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TARGET POSITION:
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CONSULTING STORAGE
ARCHITECT, PRINCIPAL SAN ENGINEER, CTO
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EDUCATION:
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EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
- EKU GPA 4.0
Bachelor of Arts in
Economics
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WORK EXPERIENCE:
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22 Years in Information Technology
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May 2002
to Present
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XIOTECH
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Principal Systems Engineer
Provide pre-sales
technical hardware and software support and information for Xiotech
employees, customers, and Xiotech Solution Providers to facilitate the sale
of Xiotechs enterprise storage solutions. Focused on using Xiotech technology to solve
complex business issues with performance, reliability, cost, and complexity
of IT infrastructure. Install and
maintain Xiotech storage area network products and design synergistic SAN
products such as Cisco, Brocade and McData Director switches, ADIC and Spectralogic Tape, Disk-to-Disk Backup, Microsoft,
Novell, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris servers at customers site. Effectively train customers and service providers
on the use of storage area network hardware and application software
including Cisco, Brocade, McData, Qlogic, and Emulex
fibre channel devices. Develop on-going business relationships
with customers to facilitate additional business. Conduct product presentations, evaluations,
including TCO/ROI analysis and Business Case development, demonstrations and
performance analysis as well as answer all technical questions during sales
calls to potential customers. Design
competitive marketing materials and develop, recommend and design Storage
Area Network configurations including fibre channel
switches, iSCSI, tape storage, VTL, MAID, Solid State and Xiotech hardware
and software products. Provide
business related and technical content for bids and sales proposals. Provide consulting, design and
implementation of complete Disaster Recovery solutions including Data
Replication services, stretch clustering of applications, and VMWare ESX High-Availability
implementations. Consistently achieved
#1 or #2 Top System Engineer.
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Enterprise National Real Estate Consulting,
Design, Project Management for complete Cisco/Xiotech storage area network of
Microsoft Windows 2000/3 data center including SQL, Exchange, File and Print,
and dozens of vertical app servers. Demanding production and software
development requirements include centralized fibre
channel storage as well as business contingency planning and disaster
recovery planning with asynchronous data replication services over Wide Area
Network for Disaster Recovery.
National Defense Provided design and implementation services for
very complex 64 Terabyte SAN for USARMY Special Operations using Xiotech
Storage/Cisco MDS Fabric.
Large Hospital - Consulting and Design for storage area network of
Microsoft Windows 2000, Novell NetWare and AIX Servers. Project
requirements include centralized Brocade fibre
channel storage as well as contingency planning and disaster recovery
planning with synchronous data replication services.
Public Sector - Design and Implementation of disaster recovery
project for city government including data replication via storage area
network including wide area fibre channel
network. Implemented Extended Brocade fibre channel fabric for synchronous data replication
project.
Financial Services
company - Design and
implementation for storage area network consisting of 8 terabytes of raw
storage and over 70 servers including Microsoft and AIX clusters in the Data Center.
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November 2000
to April 2002
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XODIAX INTERNET DATA
CENTER/PEAK10
Louisville, Kentucky
Sr. Systems Consultant
Manage all technical aspects of design, and implementation for Internet
E-Commerce infrastructure, and development initiatives. This position
requires a high-level of Windows 2000, Linux, Cisco router, and Storage
Area Network expertise. Daily responsibilities include design,
implementation and project management of high availability network, server,
and storage infrastructure including firewalls, load balancers, SANs, WANs and high-availability network design, Cisco
routing equipment using BGP, EIGRP, and OSPF protocols, and WAN
technologies. Perform WAN topology design and procurement including
point to point T1-DS3, Frame Relay, Cisco routing protocols, and redundant
failover configurations. Ability to present technical designs to CxO level management complete with cost and ROI
analysis. Assist CTO, VP of Product Development, and VP of Operations
with state of art product design for Internet-based data center
applications. Assist Network Operations with 24x7 monitoring and proactive
problem resolution of Microsoft Clustering and
Network Load Balancing issues, and Cisco network and over 500 servers on
Linux, Win2000, NT4, and Sun Solaris. Technical training responsibility
of sales personnel in latest Internet technologies including Fibre Channel
Storage Arrays, Network Attached Storage solutions and Disaster Recovery
planning. Additional responsibilities include design, maintenance and
administration of SQL 2000 databases and earning Microsoft Certified Database
Administrator MCDBA, and Cisco Certified Design Associate.
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Large Insurance
company - Consulting and Design
for heterogeneous network of servers and IBM mainframe storage virtualization
project. Project requirements include centralized fibre
channel storage as well as DR and distributed systems backup needs utilizing Veritas NetBackup DataCenter.
Application Service Provider - Design and Implementation of
Windows 2000 Infrastructure deployment utilizing high availability Windows
Terminal Servers and Citrix Metaframe Servers.
Financial Services company - Design and Consulting for
multi-platform fault-tolerant network design to provide high-availability and
load balancing architecture.
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April 1998
to November 2000
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MICRO COMPUTER SOLUTIONS
Lexington, Kentucky
Principle Consulting Network Engineer, Branch
Manager
All facets of TCP/IP and IPX LAN/WAN design, implementation, troubleshooting,
and on-going support for Novell NetWare, Linux and Microsoft Windows NT/2000
Server networks. This position requires expert knowledge of all TCP/IP based
technology such as WINS, DNS, DHCP, BOOTP, and IPX/IP Routing and Switching
as well as expertise in all NetWare and Microsoft Operating Systems and
server-based applications. This position
also requires the ability to teach sophisticated IT technology like SMS 2.0
and BorderManager to IT personnel, and conduct
organized pre-sales design and system engineering consulting and
presentations. Earned Certified NetWare
Engineer, Certified Netware Administrator, Microsoft
Certified Systems Engineer, Microsoft Certified
Trainer certifications as well as Cisco Certified
Network Associate and Nortel Network
Certified Account Specialist.
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Army Corps of
Engineers - Design of Wide Area
Network Management Infrastructure encompassing fifty remote offices utilizing
thousands of workstations and dozens of servers.
State of Kentucky Personnel Cabinet - Design and Project Implementation of multi-site
Systems Management Server 2.0 encompassing dozens of server and hundreds of
workstations.
Insurance Underwriter - Design and Migration of hundreds of
legacy systems to client/server platform with Cisco network infrastructure.
Manufacturing company - Design and project implementation of
infrastructure deployment for ERP Application including Unix and Windows NT
Workstation network.
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February 1996
to February 1998
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CLARK MATERIAL HANDLING
CO.
Lexington, Kentucky
Associate Technical Specialist
Managed Web Technologies, UNIX, and PC applications. Integrated existing
legacy systems into computer network. Converted IPX LAN to TCP/IP.
Administered Microsoft and Novell hardware and software maintenance of over
400 PC's, LANs, MANs,
Cisco WAN equipment. Designed LAN solutions for plant and office areas.
Installed and maintained Novell and Windows NT file servers. Converted users
from terminal, or Macintosh applications to PC client-server based solutions.
Managed Token Ring and Ethernet LAN's on UTP. Responsible for UNIX,
Client/Server, PCs, and Networks.
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January 1995
to February 1996
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DECISION ONE
Lexington, Kentucky
Customer Service Engineer
Contracted to CLARK and other companies as LAN
Hardware and Software engineer for many types of local area networks and
computers, printers, CD-ROMs, etc. Diagnosed and repaired micro, midrange,
and mainframe problems. Authorized technician for IBM, Compaq, SUN and many
other manufacturers of computer equipment.
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CERTIFICATIONS
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SNIA - SNIA Certified Architect
SNIA SNIA Certified Storage
Engineer
SNIA SNIA Certified
Administrator
CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate
NNCAS - Nortel Network Certified Account Specialist
MCDBA - Microsoft Certified Database Administrator
MCSE - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer NT4
MCSE2000 - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Windows 2000
MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional
MCT - Microsoft Certified Trainer
MSS - Microsoft Sales Specialist
CTT - Certified Train-the-Trainer, Chauncey Group
CNE - Novell Certified Network Engineer (3,4,5)
CNA -Novell Certified Network Administrator (3,4,5)
CNS - Certified Novell Salesperson
CNI - Certified Novell Instructor
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HONORS:
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SE Top Revenue Q2 July 2007
(Xiotech)
SE Top Revenue Q1 April
2007 (Xiotech)
SE Top Quota % 2006 - December
2006 (Xiotech)
SE Top Margin Producer December
2006 (Xiotech)
SE Top New Accounts
Generated December 2006 (Xiotech)
Presidents Club 2006
First Xiotech SE to achieve revenue goal for 2006
SE Top New Accounts
Generated Q3 October 2006 (Xiotech)
SE Top Margin Producer Q3
October 2006 (Xiotech)
SE Top Quota % - Q3 -
October 2006 (Xiotech)
SE Top Revenue Q3 October
2006 (Xiotech)
Top Systems Engineer of the
Year December 2005 (Xiotech)
SE Largest Deal of the Year
December 2005 (Xiotech)
SE Most New Accounts
Generated December 2005 (Xiotech)
SE Top Margin Producer
December 2005 (Xiotech)
SE Quota Achiever
December 2005 (Xiotech)
Top Systems Engineer of the
Year December 2004 (Xiotech)
SE Most New Accounts
Generated December 2004 (Xiotech)
SE Quota Achiever
December 2004 (Xiotech)
SE Quota Achiever
December 2003 (Xiotech)
Crystal Eagle Award, SE of the
Quarter December 2003 (Xiotech)
Crystal Eagle Award, SE of
the Quarter March 2003 (Xiotech)
Soaring Eagle Award, SE of
the Region June 2003 (Xiotech)
Employee of the Year 1999,
Micro Computer Solutions, Inc. Lexington
Employee of the Year
Runner-Up 1998, Micro Computer Solutions, Inc. Lexington
Dale Carnegie Presentation Champion
Who's Who Among American High School
Students
The Society of Distinguished American
High School Students
Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Award
Employee of the Month, Micro Computer Solutions, Inc. Lexington
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SPECIAL SKILLS: Authorized
technician for many types of computers, and dozens of software programs and
LAN applications. Detailed listing available. Dell Certified Premier
Support Technician; HPQ, and IBM Certified Technician
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INTERESTS: Motocross
Racing, Golf, Music, Swimming, Church Activities, Tennis, Computer
Programming, Electronics, Scuba Diving, Woodworking.
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FAMILY: Married 14
years with four children ages 11, 9, 8 and 2.
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Specific
Certification Tests Passed:
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Storage Networking Industry Association
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S10-100 Storage Network
Foundations
S10-200 Storage Networking
Management/Administration
S10-300 SNIA Architect
Assessment, Planning & Design
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Cisco
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640-407 Cisco Certified
Network Associate
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Nortel
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BayStack
Hubs and Hub Technology
Instant Internet
LAN Campus Ethernet Solutions - Design
LAN Campus Ethernet Solutions - Sales
LAN Technology Overview
Network Management
Passport 4400 (Standalone)
Router Solutions
Small-to-Medium Business Solutions
Small-to-Medium Business Solutions - Design
Switching Solutions
VPN Solutions
Voice Technology
WAN Technology
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Microsoft
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70-064 Implementing and
Supporting Windows 95
70-058 Networking Essentials
70-067 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
70-059 Internetworking with Microsoft TCP/IP on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
70-018 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2
70-086 Implementing and Supporting Systems Management Server 2.0
70-081 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
70-068 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 in
the Enterprise
70-073 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4
70-215 Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000
Server
70-210 Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional
70-216 Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network
Infrastructure
70-217 Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory
Services Infrastructure
70-219 Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure
70-228 Implementing and Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database
70-229 Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database
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Novell
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50-638 NetWare 4.11 to 5
Update
50-626 Service and Support
50-618 GroupWise 5 Administration
50-613 IntranetWare 4.11 Administration
50-614 IntranetWare 4.11 Advanced Administration
50-617 IntranetWare 4.11 Installation and
Configuration Workshop
50-601 NetWare 4.1 Design and Implementation
50-642 Intranet Security
Management with BorderManager Enterprise Edition
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Microsoft Courses
Certified to Teach
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688 Internetworking
Microsoft TCP/IP on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
798 Supporting Microsoft Windows 95
803 Administering Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
828 Deploying and Supporting Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0
973 Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Series - Design and Implementation
827 Administering Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0
1346 Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Series - Connecting to and Migrating from
Lotus cc:Mail
732 Supporting Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2
733 Planning a Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Site
825 Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Overview
932 Installing and Configuring Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2
1026 Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Series - Concepts and Administration
1045 Overview of Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
1313 Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Series - Accelerated Training for Admin
and Implementation
960 Supporting Routing and Remote Access Service for Microsoft Windows NT
Server 4.0
857 Administering and Supporting Microsoft FrontPage 97
685 Installing and Configuring Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
856 Installing and Supporting Microsoft Office 97
930 Installing and Configuring Microsoft Windows 95
2152 Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
2151 Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional
2153 Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network
Infrastructure
2154 Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory
Services Infrastructure
0000 Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure
2072 Implementing and Administering a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database
2073 Programming a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database
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Chauncey Group
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CTT - Certified Technical
Trainer
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