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Aaron Burns

Austin,TX

Summary

As a Senior Data-Center Enterprise/Infrastructure Architect & Modernization Specialist. Full career in Infrastructure design and implementation of small to enterprise-level solutions for major technology companies including Dell Technologies, HP, Infosys, HCL, SolarWinds, F5, Cisco, Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM. Leadership roles in Business Solutions Architecture, cloud migrations, Data Protection, Enterprise Software Infrastructure - ERP, and global Network Design. Solution Specialist for life-cycle roadmaps for datacenter and software migrations and hybrid-cloud consolidation projects. Architected data centers globally from end-to-end for fortune 50, non-profits and SMB companies. Also, published several articles and whitepapers on data center modernization for such companies as Oracle and Dell Technologies. Including leading presentations and customer sessions at tops trade shows such as Oracle Open World, Microsoft Tech-Ed and SAP conferences Dedicated technical designer with advanced abilities in enterprise and solution architecture. Well-versed in Agile and scrum methodologies. Strong organizer with a disciplined, thorough and hardworking approach. Results-driven Enterprise Architect knowledgeable about legacy modernization, platform design and application development. Good strategic and tactical planning, project management and team leadership skills. Ready to bring [Number] years of related experience to a challenging new role. Respected [Job Title] with history of creating system architectures that reduce costs and streamline operations. Ready to create design plans from whole cloth or tackle revamps of disparate networks full of outdated systems. Uses emerging and nascent technologies to create stress-free operations both on site and via remote locations and online. Agile Chief Systems Architect with [Number] years spent enhancing existing layouts as well as designing complete enterprise-class system architectures from ground up. Brings multi-national portfolio of successful system infrastructure designs to bear on every project. Employs vast technical skills in cloud-based architecture and database technologies to provide optimal architecture outcomes to scale and on time.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Consultant

  • For business analysts, ROI studies, environment assessments and project readiness analysis
  • Master Platform Architect for enterprise application solutions on Microsoft and Linux platforms
  • Virtualization (VMware, Xenware and Hyper-V, Oracle VM)
  • Database and storage design for Oracle, MSSQL and MySQL (Dell, HP, EMC, IBM storage)
  • Network Load Balancing and Disaster Recovery concepts
  • Datacenter monitoring tools design, testing and training – eG, CA, Quest and SolarWinds
  • Executive Response Team Lead – Technical lead for presenting end-to-end solutions for the executive staff at the customer site, Dell and IBM executive sales training for enterprise solutions

Project Manager Lead

  • Providing the PM construct for projects as related PMBOK and CMMI-ML processes
  • Master Business Analyst for enterprise application consulting for end-to-end solutions for mid-size corporations, State/Local governments and higher-education institutions
  • Technical Lead for BID proposal and Statement of Work (SOW) documentation including presentations and workshops
  • Disaster Recovery using EMC data-domain, Avamar, Zerto and Site-Recovery tools
  • Responsible for assigning and presenting team Designs for customer pre-sales meetings
  • The main presenter when presenting to C-level customers covering ERP and data center modernization solutions

Lead Data Center Storage Architect

  • Lead storage architect to develop and execute a process to discover and document the storage environment for a global insurance company with a variety of SAN devices (EMC, Dell, NetApp, Hitachi, HP and Nimble) for a datacenter modernization and migration project
  • Responsible for leading the design team to architect new storage environments for two new modern datacenters
  • Planning and process development to migrate company data from seven datacenters to a new vBlock based system storage from EMC
  • Assist in the storage management plan for the vBlock EMC storage, which includes tools for data migration and monitoring
  • Lead the data tiering process and sizing of storage LUNs using the latest drive technologies such as solid-state and hybrid & on-prem solutions that include disaster-recovery planning
  • Management and design of consoles from NetApp, EMC, Dell, Hitachi, HP and Nimble
  • Designed Hybrid & on-prem system for backup and DR using backup-services with EMC’ hosting partner
  • Management and experience of monitoring tools such as SolarWinds, Quest and eG applications
  • Design and sizing of EMC’s new vBlock systems using EMC Data Domain storage technologies – VNX, Isilon, VMAX, VPLEX, RecoverPoint, ViPR
  • Storage Blue-printing process and software discovery processes – using SCCM, LANDesk, Quest, ADDM, Zerto datacenter tools for all major business suites – SAP, Oracle and PSFT
  • POC project with ViPR to consider the tool for the storage migration and management

Lead Enterprise Architect, Center Modernization

  • Project: ARRA Datacenter Projects funded by USDA
  • Brought on board to provide leadership and Architecture design to over-haul the datacenter for the WIC-DSHS program Plan, design and implement project processes, methodology and service strategies for the new datacenter that will result in a new production-test-development environment using the latest technology in a private hybrid-based solution
  • Lead Architect with the pre-sales staff at Dell to present the over-all solutions to over-haul the entire state WIC program for the state of Texas
  • Working with Gardner, Microsoft, IBM, Dell, and many others to deploy a new datacenter based on hybrid computing concepts with virtualization and business continuity between datacenters
  • Developed and managed the POC process using Dell labs, SolarWinds and MS-System Center and Rackspace instances to validate the proposed solution using tools from VMware such as vCloud Director, Oracle and Microsoft database migration tools
  • The lifecycle process included tools that utilize VDI and server virtualization to provide multi-test and production environments for the latest in software development and production computing for DSHS which will result in a new model developed for IT processes for one of the nation’s largest state agency
  • Azure service tools for Dev and Test environments for DHHS Texas – Early adoption account for Microsoft Hybrid services

Manager Level

Dell

Lead of Data Center Custom Server Integration

Novell, Dell
  • UNIX/MS/, – 14 Yrs
  • Hired at, to develop an automated factory process for deploying UNIX/LINUX OS from the Dell Factory
  • Deployed the First Sun Solaris x86 and RedHat Linux servers from the Round Rock Server factory –Dell Plus Program
  • Lead Design Architect for Novell Networks from the Dell Server factory in Austin, TX

Lead Design Architect

  • For Linux – Large Corporate Accounts (NT – Active-Directory
  • Team Lead for factory ISO 9001 and OSHA cert and re-certs – Committee and Inter Standards team member
  • Responsible for assigning and presenting team Architects for customer pre-sales meetings
  • The main presenter when presenting to C-level customers covering ERP and data center modernization concepts and solutions in the Energy and Power segments
  • Responsible for presenting POC concepts and staging for large customer opportunities; managed the personnel and customer teams during the POC efforts and presenting the results

Lead Architect Consultant

ERP Competence Center
  • Management Levels
  • Led a team of Enterprise Application consultants responsible for assisting Dell Account Executive with Business Software planning and deployment of ERP systems and databases
  • Pre-sales and executive briefings of ERP solutions with Dell and onsite engagements with customer such as PG&E, HydroOttawa, Home Depot and federal Gov
  • Responsible for developing Testing and characterization programs for PeopleSoft, eBusiness Suites and JD
  • Edwards benchmark testing (ERP modules, CRM, BI and middleware) using benchmark tools such as SolarWinds, Load-Runner and Quest
  • Developed DR/BU solutions for ERP migrations and recovery using EMC tools such as Data Domain, Avamar, Networker and DD Boost; certification of each of the B/U tools with ERP applications
  • Imaging solutions for universities and healthcare for leading ERP suites
  • Lead the engineering team in developing joint technical roadmaps with companies such as Oracle, Microsoft, BEA, Cisco and CA for product development
  • Virtualization concepts and distributed computing research – See whitepaper on “Implementing Oracle GRID: A Successful Case Study” published in Oracle Magazine May 2009 issue (Early adoption whitepaper on Hybrid and Utility computing – SUNY Research POC)

Lead Architect

State Health
01.2013
  • Technologist to present and update on weekly bases the solutions and designs to the stakeholders and presented to corporate executive members
  • Plan, design and implement project processes, methodology and service strategies for the new datacenter builds for the New Generation Datacenters (NGDC) in Ft
  • Worth, TX and Livingston, N.J that will result in a new production-test-development environment using the latest technology and TOGAF and Oracle frameworks
  • Working with key vendors - Microsoft, IBM, Dell, EMC, NetApp, Tivoli, SolarWinds and many others to deploy a new datacenter based on virtualization, tiered storage and business continuity between datacenters
  • The lifecycle process will include tools that utilize VDI and server virtualization to provide multi-test and production environments that can provide the latest in software development and production computing for AIG’s business units which will result in a new model developed for IT processes for one of the world’s largest financial and insurance company
  • Responsible for selecting global DC-based tools such as vCloud Director and Zerto to solution datacenter migrations for each business unit; designed data domain and Avamar bundles for large data migrations via tape and disk-array, lead for creating, approving and follow-through with Bill-of-Material (BOMS) and Blueprints for the respective consistency groups for the business units
  • Responsible for relocating/updating the tape storage facilities for the Amarillo data center to Denton, TX
  • PRE-, Texas Woman, Infant and Children Agency/Program (WIC) for the Dept.

Enterprise Architect

SiriusXM/Pandora
05.2023 - 07.2023
  • Whitepaper publication)
  • Contracted to write a whitepaper on data center migration and hybrid cloud solutions using AWS and Azure services
  • The whitepaper was based on migrating Pandora’s infrastructure over to SiriusXM cloud services
  • This was an acquisition account that required expertise in architecting mergers using the Well-Architected framework.

Sr. Lead Global Infrastructure Architect

Tata Consulting Services
03.2021 - 02.2023
  • Brought on board to provide leadership and architecture expertise to execute an assessment and migration plan to migrate & modernize the pharmaceutical (Pfizer)and utility centric (NiSource) datacenters in the west and mid-west region
  • The key tasks executed resulted in the completion of migration and modernization assessments that identified the inventory, design and create a migration plan and verify the required target sizing for the modernization of datacenter software stacks - retiring the legacy datacenters located in the Midwest and west regions
  • After presenting and gaining sign-off for all documentation resulting from the Plan and Analyze phases, the collected data was used to create the requirements to migrate all required applications to the new datacenters (hybrid)
  • Datacenter and branch office Discovery, planning and design for Storage and Compute tiers using – discovery tools such as ADDM, Storage Management tools, VM-Tools and customer in-house tools
  • Present and create Power Points for TOGAF Architected solutions and POC results to the customer – NiSource
  • Design and document the migration process based on an end-to-end analysis of the legacy DCs for NiSource
  • Evaluate the X86 and IBM P-series server platforms to determine target sizing on the new equipment
  • Create a migration plan based on IBM and X86 (Dell EMC platform) virtualization with hybrid computing as an end-state
  • Architecture and planning support for medical software migrations to new platform domains – Hybrid, global datacenter, data storage and DR/BU services
  • Storage and Server capacity planning for multiple datacenters – the new DC platforms are newer P-series servers and Dell hyper-converged technology infrastructure – designed and setup EMC Data-Domain and Avamar for backup and migration purposes between DCs and regional recovery
  • Outlined backup bundles based on software suites and data using Zerto and EMC Data Domain software for NiSource and Pfizer
  • Wrote technical service documentation that covered the hardware, hybrid, network and B/U-DR solutions stacks
  • Lead customer and departmental workshops to determine budgets, stack-holder approvals and executive buy-in
  • Staffed the teams for each project based on skill-set and platform knowledge specific to the tasks
  • Wrote a whitepaper covering the solution and benefits of the new environment

Sr. Data Center Infrastructure Architect

Atos North America
03.2018 - 02.2021
  • Brought on board as a Landscape Architect assigned to the Allscripts account
  • My key role was to provide current and future architecture consulting for four key datacenters located in the Americas
  • The Architect role was a Sr
  • Position to provide design and planning for current and planned data centers with a focus on security and infrastructure
  • A key part of this role was to design and roll out multi-factor-authentication for the date centers housing key pharmaceutical software services for Allscript’s customer base consisting of large hospital and clinic facilities with medical operations and business process models globally
  • Other key roles included providing server platform designs for Allscripts software services on Linux and Windows based systems in a hosted and hybrid environments for the customer base
  • Responsible for solution presentations in a formal setting with the executive staff to review service agreements as related to the SOW(s)
  • Design and deploy medical solutions for Allscripts software services for large medical corporations and medical facilities using a TOGAF frameworks
  • Presented the over-all solutions to the customer to gain project approval and contract execution
  • Design Architect for multi-factor-authentication (MFA) using Azure services
  • Architect server solutions for Linux based solutions such as clustering and storage services
  • Document the landscape for data center infrastructure modernization planning
  • Architecture and planning support for software migrations to new platform domains
  • POC Oracle VM for small Oracle DBs to support Hospital on-prem SAAS – Deployed in POC environments for testing
  • Design database migrations using EMC Data Domain, Avamar and other tools
  • Architecture support for Zerto planning and migrations for Allscripts software in the Atos DCs

Sr. Management and Lead Enterprise Architect Consultant

Cephei Technology Group, LLC, CTG
01.2008 - 05.2018
  • Brought on board to provide leadership and business development expertise to the customer and the CTG team
  • Plan and implement project processes, methodology and service strategies for the company
  • Management lead for customer solution development and execution, lead engagements with the customer for pre-sale overviews and bid presentations and provided direction to the team on solution-sales approach and deployment procedures
  • In addition, the Sr
  • Lead for technical content in the company’s publications and development of project manager processes
  • Held executive leadership positions – CIO and V.P
  • Project and Technical Lead for enterprise applications, network and database projects
  • Lead consultant for the Oracle application hosting center for ERP applications – executive presentations and product overviews (located in Austin)
  • Lead Design Architect for ERP (Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, and SunGard Banner) environments; provided solutions for CRM, BI and key ERP modules, presented solutions to client execs and IT staff
  • Developed the Proof-of-Concept process at Dell for customer solution testing
  • Team Lead for Proof-of-Concepts testing and characterization of major software brands – SolarWinds and Quest tools standards for testing, training and presentations to the customer.

Infosys Lead Data Center Infrastructure Architect

Pacific Gas and Electric, PG
08.2017 - 03.2018
  • Brought on board to provide leadership and architecture expertise to execute an assessment and migration plan to migrate & modernize the PG&E datacenters in the Bay area
  • The key tasks executed resulted in the completion of a migration and modernization assessment that identified the inventory, design and create a migration plan and verify the required target sizing for two new datacenters - retiring the legacy datacenters located in San Francisco and Fairfield Ca
  • All documentation resulting from the Plan and Analyze phase was used to create the requirements to migrate all required applications to the new datacenters
  • Discovery, planning and design for Storage and Compute tiers using – discovery tools such as ADDM, Storage Management tools, VM-Tools and customer in-house tools and presenting solutions to the stakeholders
  • Design and document the migration process based on an end-to-end analysis of the legacy DCs
  • Evaluate the X86 and IBM P-series server platforms to determine target sizing on the new equipment
  • With Framework methods to architect a migration plan based on IBM and X86 (Dell EMC platform) virtualization with hybrid computing as an end-state
  • Storage and Server capacity planning for multiple datacenters – the new DC platforms are newer P-series servers and Dell hyper-converged technology infrastructure – designed and setup EMC Data-Domain and Avamar for backup and migration purposes between DCs and regional recovery
  • Outlined backup bundles based on software suites and data using Zerto and EMC Data Domain

Lead Data Center Enterprise/Infrastructure Architect

Rockwell Automation
07.2016 - 08.2017
  • Brought on board to provide leadership and Architecture design to over-haul the datacenter for the Rockwell Automation in Milwaukee, WS
  • Duties include project-planning, design and implementation of project processes, methodology and service strategies for the new VBlock & EMC datacenter that will result in a new production-test-development environment using the latest technology in a private & public datacenter solution
  • Working with EMC, VMware, Cisco, Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, and many others to deploy a new datacenter based on hybrid computing concepts with virtualization and business continuity between datacenters
  • Developed the architecture documentation to design and deploy a new datacenter based on the vBlock platform (Cisco Unified Computing) using UCS Manager, Central, EMC Tools (ViPR/Unisphere) and Director to provide end-to-end provisioning of the network-compute- storage tiers of the infrastructure
  • Discovery, Planning and design for Storage and Compute tiers using – DR and Discovery tools such as ViPR and Data Domain, ADDM, UCS-Manager, SolarWinds, VM-Tools and CA tools
  • Design and planning of the UCS server and network environment
  • Design and planning of the UCS Manager, Central and Director environment
  • Storage and Server capacity planning for multiple datacenters – using ViPR, VM-Tools and CA tools
  • SAP and Oracle ERP migration planning
  • Datacenter NOC planning lead with tools such as SCOM, SolarWinds and Quest monitoring suites
  • Assist with hybrid migration planning and sizing then presenting the solution for approval – Azure and other Microsoft services

Lead Enterprise/Infrastructure Architect

NetWolves Inc
03.2016 - 07.2016
  • Data Center Security for Medical Environments
  • Contracted to provide consultation to NetWolves Inc
  • Customers deploying SolarWinds, LANsweeper, Quest, SCOM and EMC ViPR tools/modules and other related monitoring tools for datacenter upgrades
  • Provided enterprise level consultation and assessment to determine the best-fit monitoring tools for the datacenter and branch offices
  • Customer platforms included Dell, EMC, HP, UCS, vBlock, Cisco Systems for modernization projects
  • Also, provided current assessment/analysis of the datacenter to help determine the state of the customer’s datacenter for proper sizing of the new equipment for the datacenter and branch offices using enterprise-monitoring tools
  • Design and Deployment of monitoring tools for Dell, HP, IBM, Cisco, EMC, NetApp systems (ViPR and Data Domain, SolarWinds and Quest)
  • Presenting Concepts and Analysis reports for compute, network and storage environments for datacenters
  • Develop monitoring architecture/design for company E-Commerce sites with the WEB team
  • Determine datacenter infrastructure monitoring tools for power, cooling, facility environments
  • Assist with the sizing of datacenter & Hybrid compute and storage requirements via analysis concepts

Lead Enterprise/Infrastructure Architect – Data Center Modernization Specialist

Gulfstream Aerospace
05.2015 - 03.2016
  • Brought on board to provide leadership and Architecture design to over-haul the datacenter for the Gulfstream Aerospace Co
  • In Savannah Ga
  • Plan, design and implement project processes, methodology and service strategies for the new Cisco UCS datacenter that will result in a new production-test-development environment using the latest technology in a private hybrid-based solution
  • Working with Cisco, Microsoft, and IBM and many others to deploy a new datacenter based on hybrid computing concepts with virtualization and business continuity between datacenters
  • Developed the architecture documentation to design and deploy a new datacenter-based Cisco Unified Computing platform using UCS Manager, Central and Director to provide end-to-end provisioning of the network-compute- storage tiers of the infrastructure
  • Design and deployment of the UCS server and network environment and EMC storage
  • Design and deployment of the UCS Manager, Central and Director environment
  • Planning and research on rolling out UCS Director for the GAC datacenters
  • Led customer workshops and update presentations each week and offered product enhancements
  • Citrix-SAP, SharePoint, Oracle and MSSQL migration planning
  • Storage and Server capacity planning for multiple datacenters – using ViPR and UCS Mgr
  • Design and Deployment of monitoring tools for Cisco and EMC systems (ViPR, SolarWinds and Quest)
  • Used CITRIX for terminal services – used for the assembly and engineering departments; updated as part of the UCS migration from Dell servers

Datacenter Transformation Project

EMC, Markel Corp
06.2014 - 07.2015

Lead Enterprise Architect

DTI’s Software Development
06.2014 - 07.2015
  • Team lead to design and develop a custom oil and gas inspection software specific to platform safety and construction equipment for DTI, a major inspection company for the energy segment servicing the gulf-coast area and South America
  • Provided leadership and the framework to design the application from the ground-up, developed meeting schedules to make sure the Agile process was on task and on budget
  • The inspection-based software will be used in a hybrid-solution developed using OpenStack technology that includes a custom portal environment to allow self-service access for companies such as Exxon-Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Texas and many others
  • The technology is based on global DC-computing using products from Microsoft, VMware, Dell, F5, eG Innovations and Cisco
  • Rackspace solutions used for East and West coast branch deployments:
  • Lead pre-sales technologist for the team and responsible for solutions overview presentations
  • Architect and develop the storage and server infrastructure on Virtual & Rackspace solutions, in addition to developing the system administration processes/functions for the company
  • Maintain and extend operational processes to insure high availability and LB services to the technology stack
  • Design a Hybrid disaster recovery plane for each of the DTI branches using resources from Rackspace
  • Provide automation and provisioning through use of vCloud suite
  • Design and Administration processes for the virtual database clusters in VMware
  • Design and deployment of compute and storage monitoring tools

Data Center Enterprise Architect

American International Group, AIG
10.2013 - 06.2014
  • Brought on board to provide leadership and Architecture expertise to design migration methods and processes for AIG business Units in the USA
  • With special emphasis on the Amarillo, datacenter, which provides I.T, services to AIG’s Valic, SAAM Co., Western National Insurance and Woodland Hill, Ca
  • Customers

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Sciences

The University of Texas At San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
12.1997

Skills

  • Presentation and product training certifications with major companies such as Dell and Intel
  • Cloud Solutions Architect and Design Specialist - AWS, Azure, Oracle, Dell, Google
  • Security and DR solutions for medical and healthcare data-centers - Medical & Healthcare Solutions)
  • EMC storage and backup (Avamar and Data-Domain backups in data center environments)
  • Design, deploy, and support Local and Wide Area Networks
  • Solution Architect Specialist for ERP software platforms - SAP, PeopleSoft, eBusiness, NetSuite, Dynamics 365
  • Solution Specialist for storage migrations, datacenter migrations and modernization & consolidation projects
  • Oracle Competence Center – Sr Lead for all Dell Oracle Solutions, ETL, Data Quality (DBs and Apps – including BI)
  • Design and deploy Enterprise Resource Solutions using industry-standard models & frameworks - TOGAF, Oracle, MODAF and other Architect frameworks
  • Agile development environments
  • PaaS models
  • Platform design
  • Structure designs
  • Cloud Architecture Design
  • Machine learning
  • Software-as-a-Service Development
  • System Architecture Design
  • Multi-Site Planning
  • Network security systems
  • Cisco equipment familiarity
  • SolarWinds support
  • Application frameworks
  • Standards Development

Accomplishments

  • SUMMARY:year career as a Senior Data Center Enterprise/Infrastructure Architect & Modernization Specialist
  • Full career in Infrastructure design and implementation of enterprise-level hardware and software solutions for companies including Dell Corporation, HP, Cephei Technology, SolarWinds, F5, Cisco, Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM
  • Leadership roles in Architecture, Data Protection, Enterprise Software Infrastructure, and Data Center Network Design
  • Solution Specialist for life-cycle roadmaps for storage migrations, datacenter migrations and server consolidation projects
  • Architected data center global end-to-end solutions for companies such as Allscripts Medical AIG/ATOS, Texas Dept
  • Of Health and Human Services, NiSource Electric, PG&E Utility, Exxon/Mobile, Austin Electric, HydroOttawa Electric Texas Tech Health Science Center, Texas A&M Health Science Center, NetWolves Medical Solutions, Hilton Hotels, Home Depot, FBI, and State University of New York System
  • Also, published several articles and whitepapers on data center modernization for such companies as Oracle and Dell Technologies
  • Including leading presentations and customer sessions at tops trade shows such as Oracle Open World, Microsoft Tech-Ed and SAP conferences, Cisco UCS Platform Design and Architecture
  • Cisco UCS Manager, Central and Director Design, Planning and Deployment
  • VMware Automation – Design and Planning with Cisco UCSD
  • NetApp Storage – FAS 8 &3Series; E Series, V-Series Design/sizing
  • Enterprise Architect – TOGAF (training)
  • System Center Management Tools (Essentials 2010-2016)
  • EG Innovations Enterprise Monitoring for Hybrid/Datacenter computing
  • SolarWinds Network and Storage Management modules
  • EMC Unisphere and Storage Management tools – VIPR Controller, Data-domain, Avamar
  • Virtualization Design and Concepts (VMware and Hyper-V training)
  • Executive Leadership classes
  • Toast Masters and Product overview training each year at Dell and IBM
  • Virtual Studio Team Foundation Server Design
  • Cisco/Nexus FCoE Design Concepts
  • F5 Big-IP Load Balance Products – Designer
  • EMC Storage Solutions Architect
  • EMC VMAX/Symmetric Storage Solutions
  • MSSQL Designer – Dell Training
  • PeopleSoft Professional
  • ISO 9000 and OSHA class training
  • Oracle Solutions Workshops
  • EBusiness Suites Professional
  • Dell PowerEdge Server & Storage Professional (EMC/PowerVault)
  • HP Test Professional (Load Runner for ERP testing and POCs)
  • Network Switch and Load Balancing Professional
  • VMware VCloud Director for hybrid-based solutions
  • Professional Project Management Methods (PMBOK and CMMI-ML processes)
  • PeopleSoft and SAP Training (14 yrs.)
  • HIPPA and SOX training Yearly

Certification

RedHat Certified Engineer MCSE - Certified System Engineer

Additional Information

Authored publications for major technology companies focusing on ERP, cloud, migrations and modernization grid computing. Exceptional skills in negotiating contracts and industry partnerships including a variety of funding concepts for focused marketing. Also, as an entrepreneur I have a strong interest in startups and small ventures to utilized my hobby and skills in business development practices.


Timeline

Enterprise Architect

SiriusXM/Pandora
05.2023 - 07.2023

Sr. Lead Global Infrastructure Architect

Tata Consulting Services
03.2021 - 02.2023

Sr. Data Center Infrastructure Architect

Atos North America
03.2018 - 02.2021

Infosys Lead Data Center Infrastructure Architect

Pacific Gas and Electric, PG
08.2017 - 03.2018

Lead Data Center Enterprise/Infrastructure Architect

Rockwell Automation
07.2016 - 08.2017

Lead Enterprise/Infrastructure Architect

NetWolves Inc
03.2016 - 07.2016

Lead Enterprise/Infrastructure Architect – Data Center Modernization Specialist

Gulfstream Aerospace
05.2015 - 03.2016

Datacenter Transformation Project

EMC, Markel Corp
06.2014 - 07.2015

Lead Enterprise Architect

DTI’s Software Development
06.2014 - 07.2015

Data Center Enterprise Architect

American International Group, AIG
10.2013 - 06.2014

Lead Architect

State Health
01.2013

Sr. Management and Lead Enterprise Architect Consultant

Cephei Technology Group, LLC, CTG
01.2008 - 05.2018

Lead Consultant

Project Manager Lead

Lead Data Center Storage Architect

Lead Enterprise Architect, Center Modernization

Manager Level

Dell

Lead of Data Center Custom Server Integration

Novell, Dell

Lead Design Architect

Lead Architect Consultant

ERP Competence Center

Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Sciences

The University of Texas At San Antonio
Aaron Burns