SUMMARY:

• Seasoned Solution Architecture Professional with more than 25 years of experience in architecting, designing and managing network infrastructures and data centers.
• Extensive knowledge in architecting the standard Disaster Recovery (DR) procedures for environments by working with the application developers to remove hard coded IP addresses, with other remediation’s required for real world (DR) events.
• Extensive experience in architecting solutions for multiple migrations including physical to virtual server migrations and desktop upgrades.
• One of the first Architects to design, and implement Cisco Nexus 7010 switches with OTV to create logical data center, eliminating extensive testing and creation of new VLANs and IP addresses.
• Knowledge and experience in SOX, PCI and frameworks with ISO 17799, ISO 9001, FISMA/NIST, NSA, FCC, ATF, DoD standards and procedures, CIS Level I & II, with design and in - depth knowledge of all HIPAA requirements.
• Worked with Microsoft Architecture team for public release of Azure.
• Over 25 years of architecting and deploying live (HOT) disaster recovery models, with monthly fail over testing.
• Architected change management process with several companies, that included a Root Cause Analysis Wiki, to reduce future emergency change request procedures. The (RCA) is tied into the disaster recover design as well.
• Strong experience in application discovery, mapping, with a complete data center topology to provide a seamless migration, to prevent strict SLA regulations.
• Industry s include (and are not limited to): Citrix (XenApp) Architect, Metaframe 1.3 - XenApp 7.5, Microsoft, MCSE 3.51 - Windows 2003 with Exchange 2003 through current release.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Executive Technical Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worldwide enterprise architecture lead, reporting directly to the CIO. The team is responsible for the architecting, Visio/documentation creation, project scheduling, and global customer stead state (Go Live Support).
• Responsibilities included Azure migration architecture, all Microsoft migration architecture from local data centers to the cloud, and customer relations during go live, including boot camps for customer support personnel. Created statements of work, including total project costs, and price negotiations with the clients. Detailed designs with public presentation, including proof of concept demonstrations.
• Lead architect and mentor for all new hires, and technical engineers.
• Lead architect for all SCCM infrastructure projects involving the build out of new environments worldwide, redesigning existing environments, and upgrading legacy environments, deploying Windows Update Services via SCCM, and Image deployment services via SCCM.
• Built customized scripts for Office 365 Click to Run installs, and custom in house application installs.

Senior Executive Technical Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Technical architecture lead for Confidential assigned to architect the new ATL, and LAX airport gates, baggage claims, and check-in kiosks. This included setting technical direction for Windows Active Directory, SCCM, vSphere and XenApp infrastructure, defining VM and ESXi host standards, patch processes, vSphere hardening standards, forecasting SAN usage, and documentation. Also acted as escalation point for infrastructure related issues from Microsoft Active Directory, vSphere, VM, Xenapp, vCloud Director, and SCCM related issues and/or outages.
• Lead engineer for initiative to design, implement, and document a new IaaS Solution for each airport’s new private cloud that will allow for business units to self-provision virtual servers with vCloud Director 5.1 .
• Architected and documented virtualization roadmap for Delta Airline’s new private IaaS cloud and Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 6.5 environments.

Senior Executive Technical Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Part of US enterprise architecture team responsible for the architecting, Visio/documentation creation, project scheduling, and level four (4) support of Confidential global.
• Responsibilities included architecture, and level 4 support for all internal, and customer, core infrastructure for, intel base hardware, virtualization, and mentoring for all personnel that architected, or supported these environment, (including vSphere, VMware vCloud related products, Oracle VM, and Cisco UCS systems). Also performed vSphere cluster migrations and virtual center build outs to provide 99.99% uptime to the clients during upgrades and migrations.
• Lead architect, and mentor for all technical engineers.
• Lead architect for infrastructure projects involving the build out of new public, private clouds, public, private cloud migrations, and migrating legacy Confidential cloud solutions to state of the art vCD 7.x.
• Performed unique SPN names for Kerberos authentication for single sign on between AS-400 server environment to Active Directory.
• Lead architect working hand in hand with engineers to provide a proof of concept (P.O.C.) to test and document the migration processes from vSphere 5.5x to vSphere 6.1 Update1 (and VCSA’s) to standardize all future client migrations to vSphere 6.x within all Confidential internal, and all managed US Clouds.
• Architected a seamless disaster recovery solution utilizing Read Only Domain Controllers (RODC) to speed up DR test required by SLA agreements with customers.
• Re-Architect migration requirements and phases based on application to server requirements.
• Created a full application dependency map topology to usefully migrate data from legacy environment to state of the art environment.
• Worked with high level engineers/architect to create a long-term Windows server hardening by using layering GPO’s to secure servers based upon servers’ OS and their server classifications (such as Web server, Database server, etc.).
• Architected and documented DentaQuest’s XenApp environment.
• Architecture document was 300+ pages long, and was approved by leadership on the first draft.
• Worked with a highly skilled lead engineer to develop, design, and implement new Group Policies for the DentaQuest account’s Citrix XenApp and server hardening.
• Lead SME for PlateSpin Migrate 11. Architected how this software would be use to perform physical to virtual migrations.
• Mentored and trained all engineers how to use this product Also performed and supported P2V/V2V migrations to DentaQuest’s new data centers/private cloud model with PlateSpin Migrate 11
• Technical lead Architect for all Confidential domain accounts assigned to manage US vSphere infrastructure, across multiple data centers. This included setting technical direction for current and future GCI hosting standards.

Worldwide Lead Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Senior level technical architect subject matter expert (SME), with experience architecting solutions involving enterprise technologies, including virtualization technologies, thin client technologies, cloud infrastructure, and 3rd party applications. Also have experience with Windows core services technologies in enterprise organizations, especially with fortune companies, from the financial, insurance, public, private sectors, and aerospace technologies.
• Extensive technical architecture knowledge and experience in various virtualization related technologies, including Citrix XenApp, vSphere ESXi, vCloud Director, and SRM.
• Experience creating in-depth project planning, with three to five-year growth plan, with total cost of I/T operations, software topology discovery, with dependency documentation, and creating detailed roadmaps for virtualization solutions.
• Executive architecture with extensive knowledge and working experience with Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, and WINS at an enterprise level with Windows domains (worked directly with Microsoft to design Active Directory as a requirement from Compaq).
• Lead architect to design a new data center for Gulfstream that included a new physical building design blueprint, HVAC, electrical, backup generators, Telco, security access, floor, and rack design, to server placement. This also included designing in air communications for all Gulfstream airplanes.
• Project management, risk management, ITIL Processes, vendor management, cost analysis, and documentation skills.
• Executive lead architect more than seventy (70) +, large Data Centers. Duties included
• Data center floor design, HVAC, backup generator (30+ day power supply), redundant electric company supply line, and redundant network d-mark design.
• Internal data center design included raised floor, electrical power whips, with sectional breaker box wiring and location from the panels to the servers.

Worldwide Lead Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Confidential internal Solutions Technical Architect and manager with 260 direct employee reports.
• Worked hand in hand with VMWARE onsite to help develop the current VMWARE ESX server operating systems we use today.
• Managed the Wintel Architecture team for internal/external Confidential . This included architecting, and upgrading all of Confidential Active Directory environment.
• Primary role at Confidential was to assess and redesign Confidential hosted data centers for Confidential customers. This included Data Centers for Confidential, American Airlines, North West Airlines, and hundreds of other customers based in Confidential datacenters.
• This included designing blue prints for the data center’s cabling, server locations and other datacenter objects.
• Designed the Storage Area Network for internal Confidential infrastructure.Designed the VMware ESX environment for migration of end of life physical servers.
• Re-designed multiple Citrix farms, into three geographical farms. The new Citrix servers were built on VMware ESX Virtual Machines.
• Re-designed Active Directory infrastructure.
• Re-designed 400 server templates down to 5 templates, to be used in each of the farms to be a standard for all of AG Edwards.
• Scripted Visual Basic and used Citrix compatibility scripting for different applications within the Citrix environment

Data Center Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed a new VMware ESX virtual environment for future server consolidation, and migrations, this environment consisted of over 12,300 servers that were due to be returned at end of lease contract.
• Re-designed the Exchange 2003 and Active Directory 2003 environment.
• Designed and implemented roaming profiles for the Citrix and Terminal services environment.

NMCI Assistant Lead Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• This was mainly a Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Implementation/Migration Project That Coexisted with the Navy Marine Corps Intranet
• Designed and implemented the Active Directory/Exchange for the United States Confidential with Quest Migrator (Fast Lane) design.
• Designed and deployed MOM for server monitoring and system state status.
• Designed and deployed SMS 2003 for major sites with child sites for regional locations.

Lead Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed a worldwide migration plan to migrate Confidential, from Novell 4.x, Windows NT 3.51/4.0, to Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory, this design was also based on Active Directory and Citrix XP.
• Designed and secured Active Directory that included 2 factor authentications for remote users.
• GPO creation for OU objects and child objects (User and Machine based GPO).
• Created a white paper for Microsoft about nested groups with more than 5000 user s and GPO‘s not passing to users.
• Deployed new hardware technology including Blade servers from IBM, Compaq ETC.
• Designed a high level implementation plan for GM worldwide Active Directory Sites and Services, with up to 500+ site links.
• Designed the pilot test plan to migrate 260,000-GM users from multiple server platforms to Microsoft Active Directory
• Designed scripts to automate everyday tasks including server builds.

Senior Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage IT Operations, including data center operations, IT data network and internal phones for the internal international Telcom infrastructure. Installed over 2000 servers with a mix of Windows NT 3.51 Server, Windows NT 3.51 - 4.0 Alpha Servers
• Designed, purchased, installed and configured a new $1M+ Cisco based IP data network to replace the exisiting Nortel based network. This included an upgrade from 10Mb/s to GigE connections with EIGRP and HSRP to provide a highly available network. Also specified and purchased external DS-3 ciruits to external data centers to provide a fault tolerant network to back office systems for provisioning and billing on the phone network.