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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Irving, Texas, Us

Architected Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, and cyber event recovery and isolated testing environments for thousands of virtual, legacy and cloud based application hosts to onsite, colo and cloud targets.Engineered robust and independent Single Sign On provisions (AD,LDAP,SAML) to otherwise isolated testing environments that regularly simulate large scale failures of infrastructure.Engineered DNS and DHCP spoofing environments to lift and shift large quantities of replicated recovery test environments.Architected complex interconnected network structure across legacy, private cloud, Co-location, Azure and Google Cloud Platform to provide multi-faceted recovery of applications for testing, for Cyber Event isolation and for widespread metro area failures.Configured reliable live recovery procedures to automatically acquire system identities in alternate run environments to allow them to run completely independently from their geographical home location.Environment encompassed thousands of hosts spanning hundreds of locations worldwide.Seamlessly used a multitude of replication and recovery strategies, using Zerto, Azure Site Recovery, NetApp SnapMirror, IBM Virtualized Server Recovery, Actifio, and Spectrum Protect as well as other strategies.Organizational subject matter expert for networking, compliance, security, and authentication

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Act as principle liaison between OHIA group and overall infrastructure groups, as well as primary interface for network security and Project Management for infrastructure projects.Author network firewall rules and specify server side security rules.Specify design requirements for storage, network and systems, and act as primary presenter for committee review for all net new infrastructure projects for group.Perform analysis and engineering for High Availability and Disaster Recovery among current and future Data Center deployments.Act as subject matter expert, and principle research contact for infrastructure feasibility, cost analysis justification, and performance expectation aspects of OHIA.Produce budgeting workflow, follow through with approvals and track fulfillment and deployments of infrastructure projects.Specified configuration deployment rules and specifications for security jailed environments for Tableau, using Citrix XenApp, and Palo Alto Context Firewalls.HARDWARE:Cisco UCSCisco NexusHewlett Packard EnterpriseIBM Power SystemsIBM/Lenovo X-ArchitectureIBM StorwizeNetapp FASPalo Alto Context FirewallsAzureSOFTWARE:MS WindowsIBM AIXMS-SQLOracleAttunity ReplicateTableauCitrix XenAppHyperV, VMwareAzureEpic SystemsSAP Business ObjectsDUOHadoop

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Authored backend authentication scripts in Shell and SQL (MySQL) to inject structure for Single Sign-on using SAML for Science Logic enterprise monitoring environment. Authored scripts to seed device group structure for Science Logic monitoring. Engineered organizational structure for cross mapping of device and user profiles.Analyzed Cisco UCS environment for best practice configurations.Analyzed VMware V-Center environment for optimum performance and operational integrity.HARDWARE:Cisco UCS Server EnvironmentCisco Nexus switchesCisco Nexus Fabric ExtendersSOFTWARE:VMware V-CenterScience LogicUbuntu LinuxCentOS LinuxKorn ShellMySQLXMLJSON

Founded Skorpio Engineering as a technology assessment and development organization, primarily focused on leading edge modular infrastructure technologies, and more specifically within the Internet, video broadcasting and wireless market places.Authored technical aspects, cost analysis, and capital requirements for investor relation’s documentation.Acquired several privately held and limited liability companies (LLCs) and integrated their technology assets into Skorpio.Constructed a technology footprint with the intent of deferring capital requirements until substantial development had been completed in order to minimize venture capital ownership in corporation.Engineered self-configuring server product that would adapt to the environment it was installed in with regards to network infrastructure and downstream hosts.Established server capacity leasing service as a means of offsetting the cost associated with product development while at the same time allowing an internet presence sufficient for product testing.Developed high volume, real time, Internet video streaming technology deliverable to generic JAVA enabled devices via virtually any broadband (128kps+) network infrastructure including WiFi and G3 Cellular.HARDWARE:Intel Based ServersIntel Based Embedded ComputersSCSI Based Video Capture DevicesSony Industrial Video CamerasCrown Perimeter Zone MicrophonesSierra Wireless Cellular ModemsPromiseRAID Cisco Routers and SwitchesSOFTWARE:Solaris X86 v9RH Linux v7-9Windows 2000 ProfessionalWindows Mobile v4Palm OSApache v1.2-2.4MySQL v4PHP v4KshBashJavaMIDPPPPoESAMBANFSMRTG

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Authored detailed Agile Project Plan for the evaluation and implementation of Solid State Storage Arrays from multiple vendors.Scheduled and defined complex testing criteria for high volume Database applications and extensive virtualized environments in support of storage evaluations.Identified and documented extensive functionality and performance monitoring metrics for the extensive storage environments at Paramount and Viacom.HARDWARE:Cisco UCSEMC Symmetrix VMaxEMC VNX 5700EMC IsilonIBM DCS9900 (DDN)NexSANStorNextPure Storage FA450 SSDHP/3PAR 7450 SSDFusionIOSOFTWARE:RHELCentOSWindows ServerVMWare VCenterCitrix Xen DesktopMS SQL, OracleDataguardTivoli TSMBashSolarwindsNetApp OCIArxScan

El Segundo, California, Us

Managed enterprise infrastructure operation teams for Tribune Publishing entities.Proposed and executed common enterprise infrastructure deployments to replace purpose built individually specified legacy environments drastically reducing environment complexity.Proposed and executed mass deployment of wide ranging virtualized system structures for operating systems, storage, interfaces and physical hardware.Reduced enterprise wide datacenter environmental operating costs and real estate usage dramatically, often providing cost savings of upgrades in less than a fiscal quarter while dramatically increasing performance.Combined common aspects of off the shelf applications to create universal use silos.Deployed enterprise wide single sign on strategies across thousands of operating environments through AD and LDAP.Designed the business critical disaster recovery and high availability environments using a run anywhere methodology.Provided consistent design documentation to management for migratory and new project deployments in a highly presentable, easily understandable format.Reworked project plans to increase parallel tasking (Agile) of various groups dramatically reducing project deployment schedules.Worked with vendors and project groups to consistently meet or reduce budgets.HARDWARE:Cisco UCSSun/Oracle IntelAMD, Niagara blade environmentsSun SPARC serversSun Enterprise Class serversIBM RS6000 ServersEMC SymmetrixEMC ClariionEMC VNXEMC Recovery PointNetbackup appliancesNetAppCisco CatalystCisco routersNexus 7000 switchesRiverbed Steelhead AcceleratorsSOFTWARE:SolarisCentOSRHELWindows ServerAIXVMWareSolaris ZonesVMWareXenApacheTomcatWebSphereOracleMySQLMS SQLSybaseActive DirectoryLDAPKshBashSAMBASMBCIFSNFSZFSVeritas Storage FoundationSnap MirroriSCSIVeritas ClusterSun ClusterMS ClusteringDataGuardVMWare SRMVMotionVCenterIaaSPaaSSaaSCloudAzureSNMPEndpoint ManagerTivoli TSM

Directed the development of high performance, high availability enterprise wide network infrastructure in Los Angeles, CA with major data centers in San Jose CA, San Diego, CA, Houston, TX, New York, NY, and Reno, NV, with additional data centers in Montreal, Canada and the Caribbean.Engineered systems for extremely high traffic loads using load balancing and distribution routers to distribute traffic to high performance server arrays.Developed standardized enterprise server structure for system interchangeability and servicing, allowing for complete server replacement by semi-skilled personnel at remote locations.Established standardized inter-connect system to expedite deployments.Engineered highly redundant infrastructure; system inconsistencies and server failures could be dealt with by simply removing effected system from operation with essentially no system performance degradation.Lead engineering team in the development of a cutting edge video streaming environment. Environment was an exponentially scalable product able to grow to unlimited capacity.Operation functioned as alpha and beta testing facility for leading edge technologies such ASIC based load balancers, and solid state storage.Among other modernizations, system was updated with NAS sub-systems for company’s Video on Demand and Cellular Streaming products.HARDWARE:Intel Based ServersSPARC Based ServersCisco/Arrow Point Context Load BalancersFoundry Edge Routing SwitchesCisco CatalystsVarious RAID Solutions: AcceleRAID, MegaRAID, PromiseRAID, and ArecaSOFTWARE:Solaris X86 v2.5-10Solaris SPARC v2.6-9RH Linux v3.03-FC5Windows 2000-2003 ServerApache v1.2-2.4MySQL v1-5PHP v2-5Perl v2-5KshBashWindows Media Server v7-10SAMBANFSDiskSuiteLVMMRTG

Created South Carolina’s premiere Internet Service Provider for Dial-up Internet.Entire operation was planned, constructed and implemented in 4 months, acquired approximately 30% market of local ISP customer base in 60 days.Company recuperated initial investment and became profitable within 90 days of online operation.HARDWARE:RISC Based HP ServersHP RoutersLivingston and Ascend Modem AggregatorsSOFTWARE:HPUX v10x86 Solaris v5Windows NT4RADIUSPPPNetscape Server (iPlanet)

Developed first automated microchip manufacturing system; using a series of robotic operations.HARDWARE:RISC HP ServersSPARC ServersCisco RoutersSOFTWARE:HPUXSunOSPPP and SLIPXCKsh

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Implemented development environment for deployment of Lotus Notes on IBM RS6000s.HARDWARE:RISC HPSPARCRS6000 Servers.SOFTWARE:AIXHPUXSunOSNFSNISTCP/IPKsh

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Migrate operations from a legacy Sun environment to an HP9000 environment.HARDWARE:SPARC and Motorola SunsHP9000AuspexSOFTWARE:SunOSHPUXOpenViewNFSKshVeritas

Engineered extensive monitoring environment and statistical display for digital cellular network.HARDWARE:HPSunTandamRS6000 ServersGlennatre IVRSOFTWARE:HPUXSunOSAIXShKshNFSOpenView

Dallas, Tx, Us

Engineered automated distribution of updates and execution of scripts for database applications.HARDWARE:AT&T 3B2X StationsDataKit SwitchesSOFTWARE:AT&T SVR3 UNIXTCP/IPKshProgress SQL

Re-engineered application for enhanced user management, realign corporate security guidelines.HARDWARE:HP9000HP SwitchesX StationsDataKitSOFTWARE:HPUXKshShCshX windowsMotif, Ingres

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Developed UNIX training program to educate staff on proper operations of RS6000 server network.HARDWARE:IBM RS6000 ServersIBM PS/23ComSOFTWARE:IBM AIX UnixIBM OS/2KshShCNFSNIS

Performed post-mortem on machines confiscated by US intelligence to gain evidence against hackers.HARDWARE:AT&T 3B2, 3B5, 3B15, 3B20 ComputersSOFTWARE:AT&T SVR3 UnixShKshC

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Engineered large-scale PBX communications routing system using ISDN.HARDWARE:Intel ServersIBM RS6000AT&T Definity PBXsSOFTWARE:AIXi386 SunOSKshShNFSTCP/IP

Global, Us

Engineered remote dialup access to TCP/IP based Terminal Access Controllers.HARDWARE:SunTACModemsSOFTWARE:CQmodemKermitTCP/IPSLIPX.25

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Managed system providing disk subsystem integrity in a data destructive testing environment.HARDWARE:Motorola Based Sun SystemsDSC Telco SwitchesSOFTWARE:SunOSCKshCshNFSYP (NIS)

Lead team of sys admins migrating DEC to Sun. Project created what would later become Solaris.Provided expertise to an AT&T, GTE joint venture for ISDN feature capabilities to GTEs GTD5 switch.Developed cluster computer system for general-purpose computing environments.Developed destructive testing environment where engineers could restore quickly afterwards.HARDWARE:AT&T 3B2 and 3B20 ComputersAmdahl, IBM Mainframes5ESS SwitchesSun Workstations and ServersDec VAXStarlanSOFTWARE:AT&T R&D Unix for Motorola Platforms (Later Solaris)AT&T SVR3 UNIXAT&T RTS UNIXKshTCP/IPCNFS

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Developed one of the first GUI based desktop page layout and publishing systems.HARDWARE:DEC MicroVAXSCSI camPostscript PrintersSOFTWARE:VMSPage Setting LanguagesPostscript

Chicago,, Il, Us

Integrated third party credit card systems into the new Discover Card system.HARDWARE:IBM 3083 EnvironmentSOFTWARE:C0B0LQuickJobBALJCL

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Developed General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billing, and Payroll packages.HARDWARE:AT&T 3B2 ComputersIBM RT ComputersSOFTWARE:AT&T SVR3 UnixMicrofocus C0B0LCKsh

Prepared all systems furnished to the trade press, demonstrations, and trade shows.HARDWARE:AT&T 3B1, 3B2, 3B5, 3B15, 3B20, and 6300 PCsSOFTWARE:AT&T SVR1.1,2 UnixCKshShInformixMS DOS

Coordinated conversion for banks Burroughs to IBM document proofing and clearance operations.HARDWARE:IBM 3890 Document ProcessorsSOFTWARE:C0B0LBAL3890 Machine Language

Designed routines to convert graphic vector files in a complex CAD environment.HARDWARE:DEC VAXIntergraphSCITEX SystemsSOFTWARE:VMSCFORTRAN

Coordinated an operations merger of several competing bank clearing houses and MCCI.HARDWARE:IBM 3890 Document ProcessorsSOFTWARE:C0B0LBAL3890 Machine Language

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