Spearhead Presales Solutions Architecture team with a focus on client satisfaction and technical sales supportProvide strategic leadership in the evolution and adoption of TGS' technological product and services porfolio in collaboration with sales, delivery, and OEM partners

Pre-Sales Solutions Architect aligned to premiere KC accounts.Domain Architect for Cloud, Automation, and Generative AI practices.

Consulting architect for SMB to Enterprise customersFocus on cloud-enablement and governance in hybrid cloud environmentsProponent of modern communications platforms, tools, and a DevOps mindset

Manage and evolve common tooling for PureCloud SaaS platform100% AWS microservice-based environment utilizing CI/CD best practicesFocus on software lifecycle visibility; design, develop and maintain "Beacon" introspection service linking Issue Management, SCM, Build and Deploy platforms. Enable Product Management to track issues / epics / features as related code is deployed throughout product environments, as well as provide data on change velocity per service / environment.

Server Automation•Platform sizing, design, and installation of HP's automation platform HP Server Automation (HPSA/Opsware) Operations Orchestrator (OO) Automation Insight / Vertica (AI)•Planned and executed multiple HPSA core builds at 9.x, 9.1x,10.2x versions•Orchestrated migration from HPSA 9.04 to 9.12, 9.14 to 10.21Supported 10k managed system environment in an on-call positionIT Research and Development •Care and Feeding for ~1400 sq foot of mid-range server, storage, and network equipment•Provided engineering / architecture consulting for proof-of-concept deploymentsDrove creation of internal reference architectures, ensuring appropriate application and infrastructure stakeholder buy-inManaged multiple technology evaluations internally and through external partners•Self-driven research, installation, and application of IaaS and PaaS cloud technologies•Evaluated and executed Proof-Of-Concepts for Software Defined Datacenters: Software Defined Networking, Software Defined Storage / HyperConverged infrastructure

•Managed IBM's PowerVM / AIX internal technical evolution through iterative product releases•Prioritized and organized feature delivery according to business value and effort to deliver•Enabled adoption of AIX as target-state UNIX platform utilizing PowerVM technologies•Increased portability and scalability of critical platforms through virtualization adoption•Reduced per image TCO by ~80%

•Partnered with application / business SMEs to drive infrastructure requirements for IT projects•Designed infrastructure solutions that met internally and externally mandated High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Security, and Backup / Archive requirements•Coordinated builds of multiple application architectures from power and cabling, operating system, storage / backup allocation, application installation and turnover to operations teams

•Intern through full time UNIX system administrator working primarily on Solaris and AIX platforms•Supported multiple midrange systems and applications. •Managed maintenance and troubleshooting activities related to midrange systems and their applications in an oncall position.•Created and deployed a system to automatically collect and centralize midrange system recovery data