• Highly skilled technology leader with over 26 years experience designing, engineering, implementing and automating, IT systems, system infrastructures, and operational processes.• Developing DevSecOps compliant and Cloud Native Enterprise technology solutions • Specializing in system automation, integration, and implementation as well as system tuning and optimization.• Systems engineering and administration experience on various flavors of Linux and Unix, Windows, and Macintosh operating systems. • Strong problem resolution and mitigation skills. • Recognized as a visionary team builder and an expert motivator. Consistently achieving high client satisfaction ratings, improvements to bottom line objectives, and turnaround of under performing processes.• Respected leader of customer-focused teams; exhibiting an enthusiastic commitment to customer service as a key driver of company goal attainment.• Strong service delivery and operations background. Direct experience with data center operations, systems management and integration, and planning/analysis.• Strategy and planning expertise with a particular interest in organizational development, process improvement, and process and strategy alignment.• Broad management experience in the private and public sectors, non-profit, and the military. Specialties:• Enterprise Architect, developing integration, deployment, and migration solutions for large environments• System Automation with Ansible, Puppet, Bash, Python, etc.• Virtual Server Environments and Cloud Computing• Open Source Hybrid Cloud Platform Solutions• Linux/Unix System Engineering, Integration & Administration• Data Center Management and Infrastructure Development• Technical Problem Solving• Project Leadership• Policy & Procedure Development• Team Building• Quality and Productivity Improvements (Six Sigma Green Belt)• Operations Management• Vendor Negotiation & Management

Trusted technical advisor for large public sector customers. Designing and presenting modern, compliant, and secure Cloud, Edge, AI/ML, IoT, and Legacy platform solutions enabling them to efficiently and effectively accomplish their missions.● Create and conduct technical demonstrations of Red Hat's solutions, identifying the best solution for the customer's architecture and business need. ● Deliver whitepapers and conference speeches as well as knowledge sharing with customers and team members. Serve as an Ansible subject matter expert.● Collaborate with Product Marketing, Product Engineering, Professional Services, and Sales teams to ensure an excellent customer experience with our solutions.● Red Hat subject matter expert to my customers, trusted advisor for IT professionals, while building long-lasting relationships within our key accounts.● Design, build, and present multi-product solutions to customers in the form of slides, demonstrations, and workshops.● Support the sales team with recommendations for the development and implementation of complex products and solutions that result in the achievement of sales quotas.

Develop and deliver oral lectures, developmental assignments, coding projects, and assessments for the “Introduction to Programming” and "Cloud Computing" courses. The programming course uses Python as the teaching language.

Responsible for full life-cycle management of Linux/UNIX Servers. These responsibilities include designing, engineering, building, integrating, maintaining, and decommissioning hardware/software system assets. Developed and maintained automation tools, code, and processes increasing efficiency and effectiveness of the responsibilities listed above. I provide third-tier operational support for production operating environments for customers both within and outside of IT. Also responsible for leading and/or participating in corporate IT initiatives/projects related to infrastructure strategy, development, and improvement.

Responsible for teaching college courses in the information technology department. Develop and deliver oral lectures for “Advanced Linux Concepts using Red Hat Linux”, "Open Source Programming", “Introduction to Computers”, "Windows Application Server", “Database Development”, and “Project Management Procurement”. Develop complex lab assignments in RHEL, Apache Server, PHP, MySql, Windows Server 2008, and Exchange Server. Instruct students on how to secure RHEL and Windows Servers. Develop detailed lesson plans, technical diagrams, and PowerPoint presentations for each course

Responsible for providing system infrastructure design and administration support. Perform new system architecture design and implementation. Design, build and administer VMware server farm installations using VMware vSphere 5 connected to an EMC SAN. Perform routine system administration and troubleshooting on RHEL, Solaris, AIX, and Windows Server 2003/2008 server. Develop and maintain system build automation using shell scripts with Solaris Jumpstart, RHEL Kickstart, and AIX VIM. Administer Active Directory, Terminal Services, and File Services. Perform system installations from bare metal to production. Perform both physical and virtual cluster configuration and administration. Identify redundant or inefficient processes and make “out of the box” improvement recommendations.

Responsible for providing remote centralized system administration support in a highly secure production environment for a family of mission-critical healthcare applications and health data warehouse. The role required a TS security clearance.

Responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of corporate technology strategy as well as implementing and leading the information technology department and the office of strategy management.

As a general manager, led the IT, Facilities, Media, Administration, Sanctuary Operations, Security, Corporate Planning, and Communications organizations.

Responsible for third tier nation-wide fly and fix, as a datacenter and product specialist, developed and implemented proactive/preemptive strategies for Fortune 100 companies. Served as a data center consultant for top-tier clients. Developed standard operating procedures for Sun Remote Services software implementation for various customers. Developed and implement security policies and automation to be administered via Sun Remote Services. Developed and presented, both orally and in writing, product training and transfers of information (TOI’s) for internal engineers and external customer engineers and senior management. Performed advanced UNIX system implementation and problem resolution to include, but not limited to core dump analysis, performance tuning, system load balancing, heterogeneous system integration, and SAN implementation.

Responsible for leading a team of system engineers, responsible for system administration and integration for 15-20 applications and 300-500 servers, also responsible for the professional development of the team as a whole and individually. Interviewed and hired system administrators for both my team and other teams. Developed procedures and processes to streamline business activities that resulted in a 20% increase in team productivity. Developed and implemented disaster recovery plans for the systems in my care.

Responsible for administering and maintaining 50 Sun servers ranging in size from SPARC-center 2000’s to Ultra-Enterprise 10000‘s. Increased system up time by optimizing server operating systems and scripting common administrative tasks. Installed the first Sun Microsystems E-10000 in the normal Bellsouth operating environment. Introduced training programs that enhanced system administrators’ performance and helped build a motivated workforce. Served on UNIX standards committee where we developed cross platform standards for Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Digital UNIX, and BSD UNIX. Served as technical mentor for administrators and technicians.

Revised research software written in C and C++, making it compatible with an upgrade to the lab’s operating systems and compilers. Wrote C code for use on the QNX real-time operating system. This software was used in USDA research efforts. Assisted in installing network hardware and software applications onto PC platforms.

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