IT Architect at Vodafone.
New Zealand
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- IT Architect at Vodafone
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- Technical Manager at Siemens Business Services
- Solutions Engineer at NTL
- UNIX Consultant at Warner Bros.
- Senior Systems Engineer at APN NZ Ltd
- Systems Engineer at Wilson & Horton Interactive
- Education
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- Eastern Institute of Technology
- Karamu
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Grant Taylor’s Summary
* Technology Architect specialising in strategy and design in storage, data protection, and multi-platform IT systems (HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, Windows). Particularly interested in rapid change technology, ,web and web convergence. Prefer to implement total solutions not technical solutions - keen on ensuring the business process is part of the solution to ensure maximum benefit from the implementation of the service or capability.
Grant Taylor’s Specialties:
ITIL, CMMI, people management, financial planning, Internet and convergence technologies, Server Hardware, Alteon (nortel), cisco and bluecoat networking solutions. Solaris, Linux, MS Windows, clustering, virtualisation platforms, oracle, MS SQL, Sybase, EMC and Sun storage solutions, SAN architecture,data protection, rapid deployment and maintenance technologies.
Grant Taylor’s Experience
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IT Architect
Vodafone
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VOD; Telecommunications industry)
October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
In addition to project design work, this role involves continuity, capacity and technological strategy planning.
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Technical Manager
Siemens Business Services
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SI; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 2 months)
Managed a cross platform project delivery team.
The team consists of SME or subject matter experts across the fields of Solaris, Linux, Windows, Networking (cisco), security, and storage (SAN and DAS).
Responsibly for evaluating proposals and providing accurate effort estimations, resource management, line management, and responsible for delivering to cost in a cost + model environment.
Core client is the BBC - our division of Siemens Business Services develops and maintains all of the BBC's online systems. -
Solutions Engineer
NTL
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
February 2005 — May 2005 (4 months)
UNIX expert within the Solutions Delivery Team.
Project based role, responsible for the implementation of hardware/software to design and specification and within agreed project timeframes.
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UNIX Consultant
Warner Bros.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
April 2004 — February 2005 (11 months)
Built and maintained data warehouse solutions for Warner Home Video EMEA - Systems were responsibile for over 5 billion euros in revenue per annum.
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Senior Systems Engineer
APN NZ Ltd
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; APN; Online Media industry)
February 2000 — March 2004 (4 years 2 months)
Infrastructure and systems design for www.nzherald.co.nz and many of APN's other online offerings.
Maintenance and development of systems, capacity management, business continuity, system performance etc. -
Systems Engineer
Wilson & Horton Interactive
(Telecommunications industry)
2000 — 2004 (4 years )
Grant Taylor’s Education
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Eastern Institute of Technology
1994 — 1994
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Karamu
1988 — 1993
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cricket, rugby, travel, photography, new technologies.
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Putney CC, netguide
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