SUMMARY

• Seasoned Infrastructure Project Management professional managing all aspects data center Infrastructure. Extensive experience planning the data center build - out from inception to closing. Managed hardware moves, consolidation and build-outs etc.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Project Management
• Hardware Testing and Troubleshooting
• Problem Identification and Resolution
• Data Center Management
• Vendor Management
• Change Implementation
• New product Certification/ Implementation
• Project Strategy and Direction
• Team Building/Leadership
• Cross Cultural Communications
• SAN Implementation and Cabling
• UNIX (IBM AIX and SUN Solaris)
• Diverse Market/Industry Knowledge
• Data Center Infrastructure

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Built out a PHC with all hardware, network, storage and NAS. Put in a backup environment for the new infrastructure.
• Migrated a business to Office 365 and Lync into the cloud from on Prim. There was a total of 8000 users that had to move from the old email system to Office 365 along with Lync. The team consisted of Microsoft and messaging administrators, Also had to look at applicatios that could impact the move of the users. How mush data would be moved ad see if the network would be able to handle the loads. Also worked with te data center teams to make suree we had enough servers and storage to get this accomplished,
• Built out multiple servers for clients.
• Project Management tools used was Clarity and Trioli.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Built out 165 VM servers that were loaded with tools for upgrade and monitoring
• Migrated SAP from Latin America to the Richardson Data Center and the Plano Data Center
• Consolidated servers from Latin America to two other strategic data center
• Project management tool used was HP PPM

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Over three years of migration experience from inception to completion and complete closures of the older Data Center
• Shut down a major data center in Silver Springs, Maryland
• Was given two years to get this completed and finished this project within time required and in budget, it was completed in time and on budget
• Servers were migrated, and the storage subsystems (EMC, Brocade, Cisco) and backup infrastructure were brought in along with the network equipment
• Extensive experience within closing data centers: one data center needed all power left in place so that it could be sold as data center ready
• Others were completely shut down and the hardware infrastructure was sold on the used market, and other clients left servers in place at their headquarters, and the main servers were then housed at Confidential
• During the move had to open tickets and follow the change management processes for not only the move but for the install of all hardware within the new data centers
• This was also another way for management to track what was being completed and when
• Responsible for making sure that all resources were in place during the migration so that all hardware could be installed, tested and certified for client sign-off when the work was completed
• Responsible for conference calls with the stakeholders to make sure that everyone was on the same page during multiple stages of the hardware moves
• Migrated EMC hardware along with the switches
• Most cases the switches were Brocade.
• Worked with the Virtualization team to get VM clusters built out along with storage
• They used VM ware for the software. As they were built out the company’s goal was to virtualize all hardware that could be virtualized
• A lot of P2V (Physical to Virtual) with the clients
• Managed the build put of a Network operation command center within the Irving office
• Given #10,000,000 to get this completed and had 9 months to get this completed. It was completed on time and under budget
• Project management tool that was used was PlanView.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Hardware Manager/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• The data center is designed using best practices for cooling and heating along with maximizing the racks for full use
• The data center is set up for full redundancy from utility power to the servers
• Servers were migrated, and the storage subsystems and backup infrastructure were brought in along with the network equipment
• A lot of the storage had to move and they were EMC storage, at that time it was the DMX and brocade switched
• Also replacing the brocade switches with Cisco
• To free up data center floor space we started virtualizing physical servers which freed up floor space, the servers used were IBM 3850 and Dell hardware
• Extensive experience within closing data centers: one data center needed all power left in place so that it could be sold as data center ready, others were completely shut down and the hardware infrastructure was sold on the used market, and other clients left servers in place at their headquarters, and the main servers were then housed at Confidential
• Managed Data Center for floor space, power, cabling infrastructure and cooling for all hardware as well
• During the move had to open tickets and follow the change management processes for not only the move but for the install of all hardware within the new data center. This was also another way for management to track what was being completed and when
• Responsible for making sure that all resources were in place during the migration so that all hardware could be installed, tested and certified for client sign-off when the work was completed
• Responsible for conference calls with the stakeholders to make sure everyone was on the same page during multiple stages of the hardware moves
• Directly managed vendor management company through resolution of various problems, this involved escalations for hardware problems and root cause for the failures etc.
• Held weekly and monthly meeting with Senior Management of multiple companies where we go over issues, problems and statistics
• Performed hardware upgrades, installs, rollout of hardware and firmware as needed for system problems on Mid-range systems and mainframes
• Managed 17 people and ran a 24X7 Data Center, mentored, trained and assisted as needed to get all work completed.
• Team was responsible to for the Data Center Inventory which we had to maintain
• Confidential was BS20000 compliant
• CVS was also a client that we moved into the data center and three years later they moved their hardware back into their own Data Center.

Confidential, Irving, TX

Senior Hardware Consultant/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for multiple projects which included replacing all system boards on SUN servers throughout multiple data centers (9000 servers total)
• Managed replacement of all high node servers within the IBM hardware across multiple data centers
• Managed Data Center for floor space, power, cabling infrastructure and cooling for all hardware
• Implemented SAN for tape drive and disk drives in three different data centers, this involved trunking for the fiber cables, McData Switches, Brocade Switches, EMC Disk Subsystems, Connetrix Manager Software and Shark Disk subsystem by IBM
• Responsible for putting in virtual tape using Maxxan and Infortran Hardware
• Maintained the microcode levels on EMC and IBM disk drive systems at a level that was safe for Confidential
• Held weekly and monthly meeting with Senior Management of multiple companies where we went over issues, problems and statistics
• Tested new hardware and certified if it was hardware that was best for Confidential, also, tested all microcode levels before it was put into the production environment for all systems
• Performed hardware upgrades, installs, rollout of hardware and firmware as needed for system problems
• Helped size the hardware needed for servers being purchased by Confidential
• Supervised, mentored and trained other Hardware Specialists
• Provided procedures for installing, testing and validation of all hardware installed for mid-range servers and mainframe hardware
• Made sure that all Change Management procedures were used and held system assurance meeting to make sure everyone involved knew what their steps would be during the process
• When hardware problems arose (severity level 1 or 2), escalated the issues to management so that the appropriate actions were performed during the crisis. If there were issues with getting the service provider on site, would escalate as needed
• Loaded UNIX on SUN servers and configured servers, and loaded Microsoft Windows software on HP Proliant servers along with firmware updates
• Worked extensively with EMC and brocade for implementation, also used Hitachi and IBM for storage.
• The EMC was used for distributed systems due to the redundancy that was built into the EMC storage
• The Hitachi was used for main frame and the IBM was mostly used for the test environment

Confidential, Ft. Worth, TX

UNIX System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Maintained 1200 SUN systems as required by the client
• Loading software when needed and troubleshooting hardware and software issues
• Worked with vendors if bugs were found in the applications and UNIX software till resolution for the problem was fixed
• If the problem was hardware we had parts on site and it was part of my job to fix the hardware
• SUN would replace the failed parts in our inventory when the hardware was used
• We also had a server where we would jumpstart the UNIX application and load it to the system is the hard drive failed which would also load the applications for the user