 IT Storage Architect responsible for designing and operations of mass data storage and data protections systems for Secure IT Areas across 47 geographically distributed sites. Primary vendors included NetApp, Dell, Quantum, Brocade, and Commvault Designed architecture for multiple virtualized environments using VMWare & Citrix VDI including optimized storage solutions supporting Oracle, Splunk, High Performance Grid Computing, Windows & Linux user data in multi-discipline engineering environments Experience with AOP Budget planning acquisition of new data storage and data protection assets, $2-3M annually  Responsible for Managing annual maintenance agreements with all storage/data protection vendors, over $2M annually Coordinated user training in storage technologies & standardization of vendors and storage/protection platforms Research & Development: Worked closely with primary storage vendors to evaluate new offerings and emerging technologies. Reviewed non-standard vendors for possible inclusion into our storage portfolio

 Primary responsibilities include designing, building, and maintaining storage infrastructures including multi fabric Storage Area Networks (SANs), Storage Arrays, and NAS environments  Responsible for over 4PB of managed SAN/NAS storage supporting over 400 servers with Windows, Solaris, Linux, and VMWare systems and over 4,000 users of engineering computing environments Led various migration projects to move over 850TB of storage provisioned to Solaris & Windows servers, NetApp and HNas NAS filers  Led multiple hardware/software lifecycle upgrade projects including; Brocade SAN switches (3800 through 6520), Hitachi storage arrays (Lightning through HUS), NetApp NAS filers (V3020 through FAS 8040)  Lead storage engineer for two major data center reconstruction projects Principle architect of high speed NAS solutions using Hitachi HNas filers for high performance grid computing environments  Primary design and implementation of DR data replication system for tier one applications

 Design, implementation, and support of client-server computing infrastructure supporting multiple engineering disciplines  Provide a high-level of troubleshooting attributes to maintain efficient, highly reliable enterprise server architectures  Leader of the NIS+ to LDAP Migration of primary naming services project Leader of Solaris 7 to Solaris 8 operating system upgrade project Primary UNIX Systems Administrator for Image Archive engineering project supporting 150+ software engineers Subject matter expert for LDAP, UNIX Clearcase support, Linux Core Team, and general UNIX Environment

 Performed software integration in Imagery Production using Bourne Shell, C Shell, Perl scripts. Aided in the development of a process flow of ingesting raw imagery, processing and final product creation. Products produced include CIB, DTED, and FFD Customer support for 30 sites worldwide. Installation of custom imagery exploitation software and provided both onsite training/support. Relayed customer requirements to software engineers and consulted in the development of imagery exploitation software and custom query tools

 Instructed students in basic imagery analysis. Courses taught included Warsaw and NATO equipment recognition, Photogrametry, map reading, lines of communication, imagery systems and security. Over 1000 hours of instruction given Collected and exploited imagery for U.S. Army Topographic Command. Responsible for all aspects for collection management, personnel security, COMSEC, and physical security for a 200 person unit. Directly supervised six individuals Exploited national and theater level imagery, reported to national databases and local commands/ Served in Desert Shield/Storm