Certified Scrum Master
EARL CRENSHAW JR
Cloud Engineer - Cloud Consultant - Technical Project Manager
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Enthusiastic Cloud Consultant/ Project Manager eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of Cloud Architecture with experience, training & certifications in AWS / Azure DevOps cloud solutions. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in DevOps, Cloud Architecture, Web Development, and Software Infrastructure designs and solutions.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
11
11
Certifications
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Technical Project Manager
EMORY HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SERVICES, EMORY BRAIN HEALTH CENTER
Atlanta, GA
07.2019 - Current
- Served as technology liaison, supporting engineering, management, procurement, Business Stakeholders, Clinic Providers/Staff, and Executive Leadership
- Worked as technical leader and Scrum Master of IT Operations and Support team meetings to help facilitate lean and agile methodologies that aided clinic management with more responsive insight for healthcare projects and related support roles.
- Established strategic direction, goals, and technical architecture for clinic information systems to develop DevOps cloud-based solutions for database management, application deployments, storage, CI/CD pipelines, and data lakes.
- Drafted visual representations of software architecture design with presentation skill and communications to stakeholders.
- Partnered with infrastructure teams on evaluation and feasibility assessments of new systems and technologies for complex projects
- Implemented established fact-finding procedures, knowledge of pertinent processes and procedures and in depth understanding of programming practices and software to provide required technical analysis of user problems
- Identified, isolated, and solved complex programming and technical glitches in production API, clinical, business systems, and data management.
- Collaborate with business users, production support, database administrators, engineering and testing teams during kickoff meetings, joint application designing and planning sessions to validate requirements.
- Outline work plans, determined resources, wrote timelines and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination, project schedules, and project management using Agile Methodologies
- Conduct deep-dive hands-on training sessions to transfer knowledge to customers considering or already using AWS / Azure.
- Participated in architectural discussions to build confidence and promote customer success when developing new and migrating existing applications, software and services on AWS / Azure platform.
- Managed use of various types of cloud microservices (Kubernetes, Docker, SaaS) and configured, installed and upgraded new ones.
- Wrote and maintained custom scripts to increase system efficiency and performance time.
- Mentoring team, sharing skills, best practices, and expertise and encouraged each member to bring forward ideas and suggestions for improvement with strategic thinking.
- Developed mobile device management policies, packaged applications, bash scripting for no touch deployments with JAMF that reduced staff deployment time by %70
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ENGINEER
CIOX HEALTH
Atlanta, GA
04.2018 - 02.2019
- Advanced key infrastructure requirements to ensure interoperability of software, hardware, security, and network
- Assisted director and management teams with daily metrics, reporting, and scheduling for project governan
- Spearheaded systems requirements frameworks to implement software in final IT Infrastructure
- Worked with technical staff on system audit to execute implementations on time and within functional parameters.
- Integrated architectural and engineering drawings to create cohesive packages.
- Prepared, checked and coordinated documentation to support component design and application dynamics.
- Defined information models supporting data architecture for complex data structures represented through relational and hierarchical SQL databases.
TECHNICAL PROJECT COORDINATOR
WELLSTAR, MEDICAL CENTER
ATLANTA
10.2017 - 04.2018
- Provide leadership in developing processes and procedures to image and deployment of 10,000+ clients to 17 sites across Georgia
- Managing team with large scale deployment of EPIC EMR workstations in healthcare environment
- Tracked hours and expenses to keep project on task and within budgetary parameters.
- Coordinated presentations for customers and project members to detail project scope, progress and results.
- Supervised and organized multiple projects from project start through delivery by prioritizing needs and delegating assignments.
- Maintained database and spreadsheets with accurate inventory and status.
- Liaised between departments to collaborate communication and keep appropriate parties updated on project developments.
- Assisted with onboarding newly hired staff members and coached on task prioritization.
- Kept projects on schedule to meet deadlines, expectations, and adjusting workflows during project life cycle.
IT SUPPORT ANALYST
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM, MEDICINE
Birmingham, AL
05.2014 - 10.2017
- Tiered service requests to identify optimal outcomes and root cause to meet customer needs while adhering to SLA protocols in a dynamic environment
- Facilitated cross-functional team collaboration by monitoring project milestones, communicating relevant details and establishing strong relationships with key stakeholders
- Patched software, business applications and installed new versions to eliminate security problems and protect data.
- Broke down and evaluated user problems, using test scripts, personal expertise and probing questions.
- Provided 3rd and 4th level technical support and troubleshooting to internal and external clients.
- Managed and monitored installed systems for highest level of availability.
- Wrote and maintained custom scripts to increase system efficiency and performance time.
- Resolved issues related to operational components for LAN, WAN and voice systems.
Principal - Web Developer
Crenshaw Technical Services
Atlanta, GA
02.2007 - Current
- Defined cloud architecture for both hybrid and non-hybrid cloud solutions.
- Displayed sound understanding of standard networking protocols, virtual networks and load balancing.
- Researched and understood emerging technologies and end-user needs to advise on field sales and pre-sales.
- Identified and remediated single points of failure and security risks.
- Partnered closely with technical stakeholders to implement security, operational, compliance and privacy-related controls as part of cloud blueprints.
- Provided security maintenance and patching on website interface to maintain viability after launch.
- Coded websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery languages.
- Implemented content management and security resource tutorials to assist end-user training.
Education
Associates - Applied Sciences in Microcomputer Applications
Jefferson State Community College
Birmingham, AL 08.2010 - 08.2012
Skills
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Microsoft Azure
Cloud Infrastructure
Technical Analysis and Support
Scripting skills (Terraform, Bash)
Architecture improvements
Project requirements analysis
Networking & Network Architecture (VPC, NAT, etc)
Project budget allocation
Software Architecture
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Relationship Building Skills
Scrum (Agile Methodologies)
OS (MacOS, Windows, Linux, Windows Server)
Project Management
Technical project planning
Strategic planning
Self-Motivated
Attention to Detail
Software
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS Certified Developer
AWS Learning - Block Storage
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals
Jamf Pro Certified Tech
Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Fundamentals
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Timeline
Technical Project Manager
EMORY HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SERVICES, EMORY BRAIN HEALTH CENTER
07.2019 - Current
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ENGINEER
CIOX HEALTH
04.2018 - 02.2019
TECHNICAL PROJECT COORDINATOR
WELLSTAR, MEDICAL CENTER
10.2017 - 04.2018
IT SUPPORT ANALYST
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM, MEDICINE
05.2014 - 10.2017
Associates - Applied Sciences in Microcomputer Applications
Jefferson State Community College
08.2010 - 08.2012
Principal - Web Developer
Crenshaw Technical Services
02.2007 - Current