Todd Crouse
Hayden,ID
Summary
Innovative Senior Staff IT Engineer specializing in high-performance storage architecture and disaster recovery solutions. Proven track record in architecting scalable storage systems, mentoring teams, and enhancing operational efficiency. 20+ years experience working with executives and director level associates to design and implement next generation solutions and strategies to complete in the ever changing world of Information technology. Vast experience working in a world wide corporate environment supporting multiple countries for both Qualcomm and IBM. My years of experience allow me to adapt to any new technologies quickly. I have established extensive relationships with sales teams, storage vendors, and VARs across the country for quick access to subject matter.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Staff IT Engineer - Storage Architecdt
Qualcomm, Inc
San Diego
02.2017 - 04.2027
- Architected, implemented, and operationalized high-performance storage solutions in Exabyte scale environment for 30,000 Engineers.
- Led cross-functional teams in designing data mobility solutions to quickly move data around the world to align with compute and networking resources. Migrations between 55 Qualcomm data centers, multiple COLO sites and cloud providers. This greatly improved resource utilization during the chip development process.
- Streamlined backup and archive processes through automation, resulting in increased operational efficiency and reduced overall price per GB of storage.
- Managed and mentored junior associates, sharing my 30 years of experience in supporting very large worldwide environments using every changing technologies.
- Experience with numerous vendors and storage types including Pure Storage, NetApp, EMC, Vast, DDN, multiple software defined storage products for NAS, SAN, and Object.
- Responsible for five nines availability storage solutions for over 300 different workload types for software and sardware Engineering for chip development of cell phone, autonomous vehicles, robotics, IOT, and laptops.
Presales Architect/Senior Solutions Architect
IBM
Armonk, NY
01.2002 - 02.2017
- Led architectural design projects, providing cutting edge, highly available storage solutions to meet client requirements and industry standards. Managed production storage along with disaster recovery solutions for very large corporations including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Southwest Airlines, Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac.
- Collaborated with IBM Sales teams teams to develop innovative solutions for complex system integrations to meet performance and regulatory requirements.
- Traveled worldwide to provide solutions to executive level management in support of multiple million dollar mufti-year contracts
- Streamlined project workflows by implementing best practices in storage design documentation and work flow processes.
- Designed NAS and SAN solutions using HP, EMC, IBM, Oracle, and NetApp.
Storage and Network Administrator
Anacomp, Inc
San Diego, CA
05.1990 - 01.2002
- Managed desktops, servers, storage and Cisco network infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
- Implemented security security software to safeguard sensitive data and systems.
- Established and maintained effective monitoring systems for servers and network health.
- Led troubleshooting efforts to resolve complex server and network issues promptly.
- Implemented first deployments of Outlook/Microsoft Exchange server and migrated 1000+ employees from HP Unix Email.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Sciences
ITT Technical Institute
La Jolla, CA06-1991
Skills
- Qualcomm Senior Staff Storage Architect for high performance mission critical environments
- Experience with the worlds top storage vendor products using NAS, SAN, and Object
- Design AI environments using Nvidia superpod deployment
- Architect and design disaster recovery solutions, along with backup and archive deployments using cross site WAN replication strategies
- Responsible for evaluating new technologies to align with workload needs presented by the engineering team
- Worked directly with executive level management
Timeline
Senior Staff IT Engineer - Storage Architecdt
Qualcomm, Inc
02.2017 - 04.2027
Presales Architect/Senior Solutions Architect
IBM
01.2002 - 02.2017
Storage and Network Administrator
Anacomp, Inc
05.1990 - 01.2002
Bachelor of Science - Computer Sciences
ITT Technical Institute