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Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Working closely with Account Executives, customers, and partners to develop solutions to enable simplified, API driven solutions for all data needs. Made President's Club in first year at Pure Storage along with earning a Rolex (Roller) for 200% plus achievement in the first half of 2019.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Field SE for Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana covering Commercial and SLED. Worked with customers to develop Data Protection strategies and Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity plans. Veeam works closely with Channel and Alliances and this role allowed me to develop and foster close relationships with both. Made President's Club for 2017 while helping my Sales Teams exceed quota.

Houston, Texas, Us

Managed team of dedicated Systems Engineers, driving key IT Infrastructure Projects forward including:Consolidated data centers to go from 5 data centers in 3 geographic areas to two data centers.Lead implementation of 1,000 seat Citrix VDI deployment.Moved existing infrastructure to VMWare 5.5 on UCS backbone with 3PAR/Pure storage back-end.Implemented a combination of VEEAM for virtual workloads and Commvault for physical workloads to ensure proper SLA's were met for business continuity utilizing an Exagrid Dedupe Appliance onsite replicating offsite to AWS.Co-presented a session at VEEAMON 2015 titled 'Top Reasons Customers Chose VEEAM'Customer lead on case study for VEEAM Backup and Replication Software.Lead evaluation of existing and future storage needs and made decision to implement Pure Storage. This has resulted in drastic storage improvement around VDI, Databases, and other mission critical workloads.Technical Project Manager and Architect for redesigning our Business Continuity practice (Backup and DR) to utilize best-of-breed Exagrid De-dupe appliances onsite and AWS for offsite data retention and a hosted data center provider for DR to achieve desired SLA's while eliminating the need for legacy tape backups.Technical Project Manager and Business Liaison for the implementation of Prophix for financial reporting and forecasting. Worked with IT Vendors to design and scope technical needs, create and present budget internally, and procure needed hardware and software.

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Acquired by Mattress Firm April 2014Consolidated voice and data vendors from over 7 vendors across 2 markets to a single vendor - WindstreamNegotiated contract to increase average bandwidth per store from single T1 to two bonded T1’s with MPLS to Colo FacilityNegotiated contract and moved existing servers and infrastructure to Colo Facility to ensure necessary uptime.Oversaw procurement and implementation of Aerohive AP121’s to give needed wireless connectivity at all retail stores and corporate for key strategic initiatives.Hired and managed helpdesk personnel to bring outsourced experience back in-house to ensure proper levels of service.Implemented Airwatch to manage mobile devices used by delivery drivers.Worked with outside security firm to devise a plan to ensure PCI Compliance and mitigate security concerns.

Carrollton, Texas, Us

Upgraded 4 node Virtual Iron Farm to Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Farm in a cluster with Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) to manage.Utilized Platespin to perform P2V Conversions.Used SCCM 2012 tools including SCOM to Manage Hyper-V.Maintained existing DNS, DHCP, Exchange 2003, IIS, and HP VLAN Switches.Negotiated contract and implemented 17 TB Dell EqualLogic SAN and new Virtual Iron Server Farm consisting of 4 nodes to replace 25 stand-alone servers.Negotiated contract and upgraded remote Houston Office to 10 GB XO IP Flex Solution.Provided support for Dynamics SL including Distribution, Work Order, Core Financials, FRx, and Custom Crystal Reports.Created TSQL scripts and jobs to automate processes and populate custom tables.Implemented Idera SQLSafe Backup to decrease backups from over 85 GB to 11 GB and decrease backup window.Installed and Configured CRM 2011 on premise for 50 users.Managed multiple helpdesk users to oversee proper level of support.Created multiple Custom Crystal Reports including a Consolidated Order Confirmation used to collect over $2,000,000.00 in early payments.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Internal lead for Dynamics SL for multiple sites through-out the US. Moved majority of implementations of SL in-house and upgraded to SL 7.0 SP1. Backup for Network Administration/Server Administration/Citrix.

Provided post Go-Live Support for large SL Client that provides in-home dialysis services. Lead Consultant on conversion from Peachtree to Dynamics SL 2011. Break-fix support for multiple Dynamics SL Clients. Helped clients optimize back-end server infrastructure to support Dynamics SL and other workloads. Created custom reports and customized other reports using Crystal Report Writer. Implemented totally integrated Fixed Asset Solution. Performed multiple needs assessments to ensure client had the right tools for the job and recommended add-ons or third party modules when appropriate.

Started as help desk and level 1 network support. Worked up to Senior Network Admin and then transitioned to SL Administrator. In that role we upgraded SL from 4.5 to 6.0 SP1 while doing an extensive evaluation of the current needs and removing or re-creating any customizations. Created multiple custom Crystal Reports and modified many others.

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Business Computer Information Systems

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