Stephen Gallagher Email & Phone Number

Medina, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Responsible for full or part of the E2E Design, build, test, deploy , maintenance and operations activities of the platform in line with the firsttime right quality ,planned budget, resources and timelines, working effectively with partners , internal and external stake holders

Cleveland, Ohio

E2E Management of Global IT services for Philips Health Care

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Managed virtual teams and led projects to support Philips Global Platform organization, as well as the Philips North American regional R&D engineering organization• Led virtual team to develop Global standards for implementing Virtualization Solutions for the Philips Engineering community• Participated and led projects to identify operational risks created in both application and infrastructure outsourcing migrations and develop plans to mitigate gaps• Evaluated emerging technologies and investigate opportunities for implementation with Engineering R&D• Provided consulting to R&D engineering projects in designing appropriate infrastructure solutions for project requirements• Provided level 3 support to outsource vendors\partners for vendor managed infrastructure• Provided consulting service to outsource vendor\partners for project design within the Cleveland Data Center• E2E System Engineering support for R&D infrastructure in Cleveland

Responsible for all Windows servers within the Cleveland Data Center, as part of a large global corporate WAN, and is a proven leader in infrastructure best practices.Designed, implemented and currently support:HP blade system solution that has become the Philips North American standard server offeringEnd-to-end SAN infrastructure, including Xiotech and NetApp SAN, Cisco, and HP Virtual connect switchingVMware ESX virtual cluster and all sustaining infrastructureInternal HA/DR environments for Clear Case and VMware Virtual center.Participated in North American standards team to define hardware and operating system standardsServed as MSSQL subject matter expert on global team to develop VMware best practices Manage windows servers in multiple locations within a large corporate WANProvide rotating on-call support for 600+ servers within a global WANSupport global customer base requiring access to servers and applications worldwideInterface regularly with a diverse customer base about project intake, process input, IT consulting, and custom solutions

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Work with clients to design, build, and implement systems and software to enhance business operations

Administered multiple LANs in a multi-campus WAN encompassing over 350 production and test servers, with 4,000 concurrent users during peak hoursManaged a diverse multi-campus network infrastructure including switches, firewalls, routers, etc.Administered Windows 2003 Active Directory with approximately 15,000 usersAs part of ongoing team, reviewed, measured and improved performance in a diverse ASP environmentDeveloped and conducted Transact SQL and SQL Server Administration classes for a range of internal teamsPrimary administrator and SQL team lead for 40+ production and back-up MSSQL servers containing over 800 client production, system, and test databasesDeveloped and implemented jobs and procedures to monitor and automate various SQL and network processes required to fulfill application and environmental requirementsInterfaced with global clients to trouble-shoot and resolve connectivity, functionality, and performance issues

Administered a diverse LAN within the structure of a large corporate WANMaintained and administered internal NT, Novell, DEC NET servers, Intermic RF Devices, printers, PCs and TerminalsDeveloped and implemented, as part of a team, a local internal support department for the GE Quartz division that interfaced with, and worked within, the GE lighting support structureAnalyzed the GE Quartz infrastructure and developed, as part of a team, a plan for short- and long-term enhancements of both hardware (Network, PC's, Terminals, and ECT.) and IT processes (helpdesk process, technology answers to business questions, etc.)

Monitored daily processes on the AS/400Administered internal Novell 3.12 and NT 4.0 networksMaintained and administered internal e-mail and Web serversManaged all internal hardware and infrastructure including PCs, printers, shipping stations and cabling networked through the Novell and NT servers, as well as the AS/400Managed large relational databases on the AS/400, as well as Access databases on the Web Server and within the internal networkDesigned and implemented training sessions for Windows 95, Microsoft Office, and a wholly integrated AS/400 business package

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Associate Of Arts

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