George A Quist / Sr Systems Technologist

George A Quist

** ****** ******, *********** **** 01581

508-***-**** home / 508-***-**** cell

ojjxo0@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Extensive systems / server /storage /SAN Hardware experience to include full implimintations and deployments. Ongoing platform support to include hardware monitoring for performance and proactive planning for upgrades and enhancements. Invocation of new technologies with current for better compute solutions.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:

Hardware

• SAN configuration and maintenance to Include Brocade based switch fabrics and ISCSI SAN deployments for Windows, some Solaris 10 some Red hat Linux.

• SERVER / STORAGE integration and maintenance on Compaq/HP Proliant DELL PowerEdge. Equallogic ISCSI , HP MA8000, EMC CX300i, Network Appliance FAS

• VMware assessment and planning work for Virtual machine data center conversion started to HP C3000/BL460 blade server configurations

Data Center Management

• Maintained and Plan HVAC / POWER / systems installations in the datacenter

• Monitored environmental and systems using APC Netbotz , HP Systems Insight Tools

• Maintained Service provider contracts for accuracy and costs

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Seagate Technology LLC, 2006-2009

Sr. Systems Technologist

• Managed server/storage specify-procure-install based on user base request. This work consolidated the running server count by 50%

• Monitored Data Center for both thermal and power and server/storage. Break-Fix as needed. Reduced data center power consumption and cooling needs by at least 30%

• Managed storage pooling on Fibre and iscsi SAN’s and Maintain Sun-Quantum PX720 Legato backup configurations. On going LUN count reductions using Arkivio archival tools to flag/delete dated – duplicate files structures. This work also led to a 40% reduction in SDLT Media usage for to tape backups and shrinking of the needed backup time window.

Maxtor Corp

Sr. Systems Technologist 2001-2006

.

• Designed and implemented of Fibre Channel SAN conversion to include DAS to SAN Array storage

• Migrated of Exchange Server and file/print to newer HP Proliant Hardware. Worked Platform configuration in drive test design labs for scsi/sas

Quantum Corp, 1994-2001

Systems Technologist

• Maintained-planned and configured Digital VAX VMS / StorageWorks configurations. CI DSSI based, Clusters

• Migrated Hardware of mail platforms to Windows Intel Servers... VMS mail

• to Exchange mail

• Worked Quantum Quail lake Colorado DLT manufacturing site startup post Digital merger

Led team for new Data Center Construction Project at Shrewsbury MA site build to tenancy

Digital Equipment Corp., 1974-1994

Manufacturing Technician/Field Service Engineer

Worked all phases of DECsystem 10/20 manufacturing in Marlboro Mass

Worked as part of 1983 Columbia University DECsystem 2060 Installation team..

Joined INDEC Field Service and was the site account rep for the 3 Shrewsbury Mass Digital Sites..

Managed part of the VAX 9000 Mainframe first ship team and did support at many DECworld trade shows

EDUCATION

Compaq ACT / A+ Certification

Computer Technology courses completed at Quinsigamond Community College

Completed Digital Product Hardware and Applications courses

Contact this candidate