Paul Garnier Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, US

• Infrastructure Admin / Wintel SME o Server automated builds Task sequence builds Application install tasks Remedy failing sequences & advertisementso Application packaging for deploymentso Storage group managemento.
• ESXi 6.5 and Server 2016 Clusters on iSCSI build-outso Responsible for all Storage, Cluster, and VM in greenfield Windows foresto IDS/IPS Appliance deployment.o Responsible for all controller server buildso Documented.
• ESXi 6.5 on Dell Vertex blade cluster with backplane attached Storageo Windows Server 2016 VM's for File, Print, App, and IPSo Linux based appliance VM's for monitoring and Logging
• Redundant environments built as Test and prod for patch testing
• Fast deployment to meet committed generator go-live date, finished 4 days early. o Windows 10 racked workstations as part of secured environment.o All traffic in/out of secured LAN monitored, logged and retained for.

Houston, Texas, US

ESXi 6.5 Administration on NutanixApplication and Data migration into new Application stacks Citrix XenApp transitions to Microsoft RDSEndpoint Protection Solution sizing and deploymentNextGen intrusion protection architect and deployNetwork infrastructure migrationsAzure / O365 admin, deploy, review, migrateTechnical Lead for Data center migrations

• SMB Project Serviceso LAN, WAN, VoIP and wLAN implementation and migrations. o Public & Private Cloud; managed/hosted application solutions, server migrations and implementations o Hosted and On-Prem Infrastructure.
• IT Business Consultingo Architectural Projects; migration, acquisition integration, startup build out. o Refresh / upgrade ROI, new IT process design and implement o Audit; discovery and document usage.
• Enterprise consulting;o Responsible for new server deployments, both physical and virtual, across multiple platformso Certify and refresh new builds to enterprise standardso Virtualization SME, on-prem and cloud hosted.

Wolfratshausen, Bavaria, DE

* Sustaining o Global On-Prem and Cloud based infrastructure spanning 6 time zones in US, Europe middle and far-east.o O365 and Azure based Exchange, scripting resource as part of directory changes, and enterprise application integrations.o Coded hosted AD to O365 automated synchronization.o Cloud hosted Active Directory rebuilt as part of DNS and AD.

US

• Windows Server Operationso Escalated problem resolution all aspect of Windows server supporto SCOM, VCM, OVO, active systems monitoring and preemptive actiono Large team coordinated support efforts in a follow-the-sun.
• Windows Server Deploymento Responsible for new server deployments, both physical and virtual, across multiple platformso Certify and refresh new builds to enterprise standardso New server builds across Dell datacenter.
• SCCM SMEo Previous experience managing SCCM lead to role as team SME for SCCM client side supporto Lead several knowledge transfer session as well as owning majority if SCCM issues in environment.

Sandy Springs, Georgia, US

• Infrastructure Admin Aug 2013 to Mar 2014
• Project VMware 5.5 deployment to new Senior Care Facilitieso Infrastructure resource responsible for all Hosts and Virtual Machines in deployed to 30 facilities nationwide.New acquisitions required implementing servers.
• Established new server break fix processes.o Develop, tested, and implemented new server replacement procedure for failed remote servers.o AD Read Only controller deployments as part of remote facility buildso.
• Established Server 2012r2 as new standardo New VM templates built, tested, and deployed.o Fully documented bare metal build and deployment processes.
• Lead technical resource for Novell to Windows 2012 File server systems migration.o AD migration of users, groups, home directories and shares from Novell.o Implementation milestoneso Object migration or rebuild tasks.
• Datacenter resourceo Secondary on storage maintenance issues (EVA 8400 and 4400)

Sugar Land, TX, US

SCCM, VMware, Project Technical Lead,

Madrid, Madrid, ES

Triumphus Tek

Houston, Texas, US

• Infrastructure Admin / Wintel SME (Dell/Equalogic Infrastructure) Jan 2011 to Mar 2012
• SCCM7 implementation o Client / Server automated builds  Task sequence builds  Application install tasks  Remedy failing sequences & advertisements o Application packaging for deployments
• Exchange 2007 services administration o Storage group management o Remedy back-up process failures.
• NetApp storage / backup mgmt.
• Hyper-V Clusters on iSCSI build-outs o Responsible for all Storage, Cluster, and VM in standalone Windows Domain o Stand-alone AD Domain within DMZ for Extranet access o Independent WSUS, app and web servers for.
• Key resource for McAfee EPO implementation o Intrusion Detection/Prevention Appliance installs. o Responsible for all controller server builds

Houston, Texas, US

Windows 2000 Server migration consolidation project

Houston, TX, US

Member D.R. Site build-out team.Primary resource Sacramento office decomm.Infrastructure resource for annual report live-streaming pilotProject lead for eDiscovery vendor selectionMember Server vendor review teamProject lead internal SAN utilization and contract true-up

Humble, Texas, US

Windows AD design and deployInfrastructure Admin, deployment and upgradesVendor selection and service integrationIT systems security

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US

CItrix, VMware, Change Mgmt

Houston, Texas, US

CLient Systems, Server Systems,

Houston, Texas, US

• Technical Liaison / Presales Engineer January 2001 to July 2004
• Engineering liaison and knowledge management resource for presales teams dedicated to Blade Server systems.
• “Blade Ambassador” – a “train-the-trainer’ role responsible for global demo equipment deployment and training.
• Presales, Level 3 technical and systems engineering support for field sales teams.
• HP Server and client systems SME consultant for the global presales technical and marketing portal site.
• In depth, product knowledge across HP Enterprise product, solutions, and support offerings.