- Platform engineering and operations across AWS, Azure and on-premise data centers.- Public cloud platform (AWS/Azure), Compute/Kubernetes, Storage, Backups, ServiceNow, SAP Basis (S4/Hana/ECC), enterprise monitoring and observability- OpEx and CapEx budget. Cloud FinOps and cost optimization- Enterprise platform strategy & roadmap- People leader, mentoring and recruitment- Vendor management & procurement

• Reporting to VP/CIO IT, lead infrastructure engineering and operations teams (30+ full-time employees) managing cloud, on-premise datacenters, storage, compute, network, telecom, VOIP, database, monitoring and ERP systems• Responsible for architecture, implementation and 24/7 operations• critical interactions with all IT stakeholders; closely partner with ISO• Strategic planning, project management and OpEx budget management ($1.5 Million)• Identify opportunities for cost savings, service and process improvements• Lead and participate in technology governance groups interfacing with faculty, staff and university technical teams • Liaison with CSU chancellor’s office on strategic initiatives• Continuous improvement of processes, procedures, standards and procedures• Align teams’ goals and priorities to align with campus 5-year goals• Advise CIO/VP serving on IT Planning and IT Leadership committees• Staff recruitment, evaluation and mentorship

Lead a team of on-shore/off-shore engineers/architects managing ~30PB heterogeneous storage across multiple data centers. Responsible for 24/7 operations and projects for both enterprise structured and unstructured data management. Build strategic partnerships with both internal customers and vendors. Develop enterprise-wide strategy and roadmap to a cloud first model.• Led an RFP/RFQ to select object storage platform deployed across Viacom global storage footprint (US, EU). Reducing TCO for media and enterprise storage, enabled cloud integration with AWS S3 and Glacier.• Coordinated with Viacom web and application teams on migrating 3000+ web/app servers from on-prem storage to AWS.• Key contributor in developing enterprise wide storage strategy to optimize storage cost, performance and usage (45% reduction in TCO).• Worked with backup team on global storage strategy for moving away from tape to utilizing disk and cloud as backup target. Planned to use Pure storage snapshots with orchestration for backup to cloud.• Key player in consolidating Viacom’s two major data centers. Responsible for migrating 50+ business critical storage arrays. Conducted feasibility studies from financial and technical perspective.• Established capacity planning dashboard for senior management to add service transparency.• Led several proof of concepts that resulted to multiple deployments including enterprise flash storage, capacity planning utilities and virtual machine DR solutions.• Project lead on technology refresh of Viacom Isilon footprint for media workload, 10PB+ capacity. 5-year TCO reduction over 50%. • Led project to consolidate SAN arrays for improved performance, simplified environment and ease of management across multiple data centers.

Member of system/storage engineering team managing Paramount Picture global infrastructure services. Drive major architectural decisions, budget/procurement, project management and implementation of global infrastructure projects. Manage offshore tier 2 support team constantly improving SLAs and establishing processes to streamline workflows. Responsible for managing enterprise compute and storage operations day to day activities and projects. • Reduced incident counts for offshore teams by over 75% allowing L2 to work on value add tasks.• Led infrastructure virtualization project that virtualized 90% of server infrastructure. Consolidated servers on tiered storage. Annual saving of over $600k in power, cooling, and licensing costs.• Implemented digital asset management system to archive Paramount’s entire media content. Decreased turnaround time by 40% for content delivery to customers/partners.• Key member of several enterprise wide storage migration projects in an effort to consolidate within datacenter as well as across geographical locations. • Implemented remote disaster recovery strategy for Paramount’s international offices worldwide. Leveraged virtualization and third party applications to seamlessly failover across geo-location in case of a disaster.• Managed multiple international office moves in Europe and Australia. Responsible for planning and coordination all server/storage related tasks.• Responsible for vendor management. Work with multiple vendors on procurements, product roadmaps, POCs and architectural reviews. • Led several proof of concepts ranging from server and storage platforms.