SUMMARY:

• Information Technology professional with 16+ years experience in project management and consulting in finance, healthcare, aerospace, architecture, communications, and non - profit sectors.
• Project Management
• Vendor Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Procurement / Budgeting / RFP
• Contract Negotiations
• Client Consultation
• Team Management
• Regulatory Compliance
• Apps /SW Testing & Installation
• Capacity Planning
• SAN Infrastructure Projects
• Networking

• UNIX (AIX, Solaris, HP-UX)
• Linux (RedHat 7.2/8.0/9.0)
• MS (95/98/NT/2000/XP, Server 2000/2003, Exchange 2000/2003, AD)
• DB (Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, DB2, 4GL)
• Web (Apache, LDAP, IIS, HTML, PHP)
• Systems Management (HP Openview, CiscoWorks2000, Tivoli NetView)
• Security (Firewall, IDS)
• Symantec, Cisco (PIX, CiscoSECURE), Checkpoint, PureSecure, InterScan VirusWall, Tripwire, ManHunt/ManTrap)
• Applications (Software, Development)
• Programming (Java, J2EE, JSP, XML, Perl, C, C++, scripting); Shells (bash, zsh, csh, ksh, ssh ); Peoplesoft; SAP; Email (Sendmail, SMTP, Cyrus/IMAP), SDLC, ITIL, ILM
• Management (Project, Staff)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NC

Senior member

Responsibilities:

• Developed upgrade plans and implemented those upgrades for BIN installs and applying patches Storage equipment.
• Planned and facilitated disk installs and configured disk.
• Worked reclaims and migrations for SAN Refresh project.
• Zoned and provisioned storage requests.
• Hands-on work with IBM, Brocade, EMC, and Cisco products.
• Documentation.

Technology: IBM (XIV, DS8000), Brocade (Switches and Directors), EMC (VMAX, DMX, Symmetrix, Clariion, ECC, SRDF, TimeFinder, SYMCLI, VMWare), Cisco (DCNM, MDS 9000), Scripting (Perl), RedHat (Linux Open Client, Servers), BMC (Remedy).

Confidential, NC

Senior member of Storage department

Responsibilities:

• Capacity Planning for the storage department.
• Facilitated the merging of the Merrill Lynch and Countrywide storage environments into the Bank of America storage environment.
• Architecture, design, engineering, procurement, and installation of storage systems.
• Hands-on work with IBM, Brocade, EMC, and Cisco products.
• and mentoring team members.
• Process Improvement.

Technology: IBM (SVC, XIV, DS8000, N-Series), Brocade (Switches and Directors), EMC (VMAX, Symmetrix, VNX, Clariion, Centera, Atmos, SRDF, SYMCLI, VMWare), (FAS 2050/3050/3140/3210/3240/6210, ONTAP), Cisco (MDS 9000), NetApp Scripting (Perl).

Lead Network Storage Architect

Confidential, Burlington, NC

Responsibilities:

• Developed plan to change and upgrade the entire network from HP to Cisco.
• Developed documentation for the entire IT environment.
• Managed IT Infrastructure.
• and mentoring IT employees.

Technology: Cisco (Switches and Routers, Wireles, VPN, VoIP), IBM (DS5000, DS400, Tape Library, BladeCenter, Lotus Notes, iSeries), Symantec (Backup Exec), HP (Switches), SonicWall (FW, VPN) DB (Oracle, SQL), ERP(JDEdwards), Microsoft (Server, AD,).

Senior Storage Architect

Confidential -Salem, NC

Responsibilities:

• Capacity Planning
• Developed and implemented upgrade plans for the SAN fabric and Storage equipment.
• Developed Visio diagrams and spreadsheets to document complete storage environments.
• Installed new SAN switches and Storage arrays into production.
• Storage SME for DR design and testing.
• Project manager for IT projects.
• Procurement.
• Data security.

Technology: EMC (Symmetrix, Clariion, ECC, SRDF, TimeFinder, SYMCLI, VMWare), McData (Switches and Directors, EFCM, Load Balancing), Cisco (MDS 9000), Symantec (Backup), DB (SQL), Microsoft (Server, Exchange), HP (HPUX), StorageTEK (SL8500).

Senior Network Architect

Confidential, Concord, NC

Responsibilities:

• Separated Roush Fenway network from Roush Industries.
• Developed documentation for the entire IT environment.
• Data Security.
• Managed telecommunications.
• Installed Blackberry Enterprise Server.
• Managed Network Infrastructure
• Designed DMZ
• Installed Solarwinds Systems Management solution.

Technology: Solarwinds, Cisco (Switches and Routers, VPN), Fatpipe (Load balancing), Avaya (Definity G3, VoIP), IBM (BladeCenter), VMWare, Symantec (NetBackup, security, Virus protection), NetApp (FAS270), DB (Oracle, SQL), ERP(Peoplesoft), Microsoft (Server, AD, Exchange), TeamCenter.

Senior Storage/DR Architect

Confidential, NC

Responsibilities:

• Developed upgrade plans and implemented those upgrades for the SAN fabric and Storage equipment.
• Developed Visio diagrams and spreadsheets to document complete storage environments.
• Installed SVC and TPC into two Storage environments - performed ongoing administration.
• Installed new SAN switches and Storage arrays into production on multiple occasions.
• Storage SME for successful annual DR design and testing.
• Project manager for IT projects.
• Hands-on work with IBM, Brocade, EMC, and Cisco products.
• SOX regulatory compliance.
• Data security.

Technology: IBM (SVC, TPC, DS4000/8000 Series (FastT), N-Series, Shark, Tivoli, TSM, AIX), McData (Switches and Directors, EFCM, Load Balancing), Cisco (MDS 9000), EMC (Symmetrix, Clariion, ECC, SRDF, TimeFinder, SYMCLI, VMWare), StorageTek (SL8500, D280/380), CA (Control-M), Veritas (NetBackup), BMC (Autosys), HP (HPUX), SUN (Solaris, Servers), DB (Oracle, DB2, SQL, MySQL), ERP(SAP).

Senior Storage Architect

Confidential, Winston-Salem, NC

Responsibilities:

• Developed upgrade plans and implemented those upgrades for the SAN fabric and Storage equipment.
• Developed Visio diagrams and spreadsheets to document complete storage environments.
• Installed SVC and TPC into two Storage environments - performed ongoing administration.
• Installed new SAN switches and Storage arrays into production on multiple occasions.
• Storage SME for successful DR design and testing.

Technology: McData (Switches and Directors, EFCM, Load balancing), Cisco (MDS 9000), IBM (SVC, TPC, DS4000 Series (FastT), Shark, Tivoli, TSM, AIX), EMC (Symmetrix, Clariion, ECC, VMWare), CA (Control-M), Veritas (NetBackup), BMC (Autosys), HP (HPUX), SUN (Solaris, Servers), DB (Oracle, DB2, SQL, MySQL), ERP(SAP).