Project Manager Support

Stuart M. Anderson

Frisco, TX *****

******.************@*****.*** 972-***-****

VCP2.X/3.X/4.X, CNA, CCA, ITILv3

Harman Connected Services. – Plano, TX Sept 2013 – Nov 2016 Cloud Architect

Research and develop cloud hosting solutions for clients

Researched cloud providers to assist with lower TCO

Solutions architect for external clients (Desktop migration, P2V migrations, AD consolidation, Patch Management, etc.)

Responsible for maintaining current Cisco UCS infrastructure

Assist in maintaining storage environment (VMAX)

Provide support to hosted clients when required – AD support, DFS replication, user accounts, GPO’s, DNS\WINS

Manager of support personnel at external client

Designed & Implemented VMWare AirWatch to client with over 1000 users VCE – Dallas, TX Jan 2011 – Sept 2013

Solutions Architect

VMware based Cloud infrastructure solution assessments and design for clients

Assist with policies and procedures as the company continues to grow.

Provide technical expertise in cloud based infrastructure provisioning.

Provide professional support service for operational clients.

Provide senior support for Cloud based infrastructure clients.

Create and administer UCS blade policies and profiles

Performed software & hardware upgrades of UCS, ESXi, and storage related upgrades of the VBlock.

Performance tuning of VM\Hosts

Update ESXi and other components update using VUM

Create PowerCli scripts to manage builds\reports\changes

Cisco CIMC administration

Hands on build of the VBlock

EMC storage provisioning, reporting (VMAX\VNX)

Hardware configuration designing and capacity planning for all assigned clients YUM! Brands – Dallas, TX Oct 1995 – Jan 2011

Enterprise Server Supervisor

Manage LUN/SAN mappings for ESX hosts and Windows environments.

Present to Senior Leadership TCO analysis of the virtualization strategy, utilizing vCenter guided consolidation, TCO calculator, as well as VMWare Capacity Planner.

Assist storage team to drive SAN standards with Hitachi AMS2500, UPSVM, and NetApp 3020.

Design network layout for ESX hosts vSwitches, implementing port trunking.

Strategic planning ESX upgrades and host refreshes, hardware layout, I/O design and then installation.

Support the Business by identifying ways to consolidate/virtualize our environment, and maintaining our existing environment at the latest tested and supported operational levels. Research new technologies to implement to assist in providing operational efficiencies in the areas of Virtualization.

Mentor team on virtualization and consolidation benefits.

Spearheaded the initiative to cross-train 2nd level support to create VM’s from templates. Stuart M. Anderson

Frisco, TX 75034

******.************@*****.*** 972-***-****

Architect of Citrix environment with over 30 Citrix XP & XenApp servers, supporting domestic and international clients. Project Manager for XenApp 6 upgrade (pending).

Design vSphere to manage our redundant environment consisting of over 30 hosts and 500+ virtual machines.

VMware Project Manager:

Managed team consisting of 3 YUM Associates across functions and VMWare engineers.

Duties include providing project management as well as technical lead, vendor/consultant mgmt, coordinating project activities and communicating progress.

Ensure vendors complete contractually obligated duties and meet timelines.

Ensure infrastructure includes HA and fully automated DRS

Project manager for Hitachi AMS1000 SAN refresh and ESX host refresh.

Managed cross-functional team consisting of 2 Enterprise Storage personnel and 3 YUM teammates.

Duties included developing the plan that provided cost options/direction on architecture resulting in a lower cost compute solution, delegating tasks, communicating progress, and executing to completion. Cost savings of $36,015 on lease above 2010 AOP.

This project brought our architecture strategy to a state that enabled us to grow our virtualization and ready resources for Brand (Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC) YUM Projects as like a Private Cloud offering. Education, Certifications, & Professional Organizations

VMware Certified Professional 2.x,3.x, & 4x

(VCP 7179)

ITILv3 Certified

Certified Novell Administrator

4.11 (CNA)

Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)

Member of the Dallas VMware Users

Group (VMUG)

Member of Dallas Citrix Users Group

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