Anthony Crudele Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Currently working on Data Center Migration.

Park Ridge, NJ

• Managed a large technical UNIX/Linux team of more than 40 outsourced Technology professionals providing 24 x 7 support for AIX, HPUX, Solaris and Linux, and directed support for US and European datacenters in a private.
• Built and consolidated datacenters to support disaster recovery, cost reduction initiatives, and the migration to an outsourced organization.
• Slashed the $9M UNIX group budget by 33% using virtualization and replacing older hardware.
• Reduced the physical environment by over 85%, improved productivity and reduced costs by transitioning to a highly virtualized environment.
• Decreased unplanned outages by over 25% and drove the Service Improvement Plan (SIP) by leading OS patching, firmware upgrades, security updates, and monitoring/backup data.
• Evaluated/recommended new virtual computing and storage technologies (e.g., hypervisor, XIV, NetApp), and architected/planned the server environment improving functionality and reducing costs.

New York, NY

• Performed progressively responsible functions including MVS Systems Programmer, Solaris Administrator and Manager of the UNIX group. Co-led implementation of an UNIX environment. Managed the process from inception to.
• Represented technical function during evaluation period which included selecting the operating system, vendor and type of hardware based on a price/performance metrics. Involved in selecting Backup, Job scheduling.
• Leveraged my extensive Operations and Systems experience to successfully build a UNIX environment.
• Mentored and trained the Operations and Batch Scheduling group in the new UNIX environment. Interfaced with the Application groups to help in the transition from a MVS to UNIX environment.
• Performed all Solaris system administration duties.
• Handled the architecture and design during migration of new hardware and throughout the growth and upgrade process.