Chris Boynton Email and Phone Number
Father of four, Husband of 27 years, Servant to 3 puppies.Experienced IT leader with 25+ years of IT experience. Specialize in Infrastructure Architecture, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Team Building, System Design, Implementation and Support. Proven to design and adapt technology to align with corporate goals. Leads by example. Maintains a hands-on approach to technology. Proven areas of expertise include:Leadership, ITIL, Strategy, Infrastructure and System Architecture, Project Planning and Execution, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Rapid Deployment, Innovation, Security, Process Improvement, Change Management, and Team Building.
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Director -- Global Infrastructure ArchitectureCushman & Wakefield Feb 2022 - PresentChicago, Il, UsDirector – Global Infrastructure ArchitectureResponsible for:Global Datacenter Design -- 9 Datacenters and Azure Cloud on 4 Continents.All Server, Storage, Virtualization, Replication, and Disaster Recovery Architecture.Responsible for Budget and Vendor Management for outsourced operations and engineering projects.Responsible for the classification and mapping of on premise applications and defining their lifecycle. Design and deliver 3–5-year roadmaps on all Datacenter, Server, and Cloud Architecture.Branch Office Design -- All Server, Storage, Virtualization, Replication, File and Print, and Disaster Recovery Architecture.All MDF / IDF Specifications for global office standards.Responsible for gathering and presenting Gap analysis of teams to leadership.Responsible for leading a team of Architects to work with Engineering and Operations to document and implement new solutions.Responsible for multiple POCs including Azure File Services, Azure Remote Desktop and Windows 365.Responsible for Opening communication between global teams to achieve higher success rates on projects.Responsible for targeting a global standard. Reducing complexity of our global presence by ensuring all regions were held to the same standard.Responsible for working with multiple vendors to discuss, define and identify new and emerging technologies to be used in our Datacenters, Cloud instances and Branch Offices. -
Director, It Engineering, Core Tech ServicesAbm Industries Dec 2008 - Feb 2022New York, UsManagerialResponsible for multiple acquisition integrations ranging from $50m – $1.25b.Responsible for directing teams of Senior Server Engineers, Senior Network Engineers, Senior SQL DBAs, and Middleware Engineers.Responsible for deriving, maintaining, and complying with the departmental budget.Responsible for SOX compliance, testing, and documentation.Responsible for developing interdepartmental communications, bridging the gaps betweenApplications, Development and Infrastructure.TechnicalResponsible for Multi Forest server infrastructure with over 2400 VMs in 3 Datacenters and multiple clouds over 2 continents.Responsible for Multi Forest AD infrastructure spanning multiple continents.Responsible for maintaining data integrity and compliance with Sarbanes Oxley, GDPR and all US laws and regulations. Responsible for Multi Tenant Azure Saas, Paas, and AAD instances.Responsible for Hybrid cloud management, including on-prem cloud connected to AWS, Rackspace and Azure.Responsible for Office 365 migration and completion.Responsible for onboarding of nearly 100,000 P1 licensed users.Responsible for complete VDI overhaul, including cloud based VDI as a DR.Responsible for DR design, configuration, procurement and implementation.Responsible for conversion from SAN based fabric to VMware VSAN foundation.Responsible for Nationwide ATT MPLS Engineering.Responsible for SD WAN Palo Alton Cloudgenix procurement, engineering, design, and rollout to over 100 sites.Responsible for Meraki replacement of aging network equipment in multiple sites in multiple countries.Responsible for all Database management design, configuration, and implementation.Responsible for Microsoft Teams rollout.Responsible for the design, configuration, implementation, and support of a Highly Available Disaster Recovery site. -
Information Technology ManagerSungard - Now Part Of Fis Oct 2007 - Dec 2008Wayne, Pa, UsManagerial Responsible for managing IT staff overseeing entire server, client & network infrastructure.Responsible for corporate audit compliance.Responsible for IT project planning and implementation.Responsible for product evaluation and purchase.Responsible for maintenance and compliance of departmental budget.TechnicalResponsible for 300+ servers, including Windows, LINUX, UNIX, and Solaris in a software development environment.Responsible for inter-site communication between offices in Houston, Tampa, New York, Ann Arbor, London, Hong Kong, and Pune, India.Responsible for email conversion from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003.Responsible for Dell SAN installation with 12 terabytes of storage.Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining VMWare ESX server cluster hosting virtual machines.Responsible for the virtualization of 60% of physical servers.Responsible for installing and maintaining 10 node ASM cluster, with Oracle support.Responsible for over Citrix farm hosting over 100 published applications.Responsible for VSS code maintenance.Responsible for real-time data replication between DR sites.Responsible for help desk staff. -
Information Technology ManagerCornell Companies Feb 2002 - Sep 2007UsManagerialResponsible for SOX compliance, testing, and documentation.Responsible for managing corporate IT staff overseeing entire server infrastructure.Responsible for IT project planning and implementation.Responsible for product evaluation and purchase.Responsible for preparing and complying with the interdepartmental budget.Responsible for planning and deployment of the Disaster Recovery site.Responsible for 100+ corporate servers, including Windows 2000 SP4, Windows 2003 SP2, and SCO UNIX for 4200 user environments.Responsible for 40 Citrix MPS 4.5 Application servers.Responsible for Citrix MetaFrame server upgrade to version 4.5.Responsible for over 450 published applications.Responsible for VMware SQL test cluster.Responsible for configuration and maintenance of Exchange 2003 SP 2 Front End and Back End servers, maintaining approximately 2500 mailboxes.Responsible for configuring and maintaining Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly SQL, data andExchange Veritas NetBackup 5.1 Enterprise server backups.Responsible for Active Directory Management, including the creation and maintenance of GroupPolicy.Responsible for Dell SAN environment. Responsible for configuring and maintaining various LUNs for data storage.Responsible for Computer Associates Secure Content Manager SPAM filter.Responsible for installation, configuration, and maintenance of Oracle database servers.Responsible for installation, configuration, and maintenance of Blackberry Enterprise 4.0 server.Responsible for installation, configuration, and maintenance of Goodlink 4.0 server.Installed, configured, and implemented an Argent monitoring server.Maintain SQL cluster environment.Responsible for web content filtering, utilizing Surf Control HTTP Internet monitoring service.Responsible for patch management using Systems Management Server 2003 SP2.Promoted May 2003 to the corporate office in Houston. Responsible for maintaining all standard equipment at the corporate office.
Chris Boynton Education Details
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The University Of Texas At San AntonioInformation Technology
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Chris Boynton works for Cushman & Wakefield
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Chris Boynton's current role is Director -- Global Infrastructure Architecture at Cushman & Wakefield.
What schools did Chris Boynton attend?
Chris Boynton attended The University Of Texas At San Antonio.
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