
Technical Consultant
Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Technical Consultant
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Meticulous Assessment of Needs
Evaluated current distributed systems management environments and future business requirements; wrote formal proposals for standard/custom services; presented assessment findings and proposed services to clients. This resulted in several successful proposals of more than $100M.
Driving Robust System Design
Design and Project management responsibility on over 350 small to medium projects for design engineers, network engineers, and desktop support, ensuring project deliverables were accurately achieved and documented.
Coordinated engineering resources on cross-functional teams and international projects, resulting in new business sales, contract renewals, and savings to company and client organizations.
Delivering On-Time Implementation
Provided project leadership and technical expertise from requirements-gathering through implementation on over 100 physical and virtual server solutions for placement into company and client data centers, using company standards and industry best practices to minimize costs and time to deliver requested services.
Controlling Cost Effective Operation
Client-site liaison for a web-hosting account with over 200 servers in two sites, including: two data center migrations, two server operating systems migrations, and three line-of-business application migrations. The result was minimal downtime, better relationships between company and client technical teams, and increased business with client.
John Bailey, PMP, MCSE, MCSA, MCTS, MCITP, MCDST, MCP, Network+, VCP
Strategic technology project leader with depth and breadth in the following:
• Significant experience with PC, Server, and LAN hardware and software, Office Automation software, Virtualization, Windows family, and Active Directory
• Business requirements gathering/mapping, TCO studies, IT assessments, server design
• Industry Expertise: IT services for clients in Manufacturing, High-Tech, Government, Insurance, Communications, and Financial industries
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2009 — Present (1 month)
Currently working as an Implementation Engineer for a large financial institution consolidating multiple data centers.
(Religious Institutions industry)
January 2006 — Present (4 years )
Bookkeeping, Payroll, etc.
(Sole Proprietorship; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 1982 — Present (27 years 11 months)
Consulting and Design, Procurement, Installation, Technical Support, Project Management, Training, and Administration.
John Bailey, PMP, MCSE, MCSA, MCTS, MCITP, MCDST, MCP, Network+, VCP
(Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2006 — May 2009 (3 years 3 months)
Lead Project Engineer – Kraft Foods Account (2007 – 2009)
...Provided project leadership and technical expertise from requirements gathering through implementation, resulting in significantly lower costs for both EDS and the client.
...Designed over 100 physical and virtual server solutions for placement into EDS and Kraft data centers, using best practices to minimize costs and time to deliver requested services.
...Used and helped adapt standardized QMS documents and processes to fit Kraft Account requirements, resulting in faster response, less rework, and multiple successful audits.
...Helped train and mentor peers on EDS and Kraft Standards, resulting in greater team productivity and consistency.
Technical Sales Support Consultant – Intel vPro Technology (2006 – 2007)
...Provided dedicated test environments, consulting, and support for Intel vPro Technology for clients across North America, resulting in more than 50,000 additional new vPro PCs being sold in eight sites across North America.
...Compiled and analyzed customer needs and satisfaction survey results, critical to Intel’s development of new products and services.
...Led senior level presentations of vPro features and benefits, resulting in greater sales.
John Bailey, PMP, MCSE, MCSA, MCTS, MCITP, MCDST, MCP, Network+, VCP
(Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2003 — March 2006 (2 years 8 months)
Technical Program Manager – Intellinex (now ACS) Account (2003 – 2006)
...Served as the client-site liaison for a web-hosting account with over 200 servers in two sites, including: two data center migrations, two server operating systems migrations, and three line of business application migrations. The result was minimal downtime, better relationships between EDS and client technical teams, and increased business with this client.
...Developed new weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports to meet account contracted reporting requirements, resulting in EDS more efficiently producing required quarterly reports and more proactive service delivery and capacity-planning using weekly reporting to identify trends.
...Implemented Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls on invoice support documents and processes resulting in zero defects in two subsequent audits (internal and external).
John Bailey, PMP, MCSE, MCSA, MCTS, MCITP, MCDST, MCP, Network+, VCP
(Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1999 — July 2003 (4 years 3 months)
Portfolio Architect – Managed Services (2001 – 2003)
...Provided project management on over 200 projects for design engineers, network engineers, and desktop support, ensuring project deliverables were accurately achieved and documented.
...Coordinated engineering resources on cross-functional teams and international projects, resulting in new business sales, contract renewals, and savings to EDS and client organizations.
Project Leader – Distributed Systems Management Assessment Team (1995 – 2001)
...Evaluated current distributed systems management environments and future business requirements; write formal proposals for standard/custom services; present assessment findings and proposed services to clients. This resulted in several successful proposals totaling more than $100M.
...Train internal and external customers on processes, methodologies and services, resulting in teams in ten countries on five continents successfully implementing project methodologies in a consistent, repeatable manner.
John Bailey, PMP, MCSE, MCSA, MCTS, MCITP, MCDST, MCP, Network+, VCP
(Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1993 — May 1999 (6 years 5 months)
Project Leader – Distributed Systems Management Assessment Team (1995 – 2001)
...Evaluated current distributed systems management environments and future business requirements; write formal proposals for standard/custom services; present assessment findings and proposed services to clients. This resulted in several successful proposals totaling more than $100M.
...Train internal and external customers on processes, methodologies and services, resulting in teams in ten countries on five continents successfully implementing project methodologies in a consistent, repeatable manner.
Pre-sales Design Engineer (1993 – 1995)
...Designed application/database servers, including Microsoft Windows, several varieties of UNIX, WAN, and LAN server platform configuration and sizing, resulting in new business sales, contract renewals, and savings to EDS and client organizations.
John Bailey, PMP, MCSE, MCSA, MCTS, MCITP, MCDST, MCP, Network+, VCP
(Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1991 — January 1993 (1 year 8 months)
Product Testing and Certification Specialist (Desktop/Laptop PC hardware and software) (1990 - 1993)
...Ordered, tested, and returned evaluation equipment from 30 desktop, laptop, and server manufacturers. Published results of testing influenced purchases for EDS and major clients.
...Tested office suites, email applications, and software metering tools for use at EDS and major clients.
John Bailey, PMP, MCSE, MCSA, MCTS, MCITP, MCDST, MCP, Network+, VCP
(Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 1990 — May 1991 (6 months)
Mainframe Application Developer (1989 - 1991)
...COBOL, PACBASE, CICS, etc. Responsible for maintainin over 50 online screens and batch jobs.
John Bailey, PMP, MCSE, MCSA, MCTS, MCITP, MCDST, MCP, Network+, VCP
(Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1988 — December 1990 (2 years 6 months)
Mainframe Application Developer (1989 - 1991)
...COBOL, PACBASE, CICS, etc. Responsible for maintainin over 50 online screens and batch jobs.
Business Systems Analyst – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa Account (1988 - 1989)
...Gathering customer requirements and successfully translating them into actionable requests for the application development teams, as well as running test claims to verify programmed changes produced desired results.
John Bailey, PMP, MCSE, MCSA, MCTS, MCITP, MCDST, MCP, Network+, VCP
BS , Computer Information Systems , 1985 — 1988
Minor in Business Administration
AA , Business Data Processing , 1981 — 1983