Solutions Architect Disaster Recovery

David A. Brown *******@*******.*** •

www.linkedin.com/in/david-brown •

Clermont, FL • -352-***-****

Profile

Proven Solutions Architect with extensive experience delivering enterprise-grade data migration, disaster recovery, and hybrid infrastructure solutions, driving operational readiness, risk mitigation, and global transformation across complex IT ecosystems.

• Led Enterprise Architecture for Global Cloud Storage Solutions: Directed delivery of multi-vendor Storage as a Service

(STaaS) and Backup as a Service (BUaaS) architectures across North America, EMEA, and APAC, increasing deployment efficiency by X% and enabling scalable growth for Fortune 500 clients.

• Drove Zero-Failure Transformation of Red-Status Projects: Revamped solution architecture processes and implementation workflows as co-lead of DXC’s ODE group, resulting in 100% elimination of red-status projects over 2-year span.

• Executed Seamless Migration of Petabyte-Scale Infrastructure: Orchestrated zero-downtime migration of over 5 petabytes of enterprise data across platforms (Linux, HP-UX, ESX, Windows) from VMAX 40K, XtremIO, and Data Domain to VMAX3, ensuring uninterrupted business operations during critical transitions. Areas of Expertise

• Technical Leadership

• Enterprise Solutions Architecture

• Data Migration Strategy

• Data Center Readiness

• Project & Program Management

• Technical Documentation & Runbooks

• Technical Pre-Sales & Solution Design

• Disaster Recovery (DR)

• Backup & Replication

• Virtualization & Cloud Computing

• Scripting & Automation

• Troubleshooting

• Training & Mentoring

• Storage Area Network (SAN) Engineering

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Technical Proficiencies

Cloud & Virtualization: VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7/7.x vCenter vSAN Storage Systems & Solutions: Dell EMC Symmetrix, VMAX, VMAX3, Unity, Isilon, XtremIO, VNX, VPlex HPE – Nimble, XP Arrays Data Domain Avamar IDPA – Dell, EMC BUaaS SAN Switches – Brocade, Cisco, McData Storage Protocols – Fiber Channel, FCoE SRDF – S/A/Metro TimeFinder – SnapVX, Clone, Mirror Open Replicator Fast/VP Tiered Storage Storage Systems & Solutions: Veritas NetBackup Veeam Zerto Rubrik Commvault Carbonite RecoverPoint Host & Array Replication & Back-Up Solutions

Operating Systems & Platforms: UNIX Linux Windows Server IBM Mainframe OpenVMS Scripting & Automation: UNIX POSIX Shell Scripting Windows CMD PERL DR & Backup Automation Operating Systems & Platforms: VISIO MS Project SymCLI Solutions Enabler SymWin SymTop Symmetrix Management Console (SMC) EMC Internal Tools

Architecture & Migration: STaaS BUaaS PPME SRDF Open Replicator NDM UNIX Windows Mainframe Career Experience

Career Sabbatical Dec 2023 – Present

Solutions Architect, DELL-EMC, Remote Jul 2023 – Dec 2023 Led architecture and deployment of enterprise-grade Storage as a Service (STaaS) and Backup as a Service (BUaaS) solutions across global client environments. Delivered technical leadership and strategic consulting for storage, backup, and data protection technologies leveraging multi-vendor platforms. Drove integration of Dell EMC, HPE, Veritas, VMware, and Brocade technologies into cohesive, high-performance storage and backup architectures. Collaborated cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and project teams to ensure solution alignment, operational readiness, and seamless onboarding.

• Architected and implemented over $1 billion in STaaS and BUaaS infrastructure across North America, EMEA, and APAC regions.

• Reduced project backlog by 100%, eliminating all “red” status projects over 2-year tenure as ODE group co-lead.

• Designed and deployed enterprise solutions for Fortune 500 clients.

• Spearheaded seamless integration of HPE Nimble, XP, and Brocade fiber channel switches, supporting complex hybrid cloud environments.

• Enhanced performance and reliability by standardizing usage of VMware vSphere (ESXi 6.7/7.x, vCenter, vSAN) in backup and storage deployments.

• Expedited onboarding processes by over 60% following realization of detailed Visio network diagrams, implementation runbooks, and BOM validations.

Solutions Engineer, Recovery Point Systems, Remote Apr 2022 – Apr 2023 Delivered pre-sales engineering support for enterprise Disaster Recovery (DRaaS), colocation, and network solutions across cloud, hybrid, and physical infrastructures. Partnered with sales, marketing, operations, and product teams to validate opportunities, refine service offerings, and ensure solution alignment with client objectives. Led technical conversations with clients, translating business requirements into actionable, cost-effective DR and backup architectures. Specialized in integrating VMware, Nutanix, Windows, UNIX, mainframe, and hyperscale cloud technologies with Veeam, Zerto, Rubrik, Commvault, and Carbonite backup solutions. Spearheaded integration of cloud and on-prem recovery environments leveraging VMware, Hyper-V, IBM, and leading backup platforms. Conducted technical training sessions for sales teams, improving product knowledge and client engagement performance across multiple business units.

• Designed and delivered over 15 DRaaS and colocation solutions for enterprise clients, meeting regulatory and cyber recovery requirements across x86, IBM i/p, and mainframe platforms.

• Supported 4 national sales teams, resulting in 20% increase in closed opportunities through improved technical proposal accuracy and CAPEX quote turnaround.

• Cut solution design handoff errors by 30% through enhanced documentation and collaboration with operations and project management teams.

• Accelerated vendor response time by 30% and improved margin accuracy by 20% while serving as Primary Vendor Liaison for quoting and solution validation.

Solutions Architect, DELL-EMC, Remote Oct 2018 – Jan 2022 Co-led design and delivery of global StaaS and BUaaS solutions for enterprise clients through DXC’s Onboarding Delivery Engineering

(ODE) group. Developed scalable, multi-vendor infrastructures leveraging Dell EMC, HPE, Veritas, VMware, and Brocade technologies. Provided technical leadership, created solution architecture documentation, and ensured alignment with data center readiness, project milestones, and compliance standards.

• Eliminated all “red” projects over 2-year period by standardizing architecture processes and aligning with project timelines. Solutions Architect, DELL-EMC, Dallas, TX Jun 2018 – Sep 2018 Led complex data migrations and storage rebalancing across multi-vendor environments, supporting AIX, ESX, and Windows platforms using LVM, PowerPath, and array-based tools. Configured and validated host storage allocations using Symmetrix, SDRF, NDM, VMAX/VMAX3, and SymCLI, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to retain oversight of change management processes.

• Migrated and rebalanced over 50 TB of storage across hybrid enterprise systems, minimizing downtime risk and optimizing performance across critical infrastructure.

Solutions Architect, DELL-EMC, Houston, TX Nov 2017 – Mar 2018 Developed and implemented operational procedures, SnapVX automation, and disaster recovery runbooks to support enterprise- wide conversion from SRDF to TimeFinder SnapVX across VMAX3 environments.

• Enabled full migration of 80% of VMAX3 storage arrays to SnapVX, lowering replication overhead and improving recovery time objectives (RTO) by 60%.

Solutions Architect, DELL-EMC, Kansas City, MO Aug 2017 – Oct 2017 Planned and executed end-to-end data migrations from VMax 40K, XtremIO, and Data Domain to VMAX3, leveraging NDM, SRDF, PPME, and LVM across Linux, HP-UX, ESX, and Windows platforms.

• Migrated over 2 PB of enterprise data with zero unplanned downtime, ensuring seamless transition and enhanced performance across mission-critical workloads.

Additional Experience:

Proprietor, Brown & Brown Fine Woodworking, Orlando, Florida Advisory Solutions Architect - South Eastern US Enterprise Delivery Group, EMC Corporation, Orlando, Florida Advisory Solutions Architect, Global Alliances, EMC Corporation, Orlando, Florida Senior Solutions Architect, Telco/Media & Entertainment Group, EMC Corporation, Orlando, Florida Regional Implementation Manager – Southeastern United States, Global Alliances, EMC Corporation, Orlando, Florida Solutions Architect, EMC Corporation, Orlando, Florida Senior Systems Engineer – Premier Systems Integrators, EMC Corporation, Charlotte, NC Senior Systems Engineer – McCormick Nunes, EMC Corporation, Chapin, SC Owner – Bytewise Integration, EMC Corporation, Orlando, FL Systems Administrator – Lockheed Martin Missile Systems, EMC Corporation, Orlando, FL Adjunct Professor, Valencia State College, Orlando, FL Education

Associate of Arts in Computer Science (AA), Valencia State College, Orlando, FL Training & Certifications

Certified BC Expert, EMC2 Corporation

EMC Certified Symmetrix Specialist, EMC2 Corporation Hewlett-Packard Certified Systems Administrator, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Solaris Certified Systems Administrator, Issuer

Hewlett-Packard Certified HP-UX Internals, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Hewlett-Packard Certified HP-UX Security, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Veeam Certified Technical Sales, Veeam Software

Zerto Certified Technical Sales, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Awards

Solutions Architect of the Year, EMC2 Corporation

2 x Club 101 Member, EMC2 Corporation

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