Michael Bunker Email & Phone Number

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Working as part of the Consultancy team,specialising in VMware virtualisation and related products. I am responsible for the design and implementation of leading edge solutions to meet our numerous customers requirements. My projects specialise in the following area's, normally specialising in 1 or 2 products in each area to give the customer the choice:-vSphere 6.5/Hyper-V 2016 - Server VirtualisationNimble Storage/Dell Equallogic - Enterprise StorageHorizon View 7.x Suite - VDINutanix/vSAN 6.x/S2D - Hyper ConvergenceSRM 6.x/Zerto 5.x - DRVeeam 9.5 - Backup & RecoveryTrend Deep Security 9.x/Sophos - Anti Virus/Firewall/Intrusion PreventionvRealize 6.x/Veeam One - Monitoring & AnalyticsAppVols 3.x/ThinApp - Application DeliveryUEM 9.x/ProfileUnity - Profile ManagementVMware Horizon Mirage 5.7.x - Desktop Image ManagementEMC Data Domain - Backup ArchiveAtlantis ILIO/USX - Diskless Storage/Storage AccelerationMy role consists of the successful delivery of the above products during each relevant project (which obviously update versions and sometimes change products altogether should a better solution come along).

Houston, Texas Area

Working as part of the Project Delivery team, responsible for the research, design, evaluation & implementation of new technologies which improve the business & our DR strategy in all sites in our 3 regions around the globe.Duties• Design, implement & support/upgrade the companies vSphere (5.1) environment in multiple regions, including a backup and DR solution (Veeam/SRM).• Design, implement & support/upgrade a virtual Desktop environment using VMware View, ThinApp, ProfileUnity & McAfee MOVE AV.• Management of our EMC Storage Area Networks in each regional hub.• Designed & implemented the migration of the server infrastructure from physical to 99% virtual using vSphere.• Standardise and consolidate numerous sites in each region into one regional hub improving our RTO in DR.• Train staff to support virtual environments, both server & client

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Standardise & improve infrastructure in the EMEA region by migrating to a virtual solution improving our DR options, while reducing RTO & RPO. Support for the companies VMware, Microsoft, SAN & Backup environmentsDuties• Designed & implemented a Terminal Server farm for applications deployment.• Manage Netbackup, Veeam B&R, Rsync & DoubleTake backup environments.• Manage & support the regions Windows Servers & SAN.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

General administration of the companies Windows, Citrix Metaframe, Exchange & AD environment