Thom Thomsen Email & Phone Number

Ft Bragg, Nc

Fayetteville, North Carolina Area

Ft Bragg, Nc

Assessing legacy data centers for consolidation under FDCCI. Developing recommendations for consolidation, upgrade and shutdown.

Tampa, Fl

Project Director• Led a 16 member team of Audio Visual specialists, including sub-contractors supporting a $4.2 million project for the new 82nd ABN HQ Building.• Designed the 4 A/V rooms with rack/HVAC and power.• Developed schedule for installation, juggling time for the building construction delays and getting the A/V work completed.• Developed the BOMs for all of the project materials, oversaw reviews of the technical design process, and validated the requirements of the design submitted by the government technical staff.• Responsible for the day to day administration of the task, developing the normal activity reports, monthly reporting through leadership, and status reporting for the government.• Led weekly technical group meetings, established personnel LOE and was the central POC for technical and personnel management.SR Infrastructure Engineer• Led a 6 member team of infrastructure specialists, supporting C2 infrastructure projects throughout the US, Middle East, and Europe.• Established SAIC as a team partner with APC (Schnider Electric Data Center)o The only certified APC designer/installer in the division.o Trained infrastructure personnel on APC required subjects to gain partnership levels.• Project/Site Lead on an installation project for the C2HQ in Kandahar Afghanistan, installing a new JOC video wall/VTC, and a Commander’s Conference Room A/V and VTC. Performed QC for all rack installation activites.• Project Lead for a APC installation of APC environmental/security monitoring in Centcom Forward Headquarters (CFH)• Worked on proposal team for the 82nd ABN New HQ project, developing technical solutions for 20+ conference rooms and VTC builds on Ft Bragg, NC.

Tampa, Fl And Middle East

Data Center Engineer/Designer • Designed, planned and installed a medium size operational Data Center in Camp Slayer, Baghdad, Iraq.o Built the basic rack layout, established the power and communication feed runs and ran prime power to the 80kW prime power distribution unit.o Installed individual rack Power Distribution Units (PDUs) to feed critical intel network infrastructureo Planned and executed the movement of the entire in-place operational server farm, utilizing only a pre-planned maintenance window. Resulted in minimal downtime and no unexpected/unplanned outageo Designed the environmental systems to meet the data center heat load.• Designed and planned the build of a medium size intelligence networks Data Center in Kabul, Afghanistan.• Designed, planned and executed the construction of a large size Data Center Build in CENTCOM Forward Headquarters in Al Udied AB, Qatar.o Worked all phases of the installation to include the installation, set-up and troubleshooting of PDUs, In-row environmental units (RCs), over 250 server racks, and the infrastructure cable plant.o Provided QAE for the installation teamo Set-up the environmental and security monitoring of the Data Center, utilizing the Infrastructure Central Server and NetBotz equipment and software, to include the installation of the CAT5E network connecting over 400 units to the Infrastructure Central Server.o Data Center was brought on-line and operational ahead of schedule and budget.• Worked the design and installation of the first operational COOP site in CENTCOM.o Planned and executed the installation of critical backup and storage racks in support of CENTCOM.o Performed startup of NetApps storage units.o Performed installation of network cabling plan for servers and comms gear.