What makes me unique?I’m a Director level IT Operations Specialist with over 25+ years of experience. Starting as a programmer, I quickly moved into OS level (kernel) development giving me insight into the way applications and platform level software work with the underlying hardware. Using this strong technical background, complicated application development was easy and I led teams of top tier talent building industry leading architectures for never before attempted web interfaces to credit card data for American Express while increasing my level of assigned leadership responsibility over time.I have also worked in the Defense, Manufacturing and Software industries building my knowledge in Security through responsibility for the LDAP services (ADS and UNIX LDAP) and global VPN infrastructure. I also learned about systems monitoring infrastructure and the sales process as a Architect at Computer Associates (CA) .My well respected leadership and technical skills include ITIL, ITSM, IT Operations, complex program development (including O.S.) providing unique insight into:1. How systems, applications and services work, (achieving efficiency with flat/reduced cost)2. Applications Monitoring and Availability initiatives (keeping systems & services running) 3. Environment Maintenance (supporting Security tenets: Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability)4. Processes and Procedure Integration (Audit, Maintain and Improve Operational Services)Looking at the underlying infrastructure and applications, I identify trends and fix issues that impact Availability and Performance often before impact to deliver consistent Performance meeting or exceeding Availability, Recoverability & Resilience targets.Specialties Include:1. *NIX applications,2. Leading Operational Performance and Availability Teams,3. Multi-Technology exposure across broad industry spectrums (OS, Virtualization, Middleware, Database, Storage and Network)