Principal Technical Architect Resume

SUMMARY

Proven IT professional offering expertise in technology planning and implementation - shared infrastructure deployment, technical architecture management for enterprise storage, storage area networks (SAN), enterprise backup, recovery and systems integration.
Strategic business partner and project manager known for leading supplier and vendor negotiations, technology delivery transformation, and integration projects.
Collaborative leader with a talent for directing cross-functional teams to deliver best-in-class quality, service, value and attainment of enterprise goals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Principal Technical Architect

Responsibilities:

Joined Confidential labs in a cross-functional team and led the implementation and support of CEPH as a storage solution for AIC - Confidential Internal cloud.
Provided certification for Cloud appliance to support Edge computing efforts for 5G nodes.
Led implementation of new storage for critical application deployments at mobility data centers, providing leadership and driving key business initiatives.
Successfully directed large-scale, $2M to $10M, technology integration, migration, costs saving and development projects.
Negotiated with several supplier/vendors - VAR, EMC, HDS, Netapp, Cisco - contracts to meet overall technical and funding objectives.
Provided technical and management oversight in proposal development, budget, planning and deployment of strategic programs, saving 10MW of power usage in key data centers, extending asset life by several years and saving over $100M in maintenance expenses.
Led the design and implementation of reusable infrastructure (Mini-GEM/POD) to support growth of VM at Confidential .
Responsible for Confidential storage strategy, vendor selection and technical refresh, as well as new data center design and implementation.
Led a program to consolidate storage networks and backup infrastructure, thereby reducing operations overhead and allowing for shared resources and expenses across networks.
Provided leadership for the development of a new data center at Kings Mountain, which has a state-of-the-art server, storage, network, and structured cabling deployments.

Confidential

Bearing Point, Senior Manager

Responsibilities:

Led the storage efficiency initiative to implement storage virtualization, thin provisioning and automation.
Provided storage direction in setting roadmaps for new technology and price negotiations for vendor contract management.
Provided oversight and technical guidance for corporate wide deployment of Enterprise storage, storage area networks and backup shared infrastructure (see patent here).
Designed and implemented large and small EMC storage.
Provided management and technical leadership for a groundbreaking infrastructure initiative to create portable infrastructure, which has provided over $15M in cost avoidance opportunities.
Led project to design and implement infrastructure for enterprise database systems, which entailed managing on all aspects of the project lifecycle including vendor management and budget management.

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