• Working to upgrade Windows servers in multiple locations around the world.• Assisting with Linux admin when needed.• Manage VMware infrastructure.• Documenting everything possible, as needed.

• As a certified Morpheus administrator, mentor fellow team members on the concepts and inner workings of the Morpheus Data product.• Provision servers and storage in VMWare and Azure for Morpheus Deployments.• Install and configure single node and three node Morpheus Data deployments on Linux.• Configure Morpheus Data baseline parameters using the Morpheus API via script using curl.• Integration with VMWare Horizon.• Configure Morpheus Data baseline parameters using json with Ansible automation.• Document requirements, dependencies, and procedures necessary to complete tasks within the project.

This was a multifaceted role involving 100+ technologies supported for both internal infrastructure and integration with the Morpheus software platform.

• Senior compute/virtualization engineer on a small, very technical team of engineers in a highly transactional, highly available, enterprise environment spanning multiple datacenters housing thousands of servers.• Design, deployment, management, and documentation of PCI compliant environments containing custom web applications built for government contracts adhering to strict Department of Homeland Security, NIST and TSA security requirements and policies.• Responsible for the design and implementation of hybrid cloud based infrastructure solutions based on UCS, VMware vRealize Cloud Suite, VMware vRealize Hybrid Services, and evaluation of future cloud offerings.• Responsible for managing all compute and virtualization capacity for the enterprise, primarily utilizing vRealize Operations Manager.• Responsible for managing block and file storage on EMC VMAX, VNX, and XtremIO arrays.• Technologies include Cisco Unified Computing Systems 6100 and 6200 Fabric Interconnects and corresponding blades, vCenter 5/6, vSphere 5/6, vRealize Hybrid Service, vCloud Networking and Security Manager, NSX, vCloud Connector, vRealize Automation Center, vRealize Operations Manager, vCenter Autodeploy, Enterprise Log Management Appliances, MySQL, Groundworks and Solarwinds, EMC VMAX, EMC VNX, EMC XtremIO..

• Responsible for maintenance and support of highly available bare metal and virtual Linux application servers running CentOS, Redhat, and OEL for Java, Perl, and PHP application stacks and corresponding databases.• Responsible for managing all compute and virtualization capacity for the various products.• Managed hunting and fishing IVR harvest reporting system.• Responsible for managing application specific load balancing.• Responsible for managing storage infrastructure including SAN, NAS, NFS, and iSCSI.• Technologies include Cisco Unified Computing Systems blades and servers, HP 7000 series blade centers, Dell rack servers, vCenter 3.5, vSphere 4.1, EMC Navisphere/Unisphere, VNX, RamSAN, OpenE storage solutions, F5, Netscaler, Enterprise Log Management Appliances, Asterisk, MySQL, Oracle DB, Groundworks, Hyperic, and Solarwinds.

• Responsible for management of corporate accounts in the corrugated paper industry.• Maintained all specifications for customer product lines using proprietary software on a Windows platform.• Performed as primary point of contact for customer purchasing, quality control, and product development activity.• Responsible for managing production schedules for day to day operations as well as special projects and maintenance.• Performed as an expediter in production and delivery to assure customer expectations were met.

• Founding partner of an IT service and consulting firm with a client base of over 100 individuals and 30 companies.• Acted as mobile IT personnel for companies without full-time IT staffing.• Managed all aspects of IT including Windows and Unix servers, network hardware, desktop support, purchasing consultation, and web development.• Corporate clients included medical, legal, accounting and industrial offices using a wide variety of commercial and proprietary software.

• Managed software and database developers as well as relevant IT staff.• Provided development vision for a video based messaging and archiving system.• Primary inventor on three filed video communications patents.• Played a key technical sales role in outside sales presentations for the purpose of securing funding and clients.• Retooled IT operations and software development to save the company over $600K per year.• Managed integration with corporate offices, off-site development facilities, and co-location facility.• Technologies include Sun Solaris UNIX, Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, Red Hat Linux, DHCP, MySQL, Oracle DB, Cisco PIX.