Chris B. Email & Phone Number

United States

Oak Brook, Il 60523

As a Lead Technical Architect I design, implementation and support EMC storage, VMware Virtualization, Hyper-V Virtualization, Nutanix and the various technologies used for infrastructure attach and backup. In addition, I assist Solutions Architects and Engineers in providing architectures and solutions from inception to delivery at ePlus. I am an expert in architecting, implementing and supporting large-scale EMC Storage Area Networks. With extensive experience in business continuity, disaster recovery and capacity planning, I bring strong presentation skills and confidence while working high pressure environments. I am an EMC Proven Professional Implementation Engineer and Expert (EMCIE, EMCIEe), EMC Technology Architect (EMCTA), with equivalent level of expertise. I bring experience working as a consultant for a VAR and EMC direct. In short I am a EMC Engineer with solid consulting skills and experience who is always looking for a meaningful challenge through work.My Required Technical Skills are:Storage:EMC Symmetrix VMAX with RecoverPoint and VPLEXCLARiiON CX200,400,600, CX300, 500, CX700, CX3, CX4, VNXe, VNX, VNX2, VCE vBlock and XtremIO with RecoverPoint and VPLEXHyper-Converged:NutanixSoftware/ Applications:EMC PowerPath, SnapSure, SnapView, MirrorView, SANCopy, Navisphere, Unisphere, RecoverPoint, Replication Manager, Open Migrator, Open Replicator APPSyncMonitoring Tools:NaviCLI, UnisphereCLI, Navisphere Manager, Unisphere Manager, Fabric Manager, AnalyzerFC Switches:Cisco, Brocade, McData, Q-LogicVirtualization:VMware ESX 4.x+, ESXi 4.x+, vMotion, Storage vMotion, VMware Workstation, VMware Convertor, Microsoft Hyper-V and Cisco UCS PlatformsHost Attach:Sun Solaris, Linux & Windows, AIX, ESXi, Cisco UCSBRS, BURA:Avamar, DataDomain, Replication ManagerBig Data:Isilon 6.x, 7.x, 8.x

Oakbrook, Il 60523

As a Senior Systems Engineer I am a subject matter expert in design, implementation and support of EMC storage, VMware Virtualization, Hyper-V Virtualization and the various technologies used for infrastructure attach and backup. In addition, I assist Solutions Architects in providing EMC architectures and solutions from inception to delivery at Integrated Data Storage, LLC. I am an expert architect and well versed at implementing and supporting large-scale EMC Storage Area Networks. With extensive experience in business continuity, disaster recovery and capacity planning, I bring strong presentation skills and confidence while working high pressure environments. I am an EMC Proven Professional Export (EMCIEe), EMC Proven Professional Implementation Engineer (EMCIE), EMC Technology Architect (EMCTA) and SNIA Certified Storage Professional (SCSP) with equivalent level of expertise. I bring experience working as a consultant for a VAR and EMC direct. In short I am a EMC Consultant/Engineer with solid skills and experience who is always looking for a meaningful challenge through work.My Required Technical Skills are:Storage:EMC Symmetrix VMAX with RecoverPoint and VPLEXCLARiiON CX200,400,600, CX300, 500, CX700, CX3, CX4, VNXe, VNX, VNX2, Unity and XtremIO with RecoverPoint and VPLEXSoftware/ Applications:EMC PowerPath, SnapSure, SnapView, MirrorView, SANCopy, Navisphere, Unisphere, RecoverPoint, Replication Manager, AppSync, Open Migrator, Open Replicator, VPLEX GeosynchronyMonitoring Tools:NaviCLI, UnisphereCLI, SymCLI, Navisphere Manager, Unisphere Manager, Fabric Manager, DCNM, AnalyzerFC Switches:Cisco, Brocade, McData, Q-LogicVirtualization:VMware ESX 4.x+, ESXi 4.x+, vMotion, Storage vMotion, VMware Workstation, VMware Convertor, Microsoft Hyper-V and VPLEXHost Attach:Linux/UNIX & WindowsOS Administration:WindowsBRS, BURA:Avamar, DataDomain, Replication Manager and AppSyncBig Data​:Isilon 6.x, 7.x, 8.x

Des Moines, Iowa Area - Remote

As a Senior System Consultant I am a subject matter expert in design, implementation and support of EMC storage, VMware Virtualization, Hyper-V Virtualization and the various technologies used for infrastructure attach and backup. In addition, I assist Solutions Architects and Pre-Sales Engineers in providing EMC architectures and solutions from inception to delivery at Alexander Open Systems (AOS). I am an expert architect and well versed at implementing and supporting large-scale EMC Storage Area Networks. With extensive experience in business continuity, disaster recovery and capacity planning, I bring strong presentation skills and confidence while working high pressure environments. I am an EMC Proven Professional Implementation Engineer (EMCIE), EMC Technology Architect (EMCTA) and SNIA Certified Storage Professional (SCSP) with equivalent level of expertise. I bring experience working as a consultant for a VAR and EMC direct. In short I am a EMC Consultant/Engineer with solid skills and experience who is always looking for a meaningful challenge through work.My Required Technical Skills are:Storage:EMC Symmetrix VMAX with RecoverPoint and VPLEXCLARiiON CX200,400,600, CX300, 500, CX700, CX3, CX4, VNXe, VNX and VNX2 with RecoverPoint and VPLEXSoftware/ Applications:EMC PowerPath, SnapSure, SnapView, MirrorView, SANCopy, Navisphere, Unisphere, RecoverPoint, Replication Manager, Open Migrator, Open Replicator, VPLEX GeosynchronyMonitoring Tools:NaviCLI, UnisphereCLI, SymCLI, Navisphere Manager, Unisphere Manager, Fabric Manager, DCNM, AnalyzerFC Switches:Cisco, Brocade, McData, Q-LogicVirtualization:VMware ESX 4.x+, ESXi 4.x+, vMotion, Storage vMotion, VMware Workstation, VMware Convertor, Microsoft Hyper-V and VPLEXHost Attach:Linux/UNIX & WindowsOS Administration:WindowsBRS, BURA:Avamar, DataDomain, Replication Manager and AppSyncBig Data:Isilon 6.x, 7.x

Itasca, Illinois

As a Senior Consulting Engineer and subject matter expert I design, implementation and support EMC storage, VMware Virtualization, Hyper-V Virtualization and the various technologies used for infrastructure attach and backup. In addition, I assist Solutions Architects and Pre-Sales Engineers in providing EMC architectures and solutions from inception to delivery at Sigma. I am an expert in architecting, implementing and supporting large-scale EMC Storage Area Networks. With extensive experience in business continuity, disaster recovery and capacity planning, I bring strong presentation skills and confidence while working high pressure environments. I am an EMC Proven Professional Implementation Engineer (EMCIE), EMC Technology Architect (EMCTA), with equivalent level of expertise. I bring experience working as a consultant for a VAR and EMC direct. In short I am a EMC Engineer with solid consulting skills and experience who is always looking for a meaningful challenge through work.My Required Technical Skills are:Storage:EMC Symmetrix VMAX with RecoverPoint and VPLEXCLARiiON CX200,400,600, CX300, 500, CX700, CX3, CX4, VNXe, VNX and VNX2 with RecoverPoint and VPLEXSoftware/ Applications:EMC PowerPath, SnapSure, SnapView, MirrorView, SANCopy, Navisphere, Unisphere, RecoverPoint, Replication Manager, Open Migrator, Open Replicator, VPLEXMonitoring Tools:NaviCLI, UnisphereCLI, Navisphere Manager, Unisphere Manager, Fabric Manager, AnalyzerFC Switches:Cisco, Brocade, McData, Q-LogicVirtualization:VMware ESX 4.x+, ESXi 4.x+, vMotion, Storage vMotion, VMware Workstation, VMware Convertor, Microsoft Hyper-V and VPLEXHost Attach:Sun Solaris, Linux & Windows, AIXOS Administration:WindowsBRS, BURA:Avamar, DataDomain, Replication ManagerBig Data:Isilon 6.x, 7.x

Lisle, Illinois

As a Solutions Architect, I am a Subject Matter Expert in architecting, implementing and supporting large-scale EMC Storage Area Networks. With extensive experience in business continuity, disaster recovery and capacity planning, I bring strong presentation skills and confidence while working high pressure environments. My Required Technical Skills are: Storage (Midrange):EMC CLARiiON CX200,400,600, CX300, 500, CX700, CX3, CX4, VNXe and VNX with RecoverPoint and VPLEX Software/ Applications:EMC PowerPath, SnapSure, SnapView, MirrorView, SANCopy, Navisphere, Unisphere, RecoverPoint, Replication Manager, Open Migrator, Open Replicator Monitoring Tools:NaviCLI, UnisphereCLI, Navisphere Manager, Unisphere Manager, Fabric Manager, Analyzer FC Switches:Cisco, Brocade, McData, Q-Logic Virtualization:VMWare ESX 4.x+, ESXi 4.x+, Vmotion, Storage Vmotion, VMWare Workstation, VMWare Convertor Host Attach:Sun Solaris, Linux & Windows, AIXOS Administration:Windows BRS, BURA:Avamar, DataDomain, Replication ManagerBig Data:Isilon 6.x, 7.x

West Des Moines, Ia 50266

Job duties include the ability to perform the following:Responsible for implementing a storage or disaster recovery solution based on a scope of work.Strong knowledge of Enterprise storage systems, replication technologies and DR architectures.Strong technical knowledge of Virtualization solutions.Strong knowledge of Backup and Recovery solutions.Strong knowledge of Data Center server and blade technologies.Ability to identify and escalate project issues through the proper chain of command.Ability to provide professional documentation (diagrams, specifications, technical requirements).Ability to allocate storage to Windows, Linux and UNIX servers using EMC tools.Provide reports on storage utilization and performance of storage arrays and servers in SAN.Oversee, implement, upgrade and troubleshoot EMC systems.Lead implementation, and maintenance of complex solutions.Develop and analyze highly complex systems for best practice standards.Make recommendations to maximize system performance and capacity planning.Develop strategies to manage the frequency of package patches for OS and applications.Monitors database maintenance and provide appropriate recommendations, when required.Coordinate with pre-sales personnel on proposals and research current system technology and services as subject matter expert on complex systems.Provide technical leadership to internal and external personnel on highly complex systems.Provide pre-sales review for scope of work.Mentor and provide guidance to less experienced personnel.Provides technical solutions and escalated support for non-routine, highly complex issues.Knowledge of VMware and Microsoft platforms. Familiar with and able to implement products listed below:IsilonVNX - VNXeData DomainCelerraCLARiiONRecover PointAvamarNetWorkerMirrorViewSANcopySnapViewPowerPathVMwareAs a Storage Systems Engineer I support clients in my areas of expertise throughout projects and service requests.

Round Rock, Texas

Enterprise Technical Support Senior AnalystProvide support for Dell|EMC storage Analyst: Provide assistance to front line technicians in troubleshooting and configuring Dell|EMC Clariion storage arrays. Assistance in troubleshooting, configuring, and zone setup on Brocade, McData, and Cisco Fibre Channel (FC) switches.Provide assistance to troubleshoot and configure QLogic, and Emulex HBA's. Assist in installing, configuring and maintaining Multi-pathing solutions (including PowerPath) on multiple platforms (Windows, Linux, VMWare, etc.). Provide assistance troubleshooting and configuring iSCSI and Fibre Channel based SAN's as a whole.Storage Technical Support AdvisorAdded additional responsibilities to those listed above: Troubleshoot Replication Manger and Recover Point implementations.Perform training and development on various storage products such as EMC Celerra.24/7 On Call phone for Severity One and Critical Situation issues.

Front line support technician to administrators. Support in management and root cause troubleshooting in SAN’s Ethernet/fabric switches, iSCSI Connection, HBA, Servers, EMC CLARiiON direct and fabric attached hardware and software. This includes configuration of DRAC, SAS RAID and other server hardware. Knowledge in CLARiiON host connectivity and replication with EMC business continuance plan.

Support business client end user IT/IS staff. Troubleshoot Portable, Desktop and Workstation systems with SCSI, SATA, PATA, RAID and all other configuration issues. Troubleshoot software failures and implement hot fix or repair.PROMOTED: To Complex Systems in Enterprise Expert Center

Dispatch Effectiveness Partnership Initiative (DEPI). Site liaison for Spectramind KolkataLII AnalystTraining my counterparts in India. Analyzed and controlled their performance-based metrics, and created long-term action plans. Prepared Power Point visuals to demonstrate necessity for action plans during group conference calls. Escalated new issues to LIII / Engineering Development organization. Initiated a program training entry-level technicians to qualify as Dell certified system engineers (DCSE) to better position Kolkata service groups for success.DDS Lead Kiosk Installer for Dell Direct StoresManaged multiple kiosk installs and on-site set-ups. Coordinated delivery, mall security, and installation. Supervised kiosk construction, followed by network cabling, setting up the T1 router, a switch and install network and testing. Set-up and configure entirely on my schedule and under my supervision. Demonstrated self-starting and exacting organization.

Front line technical support for Home and Small Business. During this time I began work on my Associates / Dell Certified System Engineer (DCSE) for Dell systems. I worked in both phone and email support for Dell Desktop and Portable computers.