SUMMARY

• Senior Engineer and Architect with great leadership skills for the current and next generation of technologies.
• Expert with technologies ranging Hyper - Converged, Software Defined DataCenter (SDDC), Networking (SDN), Storage (Legacy and SDS), Disaster Recovery (SDDR), Automation, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), Cloud (Private and Public), and many next generation solutions and platforms.
• Proven leader both technically and personally with conflict resolution, remediation, overcoming political/bureaucratic road blocks.
• Amazing ability to define process and controls, along with managing and setting expectations throughout an organization.
• Extensive experience in project management and senior lead roles for creating plans, implementing and managing the plan and operational support of the plan.
• Currently working in various IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, and XaaS automation and SDDC techniques using Confidential Cloud Foundation (VCF), vRealize Automation (vRA) and NSX-V and NSX-T, along with OpenStack (VIO). Expertise with Confidential vSphere, vROPs (Operations Manager), vRO (Orchestrator), vSAN, vCD (vCloud Director), Datacore San-Symphony, Dell- Confidential ScaleIO. Next Gen firewalls such as PAN (Palo Alto Networks) integration with NSX, along with Sophos and Cisco.
• DevOps skills with Puppet, Chef, Jenkins, Salt and Ansible, Terraform, Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), Automation for playbook, manifest and recipe creation, with JavaScript, Ruby, JSON, Python and PowerShell, Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF)
• Handle various Next-Gen requirements such as Cloud Automation with business and technical leadership, which includes Service Catalog and Chargeback/Showback creation. Various Intake-to-Delivery automation engagements for production systems (IaaS) and development teams (SaaS), with controls for PCI, SOX, ISO, SAS and other internal and external audit requirements.
• Public Cloud skills include AWS, Azure, Terremark, Verizon Enterprise Cloud, RackSpace and Confidential WorkSpace.
• Strong leadership and team player with human relations and relevant psychology skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project Management: ITIL, SCRUM / Agile, Transitioning, Transformation, Data Centers.

Automation Tools: vRA (vCAC), vCloud Director and Lab Manager, NSX, OpenStack, Citrix, vRO/vCO (Orchestrator), Puppet, Chef, Salt, Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform, Confidential Cloud Foundation (VCF), Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF)

Scripting Tools: Java, JSON, Ruby, Python and PowerShell

Private Cloud: Confidential vCloud - vSphere ESXi, vCenter. Citrix Xen, Microsoft Hyper-V, Confidential View/Horizon (VDI), Docker and Kubernetes (PKS, Containers)

Public Cloud: AWS, Azure, RackSpace, Confidential WorkSpace One (vCloud Air), Verizon Enterprise Cloud, Terremark, and many COLO DCs.

Software Defined Data Center (SDDC): Confidential vSAN, Dell- Confidential ScaleIO, NSX, vROPs, SRM, OpenStack, Neutron, Ceph, DataCore San-Symphony, Confidential Cloud Foundation (vCF)

Storage Tech: Confidential ScaleIO, xTremeIO, VNX and VMAX (and Clariion), DataDomain, Avamar, RecoverPoint, Confidential SRM (Site Recovery Manager), Cohesity, Pure, Symantec Netbackup NetApp OnTAP (C and 7), Nimble, 3PAR, Hitachi AMS. FCoE, iSCSI, NFS, Snapshots, Mirrors, Clones, Auto-Tiering, Pools, etc.

Network: Cisco Catalyst and Nexus, Brocade, Dell, Confidential NSX, UTM such as Palo Alto Networks (PAN), Juniper, CheckPoint, Sophos, Sonicwall, ASA, MPLS, Virtual Switches (including vDS), Cisco UCS FEX, F5, EoIP, and others.

Compute Hardware: Cisco UCS B and C Series, HP Blades (including Virtual Connect) and ProLiant Rack, Lenovo, Dell, SuperMicro.

Arch Tools: Visio, MS Project, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Jira, Confluence, and Google Apps.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

VMware Architect

Responsibilities:

• Working with Microsoft I prepared SunTrust/BB&T merger by assessing the Confidential environment and providing recommendations for greater efficiency, scaling, cost reductions and Azure Cloud opportunities. Additionally I provided relevant information required for the merger.
• Created architecture for Hybrid DR solution allowing SQL instances to failover to Azure PaaS.
• Empower automation for Private Confidential PaaS Cloud, with ability to consume public clouds on-demand.
• Full design and deployment of Confidential Cloud Foundation (VCF), with Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF). Full application software defined automation solution. Includes Multi-Cloud feature set for AWS, Azure, and OpenStack. SDDC Manager and other VCF components are included with this skillset.
• Work with Confidential to create new Confidential VCF certified product offerings, built around Synergy and other HPE product catalog items.
• Create strategy and plan for Dell- Confidential and Confidential client SDDC solutions using vRealize Suite.
• Provide architectural design and deployment engineering for vRealize Automation, NSX-V and NSX-T, vROPs, SRM, vRO, InfoBlox, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Jenkins and many other SDDC Stack products.
• Provide full automated solutions requiring no human end-user interaction for multiple requirements.
• Designed and implemented NSX-V and NSX-T for traditional virtual network and container-based deployments of VMs. This includes cross-site VXLAN implementations.
• Re-Designed Confidential Corporate Labs network, monitoring and automation for new Cloud Enabled Confidential Cloud Foundation (VCF).
• Extensive design and deployment work with vxRack and vxRail for customer Hyper-Converged use cases. This is including ScaleIO and vSAN.
• Design and Deployment for DR solutions via SRM, RecoverPoint and other DR tools and orchestrators along with backup/recovery tools such as Cohesity, Veeam and others.
• Provided and analyzed all financial CapEx and Opex data for showback/chargeback modeling.
• Handle design decisions and technical abilities concerning the use Confidential products in non-native ability.
• Creation of PowerPoint Presentations for technical and executive audience.
• Provide recommendations for future opportunities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges concerning Confidential product stack integration, including ServiceNow and Remedy (Plugin and Custom API)
• Deploy and configure NSX with Palo Alto integration. Creation of NSX Policies, Groups, Tags, Load Balancers, and general source-destination configurations across multiple site NSX deployments. This included Cisco ACI hybrid deployments.
• Integration of vRA and NSX with customer service portal blueprints.
• Provide architectural design documents, along with business requirements and other technical documents to support design and build of projects.

Confidential

Virtualization Architect

Responsibilities:

• Created strategy and business plan for ValleyCare HealthCare acquisition and integration.
• Architect for Stanford Healthcare Virtualization Strategy 5 year plan, with 5-Year TCO
• Evaluation and POC for Confidential vxRack, vxRail, and Nutanix Hyper-Converged to replace traditional/legacy storage.
• POC FOR Confidential FEHC (Federated Enterprise Hybrid Cloud) for automation.
• Design and Deployment of Confidential ELA for vRealize Automation and vRealize Business, NSX, vRealize Operations Manager and Site Recovery Manager.
• Created and operationalized Disaster Recovery Solution with Confidential vCloud WorkSpace One and SRM across all datacenters.
• Deployed application automation via Chef and vCenter Orchestrator for vRealize Automation.
• Created automation blueprints and written workflows, along with ServiceNow, CMDB integration.
• Sunset Confidential View / Horizon and assisted design of organization’s new Citrix VDI and Application publishing platform.
• SME for Confidential NSX, vRA / vRB, vSphere, View/Horizon, vSAN, Cisco UCS, Nexus, Confidential VNX, VMAX, xTremeIO, ScaleIO, Avamar, DataDomain, FEHC, Advanced Hyper-Converged solutions, and other attributed of Stanford’s technology environment.
• Provided detailed technical and managerial guidance to engineers and project management staff concerning projects and future strategy.
• Created processes and controls, along with ARB and ERB, to improve and control standards.
• Heavy collaboration and partnership with Stanford vendors, Epic, Agfa, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential, and many others.
• Implementation of Confidential AirWatch

Confidential

Advisory Architect

Responsibilities:

• Various Projects with Confidential Clients and Internal Business Units.
• SME for Confidential NSX, vRA, vSphere, View/Horizon Cisco UCS, Nexus, Confidential VNX, VMAX, xTremeIO, ScaleIO, Avamar, DataDomain, FEHC, Pivotal Cloud Foundry for VBlock and VXBlock Advanced Hyper-Converged solutions.
• Provide detailed technical and managerial guidance concerning client projects and internal products and services.
• Handle escalations and provide remediation for technical and process challenges.
• Create processes throughout Confidential concerning new and existing product and service offerings, along with risk assessments and provide scope for projects.
• Manage Delivery and Integration (D&I) teams for project delivery.
• Provide and/or advise technical documentation and workflow for new and existing products and projects.
• Interface with Project Managers, Account Managers and Confidential Leadership for strategic and road mapping decisions.
• Interface with Confidential, Confidential and Partner teams for add-on component sells and new products.
• Occasional travel to customer locations to provide technical and management oversight, guidance and delivery quality control.

Confidential

Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Various Projects with Confidential Clients.
• SME for Confidential NSX, vRA, vROPs, vSphere, Orchestrator, SRM, View/Horizon, vSAN, Codestream, Puppet and Chef.
• Worked with business leadership to define roadmaps and strategies for solution delivery and communications.
• Assist with evangelizing technology solutions for both pre and post sales, along with customer internal needs.
• Project management, risk mitigations, timeline and resource management.
• Custom documentation for specialized projects.
• Created multiple design plans for cross platform automated solutions.
• Intake and Delivery process executions for end-user self service.
• Interfacing with Account Managers, regional and nation sales teams and providing process guidance for customer engagements.
• Architected and Deployed Confidential Hybrid Cloud Software Defined Automation Solutions (SDDC) such as vRA, NSX, Orchestrator, Puppet, Chef and Codestream.
• Architected and Deployed SRM for disaster recovery multisite solution (SDDR).
• Architected and Deployed vSAN for software defined storage (SDS) solution.
• Architected and Deployed NSX (with PAN HV Integration) for software defined network (SDN) multisite solution.
• Large VDI deployments of Confidential View/Horizon.
• Integration with Confidential vCloud Air for Public and Hybrid Cloud.
• Extensive integration with Confidential partner technologies such as Palo Alto Networks, AWS, Puppet, Chef, Confidential UCS and ACI, F5 and many others.
• Heavy participation at multiple VMWorld events, including attendance as guest speaker.
• Implementation of Confidential AirWatch.
• Architect for Hitachi Data Systems Reference Architecture Stack.
• Architect for Verizon and Teremark HP to UCS and Confidential 5
• SME for UCS (B and C), Nexus, Catalyst, MDS and UC.
• Execution of large Confidential Lab platforms for product development.
• Conceptual designs for OpenStack platforms for Cisco Compute and ACI technologies.

Confidential

Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Various Projects with Confidential Clients and Internal Business Units.
• SME for Confidential Storage VNX, VMAX, Recover Point, Avamar, Data Domain, ScaleIO, XTremeIO and various software toolsets.
• Executed large datacenter migration, upgrade and multi-vendor consolidation projects.
• Worked with presales teams for project scoping and architectural design.
• Operational problem resolutions concerning performance concerns and misconfigurations.
• Product and Service integrations with Confidential partners for enhanced business delivery.
• Extensive work with large Confidential customers for POC experimental designs.
• Published whitepapers showing successful delivery of technology solutions going to market first.
• Input and creation of EMCWorld events and booths for technology advertisement and marketing.
• Created Confidential vBlock Type 1 and 2 designs partnering with Cisco and Confidential .
• Extensive travel for customer facing engagements.
• Partnering with Confidential and Cisco for new products and services, and large customers needing cross platform technology support.