SUMMARY:

• Over the last 20+ years, I’ve provided a wide range of major, enterprise - wide projects directly to companies of all sizes - start-ups to Fortune 100 companies, public and private.
• I am experienced in working with numerous operating systems, creating sophisticated disaster recovery sites and extensive high-availability infrastructure sites.
• I've managed diverse teams, from highly skilled individuals to groups numbering in the hundreds and encompassing a breadth of skills and management requirements.
• I especially enjoy larger and more complex system designs, together with the challenge of improving existing infrastructure to optimize performance and up-time while reducing total cost of ownership.
• Certified senior-level UNIX/Linux & TSM Administrator, Engineer & Consultant; currently completing VMware certification
• Expertise in VMware, RedHat, SuSe Linux, MS Windows Server, Solaris, AIX & a variety of other technologies
• IBM-certified Systems Administrator, AIX & TSM
• Specialize in Migrations, data protection, disaster recovery site design & DR testing

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Novell SuSE Linux, Redhat, Oracle/Sun Solaris, Confidential AIX, OS/400, OS/36, OS/38, Novell Netware 2.11, 3.12, 4.1, and 5; Windows 3.1 - 2012 Server, Windows 7 & 8

Migration Experience: Solaris to Linux, Windows and AIX; AIX to Linux, Windows to Linux, Linux to Windows, Novell to Windows, Windows to Novell, Windows and Linux to VMware System, Apache, WebSphere, Lotus Notes to MS Exchange, MS Exchange to Lotus Notes

Application Design: Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe ColdFusion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, PHP, Wordpress, HTML, Apache, WebSphere, MySQL, MS SQL, LAMP Stack, Phyton, Shell Scripts

Administrative Applications: VMware Vsphere, Puppet, Confidential Lotus/Domino 3 - 8, Confidential Lotus Sametime, LearningSpace and Quickplace; Confidential Tivoli TSM 4 - 7.1, Microsoft Active Directory, Novell Netware, NDS AIX Administration, Sun Administration, Hitachi HiCommand, SAN Administrative Software, Citrix Metaframe / Citrix Access Suite, VERITAS, NetBackup, ARCserve Backup, Trend Micro, Microsoft Exchange, NetApp Data ONTAP

Hardware: Servers - Confidential Midrange, Confidential Intel, HP/Compaq Intel, Sun UNIX, Dell SAN/NAS - Hitachi 9900 and 9500, EMC Clariion and NAS, HP/Compaq SAN, Dell NetApp Storage - Confidential Disk and Tape Library Systems, NetApp Disk Storage, and McData, Brocade, Confidential Power6,7,8

User Applications: ProjecTrak - Project Management Software, MS Project, MS Office, Lotus Notes, MS Visio, Remedy, Microsoft Stack of Products

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Lead VMware/Linux Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• I began working for Confidential as a RedHat Linux Administrator, but when a need arose on our team, I volunteered to also serve as Lead VMware Administrator.
• For over a year, I have been managing 3 vSphere centers, 21 VMware global data centers, over 3,500 virtual Linux and Windows servers, and an NSX network between London and Frankfurt, VRealize Automation (VRO & VROPS) and their supporting tools - all while supporting RedHat Linux and helping to migrate systems to the Microsoft Azure Cloud. During this time, I’ve worked with and have been trained on: Agile using Scrum methodology, Puppet and PowerCLI for server management, Microsoft Azure for Cloud migration, VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage V7.3 and VMworld training for VMware management.

Unix Administrator, Project Lead - Solaris/AIX Team

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Confidential to redesign, migrate and update their Minneapolis data center.
• This remote data center required me to create a Project Plan to reorganize their outdated Solaris servers to Redhat Linux running on VMware.
• The plan provides for the migration of specific systems to their Connecticut Corporate data center, while updating and consolidating other systems onto new hardware and storage.
• At the same time, I continued to support their existing Unix environment until the Linux migration is complete.
• I also supported backup systems using Tivoli Storage Manager and Legato.

Linux Migration Team Leader, Project Coordinator, VMware Admin & Design Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• I migrated approximately 400 enterprise applications on 4,500 Solaris servers to 9,000 SuSE Linux servers, leveraging VMware ESX, HP Service Automation (Opsware), and Oracle RAC.
• As Team Leader, I hired and managed a proficient group of UNIX/Linux administrators.
• I created detailed diagrams of the new Linux environment, presented the build plans, then supervised and worked with multiple teams to build the environments.
• I worked to resolve design issues, identified conflicts with application requirements, provided quality assurance checks before release, and assisted Application and DBA teams in the final migration process. I also created a document library for new build processes, design tools and workflow for teams to use after project completion.

Disaster Recovery & Storage Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• In this position, I worked with numerous Confidential customers supporting their TSM and storage environment.
• On a daily basis, I managed TSM, AIX, Linux and Windows servers and their backups.
• I also supported Confidential and NetApp storage requirements.

Disaster Recovery, UNIX & Storage Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As a Disaster Recovery and Confidential storage engineer, I managed their daily backup environment and storage needs, but also supported higher-level issues with AIX systems.
• During my time with UMG, I managed two successful Disaster Recovery tests for the first time in their Disaster Recovery history.

Disaster Recovery & Storage Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• I managed a large Disaster Recovery Center deployment.
• With this implementation, I eliminated the need for external data backup provider.
• The TSM system I designed generated all our DR copies to our new Disaster Recovery site in a duplicate library.
• I also created a system where, in the event of a DR, the entire TSM system could be brought up at our DR site in a matter of minutes with standby servers updated and running the latest TSM database backup, with full access to all the DR copies in its library.
• On a daily basis, I managed their backup systems for all UNIX, Linux and Windows systems.
• I also supported their NetApp and EMC storage systems.

President / Lead Technical Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• I am owner and principal in this data protection company, which contracts a wide range of technology solutions including operating system migrations, TSM, VMware, UNIX / Linux (SuSE & Redhat), Confidential and NetApp storage solutions, disaster recovery planning, site architecture, disaster testing and implementation / training.

Project Lead

Sr. Administrator / Architect

Responsibilities:

• I managed a large project to upgrade the Confidential TSM environment and create a Disaster Recovery site.
• With its implementation, I eliminated the need for an external data backup provider.
• The TSM system I designed generated all our DR copies at our DR site in a duplicate library.
• I also created a system where, in the event of a DR, the entire TSM system could be brought up at our DR site in a matter of minutes with standby servers updated and running the latest TSM database backup, with full access to all the DR copies in its library.
• I was the first TSM administrator to conduct a full Disaster Recovery of our Open Systems environment in the company's history.
• I also supported and maintained the TSM and SAN systems.