Joseph Breslow
Lynnfield,Massachusetts
Summary
A seasoned IT professional with more than 30 years of experience in multiple technical and management disciplines; well-versed in Data Centers, Operations, Infrastructure, Storage, Recovery, Enterprise Service Delivery, strategic planning, and project planning and execution.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Director – Infrastructure & Data Centers
Harvard University
01.2017 - Current
- Oversees HUIT’s virtualization, storage, and data center strategy and service delivery
- Responsible for management of teams focused on service excellence in key infrastructure areas, including: Virtualization (VMware), Enterprise Storage (NAS, SAN, Cloud, Hybrid, STaaS), Enterprise BURA (Backup, Recovery, Archiving), Data Center Hosting (Facilities, colocation, space/power planning and maintenance, networking, fiber plants, multi-site on-premise approach)
- Plans and executes complex technical projects including data center migrations and consolidation, storage platform migrations
- Handles vendor contract life cycles for hardware, software, maintenance, and facilities
- (Formerly) DHCP/DNS, Email relay systems
Associate Director – Infrastructure Platform Services
Harvard University
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Oversaw platform engineering team responsible for delivering key infrastructure services, including: Enterprise Storage, Enterprise BURA (Backup, Recovery, Archiving), Data Center Hosting (Facilities, colocation, space/power planning and maintenance, networking, fiber plants, multi-site on-premise approach), Virtualization (VMWare), DHCP/DNS, Email relay systems
Manager - Data Center Operations & Production Control
Harvard University
01.2004 - 01.2017
- Oversaw all operational aspects within the University’s 24x7x365 Data Centers, Colocation sites, and Cloud sites
- Responsible for management of the University’s Operations and Production Control teams that directly provide Service Delivery as well as support Service Delivery from other HUIT groups
- Directly delivered Services included: Enterprise Backup and Recovery (Data Protection / BURA / DR), Enterprise Monitoring, Response, Escalation, Enterprise Job Scheduling and Automation, Technical Administration of enterprise infrastructure applications (TWS, ITO, NetWorker, DPA, OpenView Reporter), 24x7x365 Operations, Data Center Hosting and Colocation, Data Center Migrations, Relocations, and Closures, Change Management, Incident Management, Problem Management (NSS), Asset Inventory, Data Center mapping and inventory, Documentation (CMDB, DCIM), Service Desk / Customer Support – Off-hour support for all HUIT Customers, Customer Billing and Reporting, KPI, SLA, Vendor Management / Relations
- Also heavily partnered in delivering: Storage Administration, Data Center Facilities – HVAC, Building and Machine Room Electrical
Senior IT Project Manager, Data Center Manager, Systems Integration Manager
Verizon Information Services Group
01.1989 - 01.2004
- Various senior level positions held over a 15-year tenure with Verizon
- Focus and responsibilities included Data Center strategy, design, and relocation; Disaster Recovery; automation; Data Base Administration project administration; 24x7 Operations
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration/Management Information Systems -
Salem State College
Salem, MAMaster of Liberal Arts - Information Systems Management -
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA05.2018
Skills
- Cloud: AWS, Cloud Computing, Cloud Backup, Data Protection, Elastic Computing, Cloud Storage
- Data Center Management: Cooling (HVAC, CRAC/CRAH, chilled water plant), Electrical (PDU, UPS, Generator), Space planning and management (CAD - Aperture, IT Studio), Design (2N, N1), Emergency Systems, Wiring, Network/Fiber Plant, Fire Suppression, Maintenance
- Storage: NetApp, EMC VMAX, EMC iSilon, Cohesity, Avere, ECS, ASW FSxN, Fiber Channel, iSCSI
- Vendor Management
- Project Management - Agile, Jira
- Backup: Cohesity, EMC NetWorker, Data Domain, Veritas, Veritas NetBackup, DPA, N2WS Cloud Protection Manager, Cloud DR, AMI Snapshot
- ITSM: ITIL, Service Mindset, Change Management, Incident Management, Service Delivery, Service Mapping, Configuration Items
- Service Desk: ServiceNow, Remedy, Knowledge Base, Customer Support, 24x7 Support, Off-shore Support
- Systems Management: HP Openview, Tivoli, TWS/Maestro, CA AutoSys, BMC Patrol, Boole&Babbage, UNIX System Administration, UNIX & Open Systems Architecture
- Network: TCP/IP, OSI, DNS, SFTP, Firewall, Security, ACL
Phone
781-334-2149, 617-312-9733
Timeline
Associate Director – Infrastructure & Data Centers
Harvard University
01.2017 - Current
Associate Director – Infrastructure Platform Services
Harvard University
01.2017 - 01.2018
Manager - Data Center Operations & Production Control
Harvard University
01.2004 - 01.2017
Senior IT Project Manager, Data Center Manager, Systems Integration Manager
Verizon Information Services Group
01.1989 - 01.2004
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration/Management Information Systems -
Salem State College
Master of Liberal Arts - Information Systems Management -
Harvard University
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