F5 Cloud On-Prem Application Move to F5 Cloud-based Services:•Evaluated the current on-premises application to determine its dependencies, configurations, and performance characteristics.•Coordinated with managed services to ensure DNS records, created new NAT rules, and configured traffic routs for efficient user redirection to the applications within the F5 cloud environment.•Develop a cutover strategy to transition the application's traffic from the on-premises environment to the F5 cloud solution within scheduled maintenance windows.CollegeNET – Automate Systems for Managing Academic and Event Schedules:•Defined and prioritized the product backlog.•Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.•Worked closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, designers, and QA, to deliver product increments.•Fostered effective communication and collaboration within the team and with stakeholders.Senate Bill 7044, Textbook Affordability and Syllabus Management System:•Defined and prioritized the product backlog.•Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.•Worked closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, designers, and QA, to deliver product increments.•Fostered effective communication and collaboration within the team and with stakeholders.

Skills & CompetenciesHardware:• PowerFlex.• Nutanix.• PowerScale (Isilon) Nodes.• VxRail / IB Switches.• PowerStore Block/File (Unified).• Citrix SD-WAN.• SE APC InRow Cooling Systems.• SE APC NetBotz Room Monitor.• SE APC SMX3000RMLV2U / SMX1500RM2UC.• Xtremio X-Brick.• Vplex (Local/Metro).• PowerMax NVMe Storage.• Aruba 9004 Gateway / AP-515 Unified AP.• Juniper EX4600 24 Port & EX3400-48P switches• Palo Alto Enterprise Firewall PA-820Software:• MS Project Professional / MS Office 365 Enterprise• SmartSheets.• Agile/Scrum Methodology.• Financial Force/Salesforce.• Networker / RecoverPoint• Cloudboost / Ddboost.• SE EcoStruxure IT Expert Cloud Base Monitoring.CERTIFICATIONProject Management Professional, Project Management Institute (PMI) Certification – In progress.Certified Scrum Master – In progress.Dell/EMC PowerStore Certification

Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) - Enterprise Account:• Account Liaison: Acted as liaison between BCBS technical team and Dell’s professional services (PS) SMEs in determining roles, responsibilities and supporting the planning, design and implementation of new product installations, data migrations, and datacenter refresh projects.• Create a clear and concise communication plan to manage expectations and define customer roles and involvement along with their preferred method of communication.• Created and executed detailed project plans for multiple hardware and software installations, upgrades, data migrations, datacenter moves, and refresh projects.• Successfully managed and executed a complex datacenter relocation project, migrating critical IT infrastructure from SunGard's facility in Philadelphia to the state-of-the-art Datacenter in Lithia Springs. The project encompassed meticulous planning, hardware decommissioning, secure transportation, reinstallation, and comprehensive testing, ensuring minimal downtime and a seamless transition to the new, cutting-edge datacenter.• Isilon for Commvault Tech-Refresh. New GEN6 Isilon environment to replace the older Isilon GEN5 technology on GuideWell Source Isilon clusters.• Successful migration of the Diamond application data to New PowerMax 2Ks with SRDF configuration. This project entailed careful planning, data backup, secure transition, and rigorous testing to ensure uninterrupted performance and data integrity. The migration to the high-availability PowerMax 2Ks infrastructure with SRDF provides increased data redundancy and disaster recovery capabilities for the Diamond application, enhancing its reliability and minimizing potential downtime.

Carnival Cruise Line:• Designed a communication strategy and in-depth SmartSheets project plans that fostered collaboration between team members and other stakeholders, resulting in project deliverables that exceeded customer expectations for the projects listed below.Projects Completed: • Holland America Rotterdam (Ship) VxRail 10 Node Stretch Cluster - Docked in Germany.• VxRail 5 Node Cluster / Dell Switches, Seattle.• VxRail 22 Node / Dell Switch Deployment, Richardson.• Miami HQ VxRail 5 nodes new cluster deployment.• Migrated P2V & V2V VMs to new Stretch Cluster.• New PowerMax 2000 8000 w/SRDF Installations, and data migration • PowerScale Gen6 Refresh Projects (Miami/Richardson/Valencia• Avamar Decommission / Data Erasure.• Connectix 6510 B-Series Switch Installation, Richardson datacenter.• VMAX 100K conversation Data at Rest Encryption (DARE) w/SRDF.• Isilon 5 Node Cluster w/2 IB Switches.

ADT SECURITYSenior Project Manager:• Engaged escalation management team to take ownership of open sev1 service requests (SR) to escalate to Level II support engineers and engineering group when applicable and drive through resolution.• Created and managed detailed project plans for multiple Dell/EMC hardware and software installations, upgrades, data migrations, datacenter moves, and refresh projects.Projects Completed:Locations: Florida, Richardson, Irving Texas, New York• Lift Safety group. Rack/stacked three new DD6900 arrays, configured ProtectPoint, and setup three-way replication.• SAN Assessment completed and scheduled discovery review call with customer. • Stood up 3 new Unity 680F arrays and installed base configuration before handing off to customer. • VxRail 6 Node Cluster Deployment.• Rack/stacked four new Gen6 Isilon H500 nodes and two IB internal switches and created new cluster.

FEDEX CORPORATIONSenior Project Manager:EMC account team requested that I takeover account and get projects back on track. Steps taken to get account back OnTrack:Discovery / Planning phase:• Projects that were overbudget with no realistic timeline to complete and missed checkpoint dates were identified and added to newly created tracking report. • Facilitated weekly internal all-hands review calls with account team and technical support resources.• Review opened service requests (SR) with FedEx management team and worked with technical support engineers (TSE) to resolve and if needed escalated to MOD to have SR reassigned to Level II or engineering group.• Created, reviewed, and managed detailed project plan for all existing hardware and software installations, code upgrades, and data migrations.• Facilitated weekly status update review calls with FedEx management team.