Jon K.
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Computer Software Engineering
University of South Carolina-Columbia
1997 : 2001
NEC Corporation of America
Sr. Director – IT Architecture & Chief Information Security Officer
Responsible for architectural oversight for internal IT initiatives in North and South America. Ensured that business unit implementations of enterprise solutions aligned with company-wide architectural patterns. Lead an application upgrade, rationalization and consolidation effort that resulted in a 60% reduction of the application maintenance footprint.
• Architected a software-defined data center using VMware technology, realizing an 8100 square foot reduction in footprint.
• Designed a simplified, highly available infrastructure for a new campus to streamline support while maintaining the flexibility required by product R&D.
• Lead an Oracle CPQ implementation that replaced legacy quoting platforms with an integrated, SAP-interfaced solution.
• Provided architectural guidance and oversight for NECAM’s digital transformation initiative to upgrade and consolidate multiple ERPs to a single SAP S/4HANA implementation.
• Completed a telecom optimization that realized $1,010,000 annual savings.
• Spearheaded an SDN initiative to enable micro-segmentation and data center network extension as part of a regional transition to a Zero Trust security posture.
2014 : 2019
NEC Corporation of America
Director of Enterprise Architecture
Responsible for leading stabilization efforts for an IT Organization strained due to the company’s continuous acquisition model and continually innovating to obtain scaling factors for cost containment. Organized more than 90 acquisitions from small family owned businesses that had aging independent and disparate infrastructures. Additionally charged with implementing new technologies in an industry that is historically behind the curve in technology adoption.
• As Master Architect for the Citrix XenDesktop VDI initiative, built a technology plan, implementation plan and business case that achieved at 18 month ROI and provided an ongoing cost reduction of $1,500,000 annually.
• Provided architectural oversight on Desktop virtualization deployment ensuing successful implementation to the target 90% (3,300 users) in the enterprise within 6 months.
• Planned and managed deployment of infrastructure for a successful Shared Service Center launch in less than 60 days for a 650 seat operation. Lync 2013 and EMC Captiva InputAccel were new technologies launched to support the Shared Services initiatives.
• Partnered with VP of Accounting to select and implement a Managed Print Service providing $150,000 / year in savings while increasing SLAs for the print fleet.
2012 : 2014
Associa
Vice President, Technology and Chief Architect
• Virtualized the data center computing platform to greater than 94% to achieve significant scaling on performance and the engineering resources required to support it.
• Designed and implemented state of the art Data Center to support 8,000 end users.
• Centralized and virtualized distributed SQL instances to realize $1,000,000 in license savings.
• Researched and Piloted Cisco Unified Computing System resulting in a 75% reduction in effort required to deploy new virtualization capacity.
• Launched an Active Directory consolidation effort to collapse 17 domains into 2 leading to retirement of 41 aging physical domain controllers.
• Planned and administered a program to integrate 25 acquired infrastructures into the Associa enterprise eliminating $750,000 / year in 3rd party support.
• Architected three-tier enterprise application infrastructure with the lead software architect to support integration and scalability of .NET and PowerBuilder applications utilized and being developed for the enterprise. These applications are utilized by internal users as well as Associa’s 4 million residents under management.
2010 : 2012
Associa
Director of IT Infrastructure
• Led a Data Center migration and virtualization effort that that achieved 85% server virtualization ratio saving $240,000 / year in collocation expenses.
• Implemented Citrix Presentation server to deliver the Dynamics AX ERP eliminating daily unplanned outages.
• Overhauled aging Polycom Video Conference infrastructure with technology from Tandberg to increase both quality and usability leading to a 200% increase in daily system usage.
• Designed and delivered a technology modernization pilot to stabilize, upgrade, and centralize networking, unified communications, and virtualize desktops for 140 users. The pilot across 5 locations and 4 islands in Hawaii resulted in a $250,000/year reduction in 3rd party support expense and enabled business centralization efforts in the region.
2007 : 2010
Associa
IT Operations Manager
Skills
Active Directory, Cisco Call Manager, Cisco Nexus, cisco systems products, Cisco Technologies, Cisco UCS, citrix, Cloud Computing, Data Center, Datacenter Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, IT Management, IT Operations, IT Strategy, Leadership, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server, Microsoft SQL Server, NetApp, Netscaler, Network Architecture, Network Engineering, Networking, sap, Security, Servers, Software Development, System Administration, Vendor Management, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware Infrastructure, WAN, wide area network (wan), Microsoft Office, Datacenter
About
Senior enterprise architect and operations director with significant success in designing, planning, implementing, maintaining data center and private cloud architectures including supporting diverse IT initiatives in a variety of markets. Possesses extensive experience in collaborating with external and internal teams to build and maintain long-lasting customer relationships. Improves and creates business practices with cutting-edge initiatives.
• Architected enterprise and service provider datacenters, with the goal of modernizing legacy infrastructure, improving availability, and reducing cost.
• Coordinated and supervised the infrastructure build and service migration for four data center environments.
• Demonstrated long term experience with Citrix application delivery technology from point solutions to enterprise wide desktop replacement utilizing Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) approaches.
• Significant track record and history with Cisco technologies and extensive experience in Unified Computing System and Cisco Nexus Data Center fabric.
• Adept at rapid problem analysis allowing for cost minimization and greater customer satisfaction.
• Proven experience in design, deployment, and maintenance of enterprise and service provider LAN / WAN environments.
• Thorough understanding of networking, application engineering, and business systems analysis methodologies.
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