Russell Patterson Email & Phone Number

Fort Worth, TX, US

Palo Alto, California, US

Broadcom bought VMware which is now known as VMware by Broadcom.

Palo Alto, CA, US

Was transferred with a team of consultants from Dell to VMware, maintaining my role and my seniority. - VMware NSX - VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancers (Avi) - VMware Site Recovery Manager - Datacenter Migrations

Round Rock, Texas, US

• Designed and implemented a 24 host VMware SRM datacenter failover solution of mission critical VOIP servers
• Designed and implemented a solution for an international company with customer facing web servers with multiple isolated networks, load balancing, and firewalls using VMware NSX.
• Performed large-scale file server migrations over to a Microsoft DFS solution consolidating 70 file servers down to 9
• Performed large scale server migrations, including V2V migrations of para-virtualized Linux (running on XenServer) to VMware
• Deployed and/or upgraded customer environments to vSphere 5.x
• Created Proof of Concept environments for multiple large datacenter transformation efforts

• Directed a group of three network engineers and three network analysts for one of our clients
• Provided network support to fourteen hospitals in the United States and Canada
• Created documentation standards using both Word documents and Visio diagrams
• Evaluated, created and updated network documentation including network connectivity (e-mail, Internet, layer 3 switches, routers, VPN), servers, Storage Area Networks (IBM ESS & FAStT), and application workflow processes
• Performed network connectivity, accessibility, functionality, manageability, reliability, and security analysis
• Migrated networks from Novell NetWare to Microsoft Windows operating environment

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Directed a group of three network engineers and three network analysts for one of our clients
• Provided network support to fourteen hospitals in the United States and Canada
• Created documentation standards using both Word documents and Visio diagrams
• Evaluated, created and updated network documentation including network connectivity (e-mail, Internet, layer 3 switches, routers, VPN), servers, Storage Area Networks (IBM ESS & FAStT), and application workflow processes
• Performed network connectivity, accessibility, functionality, manageability, reliability, and security analysis
• Migrated networks from Novell NetWare to Microsoft Windows operating environment

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Provided Tier III support for anything that had to do with the network. Supplied support and administration for multiple Exchange 5.5 sites.
• Team leader for 8 network engineers/analysts.
• Managed and supported IBM Enterprise Storage Server 2105 Storage Area Network.
• Troubleshot network connectivity—servers, routers, switches, hubs, network cards, RJ45 cabling and T1/ISDN lines.
• Configured, maintained, and supported HP OpenView Network Node Manager, HP Systems Insight Manager, and other network monitoring systems.
• Documented, managed and supported the LAN/WAN network for a hospital and its 23 clinics.

• Developed turnkey solutions for client’s Microsoft and Novell NetWare networks.
• Installed, administered and supported Exchange Servers (5.0-5.5), Netscape SuiteSpot 3.0 and Novell GroupWise. Supported network connectivity to Novell GroupWise.
• Managed the connectivity support for a corporate-wide Intranet, via the Internet.
• Used Backup Exec and ArcServe to plan and implement backup solutions for the Microsoft and Novell NetWare networks.
• Provided applications development and debugging using Visual BASIC 5.0-6.0.
• Wrote the installation, connectivity, setup and troubleshooting procedures for Windows NT and Novell NetWare Servers, Netscape SuiteSpot 3.0 and Netscape Communicator.

• Developed turnkey solutions for client’s Microsoft and Novell NetWare networks.
• Installed, administered and supported Exchange (4.0-5.0), IIS 3.0-4.0 and Windows NT servers.
• Used Visual BASIC 5.0 for application development and debugging, and Visual Source Safe on large multi-user applications.
• Planned and implemented backup solutions for the Microsoft network, using Backup Exec.
• Maintained and managed connectivity to a corporate-wide Intranet, via the Internet.
• Troubleshot network connectivity for servers, routers, hubs (managed and unmanaged), network cards, RJ45 cabling and ISDN lines.

Fort Worth, Texas, US

• Served as the network administrator and lead tech that provided Tier III support for the network of approximately 1,500 devices.
• Provided hands-on support for 30 Novell 3.1x-4.1x, Windows NT 3.51-4.0 servers and 1,500+ workstations and printers. Supported Windows 3.1x/95, MS-DOS 5.0-6.22, MS Office 4.3/97, MS Project 4.0-4.1, and mainframe.
• Administered the NDS tree, created and managed users, groups, login scripts and print services.
• Provided Tier II support for network issues, connectivity problems with the Novell, Windows NT, AIX/SCO UNIX and Amdahl Mainframe networks and network connectivity situations including hubs (managed/unmanaged), network.
• Installed and managed networking software—SRC Budgeting, CCH Accounting & Payroll, and Ovid Medical Research.
• Generated system policies to control MS Windows desktops. Helped create a standardized desktop for the Windows 3.1x/95 environments.