Chief Architect Office of the CTO at IBM

At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. To lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems.
 
IBM is a leading cloud platform and cognitive solutions company. Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 350,000 employees serving clients in 170 countries. With Watson, the AI platform for business, powered by data, we are building industry-based solutions to real-world problems. For more than seven decades, IBM Research has defined the future of information technology with more than 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located across six continents. For more information, visit www.ibm.com.
 
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      IBM
  

In my current position, I am accountable for technical sales support of all CenturyLink products and services including: Managed Hosting Services, Cloud, Virtualization, Big Data, Outsourced infrastructure solutions (managed and un-managed), specialized application suites. Excels in ensuring solutions are fully capable of meeting all business and financial objectives.  Effectively communicates technical value to non-technical individuals and supports sales staff through trainings, client presentations, and executive communications.
    
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      Qwest Communications
  

•	Provided pre-sales support for EMC, NetApp, and HDS for storage and backup products; contributed to annual sales generation of nearly $1B in one of the largest and busiest geographies for company.  •	Participated in various meetings, client presentations, planning sessions, and C-level briefings around ROI and TCO. •	Developed an assessment initiative to build trusted advisor status with customers and train team members.•	Designed Virtual labs for team use while on the road and in the field for some EMC, NetApp, and HP products. •	Lead bid assurance processes for complex multi-vendor, cross-practice solution to minimize customer satisfaction issues during implementation.
    
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      CDW Corporation
  

Design, deploy, educate, and integrate tiered storage solutions to major accounts in North America based on hardware and software products from HDS or other storage vendorsInteract successfully with customers, vendors, and employees at all levels in the organization including the Account Representatives, Solution Business Manager, and Engagement Manager on each projectWork directly with the Sales Team to scope new projects in major accounts and implement the necessary solutions to meet the client's need in pre-sales and post-salesPerform all manner of storage services including data migrations, SAN implementations, tiered storage architecture, and implementation of advanced storage functionalities such as Management Services, and Thin ProvisioningEducate Junior Technical Consultant  and guide them through the design phase of various projectsTravel frequently to Northeast,  Midwest districts, and Canadian Clients to continue building relationship with our major customers and to present more HDS solutions Help Junior Technical Consultant in preparing for the deployment of HDS storage solutions, with specific emphasis on migrating customer data and servers onto HDS storage platforms.Provide thought leadership in all aspects of data mobility, information management and the application of storage technologies in Pre-Sales and Post-Sales.
    
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About us

  Digital transformation improves enterprises’ cost-efficiency, time to market, customer experience, and revenue through better data management. Hitachi Data Systems uses data to power the digital enterprise.

Hitachi Data Systems Facts at a Glance:
•	A wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd.
•	Founded in 1989.
•	Over 6,000 employees worldwide.
•	Business in more than 100 countries.
•	Headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
•	Customers include more than 80% of the FORTUNE® Global 100.
•	Broad portfolio with cloud, data analytics, data protection, infrastructure and applications.

Hitachi, Ltd. Facts at a Glance:
•	Hitachi, Ltd., (TSE: 6501), head-quartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company.
•	Founded in 1910.
•	Approximately 335,000 employees worldwide.
•	More than 950 subsidiaries.
•	#1 worldwide for patent applications in big data analysis foundation technology.
•	Number 79 in the 2016 FORTUNE® Global 500.
•	Total sales for fiscal 2015 (ended on March 31, 2016): US$88.8 billion.

Hitachi Data Systems

software, applications, and enhanced existing systems•	Assisted in Management of Storage Area Network. Monitor Storage Area Network Health, create, and destroy present SAN luns approved by San Administrator with strict adherence change control process.•	Reviewed daily system backup jobs for any failures, and maintain document reporting backup job up.•	Reviewed new systems backup requirements, and ensure that all critical data is backed up •	Installed host bus adapter (HBAS) in San attached severs. Performed flash upgrades to system components to ensure compliance with vendor specification for optimal performance with San•	Performed periodic test system storage recovery using EMC mirror view, and maintained backup system lab environment•	Gathered and updated relevant  areas of business continuity and disaster recovery plans, responded to emergency network outages in accordance to disaster recovery and business continuity plans
    
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Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individuals, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company serves approximately 56 million U.S. consumer and small business relationships. It is among the world's leading wealth management companies and is a global leader in corporate and investment banking and trading.

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      Banc of America Securities
  

•	Assure that production and development systems are running properly. •	Identify, investigate, troubleshoot and resolve system-wide issues on market data servers and data delivery networks.•	Report design reliability and maintenance problems or  bugs to the software teams•	Analyze server performance such as error logs, systems logs, bandwidth utilization reports and other diagnostic fault isolation tools to identify problems and record in the ticketing system. Write and maintain documentation and log books.•	Test redundancy of UNIX servers by analyzing system down through failover for Primary and Secondary servers, and Maintain the Internal Outage Website written in Cold Fusion/Sybase•	Interface with senior members of the staff and immediately escalate incidents of a dire nature.•	Daily interface with developers, vendors  and market data groups to resolve issues •	Solid with UNIX commands and possess the ability to write and interpret scripts.•	Knowledge of Perl and C++ and can read code.•	Manage problems through the use of root cause analysis, identify and provide solutions to problems and assure users of a permanent fix.•	Strong background in Networking.•	Assure all business critical data is backed up and preserved.•	Experienced with various SAN, storage systems and backup software.•	Have installed Power Path and HBA’s on SUN and Windows operating systems.•	Participated in projects of LUN cloning for secondary host through LUN masking operation.•	Utilize Navispere software for Clariion to add LUNS, hosts, remove LUNS on SUN, Windows and Linux systems.•	Work independently, and collaborate as a liaison with business groups and project managers to implement new  product features, and manage specialize projects to support technologies and activities at improving the  experience of our clients around the globe
    
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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is dedicated to building upon its tradition of excellence in education, research, public engagement and economic development. More than 3,000 faculty members discover and create new knowledge. Their work is an economic engine for the state and is recognized with many of the world’s top academic and creative awards. The campus’ outstanding academic programs, extraordinary resources and bountiful opportunities attract top-caliber students. They join research teams, spend semesters abroad, create art in old and new ways and lead and participate in hundreds of student organizations. The Urbana campus has more than 425,000 alumni who are global leaders across the spectrum of human endeavor.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

St. John's is one of America's leading Catholic universities – recognized for its superb academic programs, diverse student life, BIG EAST excitement and New York vitality.

Founded in 1870 by the Vincentian Community, St. John's is known for giving students the knowledge, skills and confidence to serve others while achieving personal and professional success. Graduates become leaders in their professions, their communities and the world.

With three friendly, residential campuses in New York, St. John’s is the perfect choice for an affordable, high-quality private education. Our campus community is diverse and supportive. Our singular approach to education academic study, service opportunities and real-world experience with one of the most far-sighted global studies programs of its kind.

Chief Architect Office of the CTO at IBM

IBM

Chief Architect Office of the CTO

Qwest Communications

Solution Engineer

CDW Corporation

Solution Architect (Servers, Storage)

Hitachi Data Systems

Pre-Sales Technical Consultant

Banc of America Securities

Perfomance Engineer

Thomson Financial

Technical System Support

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Computer Science (focusing Data Science)

Master's degree

St. John's University

Computer Science-Business minor

Bachelor of Science

Miami Jackson Senior High School