SUMMARY

• Extensive IT Business and Infrastructure background (networking, storage, technical support, operations and management)
• Management positions have reported directly to Executive company levels, interfacing with senior level business executive levels.
• Independent self - starter; work well in emergencies and under pressure, including 7x24 environments.
• Full service manager with the ability to complete projects within budget and timelines.
• System integration
• Experience and training with system performance, capacity, modeling and sizing for application requirements.
• Have managed budgets both at department and project levels in excess of 20/million dollars.
• Employee performance reviews, employee development and staffing.
• Management and Consulting roles have consisted of:
• SAP SupportBusiness Application Support
• JDA/Red Prairie Support Server Consolidation & Virtualization
• Network Services (Voice and Data)Network Architecture/Design
• Server EngineeringEndpoint Device Support
• Platform Engineering Data Center Design
• Information Security (PCI & HIPAA)Data Center Operations
• MessagingWireless
• Directory ServicesDisaster Recovery
• Desktop EngineeringCopper and Fiber Cabling
• Patching ProcessVendor Management
• Storage and BackupsProcurement

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Citrix
• SQL Server Clusters Exchange Server Clusters
• VMware ServersCitrix Servers
• HP Servers including DL360’s
• DL380’s
• Blade Enclosures (3000 and 7000)
• HP 3Par
• EVA and MSA storage technologyHP Virtual Tape Library Systems (VTLS)
• Tivoli and Data Protector backup software
• Palo Alto Firewalls
• Brocade SAN Fiber and ISCSI switches
• Load Balancers
• Core
• Data Center
• Distribution and Closet/End switches - Cisco Nexus 7010’s VPC and VDC’s 5010’s 5596’s 2248’s 2232’s 6509 VSS 3750’s including PoE
• ASR’s
• UCS
• Cisco Wireless Controllers and Access Points
• Aruba Switches
• Wireless Controllers
• Access Points and ClearPass
• Cisco 3600 Metro switches - 1/GB ISP connectivity
• Avaya and Cisco VOIP
• APC server racks and pdu’s Panduit network racks
• GE 300/KVA UPS’s

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Wilbraham, MA

Senior Director of IT

Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the CFO, manage a team of 20 plus team members, including engineers, developers, DBA’s, project managers, help desk, operations and contractors. Have budget responsibilities of 5m plus.
• Lead overall information technology strategic planning to achieve business goals by prioritizing information technology initiatives and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future technology projects.
• Lead governance oversight as well as project and portfolio management.
• Responsible for building and maintaining continuous efforts to improve IT service delivery to meet the needs of the business.
• Work effectively with stakeholders to continue to develop an effective organizational, staffing and resource management structure to meet the IT needs of the organization.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to identify strategic and innovative uses of technology to drive business growth and profitability and gain a competitive advantage.
• Provide oversight, leadership and direction for all IT Security initiatives and Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.
• Lead the development, management, tracking and control of the IT annual capital and operating budgets.

Confidential, Westborough, MA

Assistant Vice President of Network

Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Vice President of Infrastructure, manage a team of 25 plus team members, including engineers, architects, project managers and contractors. Have budget responsibilities of 15m plus.
• Guide and direct the activity of the Voice and Data Networks, Endpoint Solutions, Data Centers and Disaster Recovery teams in supporting on-going tasks and production support as well as supporting the requirements of approved business plan projects. Coordinate the efforts with the various Technical Services resources assigned to projects to ensure consistent implementations in keeping with short and long range plans for Network, Endpoint and Disaster Recovery Solutions for Confidential 's.
• Perform regular system design and capacity planning to ensure that company infrastructure is adequate to handle the requirements of near-term growth, and is aligned with long-term plans consistent with the overall Confidential 's IT strategy. Ensure redundancy measures have been implemented to permit recovery from single-system failure.
• Manage business plan, schedules, resource assignments associated with Capital and Expense budgets for the implementation of network and telecommunications aspects of projects - voice/data upgrades, telecomm HW/SW upgrades and new technology initiatives. Prepare and monitor Capital and Expense budgets. Participate in the Business plan process by preparing project descriptions, estimates, milestones and technical network design documents.
• Manage the purchasing, selection and installation of required infrastructure including; network and endpoint software, hardware communications and wireless. Responsibilities include vendor selection, price and contract negotiation, and ongoing maintenance and support contracts. Relationship management to ensure contractual requirements are met.
• Evaluate the training needs and provides for the career development of team. Develop and monitor performance objectives for direct reports. Conduct salary and performance reviews. Perform general team administration activities and makes hiring and termination decisions.

Confidential

Infrastructure Project Manager Consultant

Responsibilities:

• A major network upgrade of all the core, data center, distribution and edge/closet switches to current Cisco technology, including Nexus 7010’s, 5010’s, 2248’s, 2232’s, 6509 VSS pairs, and 3750 stacks, including PoE.
• Data center renovation project, which included relocating all equipment within the data center, implementing redundant network connectivity for all servers, implementing both active active and active passive clusters supporting databases such as SQL Server, along with supporting critical healthcare, research and financial application systems.
• Wireless for the entire campus including research, hospital and academic facilities, etc.
• Providing technical guidance on new campus buildings, including new seven floor hospital.
• Managing effort to build out a high speed Bioscience/Research network for Connecticut.
• Disaster recovery implementations of critical applications