SUMMARY

• Technically sophisticated and business - savvy Enterprise Storage and Backup/Vitrualization Architect with over 16 years of leadership experience in designing innovative business solutions for public sector and DoD clients.
• Successfully utilizes unique combination of experience collaboration, strong interpersonal skills, decisive leadership, and project management experience within global and technology-driven industries.
• Demonstrated mastery in evaluating requirements for business application integration and service activation. Skilled in cloud computing, virtualization, backup/DR, information lifecycle management, and budgeting.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: Windows NT/ 2000/2003/2008 , WSS 2008 R2, Active Directory, LDAP, RHEL 5/6/7, Chef, Solaris 8/9/10, CA ArcServe, Veritas Backup Exec, Veritas NetBackup 6/7/8x, NetBackup Operations Manager, Norton Ghost, CommVault Galaxy/QiNetix/Simpana, SCCM, VMware vSphere4x/5x/6x, VDI Horizon, Oracle 8/9/10/11, SQL 2005/2008/2008 R 2/2012/2014/2016 , Exchange 2003/2007/2010 , Novell, NetApp Data ONTAP 7x/8x/9x 7-mode and cluster mode, NetApp Data Fabric Manager/Operations Manager/Protection Manager/Provisioning Manager, OnCommand System Manager, OnCommand Insight, WFA, SnapDrive, SnapManager, SnapMirror, SnapRestore, SnapVault, SnapLock, OSSV, MultiStore, vFilers, Data Migration, Data Motion, FlexShare, FlexPod, VSC, Cisco MDS Fabric Manager/Device Manager, Cisco Nexus, Cisco UCS, APTARE StorageConsole, Symantec CommandCentral, IBM N Series, Symantec Storage Foundation, SecureCopy, ArcSight SIEM, ServiceNow, Remedy, EMC VNX/XtremIO/CLARiiON/Data Domain/Avamar/Unity/UnityVSA, EMC Unisphere, Nutanix, AWS, Azure, Cloud, and many others.

Hardware: EMC, Hitachi, XioTech, NetApp, Nutanix, Pure, HP, Dell, Cisco MDS/Nexus, Brocade, McData, Crossroads, IBM N Series, QLogic, Emulex, Adaptec, Alacritech, and others.

Libraries: Dell, HP, StorageTek, Quantum, ADIC, EMC, IBM, Overland and others

Certifications: NCDA 7-Mode, NCIE 7-Mode SAN Specialist, NCDA 8.3 Cluster Mode, NCIE 8.3 Cluster Mode Backup Specialist, NCIE 8.3 Cluster Mode SAN Specialist, EMCISA Information Storage Associate Version 3, NPP Nutanix

Platform: Professional, CompTIA Security +, MCP, MCSE, MCT, MCSA, CXE Certified Xiotech Engineer

Clearance: Active DoD Secret Clearance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Storage/Backup/VDI Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for diverse enterprise physical/virtual environment consisting of NetApp FAS controllers, EMC VNX/Unity/XtremIO arrays, ESX 5.5/6x VMware vSphere Hypervisors, Horizon VDI, and NetBackup/Avamar/Networker/Data Domain appliances.
• Led storage design and layout of EMC VNX/Unity and NetApp FAS 2040/3140/8040 storage arrays in production, development, and test environments.
• Increased storage efficiency by 80% using Data Domain/NetBackup/Avamar deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning.
• Collaborated with VMware team to architect VDI Horizon running on XtremIO in development environment slashing equipment costs by 45%.

Confidential, North Chicago, IL

Lead Storage Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for analyzing/optimizing growing storage infrastructure consisting of NetApp cluster mode/ 7-mode controllers and EMC arrays.
• DISA Nessus STIG scans and resolution for enterprise storage environment.
• Design migration of 300+ TB file and block data from legacy EMC and NetApp 7-mode controllers to multiple 2 node NetApp 8040 SAN/NAS clusters using 7MMT, WFA, and SecureCopy.
• Disaster Recovery and COOP design for 65 MEPS to headquarters Confidential utilizing clustered data protection mirrors.
• VMware SRM successful testdesign with virtualization team for production DR of 400+VMs.
• Enterprise wide implementation of thin provisioning, deduplication, and QoS policies resulting in 400% increase in storage efficiency.
• Generate RFI, RFQ, and RFP for multiple 8040 controllers as well as Flash Cache modules/SAS disk shelves for budget process.
• Complete documentation of architecture, change orders, and OnCommand Unified Manager/Performance Manager reports.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

SAN and Backup Architect

Responsibilities:

• Assist with NetApp 7 mode to Cluster mode migration and implementation including Exchange, VMware, and CIFS/NFS.
• Work with other infrastructure teams (vitalization, network, application) designing and planning for infrastructure change, growth, performance and DR.
• Architect and implement the various NetApp storage software products including SnapMirror, SnapVault, SnapManager, and DFM/OnCommand Suite.
• Providing best practice guidance on administration of NetApp storage in mission-critical, 7x24 production environments.
• Work closely with infrastructure operations team to insure availability, integrity and accessibility to storage systems.

Confidential, New York, NY

NetApp SAN Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for succession design, implementation, and management of NetApp SAN/NAS tiered DDB storage architecture from previous consulting firm CBI Consulting.
• Document DDB storage environment at 36 Site locations and 2 Data Centers worldwide
• Re-architect Protection Manager SnapMirror and SnapVault Protection Policies to adhere to NetApp best practice.
• Configure, document, and test 300+ vFiler implementations for DDB customer hosted data.
• Plan for migration of FAS 31xx, 32xx, and 62xx running ONTAP 8x 7-mode to 8.2 cluster mode
• Configure lab environment with install and configuration of 4 node 3240/6240 ONTAP 8.2 cluster mode
• Test and document NAS file migrations utilizing 7-Mode Transition Tool(7MTT) from 8.1.3 7-mode to 8.2 cluster mode
• Test and document data migration size/duration time utilizing Cutover Estimate Tool (CET) in conjunction with 7MTT.
• Test and document the Clustered ONTAP SnapMirror Toolkit to facilitate SnapMirror/SnapVault relationships and policies.
• Prepare presentations on technical subject matter - DataMotion, QoS, Deduplication - for senior management.
• Provide NetApp SAN guidance, training, and mentoring to DDB peers to ensure designs are executed upon and supported/documented appropriately.

Confidential, College Park, GA

NetApp SAN Architect

Responsibilities:

• Globally analyze Olam International SAN/NAS capacity utilization/storage efficiency and construct recommendations for operational/strategic upgrades and expansion.
• Drive operational excellence by providing technical engineering across implementation, incident resolution, product reporting and change management.
• Architect, implement and document DataMotion, Deduplication, FlexShare, Compression, Reallocation and Lun Misalignment (physical and virtual) issues.
• Redesign of aggregate/volume/lun structure leading to vastly improved IOPS/latency with SAP, SQL, Exchange and SharePoint.
• Performance reporting, provisioning and load management with associated documentation utilizing Operations Manager, OnCommand Core and System Manger.
• Install and configure ONTAP 8.1.2 4-node cluster using FAS 3240’s for operational testing and future upgrade from 7-mode to cluster mode.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

NetApp SAN Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Manage SAN and NAS solutions globally on 54 NetApp 3260/6280 HA controllers, with 3+PB storage capacity.
• Participate in Architecture Reviews with IT Architecture and Engineering group, ensure supportability requirements and standards are followed.
• Manage the development of a NetBackup fault tolerant backup and recovery strategy.
• Install, patch and upgrade NetApp OnTap versions for all production storage systems.
• Capacity planning, provisioning and load management with associated documentation utilizing Operations Manager, OnCommand Core and System Manger.
• Ensure that system documentation is kept up to date when changes are made in the environment
• Mentor less experienced system administrators.

Confidential, Lawrenceville, GA

SAN/NAS Lead Engineer

Responsibilities:

• SAN/NAS Lead Engineer for Ricoh North America migration of CIFS/NFS data on IBM N series and IBM DS 30xx V Filers to W2008 Storage Server Failover Clusters.
• Design, build, and implement 2 and 4 node W2008 Storage Server Clusters.
• Architect migration of NFS/CIFS data residing on multiple NetApp vFilers to the Failover Clusters at 4 locations nationwide.
• Implement migration plans and author documentation using SecureCopy.
• Serve as lead engineer interfacing with Director of IT and Storage Manager for design and implementation of migration strategy.

SAN/NAS Architect/Engineer

Responsibilities:

• SAN/NAS consultant for Time Warner, New York migration of 200 TB of FC/iSCSI, NAS and CIFS data from various 30x/32x NetApp controllers to 60x/62x controllers utilizing Qtree SnapMirror.
• Support and lead implementation of growing storage infrastructure team at Time Warner.
• Ensure continued smooth operation of the global backup infrastructure and be responsible for all storage/backup configuration and troubleshooting.
• SAN/NAS consultant for AIG Global Services, Fort Worth, Texas migration of 60 TB of FC/iSCSI, NAS, and CIFS data from various 30x/32x NetApp filers to 60x/62x filers utilizing QSM and ScriptLogic SecureCopy.
• On-site engineer to maintain, administer, upgrade AIG’s Data Center NetApp SAN environment consisting of 40 HA filers.

Confidential

SAN/NAS Architect and Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Co-lead SAN architect/engineer as well as NetBackup architect for Combat Information Transport System (CITS) Block 30 redesign of Air Force Unclassified and Classified Network Operations/Information Assurance (NO/IA) Systems Storage Area Networks.
• Co-developed design, RFI, RFQ, RFP for NetApp FC/iSCSI SAN at 3 Air Force Integrated Management Sites (IMS) and 16 Air Force Base Gateway Sites worldwide.
• Lead team of architects/engineers in implementing, administering, maintaining, upgrading FC/iSCSI NetApp storage infrastructure at 16 AF Bases. Storage was 1.8 PB, both FC and SATA/SAS.
• Responsible for installation and configuration of NetApp Data ONTAP, DFM/OM/PM, SnapDrive, SnapMirror, SnapManager for SQL/Exchange, SnapVault, VMware vSphere 4x, Symantec NetBackup 6.x/7x, CommandCentral 5.x, Aptare 6.0 as well as StorageTek L1400M Tape Libraries.
• Responsible for all storage related documentation deliverable to the Air Force, both hardware and software.
• Executed data backup and recovery plan for COOP functionality between Integrated Management Sites utilizing NetApp Snap Product Suite as well as VMware Cluster/HA/DRS/VMotion vSphere 4x and Symantec NetBackup.
• Proposed ILM/storage trending and growth analysis to the AF resulting in 35% capital expenditure reduction.
• Optimization including upgrades, performance monitoring and system audit tasks.
• Complete NetBackup design and implementation of 16 AF base backup sites utilizing policy driven tiering, BMR, and DR architecture.
• Designed, authored, and instructed 3 week NetApp specific SAN/NAS and Veritas NetBackup 6x/7x Training Course for the AF.

Confidential, Oceanport, NJ

Project Manager/Pre and Post Sales Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed, implemented and maintained Confidential West Coast SAN/NAS Training facility including design architecture, costing, hiring, and budget appropriations for hardware and software across multiple platforms. Vendor equipment included NetApp, EMC, Hitachi, XioTech, HP, Dell, Cisco, and Brocade. Managed staff of eight system engineers and trainers.
• Senior trainer for CommVault System’s Channel Partners, including Hitachi Data Systems and Dell, providing sales and engineering training, support, and professional services on the QiNetix ILM software suite of products. QiNetix includes backup/recovery, migration, archiving, replication and storage capacity planning software for enterprise storage area networks. Estimated $40M revenue growth over next 3 years.
• Co-developed and maintained training project plans, coordinated project activities/schedules and reviewed status of critical deliverables.
• In process design of certification program and documentation for the QiNetix suite of software products for partners, re-sellers and customer base.
• Participated in the integration testing, quality assurance, rollout, training, technical writing, documentation and support of the QiNetix software suite.
• Collaborated with Hardware Certification and Test group for certifying various hardware vendor platforms (SAN,NAS, RAID, Tape Libraries, HBA's, SCSI, Fibre Channel, switches) including firmware and driver revisions. Back end of certification database utilizes Test Director project control software.
• Complete course design, documentation, procedures and presentations. Training methods included classroom, CBT and Web based.
• Worked in cooperation with marketing in promoting Channel Partner Website and Knowledge base.
• Technical editor for “Windows 2000 Enterprise Storage Solutions”, published by Sybex and “Troubleshooting Microsoft Technologies”, published by Addison-Wesley.