SUMMARY:

• Confidential has over 15 years of experience in IT consulting and focuses on Business Continuance and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) utilizing various technologies, such as SAN, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, replication, with software platforms such as VMWare, Hyper - V, Microsoft Exchange and SQL.
• Confidential has had a partner relationship with Confidential for over 13 years architecting, implanting, and migrating to Confidential systems.
• His previous experience was practice leader of BC/DR with Project Leadership Associates.
• Previous to this includes working in the Emerging Technologies Division at International Network Solutions specializing in business development of expanding markets within the Microsoft core Enterprise systems and integrating these into an overall BC/DR strategy.
• Prior to Confidential, Confidential founded Confidential, a consulting firm in the Midwest focusing on competitive migrations, disaster recovery, and staff augmentation.
• Confidential has served as lead architect for migrations and BC/DR projects for Enterprise customers ranging up to 150,000 seats worldwide.
• His customers include medium to large telecommunications companies, Law Firms, financial services, as well as health care and storage companies.
• Confidential has presented topics to IT panels outlining benefits of BC/DR including mobility along with obtainable RTO/RPO projections.
• Successfully executing disaster recovery designs and data center consolidations in large VMWare, Exchange and SQL environments including evaluating physical network layers, WAN infrastructure, and power consumption.
• His expertise in these areas has earned him the reputation as a leader in the Information Technology industry focusing on BC/DR.

TECHNICAL OVERVIEW:

Server/Desktop Operating Systems: Windows NT, 2000/03/08/12 , Unix, Solaris, AIX, Linux, Windows 9x, Windows 2000/XP Professional, Windows Vista, Windows 7/8,.

Infrastructure Technologies and Protocols: Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, Frame Relay, ATM, ISDN, DSL. TCP/IP, FC, FCIP, iSCSI, NFS, and IPX/SPX network protocols.

Cloud Platforms: Amazon (AWS), Microsoft (Azure), IBM (Softlayer), VMWare (vCloud Air)

Software Packages: Microsoft Exchange 5.5/2000/ 2003/2007/2010 , MS Live Communication Server/OCS/Lync, MS Outlook, MS Office, MS SharePoint/MOSS, MS SQL Server 2000/05/08, CommVault, Symantec Enterprise Vault, Confidential Disk Extender, Confidential E-mailXtender, Confidential Navisphere, Confidential Replication Manager, AVAMAR, VMWare, Citrix XEN, Confidential /CE, Replication Manager, TimeFinder, VPLEX, ViPR, vRealize, SRM, XIV Scripting, AWS and Azure cloud platforms.

Hardware Platforms: Cisco routers/switches catalyst and Nexus. Confidential CLARiiON, Confidential VNX, Confidential Celerra, VG8, Isilon, Rainfinity, Confidential Centera, Confidential Recoverpoint, HP servers, SAN. Dell servers, XtremeIO, VMAX, DMX Symmetrix, Data Domain VTL, McData Switches, Brocade Switches, Confidential, HP 3PAR, HVA, CS700

RECENT EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Data Center Architect / Private Cloud Architect

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the existing VMware and Storage Arrays
• Designed a new private cloud solution leveraging HPE CS700 and 3Par
• Performed migrations of data from various HVA, Clariions, VMAXs to the new 3Par
• Performed VMware migrations both V2V and P2V for over 3000 servers in multiple locations
• Implemented VMware vRealize Automation

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Data Availability and Disaster RecoveryArchitect

Responsibilities:

• Assess current storage and virtualization environment
• Architect new Confidential VMAX storage for both Mainframe and Open Systems with Brocade Directors
• Design private on premise cloud and integration with gov cloud off premise with SRM
• Develop 3 year technical strategy and migration efforts
• Redesign NetBackup infrastructure with Data Domain

Confidential

Data Center Migration Architect

Responsibilities:

• Assess current storage environment for Confidential
• Architect new NetApp Storage Clusters in the new environment
• Build out new infrastructure
• Migration of 100+ TB affecting over 8000 servers
• Confidential and VMAX Architecture design

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assess storage across multi-platform arrays
• Build storage cost model to analyse ROI
• Create use cases for top 10 application
• Define POC application steps and implementation plan

Confidential

Storage Assessment with Cloud Computing

Responsibilities:

• Assess all IBM XIV Storage Arrays for configuration and performance
• XIV scripting for Storage Arrays
• Assess all Confidential DMX and VMAX Arrays for configuration and performance
• Recommendations for new architecture for DC build out with VMAX and VPLEX with Brocade Directors
• Configuration recommendations for existing and new Arrays for better RIO of data on proper tier

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Cloud Architect for various technologies
• Designed all storage and DR needs for new 4 continent data centers
• Architected and implemented Confidential VMAX SANs and replication to DR DC with Brocade Directors
• Netapp Storage platforms with replication
• IBM AIX builds to upgrade frame platforms
• Exchange 2003/2007/2010 migration consolidation
• ESX VMWare infrastructure build out
• Active Directory infrastructure build
• Architected and Implemented Brocade Directors
• Architected and Implemented Data Domain VTL
• Implemented TSM backup software

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed all storage needs for new regional data center
• Migrated over 1000 Linux systems with VLM disk systems
• P2V over 4000 Windows hosts to VMWare
• Implemented VMAX SANs and replication to DR data center
• Host data migration from VNX platform to VMAX
• Implemented Brocade Directors
• Implemented Data Domain VTL
• Implemented Netbackup software

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed all storage needs for 2 new data center
• Implemented VMAX SANs and replication to DR data center
• Migrated 450 Linux host systems with LVM disk systems
• Implemented Brocade Directors
• Implemented RecoverPoint with Brocate Splitters

Confidential

Cloud Architect

Responsibilities:

• Created cloud based computing with multi-level redundancy
• Cloud based messaging and CSR application
• Migrated two data centers to new facilities and new SANs
• Migrated from DMX3 to VMAX
• Migrated from DMX4 to VMAX
• Established Confidential pairs for synchronous replication
• Migrated Confidential /CE Exchange stretch cluster to new data centers

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed a BC/DR strategy for the agency’s IT systems focusing on cloud computing
• Created tiered approach for RTO/RPO utilizing replication technologies
• Migration plan for production HDS to DS IBM
• Mainframe, AIX, Linux, Windows hosts all migrated to new SAN

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed a BC/DR solution for all enterprise applications including Exchange, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile/iPhone
• Created plans of data center consolidations and multi-site failover options
• Consolidated multi-site AD/Exchange utilizing Quest Software
• Designed storage consolidation utilizing Confidential Clariion and replication with MirrorView, and RecoverPoint
• Identified business risk factors and created relevant RTO/RPO for all applications
• Created a backup and recovery strategy to meet RTO/RPO for daily operations
• Integrated the use of VMWare and multi-site failover to ensure availability

Confidential

Enterprise Network Design

Responsibilities:

• Designed an existing enterprise Cisco powered network consisting of thousands of North America and EUMA network locations.
• Architected a enterprise robust solution consisting of layer 3 services on the access layer providing network convergence in less than 1 second.
• Utilized Cisco’s 6500 series switches at both core and distribution layers utilizing 10 Gig interconnect along with 4900 series on the access.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed a BC/DR solution for all enterprise applications including Exchange, BlackBerry, SQL, DM, Citrix utilizing replication and push button failover/failback
• Created plans of data center consolidations and multi-site failover options
• Designed storage consolidation utilizing Confidential Clariion and replication with MirrorView and Recoverpoint; along with archiving with Centerra and replication.
• Identified business risk factors and created relevant RTO/RPO for all applications
• Created a backup and recovery strategy to meet RTO/RPO for daily operations
• Integrated the use of VMWare and multi-site failover to ensure availability

Confidential

Business Continuance and Disaster Recovery

Responsibilities:

• Implemented a BC/DR Exchange solution with a 3 hour RTO and 0 RPO.
• Expanded from a single data center to 2 active data centers with failover between them
• Configured Clariion SANs along with Brocade Switches
• Included related messaging technologies including mobility, archiving, and instant messaging.
• SQL 2000 and 2005 BC/DR design utilizing SAN based replication

Confidential

Business Continuance and Disaster Recovery

Responsibilities:

• Implemented a BC/DR solution with a 1 hour RTO and 0 RPO.
• Wrote SAN and host based procedures for application development teams to create automated failover/failback tasks.
• Solutions were for both Confidential and IBM SANs
• Failover requirements for hosts running Windows, Linux, and AIX

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IT Upgrade - Business Continuance and Disaster Recovery

Responsibilities:

• Designed a BC/DR plan for tier 1 applications including Exchange, BlackBerry, SQL, DM, Citrix utilizing SAN based replication technologies and related software
• Consolidated from 8 data centers into 2 with failover capabilities between them
• Designed and implemented a SAN solution including replication technologies to the disaster recovery site
• Designed and implemented a new backup infrastructure consisting of CommVault solutions utilizing Virtual Tape Library (VTL) systems along with physical tape systems for compliancy regulations.
• Designed and implemented a firm wide network infrastructure upgrade consisting of a Cisco powered LAN and WAN including WAN accelerators
• Designed and implemented Windows 2003 Active Directory and Exchange 2007 migration from Novel 6.0 and GroupWise 7.0 environment.
• Implemented a rollout solution for a desktop refresh from Windows 2000/XP to Windows Vista

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed a migration plan to split the messaging infrastructure between two regional data centers for ~67,000 mailboxes
• Designed an Exchange 2003 migration plan including moving to Microsoft Clusters
• Designed a phased approach for BC/DR utilizing Confidential /A, TimeFinder TEIM, FTAS for automated failover along with Replication Manager
• Created overall capacity plan for 3-5 years of data growth and archiving

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created an Exchange 2003 multi-site cluster utilizing Confidential /S CE on DMX4 with powerpath
• Created a SQL 2005 multi-site cluster utilizing Confidential /S CE on DMX3 with powerpath
• ECC San Manager configuration along with integrating Replication Manager and Recoverpoint
• Integrated with VMAX virtual environment
• Implemented data archiving with disk and email Xtender part of capacity planning 3-5 years