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New York, Ny, Us

Burlington, Nj, Us

2015 – 2019 Responsible for Managing a 24/7/365 Team of IT Operations associates in supporting the enterprise Data Center and Controlled technology space, ensuring uptime of 99.999%, standardizing processes, developing policies, driving process improvement, innovation, and operational excellence in the infrastructure and critical system space. Driving Data Center Densification of IT Compute space, develop cabling schema standards, power diversity UPS buildouts to all PDU’s in all cabinets. IT Operations skillset development, which include training to support broader range of systems as well as mediation of production system failures without escalation required.• Key IT Operations Achievements include – EMC VxBLOCK Converged Infrastructure installation and deployment support, 200kW Liebert UPS installation, As part of Data Center Efficiency strategy – installation of Liebert DSE Economizer CRAC, reducing Carbon footprint and providing energy consumption efficiency, New 1MW Generator installation, Cable tray installation, EPO installation, Cold Aisle Containment installation, redundant power schema for all cabinets in the Data Center, design California Data Center. Developed Master Elevation List for all corporate Data Center and controlled space sites. Perform 2 Full production and lesser platform upgrades of our Scheduling application “UC4” to latest supported versions.Manage the DR/BCP enterprise program which spearheads an all-inclusive IT Organization to onboard and test in-scope systems critical to business function, sustainment, and recovery (Sales, Supply Chain, Payroll, Data Security, Networks, HR & Financials). Having a direct impact on insurability rates and market share.• Notable Disaster Recovery Achievements – Developed DR Program and recovery document from 300 pages to 1000 pages of critical recovery core information and procedures for recovery of the enterprise’s most critical business silos...

New York, New York, Us

​Responsible for designing, engineering, developing, and testing, premier Data Center products and solutions for the firms critical, Tier II/III, Global Data Center space. Responsible for the Global Data Center Technology Best Practices of 1­Million SqFt / 18 MegaWatts of Managed/Owned Data Center Space and 75 Global Co­Lo & Leased Data Center white space locations..● Program Manager and Lead Design Engineer for the GS / IO Data Centers Partnership, in engineering the New “IO Datacenters” ECO, Modular Data Center Product Line, which GS will be using in upcoming deployments globally. Lead Engineer & Program Manager for Goldman Sachs and IO engineering teams, through the design to deployment life­cycle of the IO Free­Air economizer (IO ECO­System Product). The ECO­System is an evaporative, outside­Air, free­Air, cooling system, which utilizes the outside air 80% of the year to cool the ECO Data Center module space. Replacing costly dedicated, facility chiller plants, the ECO­System will utilize roll­up mini­chillers for supplemental cooling only. This product suite will reduce Carbon emissions substantially, while boasting PUE (Power Usage Efficiency) values of 1.2 – 1.05 annually*.Global Data Center Engineering Strategy Team Leader of 5 engineers, responsible for designing, engineering, developing, and testing, premier Data Center products and solutions for the firms critical, Tier II/III, Global Data Center space.* Responsible for developing the firms global Data Center Best Practices, Policies, product requirement consistency, and repeatable operational, intra/inter cabinet cabling schemas. Vastly reducing cabling waste and cost to the firm.● Author and Lead Engineer responsible for developing the Firms first OPR (Owner’s Project Requirement Standards) document used to define the Firms base set of repeatable Data Center policies, efficiencies, resiliency and Tiered requirements for all of the Firm’s existing and new Data Center space...

Hanover, Maryland, Us

Certification tested 3 releases of Ciena’s Network Management System (NCS). Certification tested 3 Releases of Ciena’s CN4200 (BAM) Multi-Service Platform. Quality Assurance Tested interoperability across multiple Ciena Platforms such as (CN2300 E/O Switch, CN2200 & CN3500 MSP). Testing PM, Facility Integrity, Transmission, Backplane Fabric and GR1093 Standards over SONET, GigE & OTN (OTU & OTU2), using multiple services (T1- OTU2E). Used quality & regression testing M&P, ensuring the on time delivery & quality of these products to customers positively affecting the Sprint, Wal-Mart, BT (British Telecomm) & (SwissComm) market share in the European market...

Dallas, Tx, Us

Manager of AT&T’s CNI (Core Network Initiative). AT&T’s Concept 1, Concept Zero focus spawned testing of automation features that support circuit provisioning and circuit maintenance of AT&T’s Core Network. Certified over 25 automation features affecting local and international customers. AT&T’s ability to isolate circuit troubles (TIR), identify alarm conditions, and provision circuit types from T1 to OC48 over SONET, DWDM, ATM, & GigE for on-demand customers from a single point, significantly reduced operating costs and customer down time...Test Platform Manager for both AT&T Ultravailable Services and ACCU-Ring services ensuring Bellcore/Telcordia compliance. Lead the Certification of the Nortel 3500 MSP with RPR Technology with SONET. This new technology certification allowed AT&T to add another flavor to the massive AT&T Core Network allowing AT&T to offer a broader range of services and service transmission at variable costs to customers. Test Team Leader. Lead AT&T Certification Testing Team in Testing and Certifying Huawei’s DWDM Metro & Long-Haul network Elements. Created Team’s Test Plans and formulated a testing cycle to meet vigorous dead lines. Effectively incorporated a Chinese National company into AT&T’s Research & Development Lab.Managed AT&T Latin America SVT / NVT Certification & Deployment Team in Argentina, Brazil & Peru with a team of 4. Tested and certified the OADM/DWDM Nortel OPTera-Metro 5200, used in ATTL’s Network backbone. Developed entire IP Architecture & Topology for AT&T-Latin America’s Network Elements & Cisco Routers. Traveled to multiple South American countries, configuring initial network elements and trained ATTL employees in DWDM technology and Nortel Optera-Metro Technology. This multi-faceted project allowed ATTL to bring up their Network Backbone quickly, enabling them to compete and gain market share in the South American Region. (Received Presidential Award & Acknowledgement)