ANTHONY GIBBS
Charlotte
Summary
Qualified IT Leader with robust background in technology leadership. Successfully spearheaded innovative projects, fostering improved system efficiencies and enhanced team performance. Demonstrated expertise in software development and project management. Professional with proven track record in technology leadership, adept at driving impactful projects and fostering team collaboration. Known for adaptability and results-driven approach, leveraging expertise in systems architecture, software development, and project management. Valued for strong problem-solving skills and effective communication, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and changing needs.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technology Lead
LPL Financial
07.2018 - Current
- Leader for teams that supported multiple application platforms, managing events and failures in collaboration with support from various engineering and operations partners
- Performed analysis, triage and troubleshooting of alarms received by internal and external monitoring and trending systems (ex…Netpath, Solarwinds, Dynatrace)
- Assisted in developing and maintaining IT Governance processes, knowledge management repository, Change and Release processes
- Participated in regular disaster recovery and business continuity tests, assisted in managing the teams efforts reviewing the documented recovery procedures, and troubleshooting issues that were encountered
- Hired and developed a well-trained staff, coordinated training and development, responsibilities also included coaching, counseling and performance management functions related to supervisory responsibilities, also provided appropriate career alignment opportunities to ensure the efficient and effective management of all functions
- Worked closely with Incident Management, Network Operating Center (NOC) and support desks (Technology Support Help Desk, Customer Care Center and Home Office Support)
- Maintained open lines of communication and built rapport with Application Development teams, Project Management leads, Product Owners, Engineering and Operations as well as Vendors
- Responsible for leading a team utilizing Venafi that is responsible for overall Enterprise SSL/TLS certificate renewal and decommissioning for the entire company, this responsibility includes over1000 internally managed certificates as well hundreds of vendor owned and managed certificates
Implementation Consultant
Wells Fargo
06.2017 - 07.2018
- Served as resident Incident/Change Coordinator for LOB
- Partnered with centralized application support on operational readiness tasks
- Examination and validation of change/incident management artifacts (change/incident requests, work orders, etc.) for compliance with Enterprise standards for a large program of coordinated changes to Production environment
- Collaborate with group team members on compliance issues related to Enterprise, audit, SOX and other financial regulatory entities
- Collect metrics on change/incident management activities for reporting purposes
Production Services Lead
BANK OF AMERICA
05.2011 - 05.2017
- Worked with technology partners to translate initiative objectives into an operationally viable solution
- Championed the responsibility of triage for regulatory efforts that saved the company millions in regulatory fines before the deadline
- Managed projects which focused on simplifying both our application and infrastructure architectures across all channels
- Lead technology partners with change/release management procedures, approvals and implementations
- Lead groups to build and manage project plans, identify, assign and commit functional resources to meet commitments, develop risk and communication plans, coordinate with organizations as required
- Proven ability to work across time zones, geographies and cultures to foster cohesive support in support of applications as well as coordinating DR Activities
- Provided strong relationship management with business partners
Technical Delivery Manager
Signature Consultants, Inc (BANK OF AMERICA)
01.2010 - 05.2011
- Responsible for the requirements gathering, procurement and implementation of enterprise class server hardware as well as virtualization technologies and coordination of design and integration of total midrange environment infrastructure deploying Wintel, Linux and/or Unix operating systems
- Provided conceptual infrastructure architecture design approval for all initiatives
- Lead technology partners to translate initiative objectives into viable work plans for their involvement in the initiative
- Managed the effort on projects to implement both application and infrastructure architectures across all channels
- Created Active Directory OU and configure authenticated user access to servers
- Perform large scale deployments in multiple enterprise technology centers
- Provided strategic solutions as well as architectural recommendations
Business Continuity Consultant
BANK OF AMERICA
10.2006 - 07.2009
- Consulted Line of Business Consultants in the development and testing of a DR (Disaster Recovery) plan for their clients
- Gathered required documentation and manage the effort to acquire all necessary resources for recovery of the network for a DR test
- Managed vendor resources to make sure all DR tests meet the required SLA and maintain Audit compliance
- Ensure information security policies and guidelines are followed and adhered to the Enterprise Integrated Taxonomy
- Grade Disaster Recovery circuit vendor on the level of service provided
- Reviewed LOB technical requirements for Work Area Recovery Center and Data Center DR Exercises
- Assessed LOB requirements for resiliency testing and ensure all assets tested successfully and document any issues for resolution
Sr. Systems Integration Analyst
TEKsystems, INC (Bank of America)
03.2006 - 10.2006
Technology Project Consultant
SMCI, Inc (Bank of America)
08.2004 - 12.2005
Team Mgr, Systems Architecture and Analysis
Bank of America
01.1998 - 08.2004
Field IT Support Technician
EMTEC, INC
01.1998 - 08.2004
IT Support Consultant
SPAWAR (Space and Naval Warfare Center)
10.1996 - 12.1997
Sales Consultant/IT Support Technician
People’s Computers
08.1995 - 03.1996
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
South Carolina State University
Skills
- Technology Infrastructure Optimization / Governance
- Project Management
- Virtualization Technologies
- IT Infrastructure Management
- Continuous Integration / DevOps Integration
- Business Continuity / Resiliency
- Technical Leadership / Mentoring
Certification
Currently enrolled as a candidate for the following certification: ITIL V4
Timeline
Technology Lead
LPL Financial
07.2018 - Current
Implementation Consultant
Wells Fargo
06.2017 - 07.2018
Production Services Lead
BANK OF AMERICA
05.2011 - 05.2017
Technical Delivery Manager
Signature Consultants, Inc (BANK OF AMERICA)
01.2010 - 05.2011
Business Continuity Consultant
BANK OF AMERICA
10.2006 - 07.2009
Sr. Systems Integration Analyst
TEKsystems, INC (Bank of America)
03.2006 - 10.2006
Technology Project Consultant
SMCI, Inc (Bank of America)
08.2004 - 12.2005
Team Mgr, Systems Architecture and Analysis
Bank of America
01.1998 - 08.2004
Field IT Support Technician
EMTEC, INC
01.1998 - 08.2004
IT Support Consultant
SPAWAR (Space and Naval Warfare Center)
10.1996 - 12.1997
Sales Consultant/IT Support Technician
People’s Computers
08.1995 - 03.1996
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
South Carolina State University