Advisory Solutions Architect at EMC
Greater Philadelphia Area
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- Past
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- Solutions Architect at Novus Consulting Group
- Manager of IT at Stitch Networks Corporation
- Systems Engineer at JVC Technologies
- Systems Administrator at PDC Solutions, Inc.
- MIS at MicroAge of Exton
- Intern at PDC Solutions, Inc.
- Education
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- Drexel University
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Sean Cummins’s Summary
Experienced Technologist with over fourteen years of experience in the IT field, including over seven years of specialization in Networked Storage technologies.
- EMC Federal TS Delivery Top Performer 2008
- EMC Federal Platinum Player 2007.Q2
- EMC Federal DoD Solutions Architect of the Year 2006
- EMC Symmetrix SPEED, Clariion CSPEED, and Celerra NAS NSPEED Guru
- Symmetrix Champion
- Replication and Data Migration Champion
- EMC Proven Technical Architect - Business Continuity Expert
- EMC Proven Technical Architect - Symmetrix Solutions Specialist
- EMC Proven Technical Architect - SAN Specialist
- EMC Proven Technical Architect - NAS Specialist
- Brocade Certified Fabric Professional
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP3)
- DoD Clearance
Sean Cummins’s Specialties:
Networked Storage (SAN/NAS), Business Continuity, Data Replication and Migration, Storage Performance, Virtualization, Scripting and Automation
Sean Cummins’s Experience
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Advisory Solutions Architect
EMC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EMC; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
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Senior Solutions Architect
EMC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EMC; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)
• Designed and implemented SAN and NAS solutions to satisfy customer consolidation, business continuity, and disaster recovery needs, primarily based on the EMC Symmetrix (DMX), Clariion, and Celerra platforms with Cisco, Brocade and McData fibre channel switches.
• Performed customer health and performance assessments and presentations, identifying points of concern within customers’ networked storage environment.
• Acted as a regional approver for the EMC Solutions Validation Center Business Continuity Group, evaluating SRDF engagements throughout Federal.
• Technical Lead for multiple pre-sales proof of concepts / demos.
• Led and mentored fellow IS’s and SA’s in the field, and presented technical information to both customers and internal employees.
• Customers include AMC, AFPCA, PACAF, TACC, FDIC, NMCI, MCEITS, MDA, AHRC, AKO, ARNG, CCAD, DISA, DLA, JIEDDO, PENREN, ITA, PTC, SMDC, SDDC, and USARC, among others. -
Solutions Architect
Novus Consulting Group
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2001 — December 2003 (2 years 4 months)
• Implemented enterprise solutions for Fortune 500 and Federal clients in the US and abroad.
• Focused on networked storage products, including EMC Symmetrix and DMX, Clariion, Celerra, SRDF, TimeFinder, SnapView, MirrorView, SAN Copy, ECC, Brocade and McData directors
• Created perl scripts to automate backup, disaster recovery, data migration, and data refresh processes.
• Led and mentored junior level engineers in the field, and presented technical information to both customers and internal employees.
• Customers included EMC (Federal, Enterprise, and TME), AOL Time Warner, Comcast, Random House, USAFE, PACAF, MTV, Nickelodeon, JCALS, Gene Logic, GMAC, GSA, NMCI, Columbia House, HBO, McGraw-Hill, Washington Post, Philadelphia Newspapers, Readers Digest, SBC Prodigy, Verizon, and Viacom, among others. -
Manager of IT
Stitch Networks Corporation
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years )
• Responsible for all aspects of network and systems administration and data center operations.
• Built and led a team of Systems Administrators and Network Engineers to ensure continual uptime of core revenue producing business applications.
• Achieved maximum uptimes by deploying highly available system and network components, including multi-homed Internet connections to geographically diverse ISP’s using BGP4, and Sun Cluster 2.2 for Oracle Parallel Server on Solaris.
• Deployed an NT/Win2k network with Exchange 5.5 to support internal infrastructure, later upgrading to Windows 2000 with Active Directory and moving file serving from NT to Network Appliance.
• Automated production and development processes using Perl and shell scripts.
• Presented major accomplishments, milestones, and potential future projects to company board of directors. -
Systems Engineer
JVC Technologies
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year )
• Involved in both pre-sales and post-sales technical consulting projects.
• Performed on-site installation, consulting, and support for clients with mixed networking environments, concentrating primarily on Sun Microsystems solutions.
• Recommended, designed, and implemented security solutions for clients, including firewalls, VPNs, and security audits.
• Designed and implemented highly available services on Solaris and Citrix Metaframe platforms.
• Projects ranging from short-term installations to longer-term server support and system administration. -
Systems Administrator
PDC Solutions, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1997 — 1998 (1 year )
• Support and administration of heterogeneous mostly Sun LAN/WAN environment.
• End user support of Sun workstations and PC laptop/desktops.
• Administration of Citrix Winframe & Metaframe servers housing Sales database clients. Back end on Sun running Oracle. -
MIS
MicroAge of Exton
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1995 — 1997 (2 years )
• Administration and support of Novell, Windows, SCO UNIX, Linux, and Citrix network environment.
• Planned and implemented corporate TCP/IP rollout, Checkpoint Firewall-1 installation, and Linux-based mail solution. -
Intern
PDC Solutions, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — 1995 (1 year )
• Administration and support for SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 2.5.1 workstations and servers.
Sean Cummins’s Education
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Drexel University
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Additional Information
Sean Cummins’s Websites:
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Certifications:
EMC Symmetrix SPEED, Clariion CSPEED, and Celerra NAS NSPEED Guru
Replication and Data Migration Champion,
EMC Proven Technical Architect - Business Continuity Expert,
EMC Proven Technical Architect - Business Continuity Specialist,
EMC Proven Technical Architect - SAN Specialist,
EMC Proven Technical Architect - NAS Specialist,
EMC Proven Storage Administrator - Business Continuity Specialist,
EMC Proven Master Architect, Associate Architect, Associate Operator (retired),
Cisco CCNA (expired),
Brocade Certified Fabric Professional,
Microsoft Certified Professional (NT 4.0, expired),
Sun Enterprise, and Workgroup Computing Certification (SCSA/SCNA Sol 2.6)
Citrix Certified Administrator,
A+, Network+, Linux+, CIW Associate
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Cloud Storage -
talkStorage - Storage Industry Discussion
Sean Cummins’s Honors:
EMC Federal TS Delivery Top Performer 2008
EMC Storage Software Platform Group STAR Award 2008
EMC Federal Platinum Player 2007.Q2
EMC DoD 2006 Solutions Architect of the Year
Space and Missile Defense Command CTO Coin of Excellence
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