PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Director possessing expertise in advanced hardware, software, storage, and networks with extensive background in Data Center Infrastructure technologies.
• Designing Data Center Infrastructure layouts for efficiency and cost effectiveness.
• Having executed over 50 major migrations, relocations and consolidations of Data Centers globally to across the country.
• Demonstrated analytical, problem identification and solution implementation skill sets.
• Career record built in providing high quality technical support in IT, Operations, Telecommunications, Storage, Network, and Data Centers.
• Strong record of performance in positions of increased authority and responsibility.
• Adept at meeting stringent deadlines on a consistent basis.
• Reducing operational Confidential & Confidential financial investments.
• Well organized with strong detail orientation.
• Excellent communications, relationship building, and exceptional customer interface skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SR. Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Migrate Production and Disaster Recovery Data centers from Dallas area to Houston area.
• Contract with end client was terminated after Confidential .

Security Project Manager

Confidential, Irving, TX

Responsibilities:

• Master Project Plans in M/S Project for 4 infrastructure security projects, ensuring all projects stay within expected timelines and budgets.
• Bit9 agent rollout for protecting desktops, laptops and servers against non - compliant applications
• Patch Management - strategy for managing patches or upgrades for software applications technologies
• Sophos - products for communication endpoint, encryption, network security, email securitymobile security and unified threat management.
• Group Policy - centralized management and configuration of operating systems, applicationsand users' settings in an Active Directory environment.

Service Delivery Manager Networking & DR

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and respond to daily workload/ requests, escalations.
• Ensure all Critical service levels (CSL), Key performance indicator's (KPI), Operational reports are designed and ready to be delivered.
• Ensure Monthly review and reporting cycle is followed.
• Effective Governance - Management of open & ongoing issue's and tracking them to closure, Monthly report on Network services.
• Conduct two meetings (Weekly cadence) with counterpart
• Ownership of the TOC transition from SWA to Confidential . (Includes, F5s, Firewall and IPS devices).
• Oversee the Swivel desk function, ensure all tickets in Service Now are reconciled between
• Support Transformation projects & Ad hoc projects as required
• Reports on both steady state and transformation.

Solution Architect

Confidential, Arlington, TX

Responsibilities:

• Review current Unix and Mainframe designs
• Develop New concept designs for UNIX and Mainframe Environments
• Develop DR mirror environments for Windows, Unix & Mainframe

Project Executive

Confidential, Richardson, TX

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure Migration Management of BC/DR Data Center
• Organize Project PMO (5 project managers)
• Create Master Project Plan in M/S Project for entire infrastructure buildouts in multiply
• Data Centers and Migrations
• Infrastructure Vendor Management (EMC, Cisco)
• Develop Weekly Status Deck, Risk Log

SR. Infrastructure Consultant/Project Manager

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure Migration Specialist
• Infrastructure Cloud Recommendations
• DR Infrastructure Implementations
• Colocation Data Center Layout Designs
• Colocation Data Center Analyzes & Recommendation
• Colocation Data Warehouse Oracle 12c migration Recommendation
• Infrastructure Vendor Reviews
• ITIL Change Management, Asset Management, Implementation & Audits
• Technical Refresh Project Management - Vendor Neutral
• Contract Infrastructure Negotiations

Project Manager/Consultant

Confidential, Houston, TX

Responsibilities:

• Review Business Continuity BIA analysis for completeness
• Gather infrastructure information for DR BOMs (Storage, UCS, AIX, Solaris)
• The interdependency between infrastructure to apps (SAP, Lawson)
• Breakdown of apps by RPO/RTO requirements (24, 48, 72 hours)
• Interview infrastructure support teams reviewing correctness of information
• Create initial Program project plan in M/S Project
• Cloud Solution Research for Drilling Applications
• Develop basic template for future CMDB
• Associate App Databases to Infrastructure
• Review Data Warehouse Analyzes & Recommendation
• Review network configurations (Cisco, F5, Firewalls) and communications to DR site
• SOW reviews, edit and creation
• Application profile creation
• Application & Infrastructure Runbook creation
• Table top testing for 24 hour RTO application
• UAT testing for 24 hour & 48 RTO applications
• Non interface isolated 24 hour application Infrastructure Validation DR testing
• Review and make recommendations for improving Change Management Policy within Service Now environment

Sr. Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Validate migration program packages
• Verify P to V configurations
• Validate Timelines for migrations

Operations/DR/BC Consultant

Confidential, Irving, TX

Responsibilities:

• Oversee day to day Data Center Operations
• Review BC/DR plan and make recommendations for updating plan
• Review BC/DR capabilities of network infrastructure
• SOW reviews, edit and creation
• Cloud recommendation for Asset Management & Ordering Apps
• Review BC capabilities for business units in DR scenario
• Revise procurement policies and enhance process
• Re - design DR infrastructure from Colo to private cloud solution
• HVAC Liebert Upgrade and re-designed of cooling
• Create Table Top DR test and execute test for Lawson
• Create Project Plans in M/S Project for DR rollout following PMO requirements
• Security systems reviewed for compliance with ISO & PCI
• Create Single Application BC/DR test and execute test
• Create BC/DR Test and execute test
• UAT testing for 24 hour RTO applications
• Monthly report for Executives
• Cloud / Hybrid for DR and Operational Data Centers
• Recommendations for improvements of the Primary data center
• Review compliance with SOX, PCI and ISO

Project Manager

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure interdependency between two companies
• Oversee migration wave planning and timeline layout
• Ensure Firewall configurations protect Confidential environments
• Implement F5s in new Colo Data Center
• SOW reviews, edit and creation
• Security systems reviewed for compliance with Regulatory commission
• Weekly Dash Board on current project status
• Consolidation of Data Center Colo space
• Ensure DR capabilities are incorporated into new Data Center
• Technical refresh of SAN, and Storage

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Review migration plans for application interdependency
• Recommend migration strategies
• Review DR capabilities for new Data Center
• Review Firewalls are setup per Boeing policies
• Security systems reviewed for compliance with Boeing policies
• Client signoff on Data Center selection

Program Manager

Confidential, Plano, TX

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure ITSM Process development for operational support
• Cabling design for SAN Fiber & Ethernet Fiber within 7 Colo Global Centers
• Vendor selection for tool sets to remote manage Colo Data Center locations
• Discovery tools for Asset Management & Migration Planning
• Create documents for acceptance & sign off approval of Colo Data Centers
• Develop budget for the entire Program
• Vendor pricing negotiations reducing costs for required infrastructure
• UAT testing for all applications within the portfolio
• Cloud solution for Engineering Apps
• Negotiated MSA contracts for Network circuits
• VMWare Virtualization POD re - designs, 96 Confidential servers, EMC Clariion
• SAN Design using Brocade Directors
• P to P, & P to V, V to V application migrations (SAP & Lawson)
• Storage design consolidating frames from EMC & NetApps
• Network LAN design for 10gig backbone using Cisco Nexus
• Review Firewalls are in place between global engineering teams
• Implement F5s across all Data Centers
• Analyze existing servers for Virtualization in the Colo environment
• SharePoint administration for the Program
• Resource acquisition for Colo Project migration execution
• Colo Project Plans in M/S Project migration execution
• Security systems reviewed for compliance ISO & PCI & Confidential policies
• Moving support for current teams to outsourced support teams both in country and off shore.
• Develop budgetary model for infrastructure and migration costs
• BMC Remedy rollout ITSM CMDB, CM, CF, Asset Management, Service Catalog BMC ADDM to discover Devices globally
• Develop BC/DR plans within regional Data Centers with global failover
• SOW reviews, edit and creation
• Create infrastructure standards document for Verizon Colo Data Centers
• Create emergency notification process and contact lists

Systems Engineer

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Photo Center Systems roll out for client locations across the DFW metroplex.
• Loading, configuring, the OS on Primary Processor devices.
• Loading, configuring and testing Photo Applications across entire installation.
• Instructing support personal on application database and customer/user access

Project Manager

Confidential, Plano, TX

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure re - designs of Production and Disaster Recovery environments
• Migration, relocation & consolidation of production data centers
• Documentation of project scope and deliverables
• Create SOW for project objectives
• Worked within PMO standards
• Created Project Plan using M/S Project

Project Manager

Confidential, Plano, TX

Responsibilities:

• Colo Data Center selection process Development & Selection
• Application selection for DR protection Lawson
• BC/DR Infrastructure Design and Business Continuity implementation
• Data Center Floor Layout Design Visio Drawing
• Data Center Cabling Infrastructure Design & Implementation
• Documentation of all Data Center Design Project
• Migration & consolidation of clustered environment into Colo data center
• Distribution processing requirements for Data Center.
• Vendor technology evaluation, hardware, & software
• Cloud Solution research for DR expansion
• Vendor negotiations on MSA & SOW for new Colocation Data Center.
• Replication of Lawson databases across Dark Fiber
• SOW reviews, edit and creation
• Security Software for PCI compliance on financials
• Biometric RFID card access tracking system in data center design
• SAN replication to Colo - Data Center design using Fiber & Ethernet network
• Project plan in M/S Project for migration of applications and timelines for testing
• Virtualized servers using VMWare at DR Colo site
• Ensure Firewalls are in place to protect database for client information
• MPLS network extension (Verizon) to Colo-site
• System architecture of required solution to accommodate applications
• Documentation stored in company SharePoint site
• Security systems reviewed for compliance with PCI
• SLA Service Catalog consolidation & development

Project Manager

Confidential, FT. Worth, TX

Responsibilities:

• Z/series Design for DR site in order to replicate production
• Colo Data Center selection process RFP development & Selection
• Change Management Process implementation
• Capacity Planning Process implementation
• Incident Management Process implementation
• Migration & relocation of DR storage from current to new location
• Budget process review & implementation
• Vendor negotiations on MSA & SOW for new Colocation Data Center.
• Data Center Floor Layout Design Visio Drawing for new regional DR Center
• Facilities Cabling SAN & Networking for new regional DR Centers
• Documentation of all Data Center Design Project in M/S Project
• SLA Service Catalog development & rollout
• Organization Management Process implementation
• DR Infrastructure Design and implementation
• Vendor technology evaluation SOW, hardware & software
• Security Software for encryption of county resident s information
• Bio - metric card access system

Project Manager

Confidential, Plano, TX

Responsibilities:

• Project Management of a SRDF - A data migrations from Symmetric to DMX
• Running Time Finder for AT&T. Coordinating resources across the country in support of the client located here in Dallas. Ran all meeting and updates to the client.
• Resident Project Manager at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas in Little
• Rock. Over saw the installation, infrastructure support, migration of a DMX4500 and
• Redeployment & relocation of a DMX1000 for DR equipment using SRDF-CE.
• Create SOW for engagement requirements of Enterprise storage projects
• Project management of a new EMC NAS storage installation at Ericsson.
• Coordinate Solution Team and client on project goals.
• HP client consolidation of (27) South American Data centers into (1) Monterrey
• Mexico Data Center using VMWare, Blade technology, Enterprise UNIX servers and Enterprise Confidential .
• Creating Infrastructure Visio drawings
• Project management of a new EMC NAS Clarion storage installation at Confidential in Little Rock, Ark.
• Working with client resources and EMC storage team.
• SAN split of two fabrics joined by multiple ISL lines, consisting of over 110
• All projects were maintained within M/S Project