GUY G. McHUGH
** ****** **** *******, *** Jersey 07419
Primary: 973-***-****
E-Mail: adcmdu@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
I am an Information Technology Professional and a Certified IT Project Manager (Project+ IT Certification). I am a proven problem solver. I specialize in relocating and consolidating Data Centers, MDFs / IDFs and Server Rooms with associated work areas and office personnel. I have a strong background in Infrastructure, Data Room Construction, Data Migration and Business Continuity - Disaster Recovery.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Independent Consultant (Guy McHugh IT Consulting) 2002-Present
Project Management: Data Center Relocation, Migration, Consolidation, Infrastructure Design.
Personal Time: Achieved completion of personal goals and Local obligations, 2019 Sussex County, NJ (Guy McHugh IT Consulting)
Financial Organization. Project Manager, achieved the successful renovation of new office space and the relocation of two offices and Data Room into the new location (Toronto, Canada). Achieved the consolidation of 2 floors to 3rd, renovated and re-cabled the two vacated floors, built a new MDF with a reduced MDF Room, re-distributed the personnel, achieved the migration of the data to the co-lo data center and relocated the servers needed to the new MDF. Managed the re-direction of the Phone and Internet circuits to the new MDF, and abandoned the old MDF disposed of servers, racks, UPS and circuits. Managed the renovation and expansion of Call Centers including re-cabling and re-distribution of switches in Brooklyn, NY and Ridgefield Park, NJ 2016-2019 American Stock Transfer and Trust. Co.
Financial Project Manager – WAVE Migrations of servers from current location to new location including creation of the Hour-by-Hour Plan, Verification of all the tabs of the run book, Monitoring and Administration of the actual migration and managing testing and troubleshooting post-migration. (Reston, VA) (OHM, GTSG, IBM) 2016 (Fannie Mae)
Financial Organization Project Achieved the renovation and build out of an office facility including cabling for a Call Center, Data Room (MDF) and office space. Achieved the relocation from the existing office to the renovated facility. Achieved the integration of an M&A subsidiary into the existing infrastructure. Prepared the documentation to allow the consolidation of subsidiary space when feasible. (Lyndhurst, NJ, Ridgefield Park, NJ, Brooklyn, NY) (Bernard, Nichols Assoc.) 2014 - 2015 AST Co.
Insurance Company Project Managed Security projects for a local insurance company. Projects included the installation of a NAC Appliance with associated TAPs, the Migration of Websense and implementation of a Security Mentoring Application. (Branchville, NJ) (2013) TEKsystems Selective Insurance
Health Care Project Manager relocated three Data Centers for a Health-Care Association into both the Cloud and a Co-Location site. (Naples, FL; Jackson, MS; Atlanta, GA) 2012
Insurance Project Managed the Infrastructure consolidation of two purchased entities in to the purchasing company Infrastructure including Data, Application and Voice (Phone).wrote and maintaining project plans, and co-coordinating cutover events. (Branchville, NJ) 2011- 2012 Selective Insurance
Entertainment Organization Achieved the successful storage migration from legacy SAN and NAS storage to XIV and V-MAX for the client of a major IT firm including run books; scheduling and managing migrations. Servers migrated included Windows, Oracle (SUN), Unix/AIX/Linux, VMWare. Client Data Centers were in Orlando, FL: Columbus, OH; Burbank, CA (East Fishkill, NY) 2010-2011 Walt Disney Inc
Government Business Analyst engagement: provided independent review of agency submission for additional funding for EMS IT Project to municipal OMB. (New York City) 2009 -2010 Confidential
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Financial Organization Project Managed build-out of a DR Data Center and Two Work Area Recovery (WAR) Sites. Managed the construction of a co-location Data Center for client at an
IBM co-lo site.. Achieved the renovation and construction of the two WAR sites using 2 different independent contractors allowing client to address seating problems at home office . (Sterling Forest, NY, Jersey City, NJ, Rye, NY and Iselin, NJ) Fujitsu 2007-2008 MFUG
Project Managed the Infrastructure M&A of two Retail Food Chains including office closure, server relocation and Data Center migration. (Montvale and Carteret, NJ and Raleigh NC), A&P 2007
Financial Project Managed the Remediation of Electronic Transfer Media to an Encrypted Solution for a financial institution. Managed four different work-streams, including writing and managing project plans, status reports, chairing weekly meetings, managing spin-off projects. (Warren, NJ) 2006-2007 (CHC – TEKsystems) Citi Bank
IT Organization Project Manage the Planning, Design and Relocation of two client Data Centers prepared a financial analysis of cross-country versus a local move, designed the local data center. Two phased move; first local servers and SAN, followed by remote servers to the local site. (Reston, VA & Denver, CO) Forsythe 2005
Legal Project Managed a Multi-phased Consolidation of two client Data Centers into a new Data Center. Wrote and maintained the project plan, grouped servers for each phase, wrote the SOW for all out of scope moving and cabling work; managed the moves. (Philadelphia, PA) 2005 Forsythe
Data Center Relocation SME – Review plans for the relocation of a Data Center allowing vendor to submit a successful bid. Project Manage the relocation effort. 50+ servers with SAN. (So. Portland, ME) Forsythe 2004 - 2005
Financial Project Manager – Mentor Mainframe Data Center Migration / Consolidation. Mentored client personnel on project management methodology, wrote project charter, maintained project plans, status reports, advised on migration methodology. Managed the migration and consolidation of 9 mainframes to 7 mainframes. (Quincy, MA) (IBM) 2003-2004 State Street Bank
Performed Environmental Data Center Analysis of HVAC, PDUs, cabinet placement, air returns and cabling. Increased expansion capability and eliminating “Hot Spots”. (Iowa City, IA)
COMDISCO Inc. Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey 1998-2001
Project Manager, Advanced Technology Projects (Technology Migration Services)
DataNomics Consulting, Piscataway, New Jersey 1993-1998
Contract Consultant/ Desktop, Call Center Support / System Administration for a Pharmaceutical Firm (AHP)
First Fidelity Bank, Livingston, NJ / Howard Savings Bank, Livingston, NJ.1980-1992
Data Center Operations Manager, Tech Support Manager, Shift Manager
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
* 30 Years Information Technology
* 20 Years Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity
* 25 Years Project Management / Data Center Management
* 25 Years Systems & Hardware / Migrations / Integration / Consolidation
* 25 Years Infrastructure Design / Installation / Networking / Administration
* 15 Years Systems Analysis / Application Development / Programming & Design
* 15 Years Technical Support / Systems Programming / Systems Management
* 15 Years Call Center / Helpdesk Support / Item Processing
* 5 Years Web Page Design / Authoring / HTML
* 20 Years Banking / Finance IT
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TECHNICAL Familiarity
Application Packages: MSOffice Suite, MSVISIO, MS Project, VMware, MSOffice 365
Migration Packages: EMC’s SRDF, V-MAX Data Copy; IBM’s DMU, VMware Migration Utility
Operating Systems: Windows XP - 10, AIX/Linux/UNX, MVS, NetWare, MCP,
Network / Environment Cabling & Design: Ethernet, Access Points, Fiber, SAN, NAS. MDFD/IDF
Data Room: Server Rack / Stack; Patch Panels, HVAC, Power / UPS, Patching Documentation
EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION
Certified IT Project Manager - Project + (PMBOK Based)
Certified NetWare Engineer (CNE) NOVELL
Certificate in Information Technology (Data Processing):
Rutgers University, Extension Division
MILITARY
United States Army Discharge: Honorable Rank: E5