Kevin Kelly Email & Phone Number

United States

• Key member of the Data Center Solutions team, responsible for supporting the expansion of the Technology Services organization in the Americas. • Worked with the executive leadership team to define service delivery objectives and go-to-market strategy to support business unit goals. • Led the development of technology platforms, strategic partnerships, and service delivery standards across the organization. • Delivered strategic consulting focused on data center and cloud migration projects.

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for expanding professional services capabilities by developing secure data center solutions that leverage 5thColumn’s security orchestration platform. Developed all processes, procedures, templates and sales collateral to support the data center practice. Partnered with the product management team to develop platform features to support data center discovery and planning. Worked with the professional services and sales organizations to identify and manage potential sales opportunities. Lead pre-sales activities including performing presentations during client discovery calls, developing statements of work, defining resource requirements and developing strong relationships with key partners.

Key member of the Data Center Strategy and Consulting organization that lead strategic consulting engagements for organizations requiring complex data center solutions. Supported all pre-sales activities by defining project scope, pricing and resource definition. Developed business cases for clients that evaluated business objectives, technical requirements, growth, and financial impact. Built successful and valuable long-term partnerships by serving as a trusted advisor to new and repeat clients. Contributed to the development of the tools, processes and methodologies used by consulting teams across the organization.

Senior member of the team responsible for the design, development, and support of corporate applications. Worked with business units and customers to define application roadmaps and gather end user expectations. Provided guidelines to local network team for current and future infrastructure expectations.

Member of global team that was responsible for managing project data and implementing configuration management standards across the organization. Gathered project requirements from business units and proposed data management solutions to meet their needs while enforcing best practices. Documented standards and policies related to the protection, availability, and replication of project data. Defined and provided metrics for data management systems availability and performance.

Responsible for the management, design, and development of web based applications in a tiered environment. Worked with business units and corporate customers to gather requirements and define application expectations. Documented application architecture and provided end user training. Defined and managed infrastructure to support application performance and provide high availability.

Provided application and systems support to 300 users located in four locations. Responsible for server and network administration in a Windows and UNIX mixed environment. Developed relationships with outside vendors to provide solutions and products at the best possible cost. Managed and monitored networking devices across the corporate network.