SUMMARY:

Global technical leader and enterprise / chief architect. Known for designing and implementing creative solutions and for directing solutions - focused teams, implementations, and designing creative solutions. Reliable subject matter expert with extensive experience in resolving complex problems, from technical issues to security concerns. Owner of end-to-end IT solutions for various clients. Fifteen years of managing large teams. Known for Technology leadership in architecture, infrastructure, Cloud, networking, and software development for clients.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Served as Chief Architect for various manufacturing, financial, hospitality, healthcare, insurance, utilities, retail, and government clients.
• Provided solutions based on network (WAN, LAN, VoIP), storage, disaster recovery, virtualization, server management, cloud, mainframe z, Linux, Microsoft Windows Server, AIX, SOLARIS, SCO, Novell, Office 365, SCOM, SCCM, SAP, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, SQL, .NET, VMware, KVM, XEN, Hyper-V, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, IoT, Agile, Hadoop, SOA, Open Source, Data Analytics, Active Directory, and email (Exchange, Lotus Notes).
• Created solutions for vulnerability scanning, network intrusion detection schemes (NIDS), dual authentication, cloud, database, virtualization, storage, and network, server and storage encryption in accordance with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), ITAR, ISO, tax information security guidelines (IRS 1075), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), Sarbanes-Oxley Ac(SOX), Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), HIPPA, ITIL, and client requirements. Created the ROIs, budgets and worked to the budgets for the above solutions. Collaborated with project managers in planning the implementations of the above solutions.
• Resolved critical client situations regarding application issues, virtualization, security, Windows, Linux, Unix, storage, network, LDAP, email and Active Directory by leading teams and troubleshooting technical issues independently.
• Integrated and enabled enterprise cloud solutions, including provision of Oracle databases, server virtualization, network virtualization (Fortigate, Netscalar, Vyatta, Juniper), SQL, and storage for large financial and government clients.
• Consolidated and relocated data centers by creating the solutions for the data center and the application migration from standalone servers (Unix, Windows, Linux) to virtualized servers.
• Reduced headcount by 30% by designing tools and automation in remote server management, server administration, and Linux on zOS.
• Increased productivity and created sever tools benefiting Confidential bottom line, by applying global research.
• Created the reference architecture for Linux on System z for Confidential internal use and customer use when moving applications to Linux on z.
• Worked with client business unit leaders to develop requirements for solving business needs and the technology needed to achieve these goals.
• Diminished costs and addressed business demands by utilizing various Confidential products for clients across multiple industries.
• Utilized Pure Flex, Flex, blades, z systems, power systems, various storage solutions, tape system and SAN devices for architecture solutions.
• Contained expenses and resolved business needs by utilizing Confidential, HP, EMC, Brocade, Cisco, NetApp, Juniper, Hitachi, Avaya, Fujitsu and SUN products for commercial, financial, healthcare, and industrial clients.
• Facilitated client planning and strategy by creating technology roadmaps focused on future state.
• Managed Global teams to implement architectural solutions and application development solutions to successful completion.
• Mentored team members to grow skills and move to new job roles and provided performance feedback on yearly appraisals.
• Selected team members for projects and hired people to fill voids in the teams.
• Lead teams to develop .NET, Web, and Java applications and Productivity tools and the infrastructure:
• Lead a team for a chemical manufacture client to design and implement a warehouse tracking system
• Lead a team for a financial client to design and implementation of a web application for accessing account information
• Lead a team for a state government client to design and implementation of a web application for renewing license plates
• Managed large teams of Software Developers, Project Managers, Quality Assurance Testers, Architects and Business Analysts to deliver business solution for the client.
• Implemented monitoring and automation solutions to collect events, metrics, and notification in client environments and client cloud environments.
• Developed the infrastructure for accounting system and kiosk solution for many clients.
• Reduced costs and met regulatory requirements for state governments, commercial, financial, manufacturing and various cloud environments (private, public, hybrid), by designing networks, virtualization, storage, disaster recovery, backup, and automated provisioning and adhering to security policies.
• Created the infrastructure solutions for SAP/HCM/ERP for various clients, which was successful and met all customer expectations.
• Created mainframe disaster recovery solutions for a railroad and government clients which saved cost and provided the capability to be up 99.99%.
• Created a mainframe solution that met the security requirements required by the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), tax information security guidelines (IRS 1075), and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) for government and financial clients.
• Created a mainframe access solution that met the security requirements of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) for a financial client to allow access from outside of the client’s premise to support mainframe operations.
• Worked with C-level clients to form strategy to drive more business and reduce operating cost.
• Worked with C-Level clients on setting product vision for their technology offerings which aligned with their vision of strategy, missions, and goals.
• Have working knowledge Agile software development.
• Developed project plans for technical solutions and large IT projects using Microsoft Project.
• Led these projects as the project manager or program manager.
• Designed Citrix farms and upgraded existing solutions using XENDesktop, XENApp, XENServer, and NetScaler
• Designed and implemented Cloud solution for AWS for various manufacturing, financial, hospitality, healthcare, insurance, utilities, retail, and government clients. Design were as simple as moving application development to moving new applications (HA, Databases, Storage, Security, etc.) to the cloud