Project Manager / Solution Architect / Senior Consultant

Darryl Hadfield

Cincinnati, OH ***** 513-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/darrylhadfield/ ******.********@*****.***

Strategic Technology Specialist

Reduce Overhead Expand Capability Support Bottom-Line Profitability

Innovative professional with hands-on experience in every aspect of information technology, from end-user support through to senior management. Utilizes practical and applied skills to varying degrees in Healthcare, Finance / Insurance, and Manufacturing industries.

Out-of-the-box thinking visualizes how an enterprise can implement, and sustain technology to decrease spend and increase profit, then execute that vision to become reality. Translates complex concepts into easily understandable terms. Focuses on the path forward, not obstacles; finds solutions, instead of dwelling on challenges.

Areas of Expertise:

Systems Administration & Engineering

Network Administration & Engineering

Systems Analysis

Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

Project & Program Management

Strategic Planning

Data Center Migrations

Team Leadership

Government & Services

Current Security Clearance

Professional Experience

EMC / Dell Technologies, Hopkinton, MA 11/2010 – 8/2017

Project Manager / Solution Architect / Senior Consultant

Engaged with multiple Fortune 100 clients as an advisory level solution architect and management consultant, emergency / rescue project manager, and cloud architect to expand market reach, refine and focus business goals, and implement solutions.

Migrated 55K+ endpoint nodes through multiple data center migrations (Largest being >12K) resulting in less OpEx for maintenance, and freeing up infrastructure for expansion.

Consolidated 14 companies into 4 final-state companies as a part of corporate Merger & Acquisition efforts.

Completed divestiture of 3 different corporate divisions, becoming new corporate entities.

Managed training of junior resources on best practices and procedures, improving internal skills.

Implemented 4 different converged architecture environments for private and hybrid cloud, enabling faster provisioning of needed resources, and automation of IT infrastructure involvement in the process.

SunGard Availability Services, Wayne, PA 6/2005 – 11/2010

Project Manager / Senior Consultant

Managed Information Availability program for the world’s largest flow-control manufacturing company. Oversaw training and mentoring of junior consultants, peers, and project managers, in order to enable them to independently execute in the future.

Architected Business Continuity (BC) / Disaster Recovery (DR) plans, allowing companies to fully recover from business interruption events.

Implemented full lifecycle BC / DR Planning, execution, and maintenance for hundreds of clients, to mitigate business interruptions. This included Business Impact Analyses, Risk Assessments, Continuity Planning, and Plan Exercises.

King’s Daughters’ Health, Madison, IN 2/2005 – 6/2005

IT Supervisor / Network Engineer

Coordinated WAN and MAN environmental monitoring and engineering. Implemented best practices for IT systems and procedures, and filled in for the IT Director as needed.

Administered system-wide purchasing efforts for the hospital system (which spread across 12 facilities in 10 counties, and two states), maintaining effective cost management.

Initiated replacement of WAN circuits via owned Wi-Fi equipment, resulting in an overall 20x network speed improvement.

Rotary Lift, Madison, IN 2/2000 – 2/2005

Project Manager / Systems Analyst

Owned and supported all IT-Centric projects, and sponsored and enacted other project to automate and streamline IT and business processes. Led development analysis, specification, and instruction of other staff to fulfill programming requirements, and mentored other associates to assure quality of IT service to the company.

Managed supply chain execution project, trimming inventory holding by 15%, and enabling 95% greater accuracy in forecasting.

Implemented shop floor data collection network replacement project that increased finished-goods accuracy by 40%.

Led HRIS Payroll Reimbursement / Deduction automation project, eliminating 2.5 FTE.

Executed, managed, and ran the BC / (DR) program for global manufacturing facilities, assuring zero loss of revenue in the event of business interruption.

Education / Certifications / Accreditations

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Business Computing, University of Winnipeg at Winnipeg, MB, 1997

VCE Certified Converged Infrastructure Associate, 2017

VMware Certified Professional 6 (and prior: VCP4, VCP5, VCP5.5), 2016

Black Belt, Meibukan Karate, October, 2014

EMC Cloud Architect (Specialist), 2013

ITIL v3 Foundations, 2011

Certified Life Coach, 2010

Certified Business Continuity Planner (“CBCP”), DRII, 2007

Technical Skills

Platforms:

Windows 7, 10, 2012, 2016; iSeries/OS400; Solaris 9, 10; Linux; VMware ESX/ESXi, NSX, vCAC/vRA, VCD

Software:

MS Office 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016; MS Project; MS Visio; QuickBooks; MS SQL Server

Programming Languages:

RPGIII, 4, CL; HTML; Classic ASP; ASP.NET; CSS3; JavaScript; PERL

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