Judy L. Berglund

10525 S. 80^th Ct. • Palos Hills, IL 60465 • (708) 974-4648 • bergtyler@sbcglobal.net

 

An ITIL, EMC and Cisco certified Information Technology professional with a growth-oriented career history including Management and Information Systems experience. Areas of expertise include Project Management, Data Center Operations, Storage Solutions Architecture and Design, Cloud Computing/Converged Infrastructure, Disaster Recovery/High Availability Design and Strategy, Wide Area Networking, Quality Assurance and Production Support Management. Specific technologies include integrated network management, mainframes, mid-range computers, WAN’s, data communications and PC’s.

 

 

·               Designed, presented, sold and implemented data center, cloud/converged infrastructure and storage solutions for clients of all sizes nationwide.

·               Technical Infrastructure SME with heavy exposure implementing Storage and Network architectures

·               Chosen by senior management to participate in steering committees to develop and design data center build outs and migrations, storage and cloud client offerings, and converged infrastructure design and architecture.

·               Proactively developed relationships with business partners to propose solutions to mutual customers.

·               Proven ability to provide solutions to a diverse customer base crossing into different vertical markets.

·               Adept at utilizing internal and external resources and matrix managing resources to provide solutions to customers.

·               Leading and assisting Storage admins with supporting the EMC VMAX and VPLEX environment running on Windows, VMWare, Linux and AIX platforms.

 

 

 

CDW • Chicago, IL

Sr. Storage and Systems Solutions Architect – Pre Sales                                                                                        04/11-Pres

Responsibilities include all design and architecture for all storage related functions along with IBM Mainframe technology. Conduct storage workshops and storage assessments in order to develop roadmaps and plans to meet clients' future storage needs. Responsible for developing all technical configurations from thought inception to implementation, in 3 states. Provide subject matter expertise with EMC and IBM solutions, including all storage OEM’s from an agnostic level. Develop best practices and overall roadmaps which detail all aspects of the Data Center heavily incorporating Cisco products. This includes, Processors, Storage, Servers, Networking (LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, MPLS), applications, etc. Develop and design all configurations, statements of work, presentations and training from both a client and internal standpoint. Utilize the following EMC products:  EMC ProSphere/Unisphere, EMC Time Finder Clone, EMC VPlex, EMC Symmetrix VMAX, DMX4, and Symm CLI knowledge.

 

 

 

 

Juniper NETWORKS • Chicago, IL

Sr. Consulting Systems Engineer – Storage and Data Center                                                                                      11/10-04/11

Responsibilities include all design and architecture for data center and storage area networks, which in turn tie into networking aspects (LAN/WAN & core networking protocols). Conduct storage workshops and storage assessments in order to develop roadmaps and plans to meet clients' future storage needs. Responsible for developing all technical configurations from thought inception to implementation in a 12 state geographical area. Provided detailed training to each branch in regards to all data center aspects.   

 

Verizon BUSINESS • Chicago, IL

Sr. Storage Design Engineer – Data Center Engineering – Pre Sales                                                              02/08-11/10

Responsibilities included all design and architecture for storage and data center related initiatives, ranging from Small to Large Tier customers. Responsible for direct partnership technical aspects with EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, SUN, HP, Cisco and includes numerous other vendor partnerships. Review and analyze current technology infrastructure and its ability to support strategic corporate objectives. Identify and propose specific strategies, initiatives and remedies necessary to align technology infrastructure with customer's corporate objectives. This includes all storage related functions, which may include, consolidation, migration, disaster recovery/replication, ILM design and tiering, backup/recovery, VTL, SAN Extension, NAS, etc. Performing in a subject matter expert role and developing solutions based on data gathering sessions with both technical staff and management. Responsible for developing all technical configurations, testing, and monitoring from inception to implementation of recommended solution to the client.  Migrated data from EMC DMX to EMC VMAX for Windows, VMWare, Linux, and AIX platforms.  Utilized the following EMC products:  EMC ProSphere/Unisphere, EMC Time Finder Clone, EMC VPlex, EMC Symmetrix VMAX, DMX4, and Symm CLI knowledge.

 

DCVAST • Downers Grove, IL

Sr. Storage Architect  - Pre Sales                                                     06/07-12/07

Responsibilities included architecture and designing technical storage solutions for mid tier to large customers. Perform data gathering for conversion of the requirements into an architecture that would become the blueprint for the solution being implemented.

 

AGILYSYS • Chicago, IL

Systems Engineer – Pre/Post Sales                                                                                                                   11/05-04/07

Responsibilities included, architecting and developing technical solutions in regards to high availability which include mirroring and replication of data. Responsible for architecting end-to-end BC/DR technical solutions for Fortune 500, and clients of all sizes. Share detailed knowledge of all consulting services; Technology Profile, Availability Strategy Analysis and Design, Backup and Recovery Health checks,  Network Assessments and design of networks (LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, etc.) in correlation with data replication, Assessments and Migrations, Business and Technology availability plan development, testing support, various technical engagements, security services, and data center migrations, Bringing individually assigned deliverables to a successful completion. Successfully managed projects as they are assigned with review of success based upon quality deliverables, meeting project time frames, meeting or beating budgeted days, and achieving a high degree of customer satisfaction. Utilized the following EMC products:  EMC ProSphere/Unisphere, EMC Time Finder Clone, EMC Symmetrix DMX4, and Symm CLI knowledge.

 

SUNGARD • Chicago, IL             

Sr. Consultant – Technology Solutions                  12/03-09/05

Responsibilities included, developing and architecting technical solutions in regards to high availability which include mirroring and replication of data. Analyzing storage requirements across platforms and designing all hardware and software requirements necessary to implement advanced recovery architectures. Bringing individually assigned deliverables to a successful completion. Successfully managed projects as they are assigned with review of success based upon quality deliverables, meeting project time frames, meeting or beating budgeted days, and achieving a high degree of customer satisfaction.

 

Consulting – free lance • Chicago, IL

Sr. Consultant – Technology Solutions                             11/02-12/03

Responsibilities included, consulting assistance on an as needed basis, in various Project Management, Wide Area Networking and Data Center Automation roles.

 

True Value CORPORATION • Chicago, IL             

Manager – Operations and Production Services                                                    12/89-11/02

Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations in a large-scale enterprise wide IBM environment. Managed a staff of 35. Duties included the responsibility for the production analysts/schedulers, print services, quality control, desktop support/help desk, and distribution areas. Responsible for all application source code migrations and the quality assurance and testing of all application code. Other responsibilities included, hiring/firing, and all departmental budgetary management responsibility. At True Value, I started as the Data Center Supervisor and progressed to Manager in 1991. I moved into the Wide Area Networking group in May of 2000. In that capacity I was responsible for an entire redesign of the WAN and LAN, migrating from Bay Nortel to Cisco, and private line to Frame Relay.

 

 

 

Processors: IBM Mainframes, AS/400, IBM RISC/6000, SUN Microsystems, Windows.

 

DASD/Storage:IBM Shark, FasT, EMC DMX/VMAX/Symmetrix, VBlock, EMC Clariion, Centera, Celerra, VNX, HITACHI TagmaStor, Lightening, Thunder, NetApp FAS and V-Series, HP, IBM 5100.IBM SVC, IBM DS7000 and 8000 series, IBM 3350, IBM 3380, IBM 3390, RAMAC and RAID Technology.

 

Switching:Cisco MDS Directors and Switches, Brocade Directors and Switches, McData Sphereon Fabric Switches, UltraNet Replication Devices, Nortel OpTera Optical Switches, and Ciena Switches for Dense Wave Division Multiplexing.

 

Communications: Cisco Nexus series, Cisco 7206 Core Routers, Cisco 3600 Routers, Cisco 6509 Catalyst switches, and IBM 3745.

 

Software:VTAM; DB/2; ORACLE; Z/OS, MVS/ XA, ESA & OS/390; UNIX/AIX; CA-1; JCL;  SDSF; CA-OPERA; CHANGEMAN; FILE-AID; JES2; CA-7; CA-11; TSO; CICS; SQL; SQL SERVER; MVS UTILITIES;  REMEDY, NETAPP DATA ONTAP, VISIO, CISCO WORKS, HP OPENVIEW, VMWare, AWS, Azure, SYMANTEC NETBACKUP, EMC NETWORKER, TIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER, MS-OFFICE, MS-PROJECT.

 

Storage:SAN, NAS, DAS, EMC SRDF/A & S, MULTIHOP, TIMEFINDER, MIRRORVIEW, ADAPTIVE COPY, HITACHI TRUE COPY, UNIVERSAL REPLICATOR, VERITAS VOLUME REPLICATOR, NSI DOUBLETAKE, DATA DOMAIN, FIBRE CHANNEL, SCSI technologies

 

Cloud Computing:AWS, Microsoft Azure, Private, Public and Hybrid Design of both internal and external entities.

 

Networking:Cisco IOS, TCP/IP, SNA, OSPF, EIGRP, VPN, Ethernet, Token Ring, Frame Relay, ATM, FCoE, Sonet, MPLS.

 

Education:                         Moraine Valley College – Computer Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering.

 

Certifications:              ITIL, CCNA, CCNP, CCDP, DCSNS, DCNID, PMP, VMWare VTSP, Juniper Networks Advanced Network Routing Expert, Juniper Networks Advanced Security Expert, EMC Certified Technical Architect, VTSP, VSP, Sun Microsystems Certified Systems Engineer, IBM Systems Programming, CBCP, Net+, A+