IT Architect at Cisco
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
IT Architect at Cisco
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
Data Center Architect for a fortune 500 organization. Specializing in systems, storage, network, and application design.
Most recently, have been focused and involved with CloudComputing and how it can benefit an organization. Specifically I created and managed the panel sessions of CloudSlam09 Virtual Conference.
Architecture Principles, Disaster Recovery, Technical Architecture: Systems, Virtual, Application, Storage. Financial Analysis and TCO/ROI models. Operational Continuity and Management.
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JAVA; Computer Hardware industry)
January 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 11 months)
Defines enterprise architecture by analyzing information requirements; determining systems architecture, components, and technologies; studying business operations and user-interface requirements
Integrates enterprise information technology by publishing and updating long-term, intermediate, and immediate information technology objectives, plans, schedules, and coordination; establishing standards
Meets enterprise architecture financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing a budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective action when required
Achieves enterprise architecture objectives by contributing to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production and quality standards; resolving problems; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change when required
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1997 — January 2007 (9 years 5 months)
Responsible for architectural design for a large and complex Oracle ERP and Datawarehouse environment.
Technical decision maker and designer for the SunIT global SAN and Storage Architectures.
Technical decision maker and designer for the SunIT global HSM and Tiered Storage Architectures.
Technical decision maker and designer for the File System Strategy and Architecture for SunIT.
Technical decision maker and designer for the Enterprise Continuity and Disaster Recovery Strategy and Architecture for SunIT.
Responsible for infrastructure design, capacity planning and data analysis.
Create ROI and TCO models for new infrastructure designs.
Investigate new technologies as they would fit into SunIT.
Interact with Sales, Marketing, and Analysts.
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
1995 — 1997 (2 years )
BS , Business Management , 1991 — 1995
skiing, surfing, fishing, hiking, camping, scientific cooking, making beer
SNIA, Green Grid, ACM, The Ladders