Brian Flora, Csm, Prince2, Itil Expert Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Washington, DC, US

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Washington, DC, US

London, London, GB

Author - ITIL 4 Digital and IT Strategy (one of the ITIL 4 core publications).

San Jose, California, US

• Provided direction and guidance to customer IT Operations Manager with a focus on strategic planning and process improvement
• Developed Capital and Operational Expenditure budgets for enterprise storage environments
• Implemented IT Service Management (ITSM) reporting tools to monitor capacity and resource utilization at the business level and develop long term growth strategy
• Conducted interviews with stakeholders throughout the organization to identify strengths and weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
• Negotiated and documented ITIL-based Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with internal customers
• Created Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all aspects of the enterprise storage life cycle:- Strategy formulation and requirements elicitation- Planning / Design- Acquisition / Purchasing- Provisioning /.

Tempe, AZ, US

• Responsible for all operational aspects of Server and Enterprise Storage infrastructure
• Negotiated Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with internal customers and developed operational capabilities to meet existing SLAs with external customers
• Coordinated Incident and Problem Management activities in accordance with ITIL best practice
• Implemented and chaired Change Advisory Board and published forward schedule of changes, dramatically reducing service downtime resulting from unplanned changes
• Coordinated software and hardware release activities and maintained test environment
• Produced weekly reports for executive management on existing system capacity and growth patterns

US

• Managed a team of 16 direct reports to provide 24/7 Service Desk and Incident Management
• Monitored and maintained environmental conditions in two data centers to maintain compliance with Service Level Agreements
• Conducted monthly employee training workshops on technical and project management skills
• Coordinated release and change activities to minimize service interruption to customers
• Developed and maintained ITIL service desk monitoring and reporting tools
• Developed automation tools to perform administrative tasks, allowing for 35% increase in servers managed without increasing support staff headcount.

Tempe, AZ, US

• Performed installation and support for a Local Area Network with over 300 PC clients
• Provided PC Hardware installation and support
• Performed Service Desk first line support for MS Windows 9x, Macintosh, MS Office Suite, MS Visual C++, and related products

• Founded Cyclepath as an online business, then expanded into a retail location
• Developed online storefront to enable the business to grow into multiple markets
• Selected vendors and performed all purchasing activities
• Performed all accounting functions necessary for daily operations
• Managed a staff of 3 part time employees
• Conducted extensive marketing efforts both online and via conventional media

Education record

Bs, Management, Cis