Jonathan Paul Frake

179 Benjamin Street

Romeo, Michigan 48065

248-701-9746

Jonathan-Frake@comcast.net

Vision:

Today, business needs human assets who can talk about strategy and technology in the same conversation, and a unified approach based on a formal IT strategy that is in line with the organizational mission, business goals and key processes. This demands development of the enterprise frameworks, applications, and solutions that ensure rationalization of the existing IT infrastructure to deliver maximum value, as well as provide for growth potential. As a 34 year Information Technology professional, it is my belief that true value from technology requires an in-depth understanding of business strategy. My cross-industry career experiences will enable your organization to craft a technology vision, and then provide a specific, practical business and technology framework that will make that vision a reality. Bringing competencies spread across a long history of professional excellence, process quality, and technology performance, as well as a “C- Level” to “Ground-Level” perspective, I hope to enhance your overall corporate strategy and goals.

Affiliations:
            Presenting Member; Association of Information Technology Professionals

Member; Technology Association of Georgia

 

 Summary:

·         34 Years of Professional Experience in a Variety of Information Technology Disciplines.

·         Proven Leadership Skills, Independent Success Attainment, Project Management

·         20 Years of Problem Isolation and Resolution for Large Scale Enterprise Systems

·         20 Years of Storage and Network Capacity Planning, Process Analysis and, Workload Characterization in High Availability Distributed Process Environments across Diverse and Hybrid Platforms.

·         14 Years in “Cloud Computing” technologies including, Microsoft IIS, WebSphere, Weblogic, Apache, Tomcat, Java, J2EE, JBOSS, MS/Oracle/DB2/EssBase and other Application Database Platforms.

·         12 Years of Data Center Management, Microsoft / UNIX / Linux / Mainframe Operating system expertise, Novell Forest and Microsoft Active Directory Architecture, LDAP

·         10 Years of Business Objects, Requirements Analytics, Reporting and Infrastructure Architecting Business Intelligence and Project Management.

·         10 Years Electronic Document Management, ECM, Digital Imaging Management

·         7 Years as Infrastructure Architect for 3 tier SOA systems including Server, Network, Database,MDM and Storage Platforms.

·         3 Years implementation and engineering on IBM Tivoli ITM / TEMS / TEPS  / ITNM / NetCool / Impact & Webtop / TBSM / TSLA / TCR / ITDW / ITCAM / TPM Automation.

·         ITIL v2/v3 Foundations, ITAR /SOX/GLB/ HIPPA certified

Jonathan P. Frake

 

Experience:

8/15 to Present
Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Global Infrastructure Architect
Remote / Work From Home

 Contract

Primary responsibilities: Management Analysis at Delphi Corporation, Master Architect for Datacenter Transition / Transformation for FIS. Co-ordination with, and support of Project Management Teams on technical issues involved in ETL Data / Physical Transition and Transformation, Capacity planning, Resource monitoring, and production scheduling coherence on all relocated systems.

6/14 to 8/15
Johnson Controls Inc.
Enterprise Architect for Cloud and Hosting Infrastructure: Aiolos Project
507 E. Michigan St. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

 Contract

Primary responsibilities: Lead Architect/Project Management; Aiolos Convergence Project. Infrastructure, Data and Security Architect leading development of software and hardware systems facilitating the convergence of multiple Product Configuration and Sales Estimation processing systems across Johnson Controls product lines. Authentication Transition to Microsoft AZURE AD Cloud services for Identity Architecture Federation to Salesforce.com and SAP systems as well as other, custom STS sources. Microsoft Dot NET 3.5 and 4.5 based Application Architecture for 3 tier Web Based Convergence Framework. Co-Ordination of Custom Visual Studio 2013 / Microsoft Team Foundation Server code deployment processes. Project Management, Chairman of Architect Team, Solution Architect committee, with reporting responsibilities to the Executive Steering Committee.

6/13 to 6/14
Hewlett Packard Inc.
Global Infrastructure Architect
Remote / Work From Home

 Contract

Primary responsibilities: Lead Architect/Project Manager for Datacenter Transition / Transformation from Tier Three Auburn Hills Data Center to Tier One Secure HP Data Centers including HP Cloud Service offerings throughout North America. Primary technical contact to Fortune 100 companies. Co-ordination with, and support of Project Management Teams on technical issues involved in ETL Data / Physical Transition and Transformation utilizing Informatica. Capacity planning, Resource monitoring, and production scheduling coherence on all relocated systems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jonathan P. Frake

7/12 to 6/13
HCL America Inc.
Program Management Officer / Service Line Manager Gulfstream Aerospace
500 Gulfstream Road Savannah, Georgia 31408

 Contract

Primary responsibilities: Management of Datacenter Architect team to ensure value added services. Evaluation and prioritization of Project GAP analysis and remediation of GAP list to ensure environment is brought into compliance with HCL operational Gold Standards in all aspects of Data Center operations. Gathering requirements and infrastructure capacity analysis. Server consolidation and refresh project execution. Where needed insuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Consultation to ensure a smooth transition from existing hardware and software to upgraded operating systems and hardware per HCL Gold Standards. Expert consultation to resolve escalated data center issues.

7/11 to 7/12
IBM Advisory Architect
IIM GPSC/ GSSM at General Motors Corporation
Tower 300/15 Renaissance Center. Detroit, MI.

Perm

Primary responsibilities: Assigned to GPSC and GSSM process groups to analyze and solution server hardware and software evaluation and capacity requirements. Advise on Systems software including Linux, Windows 2x, Solaris, Websphere, InfoSphere, WebLogic, Oracle, Novell etc. Gathering requirements and infrastructure capacity analysis. Server consolidation and refresh project execution. Where needed insuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Consultation to ensure a smooth transition from existing hardware and software to new consolidated VMware technologies, including all interface specifications. Providing solutions for application upgrade paths where needed. Identifying software and process improvements and designing solutions utilizing latest technologies and methodologies to achieve “best practice” standards. Responsibility for document production including Capacity Reports, Scope of Work Statements, Bills of Material, Logical Diagrams and other project related documents as required.

2/11 to 04/11
IIM GSSM IT Architect
IBM / General Motors Corporation thru Artech Information Systems
Tower 100 / 27 Renaissance Center. Detroit, MI.

Contract ( Ended due to GM parts supply shortage work slowdown )

Primary responsibilities: Assigned to GSSM solutions group to analyze and solution server hardware and software evaluation and capacity requirements. Consultation on Operating Systems software including Linux, Windows 2x, Solaris, and Novell. Business objects and requirements. Project included 27,000 servers in total.   Where needed insuring compliance with regulatory requirements including SOX, PII. Consultation to ensure smooth transition from existing hardware and software to new consolidated VMware ESX , WINEL and Linux, as well as, Solaris Zone computing hardware solutions. Including all interface specifications. Providing solutions for application upgrade paths where needed. Identifying software and process improvements and designing solutions utilizing latest technologies and methodologies to achieve “best practice” standards. Responsibility for document production including Capacity Reports, Scope of Work Statements, Bills of Material, Logical Diagrams and other project related documents as required.

 

 

 

Jonathan P. Frake

 

5/10 to 01/11
Infrastructure Solutions Architect / Project Manager
IBM / Georgia Technology Authority thru Homerick Klien and Accociates
47 Trinity Ave. Atlanta, GA.

Contract

Primary responsibilities: Assigned to Hardware Currency Refresh Project to analyze and solution for new server hardware in fourteen State of Georgia agencies. Architected solutions for in excess of 250 servers. Operating Systems software including Linux, Windows 2x, NT4.0, Solaris, and Novell. Business Intelligence and requirements gathering. Where needed insuring compliance with regulatory requirements including, but not limited to FTI, CJIS, HIPPA. Agency consultation to ensure smooth transition from existing hardware to new hardware solution. Providing solutions for application upgrade paths where needed. Identifying software and process improvements and designing solutions utilizing latest technologies and methodologies to achieve “best practice” standards.

10/08 to 05/10
Tivoli Implementation Project Manager
Aon Risk Management thru Vaco Technologies then FTE
531 Roselane Street, Marietta, GA. 30060

Perm

Primary responsibilities: Re-engineering of Microsoft Active Directory Environment. Process Standards implementation. Transition of local MS Exchange platform to corporate servers. Solutions Architecting. IBM Tivoli Installation, Configuration, and Monitoring. Documentation and Service Level Agreement Reporting and Arbitration in High Availability Linux / Windows Server hybrid environment. Threat Management, Gateway. Monitoring for Aon RiskConsole product infrastructure. Enterprise wide server tuning and optimization. IBM Blade Server oversight utilizing IBM Director. Oracle 10 Database performance metrics reporting. VMWare Server and ESX Administration and migration. Implementation of IBM Tivoli Modules including; TEMS, TEPS, TEDW, TBSM, ITNM, TPA, TEOS, TSLA, ITCAM for Transactions, Tivoli ITM Agents: Web Response, Operating System, Performance Analyst, Warehouse Proxy and Oracle. Business objects and requirements gathering. Display of Monitored information via Four Winds Digital Display software.

12/06 to 10/08
Senior Special Projects Manager for Microsoft Systems
HealthPort L.L.C.
Microsoft Systems Architect / Capacity Planning / Business Continuity Planning
120 Bluegrass Valley Parkway Alpharetta, GA. 30005

Perm

Primary responsibilities: Medical Records ECM Architecting, Documentation and Strategic planning for 150 node Windows 2003 Server based, Active Directory Re-engineering and stabilization. DNS, DHCP, WINS audit and restructuring. Domain Trust Management between corporate and Midwest location. Integration of Microsoft .NET 2.0 based Web Portal. Microsoft Exchange 2000-2003 Server migration to multiplatform ISA/OWA/BES/OMA/Exchange integrated platform. Blackberry Enterprise Server Upgrade. Microsoft SharePoint Server installation and configuration. Enterprise wide server tuning and optimization. EMC Centera / Celleara administration. NetApp R200, 3040,3050c administration.  Dell Open Manage implementation. VMware ESX Server Consolidation Project. Oracle 10 Database conversion support. Critical Data Loss Recovery of 9TB EMC SAN Unit. Business objects and requirements gathering.

Jonathan P. Frake

 

08/06 to 12/06
Director of Information Technology
Yacht Clubs of the Americas
IT Data Center Management / Infrastructure Architect / Capacity Planning
15051 Punta Rassa Rd. Ft Myers, Fl. 33908

Direct Contract

Primary responsibilities: Management of IT for Windows 2000 LAN / WAN, Infrastructure stabilization, Setup and Planning of remote sales offices. Co-ordination of Restaurant POS network integration. Re-design of corporate infrastructure to accommodate corporate growth plan. Re-Branding and MS SharePoint and Website redesign. Web Analytics and tracking. Consolidation of disparate Accounting and Inventory systems. Vendor co-ordination. WAN redesign. Site survey and on-site/remote user support for 7-11 sites throughout the state of Florida. Blackberry MDM.

4/05 to 9/06
Director of Performance and Technology
Access General Insurance
Performance Testing, Auditing and Analysis, Capacity Planning, Infrastructure Architect
2830 Dresden Drive, Atlanta, GA 30348

Primary responsibilities: Primary Architect for Web Site and Application Performance. Testing, monitoring, data migration and performance tuning. Capacity and Disaster Recovery Planning projections and trending on multiple MSSQL Databases on Network Appliance F825 and 2700. Veritas NetBackup configuration. Web Integration utilizing Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft IIS. Business Intelligence requirements. Development of Performance and Capacity Reporting for Information Technology, Sales and Marketing Departments. Systems optimization utilizing WebTrends 8.0 Web Analytics, Embarcadero DBArtisan 8.0, Idera SQL Diagnostics Manager, and 3Com Network Director Software Suites. VMWare migration. RightFax support and deployment, Audit of, and recommendations for optimization of mission critical MS IIS Web Server Cluster, Microsoft SQL Database Clusters, and Cisco Catalyst and 3Com Networking systems. Project management of Document Imaging system re-engineering. Business Continuity Planning. Disaster Recovery Backup Generator acquisition and installation, Application Architecting. Active Directory Update to 30 Microsoft 2000 Servers. Design of Network Operations Center. Network Appliance F825 migration to IBM 4700 series for Data Warehouse.

10/03 to 11/04
Director of Information Technology
DocuTeam Inc.
Data Center Management / Infrastructure Architect / Management of IT Field Staff
2755 Marconi Drive Suite 100 Alpharetta, GA 30005

Primary responsibilities: Network Systems Architect. Management and team building for 6 person field technician team with primary mission of LAN / WAN architecture, installation and troubleshooting of Sharp Multifunction Document Management / Imaging /ECM product line for the Premiere Southeast Sharp Dealership. Certified Sharp Solutions Provider. Pre/Post Sales Support and client systems design consultation for variety of OS’s including mainframe systems; (MVS,VM,zOS), Midrange systems; OS/400, Primos, VMS, a variety of Unix flavors; Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, System V, Linux, Desktop; Windows, Apple OS, DOS and mobile platforms; Windows CE, Palm OS Conversion of Old Microsoft Access 97 Databases to Access 2003 for transfer to MS SQL Server 2000 custom application integration for inventory support ADS dispatch system analysis. OMD Accounting system upgrade. RightFax support and deployment, Blackberry MDM, WatchGuard Firewall and VPN security audit and tuning.

Jonathan P. Frake

 

02/03 to 10/03
Director of Information Technology
Skylight Financial Inc.
Data Center Management / Capacity Planning / Infrastructure Architect / Compliance Reporting
Perimeter Center East Suite 500 Atlanta, Ga.30343

Primary responsibility for 100 user 12 server Windows 2000 LAN / WAN, including all bank interfaces to US Bank oversight network. Management of IT staff. Research and recommendation of transition to Great Plains Dynamics accounting system. Audit of ArcServe Backup procedures. VMWare integration. Workload characterization and capacity planning for distributed platform banking systems connected to U.S. Bank Corp. Blackberry MDM. Capacity planning for, and workload characterization of, Call Center management system utilizing Interactive Intelligence I3 server based telephony switch. Capacity planning / financial audit of telecommunications contracts with Global Crossing Inc.

04/01 to 02/03
Microsoft Systems Analyst
GMAC Insurance On-Line
Microsoft / UNIX / Linux Systems Administration/ Infrastructure Architect for Development and Quality Assurance Systems
817 West Peachtree Street Atlanta, Ga.30308

Primary responsibilities for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 LAN / WAN Architecture in an IIS 6.0Web Development and Testing Environment utilizing Rational Enterprise Suite for Data Modeling and Process Analysis, Microsoft IIS JetForms output automation tools. Implementation custom Quality Assurance and Performance Testing tools utilizing IBM dual Xeon Workstation and VMWare to create 10 machine test bed. Veritas NetBackup 8.0. Upgrade of laptops and workstations to MS Office 2000. Application of service packs and security updates as needed. Systems Design Consultation for Load Balanced, High Availability Web based applications. Evaluation and Administration of Windows 2000 Advanced Server Clustering against Solaris 8 UNIX Based Server Clustering Appliances. 2nd level support for Linux/UNIX distributed platform running Apache Web Server, Jakarta Tomcat, Jboss, and Powertier software for MSSQL Ecommerce and Oracle 9 database engines. Workstation support for Linux 8.0 workstations running VMware and Windows 2000 workstation applications. See-Beyond Convergence software installation and administration. Planning and implementation of UNIX testing platform for Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning. Mercury Load Runner and Test Director Toolset. CPU and I/O Performance benchmarking with RADView WebLoad performance tools.

12/00 to 04/01
Director of Information Technology
KS Telecom Networks
Infrastructure Architect / Network Security / LAN/WAN / Web Design / International
Satellite Network Installation / Capacity Planning / Network Auditing
4080 McGinnis Ferry Road, Suite 603, Alpharetta, Georgia 3000

Systems Architect and Administrator for Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Server LAN in an international telecommunications provider environment. Maintenance and User Support for Microsoft Office 2000. Upgrading of legacy systems. Technology / Business processes assessment and capacity planning. Corporate Security policies. All technology related purchasing. International Project Management in Abidjan, Ivory Coast for Prodelin 3.8 meter Satellite Earth Station installation to be used for National Cellular Telephony and ISP services infrastructure utilizing excess Russian satellite capacity.

Jonathan P. Frake

 

12/98 to 12/00
Director of Information Systems
Revenue Technologies Corporation
PC / LAN / WAN/ Network Security / Web Design / E-Mail
4151 Ashford Dunwoody Rd. Atlanta, Georgia 30319

Management of Windows NT 4.1, Windows 98, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server in a development environment building software for B to B, B to C, and E-Commerce pricing solutions. Oracle 8/MSSQL Database Administration and Capacity Planning. Maintenance and User Support for Microsoft Office 2000. UNIX / Sun Solaris DNS administration.

3/95-12/98
Chief Consultant
North Georgia Technologies
PC / LAN / Wan / Internet / Security / E-Mail Consultation
10275 Jones Bridge Road Alpharetta, Georgia 30022

8/94 - 3/95
Consultant
New Boston Systems Inc.
Assigned to DCA/Attachmate 
3423 Piedmont Rd. N.E. Suite 100 Atlanta, Ga. 30315

9/92 - 7/94
Director of Management Information Systems
U.S. Games Inc.
5825-8 Peachtree Corners East Norcross, Ga. 30092

9/91 - 9/92
Account Executive
Atlanta DataCom D/B/A AdCom
Corporate Headquarters 2915-A Courtyards Drive Norcross, Ga. 30092

9/82 - 9/91

Various IT Technical Engineering Positions
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