Herb Alvarez Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Paris, Fr

• Provide leadership and direction for the on-going support of critical operations for the assigned bank locations to include ownership for all critical MEFP infrastructure supporting Data Centers, trading floors, and banking operations. • Develop and deploy a critical infrastructure playbook to ensure consistency and operational reliability across locations. • Develop and administer an operations succession program with the objective of maintaining operational staffing continuity.• Administration of the automation and controls tools, to include monitoring systems, change management, CMMS, and asset documentation and preservation. • Accountable stakeholder for Opex / Capex and fiscal ownership of budgets associated with operations. • Key project team leader on a $210 million real estate renovation project to include new MEFP critical infrastructure upgrades in support of raised floor environments and trading operations across three states. • Assigned team lead for the strategic phasing of a planned Data Center migration.• Strategic team member tasked with the development and implementation of a third-party outsourcing RFP for Integrated Facilities Management services for the America’s portfolio.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

New Jersey and Delaware Licensed Real Estate Professional. • Provide market expertise for commercial and residential real estate transactions• Consult clients and provide strategic guidance specific to market conditions and market direction• Assist clients with due diligence, site selection and property assessments

New York, Ny, Us

• Played instrumental role in overseeing MEFP operations and engineering across a 17 million sq. ft. property portfolio including 8 regional Data Centers and all associated critical environments worldwide. Provided leadership for all staff members with a focus around “best in class” for operational reliability. Managed 50+ engineering management personnel on a global basis. • Drove leadership and direction for building engineering department at all locations (Critical and non-critical environments). Led financial performance (budgets – capital and operating) of building operations inclusive of cost savings initiatives via energy efficiency initiatives. Member of BCP and DR task force. • Developed and Implemented Corporate - Critical Facilities operational and Engineering Design guidelines to ensure a consistent standard is implemented across a broad property portfolio, driving efficiency, reliability, safety and optimization as the core building blocks of a best in class highly aligned organization. • Member of the Capacity/Planning management team tasked with overall ownership and accountability of the Data Center Capital Enhancement programs focused on strategic growth and future-proofing of our critical environments. • Key team member tasked with a Global third-party IFM RFP launch, award and implementation.

► Managed day-to-day operations for America’s portfolio consisting of Trading floors, office space, DR space, and critical environments consisting of purpose-built data centers, colocation data centers, and Technology rooms (LAN & MDF’s).►Oversaw planning for all new technology equipment (servers, storage devices, etc.) installations within the critical environments, with an emphasis on managing and balancing the power and cooling to ensure 100% uptime and that redundancy is not compromised from the cabinet level up to the Main switchgear distribution system. ►Ensured all critical M.E.P. infrastructure components for all Data Centers, MDF's, IDF's, Trading floors, and Telecom closets are operating efficiently and as designed. Deployed and installed company-wide EPMS to include BCM and Intelligent power strips within teledata cabinets/racks. Responsible for portfolio wide building management system (BMS) and Energy/Electrical/Emergency Power Monitoring System (EPMS).

New York, Ny, Us

►Provided owner-representation services for all construction projects. On-site construction superintendent on a $90M ground-up construction project (New West Farms Bus Depot, Bronx NY). ►Assist design team in the development of commissioning and acceptance testing procedures for all newly installed equipment (UPS, Power distribution, Emergency Generators, HVAC, and Fire Protection). ►Conducted systems inspections and providing regular construction progress updates to Dept. of Buses Executive board. Provided contractor supervision services as required during equipment start-ups and commissioning activities.

►Served as engineering design consultant for ISP/telecommunications/financial facilities construction. Reviewed construction documents for accuracy and compliance to the design specifications. ►Acted as technical resource to internal project managers for new construction projects. Conducted field inspections during construction projects to monitor construction progress. ►Managed critical systems (electrical – UPS, Generators, power distribution; Mechanical – HVAC, pumps, cooling towers; Plumbing – fire protection, leak detection, etc.) start up and commissioning/acceptance process.

►Provided operations leadership to meet goals of 100% uptime and reliability of the facility/systems infrastructure supporting designated critical operations. Managed 2 service centers in New Jersey, including 3 Data Centers, and 120 investment/retail locations throughout the Northeast region.►Managed day-to-day activities for all facilities operations and championed all critical equipment supporting data centers/raised floor environment such as UPS/EPS/HVAC/Fire Protection/Leak Detection/BMS/etc. ►Technical expert for all projects involving MEP construction and installations projects. Ensured favorable relationships with local business managers and national client reps. Administered Computerized Maintenance Management System (Maximo).