Profile

The last 11 years I have leveraged my mainframe background as a subject matter expert providing me the ability to expand my knowledge base to cross platform open systems and virtualization. Prior to that, my career was entirely focused on mainframe in new technologies, software support level 2 and change team for IBM, mainframe management position, systems programming, hardware engineer and Program Support Representative.

Technical Skills

z/OS, JES2/3, LE370, USS, CICS, IMS, DB2, z/VM, Dirmaint, z/Linux, IPCS, SMPE, RACF , ACF2, VTAM, TCPIP, CA z/OS Product Line, CA/ESP, IBM DF Products, Syncsort, Compuware, Hi-Level Assembler, REXX, bash, CLIST, RMFMON, Omegamon, AIX, Linux, Unix, Windows, Multiple Vendor Switches and Routers, Juniper and Cisco Firewalls, Big F5 Load balancer, VMware, VBLOCK, vPlex, vCenter, Vmware SRM,SAP, IBM GDPS, Parallel Sysplex, Netapp MetroCluster, Oracle Dataguard, Tripwire, Splunk,

Professional Experience

Senior Consultant z-Series

Confidential

• Lead the design of the z-Series zEC12 to a multi model platform supporting legacy z/OS and z/VM Linux. The inclusion of this platform into to the NY State ITS umbrella cloud offering. Primary focus is to support a multi-focus ITS endeavor using LAMP- Drupal and executing with Linux.
• Solutioning iAAS design for Websphere DB2/LUW and Webshere Oracle on twin zSeries executing under VM using Linux. Each site shares production workloads and acts as DR.Secondary objective is to define a model of the current state of the 24 LPARs executing z/OS Support the multiple government agencies. The goal is to centralize and maximize z/OS resource to a common standard z/OS model for future consolidation of agencies. Solution design for legacy web enablement using Websphere Liberty as holistic access.

Senior Lead Solution Architect

Confidential

• Assist in new business endeavors for complex new business and big data deals consisting of multi platform enterprise environments.
• Generated and executed solution designs for various SAP features BI, BCP, BW, ECC,SRM, ILM, etc . Designed architecture for utility centric legacy applications and modeled capacity requirements and prepared complex migration plan. Set and improved standards for high availability and disaster recovery.
• Subject Matter Expert on all z/Series and p/Series engagements from New Business to Legacy Application modernization.
• New Business lead for bids that include z/Series i/Series, z/OS, z/VM and AS400
• SHAREPOINT Migration Design and solution
• Trouble Shoot Multiple Transition and Migration Processes for mainframe
• Supported major client with SAP services in pAAS private cloud
• Created Portfolio Catalog Entries for Riverbed and Security
• New Business lead for bids that include z/Series i/Series, z/OS, z/VM and AS400
• Expendable when mainframe dropped from portfolio

Solution Architect/Global Mainframe Subject Matter Expert/Product Manager

Confidential

• Successfully launched Citrix based virtual desktop for all engineering and lab environments greatly improving on costs and meeting strict government security compliance.
• New Business Solution Architect instrumental in developing virtual sizing models for x86 platform executing VMWARE Line of products. Developed and published model with a companion cost model.
• Global Subject Matter Expert for IBM z/Series providing knowledge and insight on disaster recovery. I developed methodology option to fast track of legacy applications through Java EJB technology and/or implementation of z/Linux and Micro Focus.
• Subject Matter Expert on z/Series architecture design of a Medicaid-Medicare-Drug outsource service.
• Product Manager chartered with the creation of services based around the Linux OS and capable of execution on multiple platforms. The primary driver was the Vanguard CSC Insurance application ported from the z/OS mainframe to a multi-platform Linux or Windows architecture.

Confidential

IBM Global Services Poughkeepsie, NY Lead the execution of the installation and configuration of 140 p-series and I-series 570/590's in various virtual configurations with AIX, UNIX and Linux OS supporting DB2, Oracle and MySQL for a major pharmaceutical company. PBX setup and migration of telephone drug subscription support. Build network and SAN environments. SAN was a shared environment incorporating GPFS.

Senior Technical Architect

Confidential

• Designed architecture to support the merger of a major bank and Wall Street Financial Institution providing a path to
• support the merger of 5 data centers into one and the introduction of a single disaster recovery sight adhering to new
• SEC post 9/11 legislation. Both environments were large enterprise footprints of mainframes hosting more than 150K MIPS.

Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Confidential

Managed and built a multi-tiered environment in the IBM Labs to support the development, QA and testing of an E-Business GRID Workload Software EWLM . The enterprise included all the IBM platforms and operating systems which allowed me to experience and learn firsthand the intricacy of a building a data center facility from the ground up and provide daily support for all of the facility and infrastructure. Included were HP, Dell and Sun servers. OS and products supported z/OS, Linux, Unix, AIX, AS400 and Windows, Websphere, DB2

Director of Mainframe Global Information Systems

Confidential

• Computer Associates Islandia, Initiated and completed a major Cobol legacy application modernization by optimizing application by encapsulating CICS transactions as EJBs and operate as a WEB enabled service through access with CICS Gateway.
• Improved and implemented the disaster recovery initiative which performed a 2 hour availability of all major applications using SRDF and syncing data with open systems.

Advanced Technologies and Engineer/ IBM Level 2 Support

Confidential

• Lead member of z-Series Advanced Technologies group centered on E-Business Solutions. Solutions driven to term were z/Linux under z/VM and the creation of base service of products
• consisting of DB2, Websphere, SENDMAIL and Lotus Notes. Complete marketing technical documents and C-level presentations, E-Learning and Class based courses and providing on site sales support to IBM 120 Global Major accounts.
• Member of IBM customer Level 2 and development for mainframe OS and support feature and applications. JES2 and JES3, LE370, USS. z/OS Allocation, TSO, RACF, Websphere. Positions involved IPCS dump diagnostics, traces, and other user-provided output to identify root cause by debugging product code and authoring code fixes to correct defects. Duties included the research, design, implementation, and testing of product updates which are intended to provide new functionality within the product.

Technical Manager, Support, Engineer and Pre and Post Sales Support, Amdahl hardware/software engineer, IBM Program Support Representative

Confidential

Multiple Poughkeepsie Began professional career with IBM in 1976. Performed and executed multiple assignments and tasks for various companies in the areas defined by entry.