Manager Management
Resume:
Ferrell J Gray, II
Jacksonville, FL 32205
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Summary
Senior IT Server/Storage/Infrastructure Executive experienced with project management, team
building, partnering, alliance management, program design and implementation.
Extensive experience in team building and accountability
Successfully organized and managed multi-location, international IT teams
Outstanding multiple and simultaneous project management experience.
Success in implementing new hardware and server platforms
Success in implementing new SAN architecture
Extensive experience in infrastructure design
Successful seventeen year track record of vendor management.
Success in managing the conversion of traditional hardware to a virtual VMWARE
environment.
Success in planning, implementation, and testing of Disaster Recovery Procedures.
Collaborate with team to effectively coordinate project efforts, incorporating new ideas,
identifying areas of weakness, and locating effective solutions.
Working knowledge of regulatory retention requirements
Outstanding analytical and problem solving abilities.
Excellent communication skills; interact with staff, management, and clients at all levels.
Dependable and diligent professional with solid work ethic.
Self-Motivated, Deadline aware with ability to think out of the box.
SKILLS
Working knowledge of the following:
Hardware:
Dell, IBM, and HP servers
Storage/Backup:
EMC, Hitachi, DataDomain; TSM (Windows), NetBackup
Software:
Microsoft Server 2000, 2003, 2003 R2, 2008; Linux SLES 10; Microsoft
Exchange; Citrix XenApp; VMware 3.5 – 4.0; PeopleSoft Financials; IBM
Websphere, Tivoli monitoring, TSM; Active Directory, LDAP; JAVA, Tomcat,
Apache; Microsoft IIS; Microsoft Server 2000, 2005, 2008; MSSQL; IBM
LUW/DB2; EMC, Hitachi, NetApp, and Data Domain storage platforms
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Bank of America – Design Team Lead 2011
Managed mobile banking projects
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Responsible for compliancy for sensitive client information
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Winn-Dixie Supermarkets, Inc. – Infrastructure (Platform Engineering) Manager 2007 – 2011
Responsible for all open systems infrastructure both physical and virtual
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Decision maker for new and replacement technologies
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Responsible for Platform Engineering team (AIX, Linux, Windows)
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Responsible for all open systems SAN and backup equipment
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Responsible for design and infrastructure (servers) for three geographically disperse
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datacenters
Responsible for servers in six distribution centers and 520 retail outlets
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Responsible for Active Directory, Exchange and Citrix environments
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Responsible for DR activities and planning
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Streamlined IT operations in 500 stores by implementation new systems and
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centralization of redundant systems
Implemented storage capacity upgrade and design
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Responsible for regulatory retention and setting policies
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Implemented first off-site backup strategy to include data migration by SRDF and IP
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Implemented tiered storage program
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Responsible for all personnel changes and additions
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Publix Supermarkets, Inc. - Infrastructure Manager 2006 – 2007
Responsible for server build team (Windows)
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Responsible for all projects concerning SAN and offsite backups
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Responsible for implementing data replication for DR
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Implemented off-site asynchronous backups with SRDF
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Responsible for all projects concerning Financial Gateways (EFT, API)
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Bayside Engineering, Inc. - Interim IT Director 2005 – 2006
Responsible for creation of internal IT department
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Established IT processes procedures and documentation
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Proposed and implemented a multiple server platform
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Upgraded operating systems from Server 2000 to Server 2003
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Implemented MS Exchange, AutoCAD, MicroStation and Advantage Accounting/HR
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software
Designed and implemented SAN for business and DR.
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Global Solutech, Inc. - Corporate Information Officer (CIO) 2003-2005
Formed IT department from the ground up
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Established all protocols and methodologies
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Responsible for all software development projects either through direct project
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management, or daily interface with direct reports.
Oversight of all discovery projects to gather requirements
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Responsible for creation or review of project documents including use cases, functional
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documents, process and flow diagrams, functional specifications
Leveraged best practices workflows to automate orchestration and provisioning to
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decrease costs and improve resource utilization and response time
Managed all procurement, liquidation, and HIPPA compliant data transfer business
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processes
Advantage Design Studios, Ltd. - President 1999-2003
Responsible for all business operations
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Successful creation of entire IT department of remote and disperse engineers
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Responsible for creation of all functional specification for projects
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Final decision maker for all infrastructure, networks and storage
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J.P. Turner and Associates, LLC – Investment Analyst 1998-1999
Corporate analysis for firm and clients
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Stock trading and research
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Portfolio management
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Business Technologies, Inc. – Operations Director 1994-1998
Managed IT department of remote and disperse engineers
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Responsible for functional specification for projects
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Final decision maker for all infrastructure, networks and storage
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LANGUAGES
English; Fluent
Spanish; Fluent
French; Advanced, conversational
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Available upon request
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