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Company:

Accenture

Role:

Cloud Advisory Senior Manager

Timeframe:

Nov 2021 - Present

At the heart of a major healthcare provider's transformation, I designed a private cloud infrastructure spanning multiple US data centers, a venture that transcended technical prowess to become a commitment to protecting the sanctity of healthcare data. I led the development of a hyper-converged infrastructure and a robust virtualization-cluster framework, ensuring the provider remained resilient against economic shifts while maintaining high service standards. This infrastructure was engineered not just for current needs but as a future-proof foundation, adaptable to a range of workloads from management services to high-demand applications.

In a separate strategic initiative, I conducted an in-depth assessment for a leading energy utility company, evaluating their infrastructure and application landscape across five enterprise data centers. The disaster recovery and high availability audit I performed aimed at identifying and reinforcing any weak points to prevent outages and ensure uninterrupted utility services. Meanwhile, for a large financial investment firm, I directed two critical projects, enhancing monitoring systems and leading a data center consolidation that spanned continents, all while managing a diverse team to evaluate cutting-edge solutions. My ongoing journey with Accenture is marked by a relentless pursuit of technological mastery and an unwavering commitment to client success in an ever-evolving digital world.

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Project Title:

Powering Energy Utility Innovation

Timeframe:

Nov 2021 - Present

Description:

For a prominent energy utility company, I spearheaded an infrastructure and application assessment that penetrated through five enterprise data centers.

Disaster Recovery: I conducted a meticulous disaster recovery maturity assessment, unearthing potential fissures that could threaten business continuity in unforeseen outages—a foresight that fortified mission-critical operations against the specter of downtime.

High Availability and Fault Tolerance: The audit of key infrastructure components—compute, network, and storage—was not merely about assessing resilience; it was about ensuring that the lifelines of utility services remained unbroken.

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Project Title:

Financial Investment Firm Strategies

Timeframe:

Nov 2021 - Present

Description:

As a technological oracle for a large financial investment firm, I took the reins of two pivotal projects, each echoing my commitment to strategic progress and technological acumen.

Tech Delivery Expertise: The monitoring observability assessment project was a clarion call for heightened vigilance in endpoint coverage and monitoring architecture—an initiative that improved visibility and optimized alerting thresholds.

Data Center Consolidation Leadership: Leading a multiregional data center consolidation project, I weaved together a tapestry of applications, network, compute, cloud, and storage systems across continents, designing a future state infrastructure that resonated with the firm's transformative vision.

Team and Project Management: Guiding a multifaceted team of nine, I steered a proof-of-concept that compared Nutanix and VMware solutions, distilling requirements and methodologies into a coherent strategy that would become the linchpin of informed decision-making.

As I continue to sculpt the landscape of cloud advisory and solution architecture at Accenture, my story is one of unyielding passion for excellence, an insatiable curiosity for technological innovation, and a steadfast dedication to the clients and industries that depend on our expertise.

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