Tim Oudin

Robbinsdale, Minnesota

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Architect Specializing in AWS Cloud, Virtualization, Storage and Emerging Technologies

Experienced system administrator and architect in disciplines of public cloud (AWS), VMware virtualization, SAN/NAS storage, data center management, IaC (Ansible, Terraform), Linux, and Kubernetes with strong solutions design capabilities. Extensive scripting experience using PowerShell/PowerCLI, Python and Bash.

Professional Experience

Eastern Computer Exchange 07/2012-5/2023

Senior Data Center Consultant/Enterprise Cloud Architecture Lead

Consultant/architect with focus on implementation of AWS public cloud, VMware on AWS, Terraform, Ansible, VMware vSphere, Management and Operations products, Business Critical Application virtualization, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Disaster Avoidance. Design and implementation of Dell/EMC storage arrays, Dell/EMC RecoverPoint, Dell/EMC VxRail, Cisco UCS, Cisco Nexus Unified switches, Cisco MDS Fibre Channel switches, and VCE Vblock.

Additional responsibilities include defining and maintaining documentation standards, delivery standards, defining training strategy for services delivery, training plans for consultant/architect team members, defining Level of Effort for delivery services, management oversight of Eastern client facing demo lab, and providing technical guidance for pre-sales technical consultants.

Key Contributions:

•Achieving OEM Platinum Partnership planning and building a client facing lab for demonstrations.

•Developed post-sales architect team to assist pre-sales efforts as needed for complex engagements and emerging technologies, providing deep technical knowledge to augment sales efforts.

•Led services delivery practice development efforts expanding into newer technologies including VMware NSX, vRealize Automation, Ansible/Ansible Tower, VMware Cloud on AWS.

•Responsible for managing OEM partnership technical competencies and certification requirements.

Oudin Consulting Inc. 06/2011-07/2012

Consultant

VMware virtualization architect with additional specialization in Fiber Channel/iSCSI SAN connectivity, storage array design and performance analysis.

Key Projects to Date:

The State of Minnesota; VMware vSphere 5 architecture design with HP SAN integration for a branch of The State of Minnesota. Design requirements included a critical need for remote site high availability and sustained operational capacity in the case WAN connectivity failure.

EMC residency, Client confidential. VMware health assessment with remediation, VMware and Citrix performance analysis/tuning. Disaster Recovery planning for storage replication and Site Recovery Manager implementation. VMware vSphere 5 upgrade/migration.

VMware Site Recovery Manager Implementation, Client confidential.

ECMC 05/2010-06/2011

Senior Systems Administrator

Lead virtualization architect responsible for a 1200 virtual machine environment, utilizing VMware vSphere, and VMware Site Recovery Manager. Managed CLARiiON, Celerra and NetApp SAN/NAS storage devices using Cisco MDS Fiber Channel, iSCSI and NFS protocols. Responsible for RecoverPoint implementation, performance tuning and health analysis.

Key Contributions:

•Successfully surpassed required RPO consistently on all disaster recovery testing with RecoverPoint and SRM.

•Lead development and implementation of Disaster Recovery processes and technologies across multiple, newly acquired lines of business using VMware Site Recovery Manager for automation of virtualized assets.

•Successfully scaled ECMC infrastructure to meet the demands of business growth and acquisitions while continuing the virtualization of Tier 1 applications across the enterprise.

•Achieved greater than 90% virtualization ratio including Oracle, MS SQL Server, Exchange, and Java workloads with equivalent or greater than physical performance.

•Deployed a successful Proof of Concept using Citrix XenApp as a solution for a growing business issue, fully deployment to the organization expected to mitigate an 8 million dollar loss of revenue in the upcoming year yielding a near immediate ROI.

Data Strategy

Consultant 2/2010-05/2010

Provided consulting services in support of VMware Professional Services and private clients on a variety of VMware products and services.

ECMC 11/2007-02/2010

Senior Infrastructure Specialist

Virtualization engineer responsible for a 300 virtual machine environment, utilizing VMware vSphere, VMware View and VMware Site Recovery Manager. Managed EMC SAN/NAS storage devices using Fiber Channel, iSCSI and NFS protocols. Cisco MDS switches used for all Fiber Channel connectivity to ESX, Linux and Windows.

Key Contributions:

•Successfully integrated multiple large-scale acquisitions into the infrastructure with extremely tight deadlines and budgets. Acquisitions included assumption of loan volume from competitors and private companies. Responsible for health analysis of virtual environments and implementation of disaster recovery technology for all acquisitions.

Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

EMCIEe (Expert) VNX

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