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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Canada Area

Scope of Technologies: VMWare ESXi/vSphere/SRM, Unitrends Enterprise Backup, CommVault Simpana, F5 LTM, Microsoft Windows and related technologies, EMC Unity/RecoverPoint/Data Domain, HP P4500, IBM V7000, Netapp FAS, Cisco UCS and MDS 9000 Series FC switches.Specializing in IT enterprise infrastructure including backup and recovery, storage, disaster recovery and virtualization. Reviews, implementation and administration of proven solutions. Also, extensive general experience with… Show more Scope of Technologies: VMWare ESXi/vSphere/SRM, Unitrends Enterprise Backup, CommVault Simpana, F5 LTM, Microsoft Windows and related technologies, EMC Unity/RecoverPoint/Data Domain, HP P4500, IBM V7000, Netapp FAS, Cisco UCS and MDS 9000 Series FC switches.Specializing in IT enterprise infrastructure including backup and recovery, storage, disaster recovery and virtualization. Reviews, implementation and administration of proven solutions. Also, extensive general experience with networking, security, architecture and design. Constant training to ensure skill sets match client needs.Existing and previous clients include major clients in the financial, oil and gas, and supply logistics. Show less

Calgary, Canada Area

Scope of Technologies: Nutanix, EMC, Microsoft Exchange, Lync and Server, F5, VMware.Sanjel Corporation and group of companies went into creditor protection as they sold operations to other companies. Key employees were maintained to assist with the transfer of systems and technology to the buying companies, and decommission IT services. Key Achievements:Migration of hybrid O365 and on premise Exchange 2010 environment to the new company's O365… Show more Scope of Technologies: Nutanix, EMC, Microsoft Exchange, Lync and Server, F5, VMware.Sanjel Corporation and group of companies went into creditor protection as they sold operations to other companies. Key employees were maintained to assist with the transfer of systems and technology to the buying companies, and decommission IT services. Key Achievements:Migration of hybrid O365 and on premise Exchange 2010 environment to the new company's O365 environment.Migration and consolidation of Networker backup images from older 670 to 4500 Data Domains. Show less

Calgary, Canada Area

Scope of Technologies: Nutanix, Nimble, EMC, Microsoft Exchange, WSUS, Active Directory, GPO, Lync and Server, F5, VMware, Meraki, Fortinet, Trend Micro.Lead team responsible for data centre operations. Provide on-going mentoring and regular performance evaluations to facilitate professional development. Focus on driving continuous improvements by researching, evaluating, recommending, and implementing cutting-edge technologies. Liaise with key stakeholders across the business to… Show more Scope of Technologies: Nutanix, Nimble, EMC, Microsoft Exchange, WSUS, Active Directory, GPO, Lync and Server, F5, VMware, Meraki, Fortinet, Trend Micro.Lead team responsible for data centre operations. Provide on-going mentoring and regular performance evaluations to facilitate professional development. Focus on driving continuous improvements by researching, evaluating, recommending, and implementing cutting-edge technologies. Liaise with key stakeholders across the business to elicit requirements and architect solutions.Key Achievements:Led the design and implementation of a new iSCSI network using best practices for reliability and scalability on Cisco Nexus 5010.Led the planning and implementation of a patch management strategy for Active Directory and Exchange utilizing WSUS and GPO. Led major restructuring effort to transition highly technical team managing critical core infrastructure from administrative to architectural and planning role.Spearheaded comprehensive review of existing infrastructure resulting in identification of key improvements generating $270K in annual cost savings.Reduced data centre administration requirements and simplified overall architecture.Drove 80% reduction in service desk calls by providing service desk personnel with tools and cross-training. Show less

Calgary, Canada Area

Scope of Technologies: CommVault SnapProtect, VMware vSphere and SRM, HDS HNAS and HUS VM, EMC Celerra NS Series, Dell Secure Copy. NetApp FASAnalyzed requirements and advised sales team and customers on solution development. Delivered multiple projects across storage, backup, disaster recovery, migration, and other areas of data management.Key Achievement:• Demonstrated commitment to promoting vendor products to customers by obtaining multiple… Show more Scope of Technologies: CommVault SnapProtect, VMware vSphere and SRM, HDS HNAS and HUS VM, EMC Celerra NS Series, Dell Secure Copy. NetApp FASAnalyzed requirements and advised sales team and customers on solution development. Delivered multiple projects across storage, backup, disaster recovery, migration, and other areas of data management.Key Achievement:• Demonstrated commitment to promoting vendor products to customers by obtaining multiple certifications.Implemented a disaster recover solution for CIFS and NFS filesystems using HNAS object based replication and snapshot policies between HDS HUS-VM and HUS-130 storage systems.Commvault Intellisnap implementation for VMWare environment on Netapp Storage utilizing SnapMirror/snapvault replication. Show less

Calgary, Canada Area

Scope of Technologies: VMware, Oracle, Citrix, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, Citrix XenDesktop, CommVault Simpana, Intellisnap, SnapVault, SnapMirror, OnCommand, Nimble CS460C Arrays, NetApp FAS 6280 Arrays, CIFS, NFS, iSCSIManaged critical storage solutions and technology, including advising on strategies to simplify processes and improve reliability.Key Achievements:Implemented CommVault content indexing and archiving solutions to reduce primary storage… Show more Scope of Technologies: VMware, Oracle, Citrix, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, Citrix XenDesktop, CommVault Simpana, Intellisnap, SnapVault, SnapMirror, OnCommand, Nimble CS460C Arrays, NetApp FAS 6280 Arrays, CIFS, NFS, iSCSIManaged critical storage solutions and technology, including advising on strategies to simplify processes and improve reliability.Key Achievements:Implemented CommVault content indexing and archiving solutions to reduce primary storage costs and simply email search & recover process.Optimized backup and business continuity process for critical systems using CommVault.Migrated Microsoft Exchange and Citrix XenDesktop to Nimble storage for better cost management and streamlined infrastructure administration. Show less

Calgary, Canada Area

Scope of Technologies:Hyper-V, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, Oracle, MirrorView/A, VNX Replicator, Cisco MDS-9100-series SAN Switch, EMC VNX Series, EMC Celerra NS Series, EMC Rainfinity, CIFSAdministered data centre operations with an eye toward cost savings and performance improvements.Key Achievements:Managed project to architect and implement EMC VNX storage consolidation solution resulting in 20% reduction in disks required and decreased… Show more Scope of Technologies:Hyper-V, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, Oracle, MirrorView/A, VNX Replicator, Cisco MDS-9100-series SAN Switch, EMC VNX Series, EMC Celerra NS Series, EMC Rainfinity, CIFSAdministered data centre operations with an eye toward cost savings and performance improvements.Key Achievements:Managed project to architect and implement EMC VNX storage consolidation solution resulting in 20% reduction in disks required and decreased costs.Spearheaded design and implementation of disaster recovery solution for messaging, database, and virtual environments to reduce risk of losing critical systems. Show less

Calgary, Canada Area

Lead a team of highly technical people responsible for infrastructure of a large global organization. Built a great team environment through effective communication, mentorship and skill development. Prepared budgets for all server, storage and backup projects. Use of innovative technologies and resource utilization to reduce costs.Developed a reliable, cost-effective and scalable infrastructure for the long-term. Review of new vendors and their technology to start… Show more Lead a team of highly technical people responsible for infrastructure of a large global organization. Built a great team environment through effective communication, mentorship and skill development. Prepared budgets for all server, storage and backup projects. Use of innovative technologies and resource utilization to reduce costs.Developed a reliable, cost-effective and scalable infrastructure for the long-term. Review of new vendors and their technology to start the 5-year infrastructure roadmap. Show less

Calgary, Canada Area

Promoted after Weatherford bought out Precision Drilling’s energy services divisions.Migrated MS Exchange, SQL and SAP environments from EMC to Netapp storage arrays.Implemented SnapManager for SAP and array flexclones to reduce refresh time and simplify backups.Implemented SnapVault/OSSV to centralize remote MS Windows server backups.

Calgary, Canada Area

Administered a number of key infrastructure including: - EMC CX and Symmetrix, and NetApp FAS storage arrays. - SAN fabric switches. - VMWare vSphere ESXi - Citrix XenApp - Microsoft technologies including Server, Operations Manager, SQL Server, Active Directory, and Exchange Migrated Symantec Netbackup and BackupExec enterprise environment migration to Commvault Galaxy.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Implemented key infrastructure projects for valued client.

St. John'S, Nl Canada

Employment offered to me before I completed college. A great opportunity to work in an enterprise environment learning from all levels of the organization.Learned a number of technical, business, and team skills used throughout my career.

Management Information Systems, Computer Programming, 3.79/4.0

Structured programming in Vax Basic, RDB, COBOL, PowerHouse 6.10, dBase IV, and C using the Systems Analysis and Design life cycle..

High School, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates, Honour Roll