Edward Beard Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Capital Management that specializes in investments in Real Estate and Precious Metals.

Responsibilities include providing post-sales services and support for NetApp enterprise customersUnderstanding customer requirements, scope appropriate services, and deliver service projectsCollaborating with the Professional Services team and to share best practices in order to assist NetApp customers through on-site support and consulting services.Interacting with the technical team within NetApp and at customer sites on assigned projects. At customer sites, working with system… Show more Responsibilities include providing post-sales services and support for NetApp enterprise customersUnderstanding customer requirements, scope appropriate services, and deliver service projectsCollaborating with the Professional Services team and to share best practices in order to assist NetApp customers through on-site support and consulting services.Interacting with the technical team within NetApp and at customer sites on assigned projects. At customer sites, working with system administrators and technical managers.Customers include Health & Human Services/Office of the Inspector General (HHS/OIG), Department of Transportation (DOT), (FAA), National Science Foundation (NSF), NIAID, NASA, DHS-ICE. Show less

Responsibilities include management of 28 Netapp Filers across 3 separate production environments/classificationsProviding hands-on storage configuration and trouble-shooting skillsConducting Technical Evaluation Meetings with incoming entities to determine best storage solution/technologiesUse technical understanding of how storage interfaces with servers, network, databases, and other datacenter components and tuning performance of storage from an end-to-end perspective… Show more Responsibilities include management of 28 Netapp Filers across 3 separate production environments/classificationsProviding hands-on storage configuration and trouble-shooting skillsConducting Technical Evaluation Meetings with incoming entities to determine best storage solution/technologiesUse technical understanding of how storage interfaces with servers, network, databases, and other datacenter components and tuning performance of storage from an end-to-end perspective. Building, testing, and deploying additional storage capabilities/services that integrates efficiently with the existing storage architecture. Identifying volumes, LUNs and shares with the highest latency based on real-time and trending analysis. This information is used to better understand how utilization can be addressed in the future Analyzing current SAN utilization and potential bottleneck and conducting SAN Fabric performance analysis from Filer-to-Switch-to-HostDevelop “easy-to-read” documentation for Data Center technicians to allow them to perform tasks such as failed disk replacement, module replacement, etc.Ensuring that all Hosts using SAN attached storage (Windows, RedHat, ESX) are configured with software that includes Host Utilites Kit (HUK), MPIO, Qlogic SANsurfer, and Microsoft iSCSI initiators Show less

Responsibilities included management of over 30 Netapp Filers across development and production environments Provisioning of NetApp storage LUNs using Data OnTAP, NFS and CIFS shares, Raw FC LUNs on LinuxImplementing VMWARE/Netapp best practices to increase data utilization and performanceBash scripting to automate VMWARE and Netapp administrationPerforming upgrades of Data ONTAP and FirmwareAllocating storage to bare metal machines, ESX servers, and virtual machines in… Show more Responsibilities included management of over 30 Netapp Filers across development and production environments Provisioning of NetApp storage LUNs using Data OnTAP, NFS and CIFS shares, Raw FC LUNs on LinuxImplementing VMWARE/Netapp best practices to increase data utilization and performanceBash scripting to automate VMWARE and Netapp administrationPerforming upgrades of Data ONTAP and FirmwareAllocating storage to bare metal machines, ESX servers, and virtual machines in Netapp FAS3050/3070 NAS and SAN environmentPerforming fibre channel soft zoning on Brocade SwitchesDocumenting processes to better assist in knowledge transferConfigured Snap Manager for Oracle, Snap Drive for UNIX, and Host Utilities Kits in production environment. Installation and Configuration of Operations Manager to collect statistics and monitor performance of NetApp filers. Show less

Responsibilities include setting up administrator and service accountsDevelops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.Maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocate mass storage space, coordination of installation and provide backup recovery.Maintaining smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network administratorsInvolved in the… Show more Responsibilities include setting up administrator and service accountsDevelops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.Maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocate mass storage space, coordination of installation and provide backup recovery.Maintaining smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network administratorsInvolved in the daily maintenance and implementation of numerous VMWare ESX virtual machines Show less

Responsibilities included meeting customer demands on a daily basis.Provide application support for MS products Implementation of large-scale PC deployments, including moves, adds and changesRespond to customers request to service by use of the ITSM and RFS systems and ensure resolution according to Service Level Agreements set forth by the customer.

Master Of Science In Industrial Technology, Electronics Technology

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc.

Bachelors Of Science, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering