Marty Stogsdill

Current

• Business Consultant IV at HP Enterprise Services

Past

• Senior Consultant at Wilton Industries
• VMware Architect at Navistar
• Advisory IT Specialist at IBM Global Technology Services

• Windows Server Architect at First Data Corporation
• Windows Server Architect - Data Center Relocation at Cardinal Health/Alaris Medical Systems
• Virtualization Architect at CapitalOne Auto Finance (COAF)
• Server Administrator at Northwestern Mutual
• Intern at U.S. Representative Gerald Klezcka, M.C.

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Education

• Marquette University

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Industry

Computer Software

Marty Stogsdill’s Summary

Server Virtualization and Data Center Consolidation Specialist

Marty Stogsdill’s Specialties:

VMware ESX implementation, server consolidation, data center relocation, data center consolidation, data center strategy, server virtualization, complex projects.

Marty Stogsdill’s Experience

• Business Consultant IV

  HP Enterprise Services

  (Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  Senior Consultant in an Infrastructure Modernization practice responsible for project delivery in infrastructure architecture, data center consolidations, server virtualization projects, data center design/architecture, and IT service management process implementations.

• Senior Consultant

  Wilton Industries

  (Privately Held; Consumer Goods industry)

  April 2008 — October 2008 (7 months)

  Architect driving integration of four leading mid-sized consumer products manufactures, Wilton Products, EK Success, Dimension Crafts, and K & Company’s IT infrastructure into one primary data center.
  
  • Rationalization of desktop refresh and deployment strategies through the implementation of a VMware based virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and implementation of a VDM broker utilizing Celerra NAS/iSCSI storage
  • Creation of virtual machine lifecycle management processes documentation for virtual and physical server availability and performance
  • Virtualization of Wilton, EK Success, Dimensions, and K&Company Windows servers onto IBM H series BladeCenters and x3650 hardware running VMware ESX 3.5.x
  • Assistance with consolidation of four messaging and authentication environments into Exchange 2007 and Windows 2003 Active Directory
  • Deployment of remote site VMware environments utilizing EMC AX-4s

• VMware Architect

  Navistar

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NAV; Automotive industry)

  November 2007 — April 2008 (6 months)

  Lead architect for VMware based virtual server environment in primary corporate data center. Upgraded legacy VMware ESX 2.5.x and 2.0.x environments to ESX 3.0.2 and created a reference architecture for VMware ESX deployments at remote sites.

• Advisory IT Specialist

  IBM Global Technology Services

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 11 months)

  Server virtualization/consolidation and data center consolidation/relocation/optimization specialist

• Windows Server Architect

  First Data Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FDC; Financial Services industry)

  March 2007 — September 2007 (7 months)

  Integral team member as a Windows Server architect for data center consolidation at First Data Corp’s (FDC)
  
  • Creating detailed technical relocation plans for the consolidated/optimized Windows/Linux environment coordinating move events with Network, SAN, Unix, and Mainframe work efforts.
  • Working with application owners to maintain continuous availability of mission critical financial processing systems during consolidation and relocation events and active-active data center failover post relocation.

• Windows Server Architect - Data Center Relocation

  Cardinal Health/Alaris Medical Systems

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  January 2007 — February 2007 (2 months)

  Primary project leadership force as Windows server relocation architect for detailed consolidation planning of Alaris Medical System’s IT environments migration into existing Cardinal Health data centers. Assessment of Alaris Medical Systems migrating Windows environment for opportunities to implement VMware based consolidation.
  
  • Creating detailed technical relocation plans and detailed move day timelines for each Windows and Red Hat Linux Server affinity group in coordination with client IT staff.
  • Performing assessments of the current Windows Server environment for opportunities to implement VMware based virtualization and Citrix server consolidation.

• Virtualization Architect

  CapitalOne Auto Finance (COAF)

  (Financial Services industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

  Member of the consolidation and virtualization core team as VMware virtualization specialist for the Plano Data Center (PDC) consolidating data centers in the Dallas metro area. Responsible for coordination with EMC and Verizon Professional Services for SAN and network support for migrations.
  
  • Architected and implemented simultaneous server virtualization and data center consolidation/relocations.
  • Virtualized two processor Windows Servers in the staging and test/development environment.
  • Extensive use of VMware and Platespin P2V (physical to virtual) virtual server migration tools.
  • Coordinated efforts of COAF, EMC, Verizon, and IBM technical staff in support of server virtualization/migration activities.

• Server Administrator

  Northwestern Mutual

  (Financial Services industry)

  January 2004 — January 2006 (2 years 1 month)

• Intern

  U.S. Representative Gerald Klezcka, M.C.

  (Computer Software industry)

  2003 — 2003 (less than a year)

Marty Stogsdill’s Education

• Marquette University

  2001 — 2005

Additional Information

Marty Stogsdill’s Groups:

•    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
•    ITSM (ITIL) Professionals
•    Information Security Community
•    FUEL Milwaukee
•    VMware Virtualization & Cloud Computing Group
•    The Storage Networking Industry Association
•    Marquette University Alumni Association (MUAA)
•    IBM co/ex workers independent group
•    ITIL / IT Service Management Professionals
•    EDS Alumni
•    Linux Community
•    HP Connections
•    Storage Professionals

Marty Stogsdill’s Honors:

VMware Certified Professional VI3
VMware Certified Professional ESX 2.5.x

EMCPA – EMC Proven Associate

SNIA SCP – Storage Networking Industry Association Certified Professional

IBM Accredited Advisory IT Specialist

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