TECHNICAL ARCHITECT Resume Columbia, SouthCarolina - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

25+ years’ success leading engineering innovation for high - growth organizations
Repeated success guiding business strategy with established and emerging technologies to achieve maximum operational impacts with minimum resource expenditures.
Talent for launching programs related to training, management development, infrastructure development, procurement, and project management.
Expert negotiator, and businessperson; able to forge solid relationships with strategic partners and build consensus across multiple organizational levels.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERTISE

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Columbia, South Carolina

TECHNICAL ARCHITECT

Served as the Project Manager in Confidential overseeing a consolidation project that was three months behind on schedule by adhering to industry wide standards for projects being implementing in conjunction with the existing system still in place. The result is that the project is now scheduled to be completed on time resulting in saving our company thousands of dollars in regards to a penalty by not meeting the Service Level Agreement that was put in place.
Effectively managed the implementation of a an archiving service that resulted in savings the client over $10MM throughout the life of contracts without impacting the company’s overall revenues.
Oversaw the execution of a backup enterprise infrastructure system resulting in eliminated file service functions and reducing costs for the client and awarding the company a $5MM contract extension based on the work that was performed.

NETWORK SERVICE MANAGER

Oversaw all technological infrastructure utilizing Unix and Microsoft NT operating servers for 340 server data centers located at multiple sites throughout the United States for Fortune 200 companies.
Manages 21 engineer technician leads including training and mentoring each employee in company culture and protocols to ensure they effectively understood their role and how to utilize the resources around them to resolve issues.
Effectively renegotiated both data network contracts and telephony contracts by submitting proposal requests to all vendors which resulted in a reduction in overall expenses and a better contract structure.