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Austin Texas

Supported Texas state agencies under the DCS Data Center Services contract. Developing solutions for the Texas Department of Information Resources and 29 state agencies. Analyzing individual Request for Solutions from various agencies. Developing the solution, providing the documentation and presenting solution to client. Analyzing and developing Server Consolidation and Transformation solutions for the State of Texas agencies. Presenting the solutions to the client for approval and go forward transformation. Represent Xerox as an architect to include leading the transformation effort for the two largest agencies. Collaborate with Program Managers, Agency IT Directors and various high level staff members individually and collectively as a group from multiple state agencies. Includes server consolidation and virtualization onto various VMware Vblock solutions and Oracle Exadata platforms. Windows and Unix consolidation effort from various vendors to standardized vendor platforms. Proficient in proposal development to include $3 to $4 million revenue dollars a year and in excess of 1000 labor resources hours each year for Atos/Xerox. The revenue dollars were generated from new servers and the installation of and continued server support for SOT. Worked directly with State agency Management and contract personal to create proposals based on the future server requirements of the agency all in a required time frame never breaking an SLA contract clause. To include agency internal reviews, agency review processes and agency final approvals. Managed the technical exception process. Recently completed AWS Cloud Practioner Training.Qualified Security Approvals for 8 eight years with CJIS FBI. Utilzed Service Now day to day activities.

Tallahassee Florida

Assessed, analyzed, developed proposals for the Server Consolidation Pre-Sales process. Develop consolidation and virtualization proposals for IBM assessment funding. Proficient in and training for IBM Systems Director installations for both client and Mainline internal support.• Developed proposals for more than 20 clients, for server consolidation/virtualization and application/data migration projects. Presented proposals to clients in order to sell deep dive assessments. Gained funding from IBM over $200K to offer clients which generated sales of IBM hardware.

Assessed, analyzed, developed proposals for server consolidation and virtualized environments. Application/Database/Storage migration assessment.•Managed the pre and post sale architectural design and solution development for client server consolidation, virtualization, storage migration outsourcing and data center engagements. Process was a critical piece of account negotiation and increased overall contract win percentage.•Conducted sales engagement team and executive level presentations opening the door to a more successful client sales engagement.•Server consolidation / virtualization projects include architecting solutions for Windows, Unix, AIX, pLinux, xLinux and zLinux platforms resulting in a wide range of Like-to-Like and platform porting opportunities for potential clientsSkills include knowledge of programming languages and operating systems, IT business background, technical assessments, proposal development, and solution presentation at all audience levels. Prosess skills in IBM products & solutions, IBM sales processes, presentation, facilitations, Oral & Written. Organizational, Time Management. A background in Risk management. Professionalism in conducting business, team oriented & team building. Possess leadership skills as exemplified thru a long career in IT. Possess communication and technical skills required to be capable of interacting, negotiating with and forming alliances with representatives from internal development teams, business partners, both internal and external organizations and both internal and external customers. Business and technical strategy, software development, project coordination, large customer engagements and enablement. Excellent customer service skillsHardware: Equipment from HP, SUN, IBM, PC compatibles, DEC Computer Languages: Cobol, Basic, RPG. SQL, Unix, LinuxRDBMS : Sybase, MS SQL Server, Oracle, DB2Networking and Client-User troubleshooting

Coordinate and develop proposals for IBM. Responsibilty to manage risk, delivery and executive reviews to include quality assessment for the entire proposal until completion for delivery to IBM clients both internal and external. Position requried research skills, knowledge of many cumputer environments, migration experience, server consolidation experience as well as multiple technical skills utilized throughout my career.•Managed end to end proposal documentation development ensuring that technical and non-technical customers had a clear understanding of the proposed project assessment and attached savings for the project.•Integral in the development of templates to automate the proposal documentation process. The template minimized time and errors and allowed for quick detail change from client to client and during individual client phases of negotiation.

Responsible for Application Migrations using software engineering skills from platform to plafform - Requred application and database skills and well as Unix and Linux skills from one OS to another OS - Traversed into Professional Assessment Analysis and then Technical coordinator. Responsibilites included coordination of client secure data and project assessments.Develop database of client history for use in SCON estimating process.

Supported application migrations and business apps for Central Services Department of the State of Texas. Achieved multiple application migrations from mainframe equipment to mainframe equipment and developed PC applicatons.