5615 Pleasant View Drive

Nashport, Ohio    

740-319-3149            

maxwell@maxedoutcustoms.com

 

Senior Solution Architect focused on Storage, Cloud, Big Data, Data Protection, Security, Content Management, and Infrastructure Management. This includes requirements gathering, architecture design, customization and integration within customer environments. Work closely with various design, services and support groups as well as external vendor partners to ensure a smooth transition from presales design through implementation to support. Serve as a consultant to management and external spokesperson for the organization.

 

Proficient as a Plan – Run – Build Engineer as well as a Pre\Post Sales Architect. Experience working in highly regulated business models in the Financial, Insurance, Energy Solutions, Retail\Consumer Product Solutions and Manufacturing industries. Able to work side by side with highly skilled technical resources with the unique ability to translate technology solutions for business challenges.

 

Expert-level competencies in pre\post-sales support including positioning, estimating, creating/refining statements of work and closing solution and services opportunities. Excellent presentation skills, technical documentation acumen with the ability to lead complex designs, facilitate project progress and provide oversight support from the opportunity inception to the completion of delivery.

 

Career Highlights

·  Hitachi Data Systems

o  Pre-sales Solutions Architect

o  Technology translator for business

·  JPMorgan Chase\EMC

o  EMC Senior Solutions Architect: VMAX, VPLEX, Atmos, Isilon, EAS

o  Cloud Technology Service Owner responsible for making Cloud Technology a consumable service for JPMorgan Chase Lines of Business

·  Bank of America

o  Manage Decommission activities for enterprise SAN, NAS and Fabric hardware

o  Review and recommend Sales and Lease options for global Storage infrastructure

·  IBM

o Program Manager for Storage Migration, Refresh and Decommission initiatives for large insurance organization as part of IBM Global Services Program

·  Wal-Mart\EMC

o  Solutions Architect responsible for technical and business consultative services during the pre-sales and post-sales cycle

o  Managed Support staff to augment existing Wal-Mart Support Team

 

 

·  JPMorgan Chase

o  Managed Technology Refresh Program to ensure rotation of enterprise SAN arrays

o  Initiated Program to ensure all SAN Arrays and Fabric Switches maintain current certified microcode

·  AEP

o  Stabilized Backup and Recovery Operations to ensure data integrity

o  Implemented DR strategy between Ohio and Virginia

·  Longaberger

o  Designed, implemented and supported initial SAN infrastructure to support enterprise PeopleSoft Oracle implementation for Finance & HR

 

Technical Summary

Experienced deployments utilizing Hitachi, EMC, HP, IBM, Cisco and Brocade hardware supporting business critical applications such as VMware, Oracle, SQL, SAP, Microsoft and other complex design solutions. Proficient in Open Systems architectures such as AIX, Windows, Linux, VMware, Hyper-V as well as Mainframe configurations.

·  15+ years of experience as Storage Architect responsible for infrastructure design, implementation and support of  EMC, IBM, HP, Netapp and Hitachi Storage solutions

o  15+ years of experience with all EMC Storage Solutions: VMAX, VPLEX, DMX, Isilon, VNX, Clariion. Centera, Celera, XtremIO, VCE VBLOCK, Atmos

·  SME on all Hitachi Solutions: AMS, VSP, G1000, UCP, HNAS, HUS VM, HUS 150, Content Platform (HCP\HDI), Blade Servers, Flash Module Drives (FMD)

o  Expert knowledge of software: HUR, True Copy, Command Suite, Tuning Manager, Device Manager, GAD, Thin Image Snapshots

·  15+ years of experience with IBM Storage: SVC, XIV, DS8k, Shark, VTLs

·  15+ years of experience with Compute Technology from Dell, HP, Cisco & Hitachi including SME knowledge of Converged Infrastructure from the same vendors

·  Expert knowledge in various drive technologies including Flash, SSD, SATA, NL SAS

·  Advanced knowledge of Virtualization Technologies from VMWare, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix as well as Cloud Solutions such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon (AWS), Google, IBM, HP, Rackspace

·  15+ years of experience with multiple Backup & Disaster Recovery solutions such as Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), CommVault, Netbackup, Data Domain, Avamar & NetWorker

·  Expert level knowledge of vendor specific management tools; GUI and Command Line

o  EMC: Unisphere, PowerPath, Navisphere, SRDF, Solutions Enabler, SMC

·  10+ years of experience with IBM SAN Storage including Shark, DS8000 Series, XIV and San Volume Controller (SVC) as well as IBM Servers and BladeCenters

·  15+ years of experience with Brocade SAN DCX Backbone\Director Blades and Ethernet switches as well as Cisco MDS & NEXUS switches using GUI and Command Line

o  SME with Enterprise fabric design\install\support of Core-Edge or Core-Core solutions; multiple data center; extended data center; long-distance connectivity for Replication\Disaster Recovery; VLANs; ISLs; traffic isolation for Production\Backup\Test data, etc.

 

Career Progression

 

Hitachi Data Systems               04/14 to Present

Solutions Architect

·  Designed and implemented Cloud Technology solution utilizing EMC Atmos to support Enterprise Check Imaging infrastructure for JPMorgan Chase

·  Cloud Technology Service Owner responsible for making Cloud Technology a consumable service for JPMorgan Chase Lines of Business

 

EMC\JPMorgan Chase\Norwin Technology     05/13 to 04/14

Senior Storage\Cloud Solutions Architect

·  Designed and implemented Cloud Technology solution utilizing EMC Atmos to support Enterprise Check Imaging infrastructure for JPMorgan Chase

·  Cloud Technology Service Owner responsible for making Cloud Technology a consumable service for JPMorgan Chase Lines of Business

 

Bank of America\Princeton Systems       06/12 to 01/13       

Storage Solutions Architect

o Manage all decommission activities for SAN & NAS related hardware

o Primary technical resource coordinating with Storage Refresh team to ensure data migration processes complete and verified prior to turning hardware over to Decom Factory

o Schedule sanitization of hardware with vendor or other contracted parties to ensure all bank-related data has been sanitized according to bank standards and includes certificate of sanitization

o Work closely with Business Decisioning Team to determine ownership\lease status as well as monetary value or trade-in value of decommissioning equipment

IBM Global Services \CDI  03/12 to 03/13       

Storage Solutions Architect\Storage Migration & Refresh

o         Responsible for all aspects of storage migration and refresh activities including data gathering and analysis, storage infrastructure design, scheduling and implementation of work plans

o         Work closely with multiple accounts and lines of business building knowledge and understanding of the importance of Technology Refresh\Migration\Decom activities as well as building relationships with technical staff to ensure seamless technology transition

o         Conduct deep dive assessments and documentation of technical requirements, architecture designs, configuration request forms, and operational run books

o         Work closely with Project Management teams to review and recommend migration schedules

 

 

GDH Consulting\EMC08/11 to 01/12

Solutions Architect and Production Support Manager working for EMC assigned to Wal-Mart account in Bentonville, Arkansas. 

o         Technical liaison for EMC Sales Team responsible for analyzing Wal-Mart business requirements and presenting storage solutions to technical staff as well as executive level personnel

o         Production Support Manager responsible for building new team of 8 staff members to augment Wal-Mart Storage Support Team

o         Partnered with existing Infrastructure Team to create 24 X 7 support schedule to ensure technical resources available to support all Lines of Business during peak sales periods and beyond

o         Technical lead responsible for design, installation and management of multiple VMAX and VPLEX enterprise systems supporting UNIX, HP-UX, Windows and VMWare platforms across multiple data centers

o         Installed, configured and managed multiple EMC VNX and Isilon storage systems to replace existing Netapp infrastructure

o         Worked closely with VCE, a join collaboration of VMWare, Cisco and EMC installing and configuring multiple VBLOCK systems to support Wal-Mart virtual environments

 

 

JPMorganChase, Columbus, OH07/06 to 08/11

SAN Engineer Lead

o         Subject Matter Expert in the design, implementation and support of EMC storage and VMware Virtualization technologies

o         Solutions Engineer responsible for providing 24 X 7 senior level support for EMC Symmetrix and Clariion storage systems remotely at data centers located across the world

o         Responsible for coordinating microcode updates on all EMC Symmetrix and Clariion storage systems as well as FOS updates for all Cisco, Brocade and McData switches

o         Partner with all Corporate Lines of Business to analyze business\application requirements and recommend appropriate storage solutions

 

American Electric Power, Columbus, OH  01/06 to 07/06

Senior Storage Administrator

o         Moved all critical financial backups to TSM, standardizing backups to one platform and reduced support costs

o         Identified storage system performance bottlenecks and implemented tuning parameters to improve operating efficiency by 20%

o         Developed, documented, and implemented 18-month strategy for backup\recovery operations

 

 

The Longaberger Company, Newark, OH04/97 to 01/06

Multiple Assignments

o Responsible for all aspects of SAN infrastructure including storage provisioning, performance tuning, trouble-shooting & Disaster Recovery

o System administrator for TSM, AIX, Windows and NetWare platforms

o Primary support engineer for over 175 Intel servers running Windows 2000, Windows NT 4, and Novell NetWare Operating Systems.  Provide file, print, email, directory, and desktop management services for 2200 customers

 

Education & Credentials

 

The Ohio State University

Associates Degree in Economics

 

Technical Education\Certification

·   VCE VBLOCK Infrastructure Platforms Administration & Management v3 course  - February, 2013

·   EMC Certified Professional (Symmetrix) – March, 2013

·   Certified Novell Engineer (CNE)

·   Certified Directory Engineer (CDE)

·  Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)