Manager — Tech Refresh | Infrastructure Software | Data Center Planning

Oct 2018 – Present

Despite ambiguity, effectively lead and coordinate Data Center Tech Refresh projects, including requirements gathering, procurement and recovery of space and power, resulting in satisfied stakeholders.
Demonstrate the ability to lead and collaborate with internal engineering teams and external partners alike by consistently delivering on-time, multi-initiative results under deadline.

Manager — Fleet Management | Information Security

Feb 2017 - Oct 2018

Manage staff, contractors and FTEs within the PMO servicing and supporting ISO (Maps, iCloud, iWork, iTunes, Beats), SWE, HWE, FileMaker, IS&T and Global Security projects.
Reduce lead times incident management and process automation through Jira & Confluence toolsets.

Sr. Project Manager — Global Networking & Computing Services

Jan 2010 – Feb 2017

Responsible for the ongoing and successful deployment of mission-critical Data Center Compute and Network infrastructure for Apple Pay® despite incredible deadlines and tight product specifications resulting in on-time and on-budget construction and deliverables including partner integration with Visa, MasterCard, Discover and AMEX.
Influence and provide leadership to hundreds of staff dispersed among multiple teams to effectively initiate, plan, execute, control and close complex $25M+ massive-scale Data Center projects on time and budget within California, Nevada, Oregon, North Carolina including two in China (Beijing & Tianjin).
Design / structure / architecture / over-site of Data Center network / server and physical Security (including intrusion detection) within world-wide, data centers Partner with engineering teams to manage significant multi-million dollar, 1,000+ system Data Center infrastructure projects from inception to hand off, positively benefiting millions of customers.
Organized migrations / deployments of 10,000+ systems of 34 groups and six lines of business including design / management /deployment of fault-tolerant, high-availability network / server architecture supporting >1 billion aggregated user-authentication requests, including design, procurement, and installation of 40 distributed and discrete compute-clusters comprised of network and server clusters within four data centers in active-active mode; tested simulated traffic to demonstrate capability to exceed 10x normal load for internal and external identity management functions, including holiday sales traffic historically for four years within key company expansion periods
Successfully deploy large web-scale distributed projects, including year-over-year scaling of existing and upcoming iOS systems Network and core Data Center infrastructure; saved $2.3M by end of project.
Coordinated >20+ different internal IT groups and business units to form a master, disaster recovery plan visible at the C-level, including team feedback, documentation, simulation of results, ratification, and periodic updates, resulting in approval of plan managing multiple staff organization-wide to increase disaster recovery efforts by >75%, and adding policy strategy for process improvement, ongoing testing within the key areas of confidentially, integrity, and ability.
Worked with DevOps and business groups to develop, design, and deploy cloud-based, anti-fraud, management system with artificial intelligence (AI)-machine learning and commodity-based server nodes, resulting in cost savings from reduced fraud; innovated a cost effective way to centralize versus distribute processing load resulting in scalable systems.

Seth J. Gillespie, PhD

I am a proven Information Technology leader known for my ability to successfully guide organizations through large and complex internet-scale Data Center infrastructure deployments, directly impacting millions of customers worldwide.

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