Lead Network Architect Resume

SUMMARY:

An IT Executive with a history of leadership in global enterprises. Experienced in developing and aligning IT strategy and direction to business goals. The demonstrated ability to develop technology programs that deliver on the IT strategy. A proven history of building and leading teams that deliver positive results. Strengths include communication, leadership, strategic planning, and IT governance.
Deployment of Cisco iWAN solution.
Development and deployment of a private internal cloud.
Lead Architect on the multiple merger and acquisition activities.
Technical lead on the initiative to collapsed four data centers down to two. Developed the technical approach for the program. This program has significantly reduced cost and provided capacity for forecasted business growth.
Implemented a suite of controls to ensure that the network infrastructure is compliant to industry standards. This ensured that the infrastructure is secure, resilient, and operating effectively.
Implemented a program for the continuous testing of the recoverability of all infrastructures in the event of a disaster.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Lead Network Architect

Responsibilities:

Deploying Cisco iWAN to Confidential to improve resiliency and reduce cost.
Deployed Leaf/Spine architecture in the Confidential centers.
Deploying a global 10Gb infrastructure connecting major data centers and critical sites.
Performing all Merger and Acquisition activities for the Confidential . Provide planning, implementation, and support for all network integration activities.

Confidential, Barclaycard

Director of Network Infrastructure

Responsibilities:

Identify trends in technology and in corporate those into a technical roadmaps.
Develop programs to deliver against the published roadmaps and business initiatives.
Be a key resource on business initiatives to identify requirements and develop strategic solutions.
Manage operational activities to ensure the availability, reliability, and security of the network.

Director

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Set - up the Confidential program which was chartered to ensure the recoverability of all infrastructures in the event of a disaster.
Develop recovery requirements for all new business and technical initiatives.
Collaborate with various technical towers on documenting recovery procedures.
Implemented a program of recovery tests to document the recoverability of all infrastructures.

Confidential

Vice President, Technical Architecture

Responsibilities:

Setting the vision and direction for infrastructures within Confidential Card Services.
Define technical roadmaps to ensure the scalability, performance, and reliability of infrastructure components.
Forecast budgets and build business cases to implement new capabilities and capacity.
Create technical solutions in response to business projects.
Forecast and review infrastructure capacity against business projections.

Vice President

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Directly support the card services line of business to understand their dependencies on the global network.
Worked with Card Services senior management to develop a scorecard of Key Performance Indicators documenting the health of the network.
Engage on all major incidents that involved Card Services.
Identify opportunities to improve the resiliency, reliability, and cost of the Card Service network.

Vice President

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Build a new department chartered with ensuring the consistency and compliance of network devices.
Audited and reviewed network configurations and changes to ensure compliance to documented standards.
Performed route and repetitive tasks, e.g. IOS upgrades, on all network equipment.

Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities: