Vincent Kenney Email & Phone Number

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Manager for Cyber Security Analytics at EY.Work with global delivery teams to deploy big data platforms for cyber use cases including PathScan.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Madison, Wisconsin Area

General Manager for a HIPAA compliant Platform as a Service.

Madison, Wi

HIPAA compliant cloud-based PaaS and HL7 Interface Integration.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

- Work in an agile process with development and QA teams on hardware allocation and management of production and test environments- Install applications as needed for production and test environments- Manage monitoring solutions for production and test environment- Develop scripts and tools for automating software and hardware deployments - Design and develop scripts to automate operational tasks and maintenanceRecent Projects include:• Expanded the production GigaSpaces cluster, doubling capacity and migrating to all new hardware and data center room.• Automated software deployments to QA and production environments using Nolio. Created repeatable build processes for GigaSpaces and Tomcat environments.• Created vCloud vApp templates to spin up DEV and QA environments and integrate them into Nolio, providing uniform environments for engineers and regression testing.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Design and deploy platforms to support all technical operations at The Weather Company. • Define and deploy the toolset to manage existing data centers as commercial IaaS. • Provide a path to migrate from existing data centers to commercial IaaS clouds. • Optimize IT infrastructure costs and features to drive business value.• Initiatives include:>>> Serve as lead member of the Traditional Platforms Team tasked with consolidating data center operations and support across the 4 separate business units at The Weather Company.>>> Coordinate consolidating Weather Central data centers with The Weather Company. Plan and redeploy 250 servers from existing data centers to IaaS clouds and new data center locations.>>> Transition support activities to a consolidated support team across all The Weather Company locations.

• Design and deploy platforms in a team environment to support MyWeather broadcast websites for media partners and to support Weather Central data distribution operations and data centers.• Manage a 24x7 on call rotation with 2 other employees. • Collect metrics to reduce data center costs and plan for capacity.• Technical Support Projects:>>> Reduced bandwidth consumption using gzip compression. Reduced bandwidth usage by 35% across all MyWeather broadcast websites.>>> Increased radar map tile generation efficiency using memcached by 300%.>>> Analyzed various ISP rates to find the most cost effective provider for MyWeather broadcast websites.>>> Created automated and repeatable deployments of data center software to support MyWeather broadcast websites and Weather Central data creation software.

• Architect systems and software by managing programmers and choosing technologies. Lead a team of 4 developers in a SCRUM environment. • Coordinate development roadmaps with VP of sales to meet client deadlines. • Coordinate development and IT roadmaps for greater agility.• Development Projects include:>>> Development of a new javascript jQuery plugin that makes adding weather to a web page as easy as adding Google maps or other javascript tools.>>> Development of Digital Publisher tools to allow broadcast clients the ability to customize their messages across all Interactive products.>>> Overhaul of the real-time severe weather processing infrastructure. Shore up existing infrastructure using memcached for a 66% reduction in hardware needs. >>> Developed a new event driven infrastructure using hadoop, Storms, and a LAMP stack, increasing throughput and redundancy.

• Design and deploy platforms in a team environment to support MyWeather broadcast websites for media partners. Participate in a 24x7 on call rotation. Collect metrics to enhance website performance and reduce data center costs.

• Design and develop commercial software in a team environment supporting Weather Central’s position as a leader in TV weather graphics around the world.• Programming projects include:>>> ReportStorms.com – A Weather Central website to collect user generated storm reports and display reports on TV. Contributed to all aspects of both the software and hardware design, including coding, configuring web and database servers, and purchasing the servers.>>> NewsNavigator SimulCAST Instant Mapping Client –A web-based, graphical interface for clients to create map fly-overs using Microsoft Virtual Earth for display on television.>>> SimulCAST Server – A web application that provides remote control access to Weather Central TV display systems.

• Maintained production data servers for reliable transmission to customers and met the programming needs of the Data Quality Control Department.• Provided technical support 24 hours a day to Quality Control Technicians.• Participated in research and development of new data products; coordinated with external data providers; wrote code to reliably ingest and disseminate data to customers for display on-air. • Coordinated with the IT team and other developers to troubleshoot data flow problems; identify trends and suggest improvements.

• Inspected radar and satellite images to maintain broadcast quality.• Monitored data processing operations over 20 computers to ensure reliable data dissemination to customers.

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science And Mathematics

• Double major in Computer Science and Mathematics, focusing on the foundations of computing and mathematics. • Completed courses.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mathematics And Computer Science