Randy Sorenson

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Innovative Senior Systems Administrator & SAN Administrator @ Great Western Bank
united states
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, United States
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Technology is fun! I figured this out when I was 12 years old, fixing TV sets for money. By then, I was already a HAM radio operator, participating with the Boy Scouts in a worldwide Earth-Moon-Earth moon bounce radio experiment conducted by Stanford University.My love of technology is with me to this day, and I am having the time of my life.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲My name is Randy Sorenson, and I am a seasoned technology professional who is committed to being at the cutting edge. I have deep knowledge of a range of technologies, protocols, software and hardware, having designed customized systems to meet the needs of today’s companies.With an aptitude for learning and utilizing new technologies and concepts very quickly, my skills provide the stability and flexibility to support business operations now and into the future.I help companies provide enterprise level Storage and Computing solutions for their organizations. I provide engineering and administration support for Storage Area Networks, their VMware Virtualization platform, their Cloud Desktop platforms and Enterprise Backup/Disaster Recovery solutions. Often considered the "go to" technology person within an organization, I help coordinate solutions between all the various technology platforms and technology workgroups.To survive, a business needs to be responsive to its customers first, while providing a cost-effective corporate technology infrastructure. They must manage and minimize risk to their technology investment and customer information. They must remain agile and be able to adapt to new and evolving technology.I assist with this by building and maintaining a cost effective, rock solid, leading edge technology platform for companies and their customers. I help provide technology as a service by maintaining a highly available Computing environment.I am on LinkedIn to strengthen business relationships and make new connections. Please feel free to connect with me!

Randy Sorenson's Current Company Details
Great Western Bank

Great Western Bank

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Innovative Senior Systems Administrator & SAN Administrator
united states
Employees:
1155
Randy Sorenson Work Experience Details
  • Great Western Bank
    Senior Systems Administrator ♦ San Administration ♦ Backup Administration ♦ Vmware Administration
    Great Western Bank 2009 - Present
    Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area
    Great Western Bank was founded in 1907 as a hometown, community bank. Now a regional leader with more than 160 locations and more than 20,000 surcharge-free ATMs, it has grown dramatically, but retains its position as a hometown bank in the communities it serves. As senior systems administrator and as a member of the infrastructure team for Great Western Bank, I am responsible for the enterprise level implementation and administration of the bank's storage arrays to include EMC VNX, Isilon, VNXe and XtremIO storage ,our EMC Avamar/Data Domain backup grids and our recently added Pure Storage all flash arrays.Specific areas of oversight and administration include daily monitoring and managing our storage arrays and backup process. Providing health checks, preventative and corrective maintenance of our Pure Storage, EMC VNX, Isilon, VNXe and XtremIO SAN and SAN replication to our Disaster Recovery Data Center. I actively manage and administer more than 14,000 backups a month for all our servers, both local and remote. I provide on-going Audit reporting of our backups to the various Audit agencies.I assist with our Virtualized server farm of more than 450 server with administration and support of our VMware Infrastructure. Great Western Bank is more than 95% virtualized.During my tenure we implemented EMC Avamar backup grids and Data Domain for our enterprise backup solution with Data Protection Advisor for Reporting.Recent projects include migrating 400+ virtual servers to the Cisco UCS platform. Implemented VMware Site Recovery Manager for enhanced DR capabilities. Completed a full Tech refresh of our EMC VNX San and Avamar backup grids. Implemented our Isilon, and XtremIO and VNXe SAN. The Pure Storage Flash Array was our most recent addition.
  • Connecting Point Computer Center
    Network Engineer ► Client Liaison ♦ Comprehensive Technology Planning ♦ Project Management
    Connecting Point Computer Center 1981 - 2009
    Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area
    As one of the largest and most advanced IT companies in the Dakotas and Minnesota, Connecting Point is one of the few companies in the nation that is a Microsoft Gold Partner, Cisco Premiere Partner, Cisco IP Telephony Authorized Reseller, HP authorized Reseller, Promethean Authorized Reseller, VMware Authorized Reseller, Symantec Solutions Provider, Dakota Backup Reseller, Managed Services Provider, Managed Print Services Provider and holds authorizations and certifications for many other major brands.In my role as network engineer, I consulted with top clients to determine their unique business needs and create comprehensive technology plans. I designed, installed, and managed networks of varying complexity and size, including multilocation, multiprotocol, multivendor networks. Also, I partnered with sales teams to lead technical presentations and facilitate project management efforts, communicating cross-functionally with management, users, clients, and technology teams.I led numerous large-scale, client-focused installation and migration projects, utilizing my expertise in VMware, Cisco, Microsoft, Novell, IP Telephony, VLAN, LAN, WAN, Wireless LAN, and Wireless Trunks, as well as multiple operating systems and protocols. Many of my WANs used Cisco Routers and Cisco Chassis Switches with 10Gig fiber optic backbones, as well as Wide Area Routed Networks using Frame-Relay and PPP circuits. I used VMWare ESX Virtualization Servers to consolidate services, and implemented site-to-site VPN using Cisco products to enable remote access. I also installed VLANs and VLAN Trunking for medium to large switched networks.

Randy Sorenson Skills

Disaster Recovery Vmware Cloud Computing Servers Virtualization Active Directory Microsoft Exchange Windows Server Software Installation Emc Storage Network Design Network Security Emc Avamar Vmware View Emc Data Domain Project Management Network Engineering Business Analysis Dns Citrix Data Center Vendor Management Cisco Technologies Project Planning Team Leadership Training Business Process Improvement Collaborative Problem Solving Product Lifecycle Management Computer Hardware Installation Forward Thinking Deadline Driven Technical Seminars Manage Client Relationships Problem Solving Communication Innovation Technology Planning Networking System Deployment

Randy Sorenson Education Details

  • United States Navy
    United States Navy
    Military Computer And Radar Technologies

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