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Issaquah, Washington, United States

Omnissa Horizon Consulting - Design, Deploy and Migration Services contracting and subcontracting.

Positioned to lead planning, design, and deployment of Omnissa customer solutions, as subject matter expert for Horizon Suite, Workspace ONE, and related technologies. *Role ended shortly after business spun off from VMware.

Western Region

Top-level advisor performing transformation and change work for customers deploying VMware solutions. Accountable for designing and implementing strategies, frameworks, and solutions supporting performance, efficiency, and business capability needs.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS• Technology Enablement: Met and exceeded performance metrics leading successful design and deployment of End User Computing (EUC) platforms delivering critical capabilities within varied environments (i.e. dynamic… Show more Top-level advisor performing transformation and change work for customers deploying VMware solutions. Accountable for designing and implementing strategies, frameworks, and solutions supporting performance, efficiency, and business capability needs.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS• Technology Enablement: Met and exceeded performance metrics leading successful design and deployment of End User Computing (EUC) platforms delivering critical capabilities within varied environments (i.e. dynamic, hyper-converged, siloed, etc.) and optimization for integration with third-party technologies.• Operational Efficiency: Introduced suite of solutions to enhance automation and modernize client processes and delegation models. This included transitioning from manual installs to monthly automated builds and just-in-time models to align with customer strategic initiatives.• Digital Transformation: Optimized security and reduced operational overhead with scalable cloud-based solutions and desktop management practices that adapt to diverse devices and evolving customer needs. The adoption of Zero Trust architecture further enhanced endpoint management, mitigating threats and data breaches while ensuring robust access controls and continuous monitoring• Business Continuity Planning: Developed designs and plans ensuring failover strategies, application continuity, and recovery from environmental disruptions.• Accelerated Delivery: Advocated and implemented Agile frameworks across client organizations with focus on delivering customer value through continuous improvement, collaboration, and adaptability.• Team Effectiveness: Tapped to support organizational quality initiatives, identifying and onboarding new talent, and reducing vulnerability risks by developing Statements of Work, reviewing customer contracts, and conducting technical scoping activities on behalf of the EUC practice. Show less

Western Region

Hired to provide operational and product advisory for dozens of clients spanning various sectors. Focus was on the VMware Horizon suite. KEY ACHIEVEMENTSOutcomes and Impact: Worked to execute projects successfully, on time, within scope, and budget.

Various

Capitalized on opportunity to lead high-demand virtualization work across multiple disciplines—including VMware, Windows, Hardware, Network, Storage—spanning various industries. At peak, honed expertise in End User Computing driving workplace transformation and mobility engagements with early focus on private cloud and virtualization. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS• Business Impact & Enterprise Performance: Prime contributor to over $100M ($33M services, $73M hardware) in additional pull-through, new… Show more Capitalized on opportunity to lead high-demand virtualization work across multiple disciplines—including VMware, Windows, Hardware, Network, Storage—spanning various industries. At peak, honed expertise in End User Computing driving workplace transformation and mobility engagements with early focus on private cloud and virtualization. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS• Business Impact & Enterprise Performance: Prime contributor to over $100M ($33M services, $73M hardware) in additional pull-through, new business, and sales in FY13 • Focused Client Solutions & Delivery: Amplified potential for improved client performance via repeatable, scalable implementations, enablement support, and engineering guidance. Engagements Included: o Architecture and deployment on Private Cloud implementations o Virtualization assessment and implementation o Horizon View and Citrix XenDesktop deployment o Engineering resource for blade system deployments across multiple technology requirements o Engineering for VDI load testing, both against user-specific environments and general capacity demonstration (against Citrix and VMware implementations) • Improved Focus & Operational Efficiency: Co-developer of HP’s Virtual Desktop Client Assessment offering, establishing a new consultancy tool and baselines across user types ensuring proper development of a solution. • Process Innovation: Increased new business close rate by introducing a Client Virtualization Analysis & Modelling methodology, collaborating with cross-functional teams to clarify roles, address resourcing needs, and implement metrics to support any proposed solutions. • Crisis Management & Rapid Turnaround: Led essential business capability testing for a government agency after identifying resource and infrastructure gaps affecting 5,000 virtual desktops. Spearheaded proof of concept work, enabling the agency to advance its operational strategy and successfully migrate to Citrix solutions. Completed the project within weeks. Show less

(See above description for HP - EDS was purchased by HP in August, 2008)

Recruited to enhance systems across multiple locations, focusing on designing and deploying a corporate VMware ESX Server infrastructure supporting 150 servers across three distinct environments. Key responsibilities included conducting cost analysis to support the consolidation of physical servers into VMware, collaborating with storage and networking teams to ensure that the SAN, fiber, and networking infrastructure met the requirements for successful VMware deployment, and overseeing the… Show more Recruited to enhance systems across multiple locations, focusing on designing and deploying a corporate VMware ESX Server infrastructure supporting 150 servers across three distinct environments. Key responsibilities included conducting cost analysis to support the consolidation of physical servers into VMware, collaborating with storage and networking teams to ensure that the SAN, fiber, and networking infrastructure met the requirements for successful VMware deployment, and overseeing the design, operation, and security delegation of a global Active Directory forest with multiple domains. Also notable: Established organizational security and configuration standards for Active Directory domain controllers, adhering to Windows and directory security best practices. Show less

Hired to design and deploy a corporate Active Directory featuring established Windows server build standardization practices and patch deployment methods

Pursued emerging technology opportunity. Evaluated all proposed internet middleware packages and performed code reviews for web applications targeted for production. Responsible for establishing corporate Internet Information Server (IIS) standards and security restrictions

Nationwide support lead for Active Directory's internet-based predecessors and IIS