Doug Kipp Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Irvine, California, United States

As a Solutions Architect I engage in pre-sales discussions and presentations in order to provide comprehensive assessments and solution design options for clients. When an approach is agreed upon, I create product quotes and Statement of Work as needed. A kick-off meeting is set to review the project phases to achieve a successful implementation such as discovery, analysis, planning, install, testing, training and documentationAdditional functions I’ve provided include Business Practice Development, Request for Proposal response, Talent Acquisition, IT process and issue identification, provide effective remediation strategies, and compliance and policy assessment and correctionKey Projects & Accomplishments:Drove the migration of 115 virtual, 6 physical and 2 AS/400 systems with 110+ applications and 4 data centers involving coordination of 8 companies in 4 time zones with 100+ team members in under 6 monthsPerformed the migration of 80 Cisco UCS VMware boot from SAN hosts and 800+ VMs from NetApp to Pure storage platformLed the coordination, implementation, and upgrade of 520 Windows 2008 servers to 2012/2016 in 6 month timeframeFully executed the design and installation of a multi-site disaster recovery (D/R) solution consisting of converged infrastructure, SAN storage, VMware infrastructure, Microsoft infrastructure and VMware SMS componentsRecruit and manage 6 member Linux/Windows team to update 120 servers to align with D/R strategy, and transfer of 350 pieces of IT infrastructure equipment to new data centerAccountable for developing an optimized remote facilities infrastructure project process to streamline analysis, design, implementation and tracking. Initiate new standardized vendor relationships. Created facilities implementation build out documentationManage resources in a network upgrade cutover effort of 45+ corporate, retail, apartment, and home sales locations

Aliso Viejo, Ca

As a manager at the Quest corporate location I was accountable for a 6 member System Administration team supporting areas such as Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange, Lync, VMware, NetBackup, Patchlink (now Ivanti), HP SIM and many other traditional and Quest developed infrastructure tools and technologies. The team provided support of over 1000+ servers and applications which supported 80+ global offices. I also controlled budget strategies, led employee performance evaluations, engaged in company acquisitions and more in collaboration with upper and top tier management Accomplishments and Contributions include:Championed the development and leadership of 6 Windows Administrators supporting 100+ functional areas in addition to hiring, reviewing, mentoring and terminating as necessaryEstablished functional areas of responsibility for supported products and technologies, empowering team members to serve as Subject Matter Experts, driving a collective increase in team efficiency through the use of a SharePoint team site and implementation of documentation standardsLed global messaging and architecture teams with full accountability for setting policies, procedures, guidelines, upgrade paths, and strategic direction of enterprise applications and the hardware/software infrastructureContributed to and facilitated acquisition process activities, strategies and task delegation for newly purchased companies with an average of 10 to 15 successfully executed acquisitions annuallyProvided the complete design and implementation of the infrastructure components for the Cork Ireland Office. This included determining hardware, software, configuration and implementation plans for an HP Blade converged infrastructure, Dell SAN, VMware and Microsoft infrastructure environmentsSpearheaded a project for the decommissioning of 400 systems within 8 months at 2 remote data centers in close coordination with vendors, upper management, and development teams

Irvine, Ca

Originally at Quest in this capacity I drove and conducted IT infrastructure implementations and provided management and support of Microsoft, VMware, Exchange, Lync, Blackberry messaging, SAN storage, backups, security patching and health monitoring systems. This including daily health checks, troubleshooting, and ongoing maintenance and upgrades of supported applicationsIn addition, I initiated and managed vendor relationships, performed hardware and software evaluations and procurement, assisted application teams with new system and application initiatives and presented recommendations to leadership for systems and infrastructure direction, growth and optimization opportunitiesA few of my significant contributions were: Lead the Windows team in a data center move project to move 300+ servers, storage and backup infrastructure during a strict 3-day deadline in collaboration with application teams from Irvine to the new Aliso Viejo, CA facilityDirected the installation, migration, upgrade and expansions of an HP EVA SAN in partnership with HP engineers and business units coordinating system downtime for ~200+ virtual and physical serversManaged and contributed in the upgrade of 20 ESX servers from VMware 3.x to 4.x across 4 HP Blade Chassis supporting 200+ virtual systems during a Windows security patching weekendDrove original efforts and adoption of VMware virtualization within the corporate infrastructurePerformed an infrastructure evaluation and analysis and created new standards regarding server hardware, operating system and hardware configurations, system monitoring and security patching. In addition, I developed a new server tracking database including items such as model, location, team responsibilities, backup schedules and maintenance contracts to name a few

Irvine, Ca

Irvine, Ca