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Milford, Pa, Us

Vernon Hills, Il, Us

Skokie, Illinois, Us

Consultant specializing in VMWare and Microsoft technologies.

Morristown, New Jersey, Us

EMT Instructor

San Antonio, Texas, Us

Provided a range of services strategically implemented to target specific needs at specific stages of a critical incident. Services included one on one support, small group support, large group support and education on CISD / CISM. Worked to alleviate stress as it was encountered in many emergency situations.Certified in Group Crisis Intervention and Peer Support by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF).

Houston, Texas, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

· Designed physical and virtual infrastructure for a large Wintel Data Center Migration.· 450+ VMs· 30+ Physical Windows Servers· Developed and communicated the migration strategies to both his leadership and the client leadership.· Led a team of 12 Engineers who built, deployed, documented, and supported the new environment, in addition to performing all migrations utilizing multiple tools

Houston, Texas, Us

· Reviewed and corrected existing ESX design.· Developed and executed a plan to combine ESX farms, reduce vCenter servers, and upgrade the ESX environment from 3.0.2 to 3.5.· Identified P2V candidates and prepared the infrastructure (storage, VLANs, etc.) for the migrations.· Developed the P2V conversion plan.· Key participant in developing both a remote P2V solution and the VMWare "cloud" hosting environment.

Houston, Texas, Us

Client EDS Account· Design of Virtual Servers and Infrastructure based on Client and Business requirements.· Assisted in developing migration plan and revising roles and responsibilities· Configured, tested and utilized Platespin PowerConvert application for use in client environment· Researched Firewall / Security levels and requested and implemented changes· Created processes for Architects, Deployment PMs and Transition Engineers, including DNS configurations, Software Licensing registrations, etc.· Successfully completed the first deployment of an application in the virtualized environment· Provided oversight and mentoring of the entire architect team, hosts weekly technical staff meetings, and weekly peer reviews.

Houston, Texas, Us

York International Account· Managed and coordinated interaction between application owners and EDS technical resources.· Visited client sites and conducted remote meetings to gather detailed application hosting requirements.· Adapted high level design and solutions architecture to meet actual requirements based on information acquired during detailed application analysis. · Worked with application owners and EDS security teams to implement AD security policies that satisfied application requirements and EDS security guidelines.· Created and executed data migration script for importing user accounts into new AD environment.· Managed customer expectations with regard to leveraged services.

Houston, Texas, Us

· Managed a team of 15 IT professionals· Providing centralized installations and configurations of servers, printers, print queues, and networks for all 460 locations involved in the implementation of the Voice over IP project.· Collaborated with Engineering and Operations departments to ensure successful deployment and turn over to production· Developed processes and procedures to streamline deployment of server hardware· Performed remote hardware configuration· Performed remote software installation/configuration· Delegated various application installations to appropriate departments and teams· Coordinated firmware upgrades, replacement of defective hardware and troubleshooting with global on-site support teams.· Created and disseminated status reports providing a snapshot of each site's schedule and progress · Applied security-hardening configuration

Houston, Texas, Us

· Responsible for all levels of the management of assigned projects, from inception, to preplanning, estimating, procurement, and implementation.· Request / schedule appropriate individuals and vendors to complete essential tasks.· Ordered and tracked all procured items for a large terminal construction Project ($40 Million Infrastructure Budget)

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