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Plano, Tx, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

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I manage teams of highly skilled Network Engineers and Developers, across Network Engineering and Operations for IBM Cloud.

Denton, Texas, Us

Mclean, Va, Us

My teams are responsible for Application Automation (Chef), Identity and Access Management for Public Cloud, Cloud Management Platform, PAAS, Docker, commodity infrastructure for the Capital One Data Centers, OCP membership, Open Networking Initiatives, and other infrastructure innovation.• Developed and delivered Capital One’s Hybrid Cloud strategy• Rollout of Chef platform, Chef classes delivered to the Capital One LOBs• Transformation of Capital One server infrastructure, utilizing commodity hardware for Hadoop, the BI tools garage, OpenStack, Elk, and CEPH. • Transformation to a self service model for infrastructure, saving millions of dollars• Pilot testing of x86 based switches running Linux and ICOS/Cumulus. • Pilot of CMP, using ManageIQ. • Delivery of a new access and identity application, custom written in GO, consuming AWS APIs. • Pilot of Stackato PAAS platform. • Delivery of a Docker strategy, pilot of RancherI/O, official beta tester of Docker Hub Enterprise.

Mclean, Va, Us

• Delivery of Architecture Patterns, Frameworks, Assessments, Strategies & Capability Targets, DevOps as contained in the Conceptual architecture, Architect Governance for Capability catalogs & dispositions • Delivery of the Technical Operations CTA on regular cadence. Policies, Standards (Technology Standard, Standard infrastructure software (including AWS and other cloud environments), EAI etc.) • Technology Acquisition and design controls (TPR, Arc reviews, governance council, ACIP Controls etc.)• Leadership of a team of deeply skilled and seasoned Architects, covering all of Capital One. Major Architectures delivered for Contact Center, Data Center, Collaboration, Storage, Network, Wireless, Professional Voice.

Mclean, Va, Us

• Delivery of Auto Fianance Architecture, including architectures for all Auto Finance Applications, Infrastructure, Security, and Business.

• Elite healthcare, a Dallas/Fort Worth area muti-clinic operation, chiropractic, workers compensation, work rehab, physical therapy. Responsible for overseeing all aspects of the business, including HQ, Financial, IT, and HR.

Plano, Tx, Us

• Lead an effort to replace all of the infrastructure related to a refactoring of the store systems. A $52 million dollar project. Planning and execution, delivery of Sun Microsystems servers for the front end, mid-tier, and SQL backend. Conducted a reverse auction for the store systems and peripherals (bar code scanners).

Addison, Tx, Us

Clear Technologies delivers technology solutions that help middle market companies run and grow their business and is recognized among the top IBM business partners in all of North America.• Directed resources covering the following areas of expertise; eBusiness B2C and B2B, CRM, EDI, eBusiness Infrastructure, BI WebSphere Commerce, WebSphere Application Server, Domino Administration and Programming, Flash and JAVA Programming, MQseries Integration Consulting, Security Planning and Consulting (Checkpoint and Cisco), HACMP on pSeries and Datamirror on iSeries, Tivoli Storage Manager Implementations, C2 Implementations, B2B Web Sites with Integration Points to CRM, ERP, System Administration and Conversions, Capacity Planning and Sizing, High Availability Implementation (DataMirror), RPG Programming Custom and ERP, Upgrades and Conversions, System Administration and Conversions, HACMP Implementation, SP Certified Consultants, Storage Consolidation and Strategic Planning, Backup and Disaster Recovery, Network Design and Implementations (CISCO, Microsoft), Checkpoint Firewall and VPN Solutions, Network Management and Monitoring

• Directed technical resources for a Wireless Internet startup. Primarily responsible for management of internal and external infrastructure; local area network, servers, clients, support, telecommunications and the management of the administrators and other personnel in support of this infrastructure. Built carrier grade data center to support back end services for delivery of wireless applications.

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• Management of global infrastructure; Wide area network, local area networks, servers, clients, support, telecommunications and the management of the administrators and other personnel in support of this infrastructure. Primarily responsible for the building of an exceptional team of operations resources to design and implement a new data center, and adjacent Corporate Headquarters buildings. Successfully directed the relocation of the corporation with no interruption to operations of the company.

Flower Mound, Texas, Us

• Created the structure and processes necessary to establish a technically oriented project management team as part of a core group that will make up the Systems Integration business unit. Establishment of the project management practice to include a written operations plan. Identification, acquisition, and implementation of necessary personnel, tools, and assets necessary to accomplish assigned business goals. Daily management of assigned projects and tasks. Technical liaison for the Systems Integration group to customers, trade associations, another pertinent organizations

• Engage and consult with clients on infrastructure, network topologies, protocols, hardware, software, etc. Assist customers in developing return on investment strategies. Consult with customers on Internet strategies (Hardware, Software, Security, etc.) Consult with clients on general IT strategies.

Miami, Florida, Us

• Lead project to roll out Lotus Notes clients to over100 locations for connection to servers located in Dallas. Managed Administrator of multiple Notes Servers r3.0c-4.11. Managed the development of the Spare Parts Ordering database in Notes helping save the company over $800,000.00monthly. Co-developed a product evaluation and reporting program with Merchandising. Managed administrators for our local area network, Novell 3.x,4.x and Microsoft NT servers. Software on these servers ranged from simple network applications to full client/server apps integrated with MS SQL. Evaluated and recommended call management system for implementation in the technical support call center. Developed relationships with product vendors. Managed a group of 10 engineers and support personnel.