by assessing current capabilities and designing future technology architectures to achieve strategic technology plans that align with the businesses strategic initiatives.
• Extensive qualifications in all facets of project life cycle, from the initial feasibility analysis and conceptual design through documentation, implementation, user training and enhancement. Strong server, storage and networking background with a proven ability to build and manage creative, highly energized, focused teams.

EXPERTISE AREA:

• Technology Architecture & Integration
• Cloud Design & Implementation
• Business Driving Technology
• “Hands on” Storage Engineer
• “Hands on” Unix / Windows Admin
• Manage Customer/Vendor Relationships
• Document standards & roadmaps
• Passion for technology
• High Availability Solutions
• Systems Integration
• Security Risk Management
• Disaster Recovery

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Principal Cloud Architect/Infrastructure Architect

Responsibilities:

• 20+ years of proven experience in enterprise strategy, enterprise data architecture and IT project/program delivery.
• Analyzing application portfolios, identifying dependencies and infrastructure platform components, and assessing migration feasibility.
• Capability to develop technical solutions to complex business problems from Proof of Concept POC to development, testing, production implementation and support.
• Knowledge of compute, network, storage and virtualization theory, design and architecture.
• IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, SDDS providers and platforms, for example: Amazon Web Services AWS, Microsoft Azure, Vmware vCloud, Nutanix, & Red Hat OpenStack.
• Deep systems architecture and engineering expertise in cloud architectures ( AWS, Azure, Vmware, Hyper-V) and approaches to address their unique management and security considerations.
• Design and deployment of enterprise wide complex cloud environments on a global scale.
• Ability to translate traditional IT infrastructures to global cloud deployments.
• Experience designing, deploying, migrating, supporting, and managing sophisticated traditional server infrastructure environments on a national/global scale.
• Automation tools such as Puppet, Chef, etc…
• Senior level experience implementing, administering, managing hardware and software platforms from Microsoft Windows Server, VMware, HyperV, Nutanix, Red Hat, IBM AIX, Tru64, Solaris, HPUX, AS400, UCS, and VMS solutions in large enterprise wide networks.
• Worked on implementing Microsoft Application Solutions in large and small environments (Windows, Active Directory, VMware, Citrix, Exchange, IIS and .NET architectures).
• Extensive experience testing, designing, implementing and administration of Confidential storage arrays (Clariion AX, CX, CX3, CX4, VNX, DMX, VMAX, Xtremio, Isilon, Atmos, Celerra, CTA, VPLEX, Data Domain, & Recoverpoint)
• Broad HP, Hitachi and IBM storage arrays experience with implementing and administration of HP EMA, EVA, MSA, HP XP, Hitachi HDS VSP, G1000 storage arrays and IBM XIV and DS storage arrays
• Experience implementing large multi-terabyte database projects on Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL, Cache, NoSQL, Sybase platforms and Big Data solutions with disaster recovery solutions for each.
• Knowledge of Hitachi HDS VSP, G1000 storage arrays and IBM XIV and IBM SVC storage arrays.
• Implementation and administration of cluster software, HP Service Guard, PowerHA, Powervm and Veritas clusters.
• Ability to work with multiple teams and fit solutions to disbursed diverse technical and organizational constraints.
• Seamlessly wear multiple hats with hands-on concept work, evangelize, business development, coordinate, leadership, collaborate with internal partners and vendors.
• Broad knowledge of architecture domains, including business, application, data, infrastructure and security architectures.
• Develop and document procedures and policies for infrastructure architecture, design, implementation and tracking.
• Strong strategic thinking, planning skills, and understands “Big Picture.”
• Executive level communication, presentation and leadership skills with ability to describe complex problems to non-technical audience.
• Experience leading technical discussions with senior customer executives that drive decisions and implementations.
• Cost/benefit modeling and creating compelling business case for migration to cloud.
• Assisting organizations develop budgets around large complex IT projects.
• Working knowledge of systems architectural concepts and frameworks like Confidential .

Confidential

Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for aligning business needs with strategic technology roadmaps by assessing current system capabilities and designing future technology architectures to achieve strategic technology plans that align with the businesses strategic initiatives.
• 15+ years of proven experience in enterprise strategy, enterprise data architecture and IT project/program delivery
• Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers and platforms, for example: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud, OpenStack, etc.
• Platform-as-a-Service providers and platforms, for example: Amazon Web Services AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google App Engine, Red Hat OpenShift, Oracle Cloud Platform, etc.
• Deep, hands-on expertise in cloud architectures (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, distributed systems) and approaches to address their unique management and security considerations.
• Very strong “hands on” storage background in conceptualization, development, implementation, and administration of multi-campus HP, IBM, Confidential, NetApp, Hitachi, Exadata and Cisco San & Storage in a multi-petabyte disk storage environment.
• Extensive “hands on” experience implementing and managing hardware and software platforms from Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, IBM AIX, Tru64, Solaris, HPUX, AS400, UCS, vBlock and VMS solutions in large enterprise wide networks.
• Proven track record in business engagement and business partner management.
• Strong strategic thinking, planning skills, and understands “Big Picture.”
• Executive level communication, presentation and leadership skills.
• Experience leading and mentoring more junior architects .
• Experience in developing multi-million dollar department/organizational budgets and effectively planning and managing activities within budget.
• Working knowledge of systems architectural concepts and frameworks like Confidential .
• Extensive experience testing, designing, implementing and administration of Confidential storage arrays (Clariion AX, CX, CX3, CX4, VNX, DMX, VMAX, Xtremio, Isilon, Atmos, Celerra, CTA, VPLEX, Data Domain, & Recoverpoint)
• Broad HP storage arrays experience with implementing and administration of HP EMA, EVA, MSA, HP XP and 3PAR arrays.
• Knowledge of Hitachi HDS VSP, G1000 storage arrays and IBM XIV and DS storage arrays.
• Design and implementation of Netapp nas environments.
• Implementation and administration of cluster software, HP Service Guard, PowerHA, Powervm and Veritas clusters.
• Design, installation and administration of VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper V cluster environments.
• Design and management of Microsoft SQL and Oracle RAC clusters.
• Implementing Websphere in enterprise environment.
• Very strong “hands on” design, deployment and management of Avamar, Tivoli TSM, Netbackup, Veritas, BMC Patrol Software and various other network management and monitoring applications.
• Experienced implementing Microsoft Application Solutions in large scale deployments.
• Concept, development, implementation, and management of Disaster recovery solution for organization with multiple disk and tape libraries with over 1PB of archived storage affectively reducing operating cost by $300,000 per year.
• Implementation of VTL solutions from Confidential Data Domain and Sepaton to necessitate high speed backup and recover from multiple locations.
• Experience implementing large multi-terabyte database projects on Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL, Cache, Sybase platforms and Big Data solutions with disaster recovery solutions for each.
• Migration to Cisco network infrastructure utilizing Cisco series MDS and Nexus SAN switches, Cisco NAM, VPN solutions, load balancers and Cisco Firewalls/ASA.
• Design, deployment and management VDI solutions utilizing vmware and linux.
• Deployment of wireless solutions mobile devices including; apple devices, pda’s, laptops, VOIP phones, etc…
• Expert in high volume of transaction data base environment.
• Migration to Cisco network infrastructure utilizing Cisco series MDS and Nexus SAN switches, Cisco NAM, VPN solutions, F5 load balancers and Cisco FWSM (Firewall Service Modules)/ASA.
• Concept, development, implementation, and management of EMR systems such as Cerner, McKesson and Epic as well as Laboratory systems such as Misys.
• Proficient in Cerner EMR infrastructure design, implementation, administration and support.
• Administration of Quovadx Cloverleaf HL7 interface engine.
• Design and deployment of RIS / PACS imaging solutions.
• Deployment of data warehouse solutions for data mining.
• Ensure systems professionals have the necessary tools and training to follow the selected PM methodology, established work and documentation standards and group procedures.
• Establish vendor selection process utilizing POC (Proof of Concept) testing, vendor negotiations and technology product selection.
• Concept, development, implementation, and management of EMR systems such as Cerner, McKesson and Epic as well as Laboratory systems such as Misys.
• Participated in $100 million dollar ERP implementation that combined state wide Human Resources, Payroll, Billable and Payables departments
• Excellent customer relationship skills with a strong ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

Confidential

Senior Enterprise Systems Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Ensure Project Professionals have the necessary tools and training to follow the selected PM methodology, established work and documentation standards and group procedures.
• Managed projects in excess of 4 million and 12 million.
• Consult fortune Global 500 companies on enterprise management solutions and deployment.
• Deliver complex presentations to our customers.
• Responsible for the design, integration, troubleshooting and implementation of LAN/WAN, client/server environments on a global scale.
• Experienced in deployment and administration of AIX, Sun, HP-UX, Digital, Novell, and Windows NT server environments.
• Design, deployment and management of Tivoli Enterprise Management products, Remedy and BMC Patrol Software managed environments.
• Excellent customer relationship skills with a strong ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Provide leadership and management of the Project Services Professionals group nationally. Perform group’s strategic planning, define business goals, identify objectives and initiatives to be achieved.
• Identification, communication and monitoring of financial goals and productivity targets for the group and individuals.
• Play an essential role in the Professional Services organization ensuring quality project implementations are delivered. Accountable for overall project delivery, and overseeing project activities.
• Focus sales by ensuring Professional Services Consultant’s and Account Management Team’s understand PM offerings, the basic principles of PM and how to successfully sell its services.
• Responsible to ensure appropriate project costing has been planned for within project budgets, therefore reducing the financial risk.
• Increase commitment to organizational and project quality management initiatives and other internal programs.

Confidential

Operations Manager

Responsibilities:

• Migrated from and Novell to an NT platform reducing hardware costs and streamlining network communications.
• Standardized a suite of desktop software products allowing greater ease in document sharing, as well as the ability to upgrade software remotely and to troubleshoot more efficiently and exponentially
• Managed project in excess of $250,000 to ensure timely implementation and cost control.
• Deployment and administration of Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 & 2.0, MS SQL Server 6.5 & 7.0, Internet Information Server 4.0, Microsoft Exchange 4.5, 5.0 & 5.5.
• Development of a departmental web site including database integration using Microsoft SQL Server.
• Database development and administration using MS SQL, Gupta, and Oracle using tools such as Powerbuilder.
• Development and implementation of network security policies and procedures.
• Accompanied by installation of a full range of Novell products, Oracle, Arcserve, Gupta, and various others.
• Installation and administration on various UNIX platforms.
• Installation and maintenance of photo imaging system.

Confidential

Network Manager

Responsibilities:

• Installation of a Windows NT and Novell 4.x system with a full range of office and specialty applications to 50 users.
• Responsible for budget and management of 2 systems analyst
• Budget Analysis
• Fiscal planning for future upgrades and network improvements.
• Interaction with management on various levels.
• Weekly reporting to director of operations.
• Implemented organizational wide purchasing database using Oracle backend and Powerbuilder to developed front end.
• Responsibilities included project management; implementation, supervision, purchasing, outsourcing, budget analysis, network installation, maintenance, support and financial planning.
• Design and installation of all network components.
• Management of two helpdesk personnel.