Sam Russ Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

-Lead team responsible for leveraged datacenter tools.-Support sales team in tools solutioning.-Develop road maps and drive efficiency and modernization.-Provide architecture support for all team related deployments.-Capital Expenditure planning for ITO leveraged services. Multi-milliondollar budget annually.-Procure leveraged hardware/software as needed.-Provide direction to a growing team of 50+ colleges.-Work with leaders and individual contributors across all teams in theorganization as well as many outside teams to provide the outcomes out clients require.

- Oversee and execute capacity management within HPES USPS ITO- Own capacity management and availability management processes- Participate in the development and implementation of technology roadmaps- Assist architects in relation to capacity management- Implement enhanced capacity forecasting ability- Work with software sales and tools teams to obtain and/or utilize tool sets for effective capacity management- Work closely with sales and delivery organization- Work closely with quality team to ensure compliance with ISO certifications in relation to capacity management and availability management

-Create and deliver architecture design based on project requirements for various clients.-Create and deliver engineering deployment guides to facilitate build activities of infrastructure.-Work with PM’s to ensure project is properly executed in relation to technical infrastructure.-Provide pre-sales teams with high level design and costing for pursuits in relation to infrastructure.-Create technical roadmaps to drive technical innovation.-Assist with CapEx budget planning.-Co-lead effort to build out new datacenter in relation to infrastructure hardware.-Lead team meetings in planning standards across ITO organization.-Assist in process audits in relation to architecture processes.

- Install, manage, maintain, and administer Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2008, and 2008 R2.- Administer System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2.- Administer System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2.- Administer VMware ESXi 4.1 and vCenter 4.1 environment.- Administer HP Storage Works P2000 Fibre Channel SAN.- Administer Windows 2008R2 functional level Active Directory environment.- Install, manage, maintain, and support Citrix XenApp 6.0 servers.- Install, manage, maintain, and administer SharePoint 2007 and 2010 environments.- Administer HP C7000 Blade enclosure environment. - Implemented MS SQL 2008 R2 cluster environment to replace standalone MS SQL VM’s for increased performance.- Support proprietary health care applications.- Created self-service portal in SharePoint 2010 for account technical support requests.- Created vacation/PTO calendar with automated workflows for approval in SharePoint 2010. - Manage meetings for Windows system administrators.

- Install, manage, maintain, support, and administer the following VMware products/solutions: VMware View, vSphere ESX\ESXi, Chargeback, Capacity IQ, vCenter operations standard, and SRM.- Install, manage, maintain, and support Dell and HP servers, including blade servers and blade enclosures.- Utilize EM7 enterprise monitoring application to monitor and resolve faults and performance of the infrastructure.- Create, update, and maintain team documentation, configurations, diagrams, and processes.- Install, manage, maintain, and support Microsoft SharePoint 2007 and 2010.- Install, manage, maintain, and support Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008 database instances and servers.- Install, manage, maintain, and support Aventail SSL VPN appliances used for enterprise-wide secure remote access.- Install, manage, maintain, and support Citrix XenApp servers used to provide published applications to users of the enterprise secure remote access solution.- Install, manage, maintain, and support Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 for use of the administration of workstations and servers in the enterprise.- Install, manage, maintain, and support Windows Server Operating Systems including Server 2003, 2008, and 2008 R2.

- Maintain Server 2000 and Server 2003 based domains.- Build, configure, and support employee workstations.- Maintain and support all Telco operations.- Track and update the inventory of devices.- Manage backups.- Maintain Exchange 2000 Server.- Install and maintain Barracuda Spam Firewall.- Assisted in redesign of company website.

- Implement new handheld devices for sales force.- Image and configure Windows Mobile 5 devices for existing and new employees.- Field incoming calls from sales representatives and trouble shoot their devices.- Track and update the inventory of devices.

Mcse

- Microsoft Windows XP Professional - Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment - Implementing, Managing.

Business Management