Description
Hard working jack-of-all-trades with vast knowledge of data center infrastructure and management, physical security, and network engineering.
Work Experience
| COMPANY | POSITION HELD | DATES WORKED |
|---|---|---|
| (Confidential) | (Confidential) | 6/2004 - Present |
| Interland, Inc. | (Confidential) | 9/2002 - 4/2004 |
| NetRail, Inc. | (Confidential) | 12/1998 - 6/2001 |
Education
| SCHOOL | MAJOR | YEAR | DEGREE |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Madison University | Music | 1985 | Bachelor Degree |
| First Colonial HS | general | 1980 | High School/GED Degree |
Social Media
| TYPE | TITLE | URL | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magazine | DCM Magazine | media url | Data Center Management Magazine, detailing the latest news, technology, best practices, case studies, profiles of professionals in the data center industry. |
| Website | Data Center University | media url | Website providing industry-leading education in the form of online courses for those involved in the Network Critical Physical Infrastructure of data centers. I am currently completing their courses and taking the exam for their Associate Certification. |
Accomplishments
Highlights:
* Contributed to improving facilities operations, which helped to increase a start-up company's co-location customer base and revenue from $180K at startup to over $500K over a two-year period.* Obtained multiple licenses for FrontRange GoldMine and Microsoft Office 2000 at a lower cost, saving a company over $3K in software costs.* Directly responsible for establishing and implementing improvements made to data centers located in Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, and Washington D.C., which increased uptime and reliability by 140%.* Installed, configured, administered, and maintained the software and hardware of several customized security/facility enterprise management systems allowing 24/7 scheduled security access and surveillance of both office and data center areas, as well as critical data center infrastructure systems monitoring.Companies I like:
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Responsibilities
Presently manage Central Station which monitors signals from residential & commercial burglary, fire, & CCTV surveillance systems, as well as alarms from data center monitoring systems. I have been more recently responsible for performing site surveys and system design for the installation of burglary, CCTV, & access control systems for new accounts.


