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EMAIL AVAILABLEPHONE NUMBER AVAILABLESUMMARY:Highly motivated, with a strong background and accomplished experience with Disaster Recovery, Resiliency Planning and testing to effectively develop and deliver client solutions:Financial, Health Care, Marketing and Manufacturing industries, State and Federal sectors.Strong knowledge of Technology/Network infrastructures and Databases recovery for Mainframe, Open Systems, Cloud environments.Strong background for BCDR industry standards and application compliance.Experienced in managing multiple projects simultaneously and ensuring business demands are met and improvements documented.Established strong relationships with both internal and external clients.Proven success as lead for planning and executing disaster recovery exercises meeting required Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO).implementing high- profile IT projects.Excellent Critical and Analytical thinking skills. Ability to work independently, as well as in a team environment.Well-developed leadership skills, communication, conflict management, time management, decision making and relationship building.PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:KPMG 12/2021 04/2023Sr. Business Continuity Disaster Recovery AnalystSuccessfully applied best practices for backup and recovery of critical applications in accordance with the Recovery Point Objective and Recovery Time Objective.Served as technical expert resource within IT planning, strategizing, and developing backup methodologies for Mainframe and Open Systems.Ensured backup tapes stored in offsite facilities.Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for internal customers to drive better cross-team functionality : Operations, Infrastructure, and Application Teams.Reviewed for approval Runbooks and Application Run Guides for proficient step by step recovery procedures for On-Prem and Cloud hosted environments.Effectively implemented Disaster Recovery processes, policies, and procedures across a complex set of applications to include portfolio of over 400 applications; achieved 40% audit compliance within 6 months.Primary to actively participate in Change Management review meetings representing the Disaster Recovery Team/Accurately reported any changes affecting recoverabilityEngaged in Cyber Security Reviews to ensure adequate backups/recovery procedures/clean room environment/planned and executed Cyber DR Recovery TestsDeveloped Cyber Security awareness workshops/Successful to help employees understand their role in workplace100% successful in planning/implementing Tabletop tests and Operational DR Application and Infrastructure testing. Performed follow up and created Executive DR Exercise documents.Bank of America (Contractor) 04/2021 8/2021Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Senior AdvisorSuccessfully reviewed Business Continuity requirements and implemented them in the Disaster Recovery.Responsible for providing subject matter expertise to mitigate risks.Interacted with Application Owners and System Teams to prepare for Recovery testingScheduled tests/Performed Walk-thru to review test scripts/Make recommendations to ensure all aspects of IT recovery and application functionality successfulUtilized Automated Reporting features to keep track of all tests coming due/past due and reported results to Sr. ManagementTracked all outstanding test issues, made recommendations for resolutions to ensure recoverability and compliancePerot Systems/Dell/NTT DATA 12/2006 4/2021Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Senior ConsultantSuccessfully developed and maintained Crisis Management and Disaster Recovery plans.Planned and executed annual tests for multiple clients. Collaborated with clients to develop/improve their DR strategies and ensure Corporate Business Continuity solutions surpassed expectations. Worked with multiple team members to compile deliverables and present executive level presentations. Supported external customers to identify IT requirements; provided outstanding service to act as liaison between the customers and IT.Managed business teams to create/update Business Impact Analysis (BIA)Sufficiently accomplished over 25 clients DR transition projects for Data Center pre- and post- sales with emphasis on meeting required RTO/RPOAssisted project manager with weekly cross functional team meetings reviewing project risks, issues, action items and timeline, ensuring project momentum and prompt issue resolutionsEffectively performed Proof of Concepts on various replication software in isolated environments to determine best fit for client recovery to meet the contractual RTO/Reported Results/Provided recommendations / Alternate SolutionsPrimary Point of Contact for 3rd party vendors to support DR Recovery strategies and negotiate contracts saving customers on average 35%Created templates to assist Technical Teams with documenting DR recovery procedures for Mainframe/Linux/ Wintel/SQL and Oracle Databases; ensured adequate server configurations and IBM Z/OS floor systems.Served as technical expert resource within IT planning, strategizing, and developing backup methodologies for Mainframe and Open Systems.Ensured backup tapes stored in offsite facilities and coordinated transport of backup tapes to 3rd party vendor sites for DR Tests.Instrumental in working with Mainframe system admins and 3rd party vendors to use data replication form home site to vendor site.Successfully developed new process enhancements by providing detailed application test scripts/DR test timelines identifying infrastructure activities pre and post-test, accurately performed quarterly reviews BC/ DR Plans. Achieved 100% audit passing ratePlanned and Executed extensive DR Tests to simulate recovery from total outages using replication or tape base recoveries to test recoverability without impact to productionAttained 100% success rate for Operational DR exercises/average 6 exercises annuallyConsistently met/exceeded contracted RTO/RPOTECHNICAL SKILLSProficient with Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, SharePoint)Applications: Tableau, Power BI, Jira, Business Continuity Management (BCM)Technology: SQL and Oracle Databases, Configuration Management Database (CMDB), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Zerto, Site Recovery Manager (SRM), Window/Linux Servers,Network, Mainframe.Additional Work HistoryVanguard Financial Project Manager (Cyber Security)Experian Program/Project Manager (LDRPS Systems)Program/Project Manager (Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity)American General Insurance Project Manager (Disaster Recovery) MainframeHewlett-Packard (HP) / (Formerly Electronic Data Systems) (EDS)Technical Lead/Project Lead - Disaster Recovery MainframeSystem EngineerOperations AnalystRelated Courses:Business Analyst FundamentalsITIL Fundamentals v1LDRPS Disaster Recovery SoftwareSite Recovery Engineer (SRE)Cyber SecurityProject ManagementArcher Disaster Recovery SoftwareEDUCATION:Texas Southern University (2 years/Education)EDS Technical Development ProgramsSystem Engineer CertificationOperational Development Certification |
