Directed all critical activities, support, governance and service level compliance for a large enterprise wide Oracle data warehouse environment supporting the Mortgage Banking division. Performed as Technology Director while employed with Pride Technologies.

Managed the critical infrastructure support, governance, and automated clearing house operations for three data centers with an eight million annual operating budget. This consisted of 25 staff members for engineering resources to support facilities and the data center services, and proactive maintenance and replacement of critical equipment as calculated.Implemented standardization of maintenance activities for proactive operations across data centers for capacity planning of critical… Show more Managed the critical infrastructure support, governance, and automated clearing house operations for three data centers with an eight million annual operating budget. This consisted of 25 staff members for engineering resources to support facilities and the data center services, and proactive maintenance and replacement of critical equipment as calculated.Implemented standardization of maintenance activities for proactive operations across data centers for capacity planning of critical power utilization and physical planning for consolidation strategy for long range five year plan.Managed the four million budget and project plan to upgrade power capacity at the Phoenix site as well as ongoing support for HVAC, UPS and generator power delivery platforms.Coordinated with the technical support groups to develop and establish an ongoing ITIL compliant Asset Inventory and Server Virtualization project to reduce operating costs and increase critical infrastructure capability by eliminating facilities incremental power upgrades and leveraging use of data center space.Prevented site related outages due to critical component failures by ensuring adequate levels of back-up and redundancy functions. Show less

Managed two data centers and 80 direct and indirect reports consisting of operational engineering resources from desktop, network, and data center services. Implemented standardization of operations across Wintel server platforms Developed SunGard-based disaster recovery plan Improved availability and reliability of the Z/OS mainframe platform by increasing capacity and implementing database reorganization scheduling. Managed vendor selection process for hardware purchases and maintenance… Show more Managed two data centers and 80 direct and indirect reports consisting of operational engineering resources from desktop, network, and data center services. Implemented standardization of operations across Wintel server platforms Developed SunGard-based disaster recovery plan Improved availability and reliability of the Z/OS mainframe platform by increasing capacity and implementing database reorganization scheduling. Managed vendor selection process for hardware purchases and maintenance, software, security utilities and tools; developed RFPs, assessed pricing and solutions. Conducted cost/benefit analyses for cost reduction projects such as a VMWARE server consolidation plan and a desktop thin client technology rollout. Scoped the requirements for implementing fully synchronous storage solutions with disaster recovery capability across dual data centers. Show less

DIRECTOR, MAINFRAME AUTOMATION 2000 – 2002MERRILL LYNCH • New York, NYImplemented standardization of operations automation across OS/390, Z/OS and Z/VM system images reducing IT cost:Managed vendor selection process, including developing requests, pricing, and solution assessment.Conducted cost/benefit analysis for a project through planned reductions for OS/390 Command Center Operations.Developed and presented the business case to… Show more DIRECTOR, MAINFRAME AUTOMATION 2000 – 2002MERRILL LYNCH • New York, NYImplemented standardization of operations automation across OS/390, Z/OS and Z/VM system images reducing IT cost:Managed vendor selection process, including developing requests, pricing, and solution assessment.Conducted cost/benefit analysis for a project through planned reductions for OS/390 Command Center Operations.Developed and presented the business case to management justifying a $5 million project.Supported development, testing and implementation of a two-site, fully synchronous disaster recovery capability. Mission critical environment provided equities and trading support for daily processing volumes exceeding 2.2 billion transactions. Successfully exercised during 9/11/01 emergency Show less

Managed overall computing environment for multiple data centers. CICS, Adabas, database, networking, OS/390, system recovery, and user support. Robust data center processing environment of 12 OS/390 logical partitions, with over 60 online CICS and databases supporting over 60 million domestic and international customers.Directed construction of $1.5 million Command Center platform for remote data center operations. Became the global corporate operational standard. Planned and directed… Show more Managed overall computing environment for multiple data centers. CICS, Adabas, database, networking, OS/390, system recovery, and user support. Robust data center processing environment of 12 OS/390 logical partitions, with over 60 online CICS and databases supporting over 60 million domestic and international customers.Directed construction of $1.5 million Command Center platform for remote data center operations. Became the global corporate operational standard. Planned and directed consolidation of 21 data centers to three, resulting in $500 million savings. Facilitated staff reduction in data processing environment by implementing automated system consoles, recovery actions saving up to $1.1 million annually. Developed a Six Sigma quality scoring and tracking process to focus on improvements.Managed and operated the expansive credit card portfolio consisting of over 60 million worldwide customers. Show less

Optimized and automated scheduling initiatives. Reduced operational staff by 50% through these initiatives.