Fred (“Bo”) Barrett 214-***-****

Lake Dallas, TX ac1nav@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/fred-bo-barrett

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior IT Manager with progressive IT experience in leading high-performing teams in managing multiple projects including: system design, implementation, technology refresh and re-platform. Operational support of enterprise-level applications on “open systems” (Intel) - Linux and Windows - platforms. Focused on providing skilled leadership to add value to a medium to large IT organization. A dynamic people-leader with strong analytical and problem-solving skills; accomplished in project management for systems architecture and design for enterprise level solutions. Excellent communication skills: verbal, written, presentation skills; accompanied by a desire to serve people and the needs of the business. A leader with proven ability to build trust within the team, organization, and strong partnerships with internal / external business partners, vendors, and multi-disciplined IT teams and organizations.

KEY TECHNICAL and LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

• Project Management • AWS migrations/architecture • DBA management

• Middleware Management • Systems Arch/design • Security design, maintenance

• Team Development • Workforce Staffing • Cost/Benefit Analysis

• Negotiation • Regulatory Compliance • Windows Server Admin

• Active Directory Design • VMWare builds and support • Citrix management

• Oracle’s VM (OVM) • Oracle and SQL DBA mgmt • Storage architecture/mgmt

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Verizon Data Services, Dallas, TX area 2000-2017

Senior Manager – Finance and Supply Chain IT 2012 – 2017

Managed a team of 8-9 employees plus 2 contractors supporting server infrastructure, database, and middleware administration: Project management for multiple new infrastructure and middleware builds, technology refreshes, re-platforms, consolidations and production operational support for up to 25 enterprise applications across 4 data centers. Project management and coordination: collaboration with IT/business teams to gather requirements, architect, build, deliver and support enterprise infrastructure solutions that supported Finance and Supply Chain business. Analyzed and managed operational performance requirements over the life cycle of enterprise finance applications and projects.

Managed a team of 8 to 10 employees/contractors including…

3 Oracle DBA’s supporting 7 applications and DBAAS platform.

2 SQL DBA’s supporting 5 applications and DBAAS platform.

2 person Oracle and IBM middleware team supporting 2 applications.

1 Windows IIS/server admin; primary support for two applications and Citrix framework support for 12 applications.

Managed Projects - AWS migrations:

Led on-premise to AWS cloud migrations for 8 non-prod enterprise applications.

Evaluated and recommended direction for DB migrations: RDS vs. EC2.

Created/provided cost-benefit analysis and feedback regarding migration of production landscapes from on premise data centers to AWS VPC.

Worked with VZ-wide DBA teams to establish standards and practices for SQL and Oracle in preparation for production AWS implementation. Up to 20 concurrent projects

Designed and implemented a shared Oracle RAC (11g/12c) and MS SQL DBAAS hosting model

Design engineering and implementation.

Revised pricing model: resulting in a drastic reduction to existing pricing model.

Provided infrastructure design, build, and operational support to support Verizon’s content settlements requirements with very little budget and tight timelines. Multiple non-production landscapes plus production and DR across three datacenters and lowered capital and operational costs by using open systems and database tuning instead of high-end engineered systems.

Responsible for operations, exceeding 99.99% uptime, for databases/ middleware: monitoring (BMC Patrol), backups (native, NetBackup, disk/snap), security (configuration, patching, port management).

Technical Manager – Systems Architecture, Verizon Services Operations 2005 – 2012

Managed up to 14 IT employees and contractors responsible for server infrastructure and application framework design, delivery, and production operational support for Verizon Services Operations applications supporting core business functions – HR, Finance, Legal, and Facilities – across Verizon.

Designed, implemented, and supported a new Windows Active Directory multi-domain architecture for the organization (root / parent domain plus child domain model)

MS Exchange: Designed, built and supported MS Exchange domain for over 2000 users

Implemented, upgraded, and supported large scale corporate-wide applications, such as Exchange, SMS, SharePoint, etc. requiring strong interpersonal, group, and customer-service related skills in order to gain cooperation, build consensus, and make decisions.

Continued rollout of VMware infrastructure to implement virtualization to decrease physical servers to manage and reduce associated costs.

Managed projects and technical services across both Windows/Linux OS on Intel platforms, consisting of infrastructure, database, and middleware to support Verizon’s Corporate Systems. Utilized industry best practices for the design, procurement, implementation and day-to-day management of 500+ physical and virtual servers involving:

Systems and SQL database administration

Design, configuration, and implementation of storage arrays

Middleware installation, configuration, and operational support

Security and monitoring

Support of all phases of system / application lifecycle

Technical Lead –Verizon Corporate Systems 2000 – 2005

Senior technical lead for server build and administration team and desktop support including:

Deployed VMware – our team / organization was the first in Verizon to build, support, and move applications (non-production, then production) to VMware

NT 4 Domain Administration – supported Admin functions for Windows NT4 domain

SMS: Assisted with SMS builds and management

Oversight of end-user support and training environment images

Ajilon Consultant

End user support technician, GTE SAP Project 1998 – 2000

Supported end users for GTE’s SAP project

Desktop PC support and logistics support

Backend NT4 domain user management support

TECHNICAL CERTIFICATIONS/EDUCATION

Masters Certificate – IT Project Management

George Washington University / ESI International

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

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