Data Center Global

DEWAYNE JUNIOR MOORE

Highlands Ranch, CO ********@*****.*** 303-***-****

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Highly skilled Data Center Architect with ten years of experience executing both Enterprise/Colocation projects from Evaluation, Selection, Design, to Implementation. Adapt at collaborating with multiple business partners and stakeholders, including Legal, Compliance, and Audit. Technical expertise in IBM/Amdahl mainframe computer and storage systems. Proven analytical, problem-solving, communication and interpersonal skills.

SKILLS

Data Center Strategy, Operations & Analytics

Data Center Design, Build, Commissioning, IT

Deployment & Operations

Data Center Expansion, Decommission & Migration

Data Center Site Assessment & Selection

IT Capacity Planning

Vendor and Stakeholder Management

Strategic Planning, Decision Making

Critical & Analytical Thinking

Recruitment, Team Building & Mentorship

EXPERIENCE

VISA USA Highlands Ranch, CO

Chief Enterprise Architect – Global Data Center Operations & Engineering 2013 - Present

Support Visa’s long-term strategic goals as a direct report to the VP of Data Center Engineering and Operations, including partnering with internal stakeholders like Country Managers, Product and Government Relations teams to respond to potential business opportunities to retain existing clients reacting to changing regulatory requirements, roll out new market/country-specific products and services and expand existing market presence.

Evaluate and provide assessments of third-party processors, potential candidates for mergers or acquisitions or colocation service providers leveraging in-depth knowledge of industry best practices and data center standards

Tasked with large scale Visa deployments outside of the US; partner with Technology Chiefs and Vendors to assess current IT solutions and future IT solutions to drive the requirements for Data Center selection, design, capacity, build and final deployment of the IT infrastructure.

Define Global Data Center Operations and Infrastructure Management standards to ensure efficient management of global data center environments to solve technical problems, system integration issues and implement solutions that fulfill customers’ business requirements and needs

Drive integration of DCIM into larger DCEO strategy, with particular focus on hybrid and private cloud integration and global data center information analytics

Lead System Architect – Global Data Center Operations & Engineering 1998-2013

Designed recommendations for data center investments by developing business cases and returns on investment to senior leadership; stayed abreast of new technologies for large enterprise and software design to inform data center recommendations

Shaped Data Center strategy in close partnership with fellow Leader Systems Architects, Chief Systems Engineers and Management including creating, implementing, and enhancing standardized operations and maintenance processes across all Visa data center sites; responsible for maintenance, install/deinstallation processes, escalation, reporting and metrics

Planned and coordinate the installation, upgrade, relocation, customization and de-installation of data processing equipment and systems at the Operation Center Colorado Coast (OCC) data center and adjacent international Visa facilities

Provide second-level support to the OCC data center hardware technical staff, including troubleshooting, diagnosing system-level problems, providing guidance to staff through rigorous system documentation and hands-on training to equip staff to navigate a complex data center environment

Oversaw two data center migrations as a Hardware Lead Engineer which included installation, configuration, integrated testing, and performance tuning. Coordinated vendors to perform planning, installation, microcode maintenance, fault isolation, and hardware repair.

PLEXUS SOFTWARE Sunnyvale, CA

Senior Software Support Analyst 1996-1998

Lead System Architect 1998-2013

AMDAHL CORPORATION Sunnyvale, CA

HQ Technical Support Center 1981-1996

EDUCATION

DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering Technology 1978-1981

STANFORD UNIVERSITY Palo Alto, CA

Advanced Engineering Courses including XYZ 1984deWayne Moore

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Uptime – Accredited Tier Specialist (ATS)

McKinsey Black Leadership Academy Management Accelerator

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