Christopher Todd Rogers
CONWAY,AR
Summary
Proven System Architect with expertise in enterprise architecture design, problem management, and high availability design. Committed to optimizing system performance and ensuring seamless migrations. Experience with VMWare, Nutanix, GCP, AWS, Azure, *NIX, and Windows.
Overview
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Certification
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
System Architect
Acxiom/IPG/OMC
Conway, AR
01.1996 - Current
- Monitored system performance, identifying and resolving issues proactively to maintain uptime.
- Collaborated with development teams to improve application performance and scalability through best practices.
- Conducted root cause analysis on service disruptions, implementing solutions to prevent recurrence.
- Reduced system downtime, troubleshooting critical issues and applying timely fixes.
- Facilitated seamless migrations to new platforms, ensuring zero data loss and minimal service disruption.
- Worked with stakeholders and team members on quality assurance efforts for hardware components.
- Evaluated emerging technologies and integrated innovative tools to improve operational efficiency.
- Conducted comprehensive assessments of existing systems, identifying areas for optimization and improvement.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to define technical requirements and translate them into actionable plans.
- Migrated numerous legacy systems to newer technologies, reducing costs, and enhancing efficiency of computing tasks.
- Incorporated cloud architecture into new facility planning, reducing need for on-site equipment and technical support personnel.
- Provided 2nd and 3rd level technical support and troubleshooting to internal and external clients.
- Managed and monitored installed systems for highest level of availability.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
American InterContinental University
Schaumburg, IL07.2004
Skills
- Enterprise architecture
- Virtualization technology (VMware/Nutanix/System 9/XenServer/Harvester)
- Proficient in cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
- *NIX/Windows System Architecture
- Systems engineering
- High availability design
- Incident Management (Remedy/ServiceNow)
- Configuration management (Chef/Ansible)
- Performance optimization
- Security and compliance standards
- Incident Management
- Problem management
- Cross-functional team collaboration
- Stakeholder communication
- Requirements gathering
- Analytical thinking
- Task prioritization
Certification
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- O'Reilly SRE Essentials
- Microsoft: Azure AI Fundamentals
- GCP: Google Cloud Architect
- Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Infrastructure 6
Timeline
System Architect
Acxiom/IPG/OMC
01.1996 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Computer And Information Sciences
American InterContinental University