Overview:

• Cloud and Infrastructure Architect/Engineer with extensive skills designing, engineering and deploying large enterprise and highly complex environments using the latest cloud and unified platforms.
• Senior level technology trainer/instructor who has developed training material and performed extensive jumpstart, accelerators and group training sessions on behalf of Cisco, VMware and EMC.
• Highly diversified background technically, managerial, presales, project management and other skills for leadership capabilities.

Technical and Business Skills:

• Effectively plan, install, configure and optimize Cloud IT infrastructure to consistently achieve high availability and performance. Proven ability to create and deliver solutions tied to business growth and efficiency.
• Skilled problem identifier and troubleshooter.
• erremark, RackSpace, AWS, vCHS Cloud Providers, vSphere ESX i , Citrix Xen, Microsoft Hyper-V and OpenStack deployments and administration. System Security and Solutions, Mixed-OS and Application Environments, Systems Installation, Configuration, Patches Upgrades. Middle-Ware Management, Technical Support, Customer and Production Support.
• Heavy infrastructure expertise crossing all major compute platforms such as Cisco UCS-B/C Series, HP DL and BL Platforms along with management toolsets, Dell, SUN, and IBM. EMC, NetApp, HDS, 3Par, IBM/XIV, Nimble Storage platforms. Cisco, Juniper and Brocade Network infrastructure.
• Plan and develop roadmaps for Cloud based Products/ Services. Management of Projects, Work Flow Planning and Changes. Configuration, Releases, Capacity, Productivity Improvements, Service Improvements. Customer Service Desk. Incident and Problem Resolutions.
• Creator of Self-Service Automated solutions using web portals, backend scripting and API connectors and orchestration using VMware vCD, vCO, vCAC, Terremark and OpenStack, Puppet/Chef.
• Product designing and development in lab and real-time vendor and partner channel collaborations. Examples would be HDS Reference Architecture using Cisco UCS, HDS AMS and VMware solutions. Creation of Certified Designs and Reference Architecture Cisco CD, VMware RA and others .

Professional Experience:

Confidential

Position: Cloud Architect and Engineer

• Provided technology assessment for all Intuit cloud infrastructure to insure it met requirements for cloud platform deployment and automation.
• Daily meetings with cloud team to evaluate automation technology such as Forms, vCAC, BladeLogic and other virtual technologies and determined proper execution on new platform.
• Adjusted internal build process to automate hardware deployment.
• Provided detailed documentation for automation deployment and assessment for build, storage and network provisioning.

Confidential

Position: Cloud Architect and Engineer

• Created enterprise public/hybrid cloud group using Terremark, RackSpace and vCHS, while deploying an internal Greenfield cloud on Flexpod. Heavy IaaS environment.
• Created documented cloud intake process material for public catalog, which I later converted to an automated intake process for self-service automation.
• Assisted Cloud vendors in all aspects of datacenter and cloud design.
• Worked with software vendors to create integrated solutions for customer portal and automation.
• Enabled OpenStack environment for Symantec products cloud labs and used vCAC for front-end.
• Redesigned Symantec network topology and services to support integrated cloud infrastructure.
• Create Cloud automation team to enable private and public cloud Puppet/Chef automation.

Confidential

Position: Infrastructure Architect and Engineer

Consultant for VMware, EMC and Cisco at the following clients Sutter Healthcare, Verizon, Terremark, ViaWest, PostMedia, State of Michigan, Sanofi-Aventis, CC Communications, Department of Defense, Hitachi, LA County ISD, Ingram Micro, CitiGroup, ColesLTI, Electrolux, Beckman Coulter, Employers Insurance Group, St. Josephs Healthcare, Charles Schwab

Confidential

• Deployed vCloud Director and vCAC.
• Deployed vCenter 5.1
• Performed/created all reference architecture pertaining to integration and all flow process orchestration using VMware Orchestrator
• Document all vCD PowerShell and JavaScript Processes.
• Documented and created vCAC blueprints.
• Performed Demo of working integration and created GAP analysis of vCD, VSM and internal web interface.
• Heavy interaction with Storage, Infrastructure and Development engineers
• Performed case study and in-use interviews of business owners to discover end user gaps.

Confidential

• Per Verizon acquisition of Teramark, I am responsible for the complete integration of Teramark into Verizon.
• Performed Cisco Nexus 1000v Upgrades.
• Design of Cisco UCS and Virtual platform for Teramark/Verizon Integration.
• Upgrade all Cisco UCS hardware to Verizon standards.
• Created Project workflow documents.
• Extensive documentation of Cisco technologies.

Confidential

• Migration of Cisco UCS 6120 to 6248
• Migration of Cisco Call Center Manager to new platform
• Deployment of Cisco C-Series
• Training and Knowledge Transfer to Verizon Staff
• Extensive documentation of Cisco technologies.
• Provided Support for break/fix TAC Cases
• Created Project workflow documents.
• Creation of Cisco automated scripts for bare metal and virtual resources.
• VMware vShpere 5 Upgrades.
• Architectural Design of Verizon Corp and Verizon Wireless 2 year roadmap.
• Detailed design of Computer, Network and Storage platforms.
• Extensive collaboration with Cisco Unified Technology team for parallel project success.

Confidential

• FlexPod Deployment
• Created design and deployed Cisco UCS with iSCSI and FCoE NetAPP storage.
• Provisioned VMware vSphere 5 Hypervisor with vCenter
• Designed and Deployed VMware vCloud Director
• Created automated vCD operation with vCO scripts and VSM.
• Designed and Deployed VMware SRM 5
• Deployed Linux and Windows Bare Metal servers for use case.
• Knowledge Transfer sessions.
• Created 5 use cases for customer demo and sales material.
• Prepared design and environment for Cisco Audit.

Confidential

• First production environment to successfully virtualize Microsoft FAST with performance increase.
• Lead Engineer and Architect for Cisco UCS, VMware vSphere, vCloud Director, vCO and VNX Storage.
• Deployed vCloud Director with vCO and VCM for automated cloud orchestration.
• Created and Deployed custom Cisco UCS design with vSphere 4 Hypervisor.
• Created multi-site DR strategy for 24x7 application availability.
• Led multiple knowledge transfer sessions.
• Close side by side work with Cisco Systems Advance Services, VMware Professional Services and EMC vArchitectural Group.
• Deployed SRM
• UCM 2.0 upgrades and upgrades to current XP fabric IOMs.
• Provisioned all Brocade and VNX appliances for zoning and storage LUNs.
• Extensive documentation for all settings and step by step.
• Created all SAN, LAN and Server Templates and Policies.
• Cisco Fabric Interconnects are on split network segments. Use of VLAN management and hard pinning were put in place.
• Created and presented multiple design documents, PowerPoint presentation and other reference architecture documents.
• Prepared and successfully passed VMware and Cisco audits pertaining to design and deployment best practices.
• Performed multiple test cases and use cases for validation.
• Managed several Cisco and VMware bug cases and identified method of fix.
• Create public media release for Microsoft FAST on VMware.
• Configured EMC VNX storage.
• Create Case Study for future deployments.

Confidential

• Deployed vCloud Director.
• Integrated vCD and vCO with in-house custom service catalog web interface.
• Deployed SRM and vCenter 5.0
• Performed/created all reference architecture pertaining to integration and all flow process orchestration using VMware Orchestrator
• Document all vCD PowerShell and JavaScript Processes.
• Performed Demo of working integration and created GAP analysis of vCD and internal web interface.
• Heavy interaction with Storage, Infrastructure and Development engineers
• Performed case study and in-use interviews of business owners to discover end user gaps.

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• Performed VMware Health Check
• Review reference architecture of HP and Cisco Blade environment to insure accurate deployment and best practices.
• Reviewed all provisioning of VMware ESXi host to insure proper deployment and VMware best practices.
• Met with Network, Storage and Server infrastructure teams to discuss finding and provide guidance for resolution..
• Documented all finding and provided business strategy to further RIO and to implement organization policy for virtualization..
• Extensive technical deep dive into all environment variables concerning virtualization to unsure problems were resolved.

Confidential

• 02/2011 06/2011 - EMC and VMware - Department of Defense:
• Created client documentation for design and How-To.
• Trained client on NetAPP and VMware instaltion and provisioning.
• Performed 5 P2Vs to demonstrate/prove environment.
• Profiled 30 physical servers for virtualization qualifications.
• Installed and provisioned new cluster via vCenter. Installed VUM and other monitoring utilities.
• Provisioned NetApp FAS for Fiber Channel Storage.
• Provisioned new HP Proliant environment for ESX cluster.
• Consultant for new VMware vSphere deployment.
• Lead consultant for Citrix XenServer and XenDesktop.
• Performed POC for United States Navy Citrix XenServer and XenDesktop used for VDI.
• POC was performed to compare VMware View and Citrix capability.
• I was chosen for this project due to my experience with both VMware and Citrix.
• Provisioned POC on HP C7000 Blade Environment with NetApp Storage and Cisco.
• Trained Navy Civil and Military personnel.
• Documentation for all activities.
• Worked under extreme security and access controls/procedures.

Confidential

• Technical Lead to work extensively with Cisco, VMWare and Hitachi to development a new Unified Systems product using Cisco UCS and Network Components, VMware vShpere and Hitachi AMS, similar to EMC vBlock and NetApp Flexpod
• Architecture and deployment of test lab using 2 Cisco UCS 5100 Chassis and B200 Blades with Menlo and Palo with two Fabric ICs. Additional hardware involved were MDS 9000 fabric switches, Nexus 5000, 7000 and 10000 Series switches and Nexus 1000 and Nexus 1010. The storage side consisted of a Hitachi AMS.
• VMWare vShpere, with Windows 2008 R2 and Linux Servers using IOMeter, VDBench, Zoltes Control Center, Solarwinds and extensive scripting were used to create VMs that would generate real world load and I/O which in turn would allow us to test all aspects of HA, Performance and Deployment modifications.
• Several meetings and side discussions to determine customer use cases and test plans.
• Working side by side with VMware, Cisco and Hitachi all test cases were executed and results gathered to later be used for support documentation, reference architecture deployment documentation and marketing material used by Cisco and Hitachi. Data was also used as feedback to the Cisco UCS development teams for product improvements. This corrected data will be used in the product appendix.
• Unified System Product name to be determined at a later date. Marketing is still working on this task.
• Advance technology used were Cisco/VMware PTS Pass-Through Switching , Nexus 1010, MDS F-Port Port Channel for vSANs and aggregation, Extensive UCS Profile modifications. VMware PowerShell Scripting with VM Template Profiles for mass VM creation.
• Usage of Amazon S3 Cloud storage.

Confidential

• Architecture of new ESX/ vSphere environment.
• Implementation of Cisco Unified Computing System UCS . Assisted in hardware installation, creation of service profiles, firmware updates and host ESX 4.1 O/S installation.
• Extensive work troubleshooting and resolving problem with existing VI3 and vSphere environment.
• Migrated existing 3.5 environment to new 4.1 environment on UCS hardware platform.
• Implemented Cisco 1000 Nexus switch on vSphere 4.1.
• Implementation of VMware SRM 4.
• Performed 120 P2V of older/legacy servers to 4.1 environment.
• Worked extensively with storage team to add Clariion 960 to storage environment implement SRM and enable FAST on both 480 and 960.
• Added EMC storage viewer to vCenter.
• Reduced LUN count/paths on ESX environment they were pushing about 800 paths almost hitting the 1024 LUN limit .
• Assistance in some day-to-day operational tasks to keep existing environment healthy/stable.
• Worked within LA County team environment and project team.
• Provided detailed documentation and architectural Visio designs on current and future state.

Confidential

• Architecture of new ESX/ vSphere environment for new datacenter.
• Created Migration plan for enterprise applications on physical and virtual host to new datacenter and hosted environments LPI and OPSource .
• Creation of project plan, communication plan, Visio designs and execution plan.
• Project work was to remove ACS as in-house vendor and bring enterprise support in-house.
• Continuous explanations of VMware technologies to help business better understand what they were getting and how to best use virtualization.
• Evaluation of new infrastructure technology choices and validate technology worked best with VMware.
• Provide in-depth VMware Certified training jumpstart program to VMware client.
• Moved internal application to Amazon S3 Storage and FPC and FWS.

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• VMware Lab Manager training Jumpstart.
• Provide in-depth VMware Certified training jumpstart program to VMware client.

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• VMWare vSphere and Lab Manager Training
• Provided in-depth VMware Certified training jumpstart program to VMware client.

Confidential

• Datacenter discovery and migration from In-House DC to COLO working with several vendors EMC was the primary and managing current daily operations.
• Extensive work with VMware ESX 3.5 upgrade hosts management to vCenter 4 .
• I was responsible for all technology operations and migration planning with regards to the virtual environment, storage technology using Clariion CX4, Recover Point, OM, and SAN Copy. I performed roughly 200 sVMotions to prepare environment for migration from IBM DS4800 to CX4
• I also performed a few upgrades to older ESX host to bring the VMware standard from 3.0x to 3.5.
• I created the project plan and communication plan with business owners to prepare physical servers for migration to the CX4. This included using EMC OM and SAN Copy, installation of PowerPath and removal of IBM DS agents and software.
• Required to resolve problems with unhealthy servers before the migration effort.
• Extensive work with EMC to schedule LUN replications and to determine best storage strategies.
• Continuously meeting with vendors to discuss DC migration plans and mitigate problems/conflicts.
• Worked with application owners to keep existing projects on schedule and to create plans for application migrations to the DC.
• Provided detailed written and visual application and infrastructure documentation to vendors and Electrolux.
• I was responsible for the complete provisioning of the CX4-240 and 480. This included FLARE updates, initial LUN and storage group creation and adding host to storage groups once presented. Troubleshooting and HBA firmware, driver updates.
• I was responsible for Recover Point, creating consistency groups and journals as well as site failover once the migration was ready to kick off.
• Training provided to Electrolux employees in VMware and EMC storage technologies and how to manage.

Confidential

• Datacenter discovery and migration from In-House DC to COLO working with several vendors EMC was the primary and managing current daily operations.
• Extensive work with VMware ESX 4.0 vSphere , which includes all suite products such as vCenter, SRM, etc. ESX lived on HP DL Series. I was responsible for all technology operations and migration planning with regards to the virtual environment. I performed roughly 50 P2Vs to retire P-Series blades that were off lease and other applications that had expiring hardware or simply chose to go virtual. I also performed a few upgrades to older ESX host to bring the VMware standard to 4.0.
• Maintained HP Blade environment using P-Series and C-Series chassis with a combination of G1-G6 blade servers running both Windows and Linux. All blades were monitored with Insight Manager. I have EXTENSIVE experience with Virtual Connect, as well as on-board administration. Countless firmware updates, profile creation, network profiles creations and troubleshooting, etc.
• Extensive work with EMC to schedule LUN replications and to determine best storage strategies. Heavy interaction with the Beckman storage team to insure deadlines were met and to provide assistance to prepare existing storage for migration to new VMax Symmetrix and 480 appliances.
• Continuously meeting with vendors to discuss DC migration plans and mitigate problems/conflicts.
• Worked with application owners to keep existing projects on schedule and to create plans for application migrations to the COLO DC.
• Provided detailed written and visual application and infrastructure documentation to vendors and Beckman.
• I provided assistance to install servers in COLO DC and provide feedback as to any delays in DC migration schedule and other DC related problems regarding hardware locations, cabling problems and power problems.
• Training provided to Beckman employees in VMware and HP Blade technologies and how to manage.

Confidential

• Successful design, planning and execution of an EMC Storage migration, Active Directory Domain migration, Exchange 2003 to 2007 migration and a VMware consolidation
• Successfully collapsed two existing Windows 2003 Active Directory domains into a single Windows 2008 Active Directory domain. I did this using Microsoft and Quest tools. This domain migration was also used as an opportunity to document all applications.
• Successfully deployed an Exchange 2007 infrastructure in the new Windows 2008 domain and once the 2003 domains were migrated with Exchange 2003, the mailboxes were moved to the Exchange 2007 environment. All Exchange 2003 servers were then decommissioned. Exchange 2007 Continuous Data Replication was used, rather than EMC MirrorView
• Successfully planned and executed a VMware migration from an existing IBM Blade infrastructure that was inherited with an acquisition, to an existing HP Blade C Series VMware infrastructure with HP Virtual Connect. This was performed using built-in VMware technologies' such as VMotion and VMotion Storage. It was required to use this opportunity to match all ESX 3.5 versions and VM Tools versions. An upgrade to vSphere was considered and a POC performed, but not chosen due to application compatibility concerns. A VCB gateway was deployed to move VM backup jobs off the VERITAS agents.
• Successfully worked with EMC to migrate data and hosts from a CX3-700 to a CX4-480, along with migrating from Celerra NS-G2 to Celerra NS-G8 and decommissioning a Centera.
• Extensive provisioning experience with EMC Navisphere, SnapView, MirrorView, PowerPath, Control Workstations and so on. Other experience with third-party tools such as Symantec/VERITAS Storage Foundation, Robo-Copy, Linux and Windows DFS, Linux and Windows built-in storage management consoles and other data mover tools.
• Very experienced with proper storage provisioning using Fibre Channel, iSCSI and NFS protocols and multipath agents/drivers.
• Very experienced with Brocade and Cisco switches for zoning, as well as popular HBA adapters, etc.
• I utilized my leadership skills to provide direction to the EIG technology staff. The EIG staff was essential to my success.
• I provided continuous strategy and direction to EIG management to help pave a path for future growth and to minimize the pain when acquiring future companies.

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• Successfully executed a massive infrastructure design operation to reduce datacenter power consumption and implement a disaster recovery solution. My role in this operation was to deploy a VMware VI3 infrastructure and work with the technology staff to migrate as many physical servers to virtual as possible.
• Secondary responsibilities were to work with other in-house vendors to clean up an existing EMC CX3-700, re-allocate the use of a DMX4 and deploy a NetAPP FAS3100. I was to assist by recommending the best storage solution for the VMware environment. I was a key player to the Disaster Recovery Project Team by providing detailed technical documentation and understanding to how each application should be provisioned for DR.
• I successfully re-deployed VMware ESX 3.5 on HP Blade C7000 Chassis with BL580s. I then retired an existing Dell 2900 VI3 infrastructure that was a POC prior. HP Rapid Deployment and Virtual Connect were used for this task.
• Extensive work with VMware to introduce the option of vSphere. A lab was created for early testing, but no production use due to the newness of 4.0 and the hassle of re-certifying applications that had recently been certified for 3.5.
• I successfully coordinated smaller VI3 infrastructure deployments at remote locations that had layered network and SAN storage capabilities. These locations would be potential DR sites determined by application requirements. Working with Meditech and Perot Systems, isolated VI3 environments were deployed specifically for the Meditech software due to strict governance laws and other requirements, such as HIPPA.
• Working with St. Josephs I.T. staff, we successfully migrated over 500 physical servers to virtual machines using PlateSpin and P2V Enterprise.
• I utilized my team player strengths to work with the Storage Architect and Storage Team to overcome challenges with capacity planning and performance problems for existing applications and future application deployments. This involved several weeks of meeting with EMC and NetApp to determine where applications best belonged and to compare both vendors' storage technologies. This was used to create the critical application data tiers.
• I provided several Visio and PowerPoint presentations to assist the disaster recovery teams ability to determine how and where to deploy application DR provisioning. I was able to save over 100K in cost by identifying DR capability that already existed and leveraging more of the VMware environment. VMware SRM was bought in later to provide an additional layer of site-to-site DR.
• I also saved over 32,000 watts of power by migrating 60 Citrix Presentation Servers to VMware, which allowed 60 Dell Blades to be decommissioned. Xen Server was considered for virtualizing the Presentation Servers, but it was later decided to standardize on one virtual platform.