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CHRIS T. GARCIA

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/chris-t-garcia

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PROFILE

Highly-skilled, motivated, and results-driven Information Technology professional with 20 years of experience. Expert in Enterprise, Cloud, and Mid- tier data storage arrays, SAN/software implementation, server administration, and end-user technical support. 24-year customer service professional. Excellent communication skills, teamwork, and ability to gauge customer needs. Active community participant through volunteerism, tutoring, mentorship, musicianship, and business ownership. CORE COMPETENCIES CERTIFICATIONS

• Installation and configuration of complex software deployments

• Planning and execution of large-scale data migration projects

• SAN and Storage hardware installation

• Management/monitoring software design and implementation

• EMCIEs – VNX, Storage Management, ViPR SRM

• EMC SPEED/USPEED Certified

• VMware Certified Associate - DC Virtualization

• VMware Certified Professional - vSphere 5.5

EXPERIENCE

Eliassen Group (2021 – present): Consultant, Enterprise Data Storage Architect/Engineer Led and Executed Enterprise Storage Implementation/Upgrade for large Multimedia company (Global Media Operations Center)

• Led implementation & maintenance of DIVArchive utilizing Qumulo, Isilon, and Spectra Logic in support of HQ MOC Operations

• Coordinated, executed, and supported onsite MOC modernization & refresh – scope included Freedom II KM switches, zero-clients, IP networking, and configuration of high-end screen room physical spaces

• Worked in close contact with IT Security to ensure adherence to internal initiatives and industry security requirements, primarily centered around emerging remote office requirements related to global pandemic RGP Consulting (2019 – 2021): Consultant, Enterprise Data Storage Architect Led, Managed, and Executed Enterprise Storage Design/Implementation for Government Defense Contractor company (Engineering Group)

• Designed and led implementation of Qumulo storage array with HPE StoreEver tape-out in support of high-profile project hosting defense- covered, sensitive data

• Planned, coordinated, and executed internal & external customer team efforts throughout technical implementation cycle – scope of coordination included networking, procurement, installation, implementation, product generation, and training delivery

• Worked in close contact with IT Security to ensure adherence to internal initiatives and industry security requirements, including 2FA, CNSSI, NIST, ISO 27001, and FedRAMP considerations

RGP Consulting (2018 – 2019): Consultant, Enterprise Data Storage Architect Conducted Enterprise Storage Assessment for Government Defense Contractor company (Corporate IT)

• Environment discovery & assessment, resulting in a contract-end deliverable of recommendations for future development & modernization of technical infrastructure and team

• Delivered consultation services to internal customer team for mid-stream technical implementation efforts, identifying & proactively mitigating potential issues

• Provided advisement and presentation of cost reduction and reclamation opportunities, working frequently and closely with customer executives including the CIO, CISO, Enterprise Architect, and Leadership team Dell Technologies, Dell EMC (2017 – 2018): Technical Presenter Designed & delivered internally-facing “Brown Bag” learning sessions to the Professional Services Americas West team

• Conducted an overview of ViPR Controller planning, design, and installation considerations

• Reviewed experience-based lessons learned with the internal team, as well as strategies for avoidance/resolution of any issues encountered during technical deployments

CHRIS T. GARCIA

Dell Technologies, Dell EMC (2015 – 2017): Elastic Cloud Storage Design & Implementation Lead Held role of West Division ECS Product Lead for Cloud & Infrastructure Group

• Conducted kickoff and design review meetings with customer and internal team to facilitate product-led and solutions-led conversations

• Executed ECS implementation, including post-installation knowledge transfer sessions

• Generated pre- and post-install customer-deliverable technical documentation

• Designed, installed, and configured ECS solutions at multiple customers nationally EMC Corporation (2014 – 2015): ViPR Controller Software Design & Implementation Lead Designed, installed, and configured ViPR-C software at a large healthcare provider

• Conducted storage workshops with customer and internal team to create a transformative legacy-to-IaaS path best suited to customer requirements

• Generated pre- and post-install customer-deliverable technical documentation

• Conducted DR planning/testing using VMware SRM with RecoverPoint Storage Replication Adapter EMC Corporation (2012 – 2014): ViPR SRM Software Designer & Implementer Designed, installed, configured, and handed off storage resource management software at business outsourcing solutions and computing services provider

• Planned and scaled storage resource management software solution to most efficiently meet customer needs

• Generated pre- and post-install customer-deliverable technical documentation

• Worked with system administrator to install and test SRM software EMC Corporation (2008 – 2012): SAN Migration Lead

Planned and executed hardware refresh of director-class MDS switches for healthcare provider

• Planned and orchestrated fabric swap activities to meet SLAs during maintenance windows with no unplanned downtime incurred

• Worked in tandem with CEs and customer to ensure coordination of rack & stack tasks with configuration and validation of post-migration environment

• Provided post-activity handoff and knowledge transfer to the customer EMC Corporation (2005 – 2008): Storage Administrator Performed ongoing storage administration and software installation for residency assignment at large-scale technology enterprise

• Installed, configured, and maintained Storage Resource Management software across multiple environments

• Configured and provisioned multiple EMC storage arrays, including VMAX, VNX, and Isilon

• Installed and configured Connectrix B-Series switches in multiple data centers

• Provided tutelage and expertise to customer resources seeking advice and recommendations regarding EMC best practice

• Generated, assessed, and refined customer-deliverable procedural and technical documentation

• Planned and executed data migration for 100s of hosts comprising PBs of data

- Tools used included PPME, SAN Copy, Open Replicator, and Open Migrator/LM TECHNICAL SKILLS SUMMARY

OPERATING SYSTEMS, UTILITIES, AND VIRTUALIZATION

TOOLS

VMware vCenter/vSphere, Microsoft Windows Server family, SUSE and RedHat (RHEL) Linux, AIX VIO, CentOS, Solutions Enabler, Navisphere CLI, SAN Copy, Open Migrator/LM, Open Replicator, PowerPath Migration Enabler, Storage vMotion, ECS-Sync, ViPR SRM, ViPR-C, XtremIO, ScaleIO, HPE 3PAR StoreServ family, HPE ConvergedSystem, HPE StoreOnce, HPE OneView, Micro Focus Data Protector, Oracle, SAP R/3, SAP HANA, Qumulo Core, QF2, Pure FlashArray, InfoBlox NETWORK SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES Connectrix MDS- and B-Series fibre channel switches, TCP/IP network configuration, VSAN/VLAN/NPIV, FCIP, iFCP, trunking, Cisco Device & Fabric Manager, CMCNE, Arista, Mellanox

CHRIS T. GARCIA

EDUCATION

• Douglas County High School, Castle Rock, CO (Diploma - 1997)

• Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (Engineering Physics, transferred to MSUD - 2002)

• Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO – B.S. (General Mathematics, min. Music - 2005) ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Performer, Elus Vocal Ensemble: Community performances including Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses) and National Anthem (Coors Field, Denver, CO)

• Volunteer: Hope Starts Here Food Bank; H.O.P.E. With Jesus (co-leader); Smoky Hill Vineyard (Praise & Worship background vocalist); Familia de Dios (Lead vocalist and volunteer); Math, Science, and English tutor (K – Undergrad, free community offering as gratitude practice)

• CG3 Motivation, LLC; Founder & Owner

REFERENCES

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