With a solid foundation in network administration and a passion for automated device discovery, my tenure at Insight as a Senior Consultant has been marked by a commitment to excellence and innovation. My expertise, recognized through an IT Specialist Profession Certification and recently acquired Device42 Certification, has empowered our team in delivering robust IT solutions.AccomplishmentsAs an IT Consultant I have been focused on Automated Workload Discovery (AWD) of Servers and Networks for the last 15 years at IBM and Insight.Co-authored the User Guide for Insight’s proprietary Data Collection app, SnapStartCreated and maintained the Installation Guide for our Data Collection tools; TADDM and Cardinal apps (IBM) and SnapStart (Insight)Created and maintained Training materials for new Teams and Team MembersTrained global Automated Discovery teams while with IBM (US, India, and Romania)Was responsible for all Technical Documents the teams usedWas part of IBM team that received Patent for our Automated Data Discovery processesHelped to create and maintain MS PowerPoint presentations for our teamsAt IBM I was the global AWD Delivery Lead and lead dozens of successful projects in the US and EMEACreated White Papers for the proprietary tools that we usedProject TasksAs the Delivery Lead for multiple projects at IBM and Insight I was responsible for completing the projects on time. This involved working closely with our client’s support team(s).Represented our team in pre-kickoff presentations, where I presented the overview of our tools and processes and defined our “Client Requirements” using PowerPointEnsured the requirements documents were up to date and provided them along with White Paper to the client teamTook part in Kickoff Presentation and presented the materials for the AWD TeamInstalled AWD Toolset; SnapStart, MySQL, Putty, WinSCP, Excel, and PowerBIPerformed automated Discovery of Servers and Network using SnapStart, TADDM, and/or Device42Performed troubleshooting of Servers (Linux and Windows) to determine if issues were access-related or permissions-related (Active Directory) Conducted regular meetings with client support teams to resolve any scan issuesCollected, imported, and normalized data within MySQLUsed MS PowerBI to create detailed reports about the Workloads and Business Application dependenciesUsed MS PowerPoint to deliver reports to the client and answer any questions they had