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Highly experienced Physical Infrastructure Design Architect and Consultant, supporting both internal and external clients. Multifaceted expertise in all aspects of technology spaces physical infrastructure design, build, and operation. -- Successfully completed 100+ major projects leading Information Technology team to conduct design and build of all aspects of technology physical infrastructure for computer rooms, network rooms, vertical risers, collocation cage, data cables systems, power distribution, and cooling. -- Provided start to finish project management services following generally accepted practices, to include preparation of all documentation, conducting design process, prepare and maintain budgets, establish and maintain implementation process, support procurement, supervise logistics, supervise implementation, conduct inspection and commissioning, and collect or create final documentation. -- Lead the physical infrastructure design and build team for a relocation of the primary data center to a new collocation provider. -- Lead process for data center collocation space contract negotiations, including lead of data center collocation contracts, to include all agreement renewals. -- Established enterprise-wide physical infrastructure standards based on extensive experience and careful research. -- Created enterprise-wide templates and standards for technology systems design, budgeting, and project management process. -- Expertise in Category 6 and 6A Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) and Optical systems. -- Recognized for completion of projects on-time and in-scope, delivering quality and long-term value. -- Recognized for organizing and maintaining project teams without formal authority, rather use personal relationships and persuasion.