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Professional Summary
Summary of Accomplishments
. Over 15 years of Corporate / DOD engineering, and information
transformation technologies with critical roles for merger and
acquisition, business continuation, and financial and insurance.
. Governance and Assurance for ITILv3 certified design documents for PwC
Green Data Centers, Frankfurt DE / Primary / Secondary Business
Analyst.
. Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering and Systems Engineering at
Merrill Lynch for messaging / analytics / heat maps for infrastructure
DB2 / Cognos and Microsystem SQL Server administrator of Service
Management of Messaging Infrastructure.
. IT Service and fulfillment initiatives for financial and insurance
firms.
. Multiple datacenter and collocation center blue prints /
portal/app/data.
. Contributor to US Government, Department of Defense.
Best Regards,
Stephen.
Professional Experience
AlphaSights - Various Projects related Social Network / Messaging (between
March 2012 - to now) Jacksonville, FL;
Responsibilities:
Consultant Subject Matter expert for AlphaSights / LLC Related Initiatives
for Social Network / and regulatory Disclosures for AlphaSights Clients
(Institutional Investment Banking).
. Cloud Services Technologist - Facilitating Deployment, Caching
(Elastic Cloud), Storage, Database Cloud Infrastructure Architecture
concepts for accounting of services for capacity usage reports,
Business Process Management / Documentation.
. Core Systems Project / Deployment design concepts of Core System
Engineering services for 6 Sigma Data Center build and blueprint
. Application / Service Oriented Architecture, JVM allocation and high
availability, webservices (XML/Jquery), and Security zone management
. Storage Infrastructure for Large Media / Analogs / Apache; Analysis of
Single points of failure for Oracle Content Media Database detachment
and instancing to a secondary data center.
. Virtualization initiatives for Solaris, MS / 2008R2, Linux, and BSD;
Core Service Development scripting, security web services (SIEM
Designs); DNS / Split Domains; Active Directory
. Project Proposals for various clients; Dell, Erie Insurance, State of
Tennessee, Amazon Cloud Services Prime, State Farm Insurance, TD Bank
(Toronto Dominion Bank); GE / Transportation;
Accomplishments:
. Design Proposals for Large Data / Apache / Content Workflows Heat Maps
and Sparklines; Business Analyst / Core Design Facilitator of MVC
(Model View Controller) developer of registration Database
updates/order views.
. Determination of Accounting of Cloud Service Design / Architecture,
Billing and usage summary; Vision / Implementation Road map plus,
sizing schemas, and global design plan buildout.
PwC, Tampa, FL (October 2011 to 3/2012)
Infrastructure/Business Analyst (Frankfurt, Germany - ITILv3/ISO27001 Data
Center Infrastructure Document Certification)
. Senior contributor Business Liaison identifying Core Services
Requirements Analysis, High Level, Low Level, and Governance and Test
of Implementation Designs for RFI / RFQ performance specifications,
Governance, Workflow Designs, for PwC
. Steering group, governance review, application hosting requirements,
network requirements, security zone design and management, conceptual
design workstreams for network, servers, storage and backup, and
security.
. Housing, internal and external connectivity, Sharepoint for multiple /
regional data centers for transformation and technical abstractions.
Merrill Lynch/Bank of America, Jacksonville, FL (February 2008 to October
2011)
Global Messaging Infrastructure
. Technical Team Manager and Senior Contributor / Architect role for
application transformation of access control and project management
(resource and contact management).
. Provided high speed customized Front End Registration and Back End
contact management for all transformation related issues.
. Rebranding of email accounts, separation of production and non-
production activities, external and internal "from" email addresses
validated sorted and labeled along lines of business.
. Final decommission of all email related infrastructure.
. 8000 Mail Enabled Applications database with over 31,000 server IP
addresses managed and controlled.
. Merrill Lynch environment into the Bank of America.
HP, Jacksonville, FL (August 2007 to December 2007)
Infrastructure Engineering/SAP, UNIX Consultant
. Contributed to HP-UX ServiceGuard /l DataGuard blue print for
Continental Clustering.
. United Launch Alliance (ULA/Boeing/Lockheed Rocket ERP) SAP (v6.0 ECC
XI, BI, PI) dual site failover using HP XP/Continuous Access
architecture and XP/SAN.
. Collaborative SME engagements, design definitions.
. Capacity planning for Mission Critical Operating Environment (MCOE)
ERP application.
. SAP regression testing roll out.
Bank of America, Jacksonville FL (May 2007 to August 2007)
Design Team Lead, 6 Sigma Technical Delivery and Integration - Contract
. Inter nodal analysis for measurement of external redirection of Voice
Guided Services (VGS). WebServices and Queue data movers.
. MQ / WebSphere WAS & WCC environments for Line of Credit application
mainframe Federated File Data Storage for B2B delegated authorities
for external application tier, and mainframe data and data movers.
. 5 projects IVR / VRU, Health Savings Account, and OOS monitoring, and
call center redirection.
EverBank, Jacksonville, FL (February 2003 to May 2007)
Senior Infrastructure Architect
. Highly customized Tiered Server design of Application and Database
Architecture, sponsored, designed, and provided implementation.
. Multiple national clients.
. Server security and administration of large nationwide brokerage
client base.
. Secured work flow into load balanced cluster domains.
. Back office Oracle 10G database and 11i Financials solutions.
. Collocation datacenter build out for power, network operations,
administration, and support.
Alltel (FNF Information Services), Jacksonville, FL (February 2002 to
February 2003)
Network Analyst, Interchange Services, Mortgage Division
. Provided Web, Application and Database Tier Architecture, proposal,
design, and implementation, server and secured Web portal and 300
Mortgage Brokering.
. iPlanet Portal 4.1, Weblogic 6.1 Query, LDAP Directory Services 4.1
Netscape and Oracle 8.1.7 for multiple nationwide mortgage banking
clients.
. Host based security audits and traffic analysis, Security audit and
risk mitigation.
Aetna/Prudential Insurance Corporate Technology Services of Underwriting of
National Servers, Jacksonville, FL (August 1997 to February 2002)
Network Analyst
. Data center management of distributed computing and communication
resources.
. Experience with multiple mainframe, IBM Risc AIX/Solaris UNIX and NT
servers.
SKILL SETS
NETWORK, SECURITY and ENCRYPTION COMPONENTS
CISCO DEVICES and Software - Nexus 7000, MDS9000, Cisco 3950 / Cisco Works
SECURITY JUNIPER - SRX 3600 / Design High Low/Implementation
INTERNAL - IPS/IDS/SIEM - Monitoring Services / Domains and Data
Classifications - McAfee Orchestrator
EXTERNAL - IPS/IDS/SIEM Zone - Intrusion Detection / Nessus / TCPDUMP
TIER 2 - WEB PORTAL AND APPLICATION
5 BigIP; custom Apache versions 2.xx / mod_jk, 64bit Compiled; Websphere
and Bea plug ins. Tomcat Jakarta, JBOSS customization, JVM for RedHat,
Solaris, BSD, and IBM java versions, Citrix XEN Access Gateway / VMWare,
Web Services XML, Directory Services LDAP connectors for Active Directory
DNS -FastDNS - Bind9 external; internal Active Directory Domain
Controllers; experience with using Lucent QIP (Prudential Class A IP
address).
TIER 3 - DATA
Oracle 8i, 9, 10g/11g Database, Clusterware, OCFS, Oracle ASM SAN
configuration, Enterprise Mgmr, Config, Administration, Tuning,
Backup/Restore. ANSI SQL for Microsoft SQL Server 2003/2005, Oracle, DB2;
Veritas LVM, Linux LVM and Scripting, IBM LVM, HP Secure Path LVM
CLUSTERING
CLUSTER APPLICATION - Weblogic / Websphere Clustering; F5 BigIP; Apache
Domains
CLUSTER SERVER - vCenter / vSphere / vMware; HP ServiceGuard Quorum MGR;
Sun Cluster 2.3, 3.0; Oracle Parallel server; Veritas; Clustering 3.0 IBM
/ HA Clam Associates;
Active / Passive, Application and Server configurations
SAN / STORAGE MANAGEMENT
SAN SERVER FABRIC - Config HP EV / XP Hitachi Raid Manager; SAN SERVER
STORAGE MGMT - Backup and Recovery Fabric, configure RPO/RTO and testing;
SAN CONFIG - HP EVA / 3PAR, HSG80 / EMC Brocade and LUN Config, Server
Fabric config; Storage Mgmt, Sizing schema's capacity analysis, HP Secure
Path on Solaris, HBA Fabric configuration. CISCO MDS9000, Brocade;
recovery, upgrade, and migration; OLDER migrations Solaris and IBM Storage
Architecture
OPERATING SYSTEM and CODE REUSE OPEN SOURCE
WINDOWS- Servers 2003 / 2007 / 2008, Active Directory / SCSM / SCOM.
UNIX - Sun Microsystems 2.5 to 10; RedHat Linux AS / ES 4.0 and 5.0; to
current; Linux since 1994 - current; IBM AIX 3.25 - 4.3 to current / SMIT;
BSD systems (Free,Net,OpenBSD) from 1998 - current. GCC 64bit Compiler -
AWK, Perl, C, Korn Shell, C shell, Bourne Shell; python; dbase, ansi SQL,
FreeTDS - TSQL, DB2 Client and JDK configuration
HARDWARE 64bit / OS / Virtualization Platforms
VMWARE - ESX 5i / vSphere 5i / vCenter 5i / 32/64bit Data Center Design
HP -- Proliant / DL585, DL385, DL360, DL380, Bp40, HP9000 N-Class, HP-
RX8640 (ITANIUM GOLDEN EGG)
SUN Microsystems / v880, 280R, e4500, e450, T2000, V20/40;
IBM - Pseries / R50 / RISC 6000 Other Silicon Graphics; Evans &
Sutherland; Dec/PDP systems; PC Platform
CODE REUSE OPEN SOURCE NETWORK and FIREWALL
BSD - NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD / Solaris 64bit GCC Compiling, IPF
Customized Firewall / NAT, BSD Packet Filter (BPF), Nessus, Network Address
Translation (NAT), advanced rule generation for RFC1918 intranets.
Bridging, Gateway TCP/IP and proxy configuration.
TEST AND MEASUREMENT
Wiley (Java Byte Code level analysis and alerting), Tivoli SNMP Alerting
and walk, Resonate Analysis; MRTG Analog and statistical graphing, Web
Analog (Cambridge), CVS code reuse
MISSION REHEARSAL / DEBRIEFING DISPLAYS / Terrain Analysis
MILITARY SIMULATIONS AND Mission Debriefing and Mission Rehearsal / TACTS /
ACMI Acquisition Mgmr Site Transformation. Flight Record playback, US Army
Safety Center / Fort Rucker, AL, US Navy Safety Center, IDF, MoD, DoD
playback, Remote Piloted Vehicle / FogM, AH66/Comanche Human Factors / Man
-in the Loop / F18A SimNet/BBN/Merit
CONTINUING EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
LEADERSHIP
. Harvard Continuing Education Series on Leadership in Crisis: Ernest
Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance
. Dale Carnegie On how to Win and Influence
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
. First Things First -- Stephen Covey / January 1999, Denise Dudley EVP
. Microsoft Project Manager - Science of Project Management, August 8,
1997, Nicholas Tenerelli
UNIX
. Solaris 2.X System Administration, August 25, 1997, Atlanta Ga, -
Nancy Emhart / Frank Saeb
. Solaris 2.X Concepts and Tuning, June 22, 1998, Atlanta Ga, - Mark
Kennedy / Frank Saeb
. Sun Systems Fault Analysis, October 24, 1997, Chelmsford, MA, Kate
Faucher / Bob Marsden
. HP-UX 10.5, HP-UX 11i-v2, 11i-v3 MCOE / Continental Clustering,
ServiceGuard, Metro SGeSAP extensions / Warren Darress
DATABASE
. Oracle 8i Backup and Recovery on 26th January 2001 - David Kent
Instructor
. Oracle 8i Performance Tuning on 3rd January 2001 - David Kent
Instructor
. Oracle 8i Data Base Administration and Introduction to SLQ/PLSQL on
13th January 2001 - Jim Sniatecki Instructor
. Oracle 8i DBA Architecture and Administration 20th January 2001 - Jim
Sniatecki Instructor
. Oracle 10GRAC Introduction and Enterprise Manager - Mickey Swibb
Oracle Orlando Airport
. SAP / ECC 6.0 / Warren Darress
LOGICAL VOLUME MANAGEMENT AND CLUSTERING
. VERITAS Software, 1600 Plymouth Street, Mountain View CA, 3rd December
1997 / Tony Martin
. HP ServiceGuard, on-site August 27, 2006 -- Linux HP Global ACE,
Craig Gilmore / Wanda Woodley
SAN
. HP SAN EVA5000 onsite IBM E-Business Center / Atlanta, Ga August
27, 2006 -- SAN HP Global ACE, Mervin Wyse
. HP SAN XP 24k, XP12k, XP/CA Continuous Access/ Business Copy / Raid
Manager (Warren Darress/Ben Williams / HP/Solution
RECOGNITION AND COMMENDATIONS
Legacy Merrill Lynch - leadership within Merrill Lynch Core Services and
Application
. Global Rates and Currencies messaging infrastructure allocations and
access control initiatives - Nuzhat Halani ML Director of
Infrastructure for GRC / Frank Baldino, Ameet Bagga October 2011
EverBank Infrastructure - Doug Woods CIO - Executive appreciation
dedication and sacrifice
. Application Tier Environments Feb 2006
. Upgrade VMware / Active Directory Environments Sept 2006
. Upgrade new SAN infrastructure Atlanta, Ga, May 2005
. Upgrade SAN infrastructure Jacksonville, May 2004
. Building Collocation Center IBM Business Center May 2003
. Jacksonville Data Center move, July 24, 2002
. Migration Oracle 7i Financials to 11i Financials May 2001
Aetna / Prudential
. Y2K Rollover Weekend - meeting the challenges of conversion, January
2000, Louise McCormick & John Brighton, Executive Vice President
. DataCenter Migration / Shutdown from Jacksonville to Aetna Hartford,
CO, September 1,2001 - Final Shutdown of Data Center Jacksonville /
Severance from Prudential Insurance
. Global Provider Services Provider Oracle Migration / Pall Galico
/Prudential
General Electric Light Bulb Distribution Services
. Developer of Desktop application for GE Contract Carriage operations
February 14, 1995 in Lexington, Kentucky - Manager Logistics programs
/ GE Robert Johnson.
Army Safety Center Commendation Letter Army Chief of Staff General DESERT
STORM
. Post flight Analysis / Flight Recorder Play Back 1991 Gulf War.
General Army Safety Center and Senior Engineer Gary Rasponi.
. First Distributed Simulation / SIMNET / Darpanet (1989)
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