SUMMARY:

• Results - oriented professional with over thirty years work experience in computer operations from the inception of personal computers to current multiprocessor servers, networks, storage area networks and virtualized datacenters. Experienced in the creation and management of service departments, test and integration organizations, product support departments and datacenter for test and development including a SAN (Storage Area Network) and multiple arrays. Designed and developed a testing infrastructure based on VMware to deploy virtual machines for product evaluations.
• Demonstrated ability to acquire technical knowledge and skills rapidly. Innovative problem solver, proven leader, and skilled manager in challenging, fast-paced environments.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed Disaster Recovery and Continuance of Operation plan for NHLBI Enterprise Storage. Interfaced with customer to collect information on data center operations and storage infrastructure. Developed test procedures for each element of the storage infrastructure. Submitted completed documents ahead of schedule.

Confidential

Lead Engineer System Recovery

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all aspects of the design and development of system recovery subsystem for government program. Select products to meet program requirements. Develop working configurations to meet requirements in a physical and virtual environment. Write installation, configuration and operation procedures for critical design review. Develop installation and operation manuals for government customer. Additional responsibilities included maintenance and administration of network storage array; development of storage design, automated installation scripts and documentation. Consulted on COOP project to define recover point and recover time objectives, COOP locations, storage and bandwidth requirements as well as other key components. Determined that the specifications provided were insufficient to design a system for COOP.

Confidential

Sr. Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for provisioning and maintaining multiple arrays and fabric switches in support of Army Knowledge Online government contract, including disaster and top secret enclaves. Provide input on storage strategies and analysis for additional storage. Trained new team members.
• Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) lead architect for disk storage and virtualization. CANES represents the next generation of Navy networks and computing infrastructure initially valued at $17.4 million with potential of $2.3 billion over the life of the contract.
• Responsible for storage and virtualization design. Collected and analyzed information on server, virtualization and storage products. Evaluated and implemented multiple virtualization and storage technologies.

Confidential

Sr. Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Maintained the largest engineering lab at Northrop Grumman with an installed base of $15M of hardware/software
• Responsible for various aspects of lab administration including VMware infrastructure, server and storage administration.
• Maintain and administer storage network and arrays, including HP EVA, EMC, Network Appliance and IBM.
• Provide oversight and guidance to junior engineers for all operations.
• Served as the subject matter expert on storage and virtualization.
• Provide technical expertise for strategic proposal efforts.
• Test and evaluate various storage and virtualization products.
• Conduct trade study analysis and provide input for the design and proposal
• Developed datacenter infrastructure utilizing VMware ESX & Virtual Center management tools.
• Created ESX server cluster and standardized templates for rapid deployment of Windows & Linux virtual machines.
• Developed best practices for VM infrastructure and storage in the lab.
• Assisted in the installation of the lab’s computing cluster for climate tracking.

Confidential

System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided presales & proposal support for servers and storage products and engineering support for contract activities. Implemented storage area networks, including zoning, software installation & configuration and data migration. Implemented Windows & Unix servers in a SAN. Experienced in advanced business continuity and disaster recovery solutions.
• Managed a group of engineers that provided second level support for field and installation technicians.
• Developed and ran benchmarks for addition to contract

Confidential

Manager Product Support

Responsibilities:

• Directed software engineers in the maintenance of proprietary network software for servers and PC based workstations for the Department of Justice.
• Software included transparent file mirroring capabilities as well as virtual drive and network printing.
• Responsible for alpha and beta testing and development of documentation for new releases of software.
• Provided second-level support to the customer organization to resolve network and other design related problems.
• Responsible for software configuration control for contract compliance; integration of new releases of vendor software on network products; of third party software and hardware for use on the network.
• Additional responsibilities included conducting live test demonstrations for existing and potential customers, network and system setup, technical compliance to contractor guidelines, and all facilities management for demonstrations.

Confidential

Manager Product Support

Responsibilities:

• Directed senior-level engineers and technicians to implement technical support services for Federal ADP and data communication contracts.
• Managed and administered benchmarks and live-test demonstrations; produced bills of materials; wrote technical documentation for assembly, tested and processed controls; researched and evaluated prospective products; managed product vendors and subcontractors to ensure quality goods and services; resolved design-related problems of vendor-supplied products; provided second-level technical support to all customers and other support departments; and established job titles, job descriptions, and compensation plans.

Confidential

Southeast Regional Service Manager

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated all service activities in the Southeast region for this manufacturer of IBM emulation terminals and remote typesetting computers.