Twenty-nine years of increasing responsibility in information technology, culminating in the following recent strengths: 29+ years as a Trainer delivering technical classes; professional demeanor as Certified Technical Trainer (CTT), delivering technical classes for VMware and EMC2, Inc. on the topics listed below.

• VMware vSphere 4 and Virtual Infrastructure (VI3) instructor.
• Nine years of experience with storage area networking (SAN) and network attached storage (NAS) technologies related to EMC2, Inc. hardware:  Storage arrays (Symmetrix, CLARiiON); NAS (Celerra); FC switches; management software (ControlCenter, Navisphere, etc.); business continuance, DR solutions; UNIX and Windows host-to-SAN connectivity; and logical volume management on UNIX platforms including AIX, Solaris, HP-UX.
• Strong skills integrating VMware virtualization technologies with EMC storage technologies.
• Articulate courseware developer, translating technical material to methodical, sequenced learning experiences.
• Proficient database administrator (DBA) / developer / project manager:  Produced 35,000+ lines of code & stored procedures for SQL (MS SQL Server, other) databases and apps (data warehouse, financial).
• Knowledgeable systems/network administrator:  Managing Windows (NT - 2003) environments, including clusters, IP network services (DNS, WINS, DHCP etc.), as well as UNIX variants (HP/UX, Solaris, Linux, AIX, SCO) - including daily.

Seventeen years experience providing introductory, intermediate, and advanced level certified trainer.

• VMware vSphere 4 and Virtual Infrastructure (VI3) instructor
• EMC Storage Technology foundations
• Celerra (NAS) installation, administration, and troubleshooting
• Vmware/Clariion integration, Vmware/Celerra integration
• Microsoft Windows NT/2000/2K3/SQL product line
• Developed and delivered customized in-house and on-site curricula for Microsoft Windows NT/2K/2003, SQL Server, Lotus Domino, and Banyan Vines developers, end-users, and administrators.
• Developed and delivered networking management seminars introducing performance tuning, load balancing, and protocol monitoring.
• Project managed several Association of Banyan Users International (ABUI) conferences.
• Implemented and administered a 3,000 node Banyan Vines/TCP/IP/DECNet Network for a major engineering firm interconnecting IBM, Digital, and Intergraph graphics workstations and peripherals.
• Managed the operation of all systems for a large-scale mortgage lending institution.  Systems that ran the companies mortgage front-end processing and servicing software included Nixdorf, IBM, CICS, Honeywell, and multi-vendor client workstations.

• EMC Deliver Mainframe Business Continuance Courses for both Local and Remote Replication.
• Developed and taught all level of PC courses from entry level through programming. Software included Word, Excel, Project, Project Workbench, Access, Approach, dBase, Lotus Notes, and Banyon Vines.
• Developed and taught numerous mainframe courses including Entry Level Programming, COBOL (most versions), JCL, TSO, VSAM, VSAM Fine Tuning, File-Aid, Abend-Aid, Xpeditor, IMS, Comparex, Database Concepts, MicroFocus COBOL, MainFrame Express, EasyTrieve and SyncSort.
• Developed policy and procedure manuals, technical manuals, training guides, and user manuals for numerous companies in the Northeast.

More than 20 years of computer related experience in providing technology solutions to enterprise businesses. Fluent in virtually all aspects of information technology including software development, virtualization, consolidation, DR/BC, data integration, mass storage, tiered information management and security.

VMware vSphere 4 and Virtual Infrastructure (VI3) instructor.

 

• EMC Solutions Design Workshop    
  EMC pre-sales consultative design strategies for effective engagements with additional focus on non-technology requirements
• EMC NAS Operations & Management with Celerra    
  EMC Network Attached Storage (NAS) Operations & Management course for the consolidation and virtualization of file sharing services for CIFS & NFS
• EMC Information Storage & Management    
  Storage Technology course covering DAS, NAS & SAN storage, Backup/Recovery/Archive, FC infrastructure, DR/BC & Datacenter management.