Sr. Consultant Resume

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A Business - driven Infrastructure Engineer, Systems Administrator, Site Reliability Engineer, Problem Solver, Automation & DevOps enthusiast with 20+ years of experience in the design, planning, and execution of strategic initiatives.
With experience from Customer Service to the Boardroom, I communicate at all levels of an organization.
I'm a creative problem solver who transforms ideas into measurable results by utilizing systems-oriented thinking and intelligent planning.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities:

AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Associate, 2016
Tuned Vertica DB cluster, decreasing query time by 2x; increased work capacity by > 4x, Political Data, 2016
Created hardened Linux VDI images, removing insecure shared jump boxes; AD integration, PayPal 2016
InfoSec Monitoring Proof of Concept using Opsview (a Nagios derivative) in one week, PayPal, 2016
Built, Tested, and Implemented Linux hardening scripts to CIS standards, PayPal, 2016
Created automated builds, both virtual and standalone, improving Security analysts’ repeatability, PayPal, 2016
Splunk clustering & tuning, improved query responses by 3x while improving availability, Cisco, 2016
Automated Oracle RAC 6-week manual build to less than 2 hours, Genentech, 2014
Doubled year-over-year revenue by merging the Roundstone/Infinite team, Entisys, 2010-2011

Confidential

VP, Technical Services and Operations

Responsibilities:

Responsible for Creation, Validation, Documentation, and Implementation of in-house Architected Systems
Translating Business needs to Infrastructure
Security and Performance Assessments and Remediation
Responsible for all Operations; grew to $25M revenue utilizing only three Operations staff
Only partner in Northern California designated as Data Center Elite by HP
Achieved highest possible score, HP Total Customer Experience Survey, 2006
Awarded Fasted Growing Partner by HP, 2003, 2004, & 2005

Confidential

Owner / Consultant

Responsibilities:

Trade Floor system uptime was 100% for last 6 months of the engagement, Pacific Exchange, 2002
Increased uptime of Trade Floor systems from 97% to 99.997%, Pacific Exchange, 2000-2002
Architected, Implemented, Documented, Monitored, and Trained for the Trade systems, Pacific Exchange, 2002
14TB OLAP architecture that benchmarked at 2GB/sec throughput utilizing 1,200 disk drives, Wells Fargo, 2002