James A. Sannerud White Plains, NY *****

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PROFILE

Technology professional with 25 years of diverse experience in professional services, software development, performance analysis and capacity planning recognized for synthesizing business and technology requirements, Expertise in IT transformation, cloud computing, business case development, IT cost modeling, capacity planning, performance, software development, and project management. Experienced in client-facing roles at Fortune 100 companies in banking and financial services, telecom, energy, pharmaceutical and public sector. Excels at communication with the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with all levels of an organization from executives to technologists.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Cloud Transformation Financial Analysis Cost Modeling Capacity Planning Performance Measurement Data Management/Analytics Systems and Network Management Project Management Communications Quality Assurance

TECHNOLOGIES

Storage (Dell/EMC) Programming languages (Java, C, C++, R, SAS, Perl, Excel Vba Macros) Linux VMware TCP/IP Performance and capacity (MXG, SAS, MICS, Cognos) Analytics SQL Db2 ITIL certified Agile Methods IBM mainframe Data Centers Microsoft Office-Excel

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

JP Morgan Chase

VP Capacity Planning Global Technologies 2017 to 2023

Senior capacity planning leader responsible for managing planning for four data centers for JPMC’s global technology platform, Responsible for managing current and planned configurations comprised of mainframe and cloud technologies including IBM, Amazon, Dell/EMC, and others

Led planning and monitoring of hardware configuration to meet storage and compute capacity demands from retail, commercial and investment banking divisions. More efficient use of hardware and configuration of new data centers resulted in savings of over $50M

Tested resiliency of data centers to meet compliance and regulatory requirements, delivering continuous availability.

Met regularly with LOB to forecast resource requirements; created management reports and presented to leadership on resource actual vs planned usage to more accurately predict resource requirements.

Led a conversion from MICS and MXG to a more modern Cognos reporting system. Used analytics tools such as SAS and Excel to analyze chargeback, improving chargeback to LOB by 20 percent.

Teamed closely with UK and India teams to ensure 24 by 7 support of global data centers.

Dell EMC 2013 – 2017

Advisory Consultant, IT Transformation

Specialist in IT Transformation, IT Financial Management and Capacity Planning, including cost models, IT chargeback and show back, operating model, business case development, and predictive capacity models.

Developed a capacity planning strategy and implementation roadmap for an industrial services company migrating to hybrid cloud. Analyzed products for a capacity planning system and developed recommendations for multi-tiered enterprise-wide reporting.

Created a business model using Excel macros and VBA on the cost benefit of cloud migration, resulting in savings of $60M over five years for an insurance firm. The model allowed customizable “what-if” analysis enabling precise comparisons of cloud service provider costs. This model became the tool adopted by Dell EMC pre-sales for RFP responses.

Delivered a comprehensive analysis of an enterprise-wide workload at a major insurance company, including a benchmark against peer companies. Reduced costs through staffing recommendations and improved service levels by 25%.

Led a chargeback engagement for a state government to design and implement a billing system. Replaced multiple legacy billing systems with a modern, scalable solution to automate data collection, saving over $20M.

Created a predictive model and capacity plan of a complex VMWare environment for a large credit card issuer. This work improved their workload balancing across multiple sites, for a more agile and competitive environment and reduced costs for internal customers.

EMC/Smarts 2006 – 2013

Network Analytics Specialist / Cloud Storage Engineer

Responsible for performance of EMC Smarts network management software, used for root cause analysis of network problems. Smarts was used by major telecoms, service providers, and banks

Created large network which revolutionized the ability of development and QA teams to simulate, test, and resolve complex customer network issues. The simulation of tens of thousands of nodes improved detection of potential performance issues and accelerated testing by approximately 30%.

Developed automated testing tools using Java, C++, and Perl to test drive the Smarts software.

Authored best practices manual for Smarts Ionix software. Served as the global VMware expert interfacing with development teams in India and China.

Tested performance of EMC’s next generation software-defined storage product improving performance by 26%.

Integrated Microsoft Active Directory security to improve scalability and reliability while meeting response time and throughput goals. Tested security scalability to support over one million simultaneous connections, meeting the most stringent customer requirements.

Prior Roles

CA Technologies (formerly Computer Associates) 1995 – 2006

Principal Software Engineer / Storage Management Architect and Developer

Developer for network and storage management software; provided architectural, engineering and training support to sales and internal staff.

Was the lead C++ developer on enterprise management network discovery software performing protocol detection, classification of network objects, and graphical displays for network management.

Integrated SAN event management into Unicenter to provide a leading enterprise management product generating $200M in revenue.

Was lead architect and developer of SAN discovery software interfacing with EMC, Brocade, and other vendors to support discovery and management of SAN hardware, switches, and bridges.

Designed new software for network, applications, and systems management including the creation of software agents, using Microsoft Visual Studio .Net C and C++ and SQL Server.

CMX Group (Compumetrics) 1990 – 1995

Senior Consultant

Consulted for a New York Wall Street based professional services firm specializing in computer performance, chargeback, capacity planning, data modeling, and management reporting, serving Fortune 100 clients in banking and financial services, pharmaceutical, and energy.

Determined capacity resource requirements to support a one billion share trading day on the NYSE.

Built and managed a team of ten professionals for capacity planning, performance and storage management assignments.

Project Leader for chargeback systems for Fortune 100 clients, establishing leading capacity management and performance tuning practices for IBM data centers.

EDUCATION

Adelphi University, Garden City, NY – MBA, Business Economics

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY – BS, Computer Science

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