Dean Mclaughlin Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tn, Us

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Hands-on, people-oriented executive with 20+ years of experience introducing practical, real-world strategies to increase profitability and productivity. Proficient in building strong teams, processes, and infrastructures through operational leadership and skillful relationship management. Proven expertise in having broad functional knowledge and a proven ability to reduce costs and meet strategic growth objectives. Known for International Experience (Cross -Cultural Leadership & Coordination)… Show more Hands-on, people-oriented executive with 20+ years of experience introducing practical, real-world strategies to increase profitability and productivity. Proficient in building strong teams, processes, and infrastructures through operational leadership and skillful relationship management. Proven expertise in having broad functional knowledge and a proven ability to reduce costs and meet strategic growth objectives. Known for International Experience (Cross -Cultural Leadership & Coordination) technical proficiency, understanding of business operations, strong attention to detail, unparalleled work ethic and highly skilled in streamlining work flow and creating a team environment that increases productivity.EXECUTIVE CORE STRENGTHSProject Planning & Execution, Operational Management, Process AutomationTeam Building & Leadership, Agile Principles, Software Develop LifecycleSystem Design & Implementation, Process Redesign & Change Management, Server Deployment /OS ProvisioningInfrastructure as a service (IaaS), Hardware / Software Solutions, Solution Architecture & DesignForecasting, Business Development, Technology EnhancementAWS Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Infra ModernizationDelivery Execution, Technical Consultancy, Blueprint Development, Capacity Verification, Gatekeeper Review, Deployment Manager Support, Incident & Problem Management, Sustaining Engineering, Technology Integration, Automation, Process Improvement, Run-book Management, Execution Simplification, Issue ResolutionWork with delivery teams to ensure execution and escalations remain aligned to project deliverableLiaise with project team, solutions strategy and platforms engineering for incoming projects. Assisted in the Leveraging/Development of in-house tools to automate teams existing processes. Show less

Administer, install, upgrade and troubleshoot servers and applications in a NIS and NFS environment.Coordinate with various groups to build and bring servers into production.Support trading floor desktop workstations giving traders different levels of real-time support.On-call 24x7 to give emergency production support for operations team and assist them in resolving problems beyond their skill level.Support DBA and developer teams for hardware/software related issues.Phone… Show more Administer, install, upgrade and troubleshoot servers and applications in a NIS and NFS environment.Coordinate with various groups to build and bring servers into production.Support trading floor desktop workstations giving traders different levels of real-time support.On-call 24x7 to give emergency production support for operations team and assist them in resolving problems beyond their skill level.Support DBA and developer teams for hardware/software related issues.Phone support, which consisted of system and network outages by taking appropriate actions to resolve any issues.ProjectsCoordinated Data Center migration, moving all servers from various floors to one central location, thus providing better production and development support.Installed and maintained terminal server infrastructure for all production and development servers throughout the tri-state area.Managed new Sun Blade workstation replacement project consisting of 225+ production and development users.Managed Home Directory and Login ID migration project. Migrating 500+ Unix users to global standard. Show less

Assigned daily workload (GRS's) to all team members.Hired new team mates, training and shift assignments.Standardized the Server Installation process according to data center policies.Facilitated team meetings to resolve any related team issues.Scope of work including racking and stacking, OS installation, relocation, cable management, administration, maintenance and troubleshooting of 3500 + Servers including SUN, HP, Fuji, Apple IBM LS20/HS20 Blades and chassis in various… Show more Assigned daily workload (GRS's) to all team members.Hired new team mates, training and shift assignments.Standardized the Server Installation process according to data center policies.Facilitated team meetings to resolve any related team issues.Scope of work including racking and stacking, OS installation, relocation, cable management, administration, maintenance and troubleshooting of 3500 + Servers including SUN, HP, Fuji, Apple IBM LS20/HS20 Blades and chassis in various Data Centers.DNS reservations Assign Ip/hostnames OpsWare Project: Server management tool - Global rolloutLiaised with Wintel/Unix Engineering teams as Americas SI Technical contact for the OpsWare pilot program (Server Management Tool). Developed and implemented Global training procedures and process documentation tool for 200+ IT employees. Show less

Installed and maintain workstations as well as servers for Sun, AIX and NT systems including:UNIX support for local departments as well as nationwide branches.Setup and configured servers and workstations. Ensured optimal equipment utilization by monitoring, identifying and correcting any system malfunction.Monitored all file systems.Maintained daily backups and periodic restores.