SAN Administrator, SAN Engineer, Technical training specialist

Hossein Heydari

Gaithersburg, MD *****

Linkedin URL: www.linkedin.com/in/hosseinheydari

240-***-**** *******@*****.***

Technical Training Specialist

Summary

Highly motivated IT professional with 20+ years of experience in the Information Technology industry with an extensive background in SAN design/management, backup/recovery, disaster recovery, architecture, design and large scale project management. Capable of defining, tracking and driving large projects to successful completion.

In-depth knowledge & lecturer in the following technologies: Networking (LAN, WAN, TCP/IP), SAN, NAS & Data Center Technologies & Architecture, Storage and Storage Software Solutions, Archiving Solutions, Server/Storage/Network Virtualization, Fibre Channel, FCoE, iSCSI, Unix/Linux/WIN Systems.

Strong leadership, mentoring and communication skills. Team player and ability to work well with others in a high paced dynamic environment.

Managing the SAN infrastructure of four sites including design, implement, and support.

Designing and implementing three Disaster recovery projects from various data centers to Colorado Spring Data Center.

Managing the Training Data Center resources and overseeing the course delivery of contract instructors.

Led the eLearning strategy initiatives and managed the course conversion project of transferring Instructor-led (ILT) courses into on-line classes resulting into $500K quarterly saving for the HP’s business units.

Collaborated with teams of developers and trainers to design and implement Enterprise Storage, Storage Software & Networking Curricula.

Professional Experience

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Senior SAN Consultant (May 2011-Present)

In charge of SAN management of four Medicare data centers. Worked closely with project managers to conduct pre-implementation planning meetings with customers to determine customer needs to achieve customer desired functionality.

Design, support, and administer the SAN infrastructure for four sites in Healthcare Industry for HP Enterprise Services.

Extensive working knowledge on 3Par, P9500, XP24000, Hitachi arrays, Storage Tech arrays, Brocade switches, and UNIX and VMware servers.

Design and implement a large migration from Rhode Island Data center to Orlando Data Center, setting up the replication between HDS9990 to XP24000.

Design and implement two Disaster recovery projects from Pennsylvania Data Center, and Oregon Data Center to Colorado Spring Data Center.

Design and implement the Oregon Data center by installing a new P9500 storage array, and the fabrics to accommodate the ESX cluster and Solaris servers and migrated all the data from the STK arrays to the P9500.

Training Development Specialist Feb 2000-May 2011

As a technical trainer managed, developed, and implemented Technical and Sales training solutions based on the Instructional Design principals in Networking, SAN, Storage, and Storage Solutions software, and Archiving Solutions.

Designed, developed and delivered over fifteen courses in introductory to advanced Storage Area Networking and LAN/WAN Networking to the HP IT Consultants, Pre-sales and Field Engineers.

Influenced the Learning and Development leadership and management teams on implementation of new technological solutions for more successful deliveries of eLearning courses as well as reducing face-to-face costs.

Managed budget, on-time delivery & post metrics evaluations of courses for stronger customer satisfaction.

Mentored fellow instructors, Account Support Engineers, and consultants in the areas of SAN, and Networking.

Established and maintained the Storage Essentials lab, consisted of FC switches (Brocade, McData, and Cisco), HP storage arrays (XP, EVA, and MSA), heterogeneous operating systems (Windows, HPUX, and Linux), and application servers (Exchange, SQL, and Oracle) in HP training center.

Established and maintained the networking lab to provide advanced networking training, the lab consisted of LAN switches (HP Procurve, and Cisco), Routers (Foundry, and Cisco) heterogeneous operating systems (Windows, HPUX, and Linux).

Technical & Professional Certifications

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Brocade Certified Fabric Professional (BCFP)

VMware Vsphere Professional

Hitachi Certified Enterprise Professional

Professional Societies Affiliations

International Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)

American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)

Education

M.S. Electrical Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

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