SUMMARY:

• 24 years experience in the Information Technology industry.
• 12 years experience in Technical Project Management.
• 18 years experience in Enterprise/Systems/Solutions Architecture.
• 18 years Administration (UNIX, Windows, Novell, Linux, Storage, Mail, Security, Firewall).
• 7 years Network Administration.
• 6 years Cloud Infrastructure Architect.
• 2 years Database Administrator (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, MS - SQL).
• 3 years Programmer (Fortran, C, php, perl, ksh).
• 18 years in the Consulting arena.
• Proven ability to architect, lead, and manage enterprise level projects well within financial and time directives.
• Problem Solver/Solutions Provider for small to large sized organizations.
• Extensive experience in coordinating resources on a global scale.
• Specializing in Infrastructure, Operations, Systems Integration, Server/Data Center Consolidation, Enterprise Storage, Enterprise Backup, Disaster Recovery/Business Continuance, and Mergers & Acquisitions (Integrations and Divestitures).
• Demonstrated strong skills in project management, systems architecture, network and systems management and administration, systems programming, Internet and intranet web development, systems security, capacity planning, and systems migration and integration.
• Hands on design, build, and management of Unix/Linux systems.
• Designed and managed large-scale Internet/Intranet/Extranet/Cloud environments.
• Developed Charters and Project Plans for Enterprise-level architectural projects. Designed and deployed various enterprise systems.
• Experienced with a diverse variety of systems ranging from very large-scale, high available, enterprise level UNIX servers, Windows NT servers to desktop/laptop/handheld PC devices.
• Served in the capacities of Open Systems Manager, Project Manager, Systems Administrator, Systems Architect, Programmer, Security Administrator, Network Administrator, PC Administrator, Technical Writer, Systems Analyst, Vendor Relations, and Systems Engineer.
• Managed and implemented system upgrades and administered multiple customized mission critical environments.
• Provided support for 24x7 operations in varying levels from first to third level support (help desk tasks to code level and architectural support).
• Developed methodologies, policies and procedures for system management and infrastructure design.
• Programming experience with C, Fortran, Pascal, ksh, awk, sed, sh, bash, php, and Perl.
• Enterprise-wide analysis of systems and processes; network and server audits (security, processes, hardware and software infrastructure).
• Designed and participated in Business Continuance/Disaster Recovery exercises.
• Managed, coordinated, and worked with National and International teams.
• Worked in numerous industries such as engineering and manufacturing, pharmaceutical, health, Internet, airlines, insurance, sales,, financial, and telecommunication, and retail.
• A very technical individual that has proven processes and procedures that make for great success in the work efforts which at times either belies or underscores the tremendous amount of soft skills that have been refined.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

OPERATING SYSTEMS: zLinux; UNIX; Windows NT; Windows 3.x, 95/98, 7, 8, 10, 2000/2003/2008/2012 , XP; HP - UX versions 9.x, 10.x, 11.x; Linux (Slackware, RedHat (RHEL), Yellow Dog; SuSE; Fedora; Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, Debian); IBM AIX 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x; Tru64 / DEC OSF / Digital UNIX; SUN Solaris and SunOS; SGI IRIX; X-Windows; BSDI; FreeBSD; OpenBSD; OS/2; VMS/CMS; AS/400; DOS; Macintosh operating systems (MAC OSX).

HARDWARE: HP9000s servers and workstations; IBM RS/6000s and IBM SP2 Servers; DEC AlphaServer / AlphaWorkstation; SUN Enterprise Servers, SunFires, and Workstations; Linux PC Servers; Compaq, HP, and DELL Serviers; NCR Servers; StorageTek and ATL tape libraries and silos; EMC Symmetrix and Connectrix; Brocade Switches; XIOtech Magnitudes; HA, RAID, NAS, and SANs; PCs.

NETWORKING: UNIX networking using DNS/BIND, ssh/sFTP, TCP/IP, BOOTP, NFS and NIS, FTP; Novell; NetBEUI; SLIP/PPP; Token Ring; Ethernet; Internet Firewalls; network sniffers; VPN; INTERNET Networking.

CLOUD TECHNOLOGY: SoftLayer; Microsoft Azure; AWS (Amazon Web Services).

COMPUTER LANGUAGES: Assembly; C; Pascal; PERL; BASIC; FORTRAN; Java; Visual BASIC; POSIX shell; Korn shell; HTML.

SOFTWARE: Elasticsearch; Kibana; Logstash; Kafka; OpenStack; Lotus Domino; FirstLogic; Cognos; Informatica; Vitria; ISI-Snapshot; WebSphere; MQ-Series; Sendmail / SMTP / QMail; BIND v8 and v9, BMC Patrol; BMC Control-M; Procmail; Legato Networker; Apache Web Server; mySQL; myODBC; Checkpoint Firewall; Secure Computing s Sidewinder Internet Firewall; ipfw and natd; Lawson; Samba; PSSP; Oracle RDBMS; Snort; ACID; CImage; BEA Tuxedo; Traxway; Topcom; Veritas File System; Veritas Volume Manager; Veritas Cluster; MC/ServiceGuard; IBM HACMP; HP-Operations Center; Digital Pathway s Defender Security Server; Netscape; Mosaic; Citrix; Visio; Tivoli Workload Scheduler / Maestro; WorldTalk; HP OmniBack; NTP; nmap; Cheops; Zabbix; Nagios; HP-OpenMail; OpenTime; MS-Visual Basic; MS-Fortran Powerstation; MS-Project; Workbench; PlanView; Project Source; Xedit; Lotus 123; BasePak; Quattro Pro; Adobe Photoshop; Adobe Illustrator; Netmanage s Chameleon package..