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Carmen Grasso Client
Facing Pre-Sales Systems Engineer (856)
534-5580 carmen@com10.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/carmengrasso NJ / NY Metro PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Pre-sales and delivery solutions for all aspect of
the modern data center
Active Directory Infrastructure Design and
Deployment Engineer and Trainer
Microsoft Exchange Server Design and Migration
Specialist
Microsoft SQL Server High Availability and Clustered
Design
High Availability Solutions and Disaster Recovery
strategies including ransomware protection and recovery
VMware Design and Implementation
Data Center Strategy and Design
Cisco UCS and Networking
ITIL Principles and Procedural Implementation
Comprehensive technical documentation skills
Scripting with VBScript, Perl, PowerShell, REST and
Python
Backup and Recovery Solutions with Commvault, Veeam
and NetBackup
Partner Selling: Presidio, SHI, CDW, Highpoint,
ePlus, Aspire and others PROFESSIONAL
PORTFOLIO
Technical
Facilitated long term goals and objectives for
clients
Developed strategic solutions enhancing sales
objectives
Reputation for effective leadership by implementing
process innovative solutions
Identified, established, and managed strategic
enterprise projects
Proven ability to excel in implementing new
technologies through research and documentation Professional
Capabilities
Always Customer First
Tenacity and diligence during challenging
assignments
Demonstrates leadership and team building strategies
Exceptional ability to launch and manage highly
successful projects and solutions
Versatility, adaptability, and willingness to tackle
new responsibilities
Track record of growth and focus on bottom-line
productivity and profitability
Self-Starter with focus on teamwork
Designed enterprise virtualization strategy to P2V
and consolidate over 100 physical servers for Sunoco across 15 data centers
to a single data center
Designed and deployed active failover SRM recovery
strategy for Sunoco
Migration of 18,000+ mailboxes from GroupWise to
Exchange for Children s Hospital of Philadelphia
Migration design of OVM VMs from XtremIO to Pure for
Syntax creating custom scripts and other tools
Migration design of 21 Active Directory Forests for
New York Times
Migration design for Novell Printers to Microsoft
Windows creating custom scripts for WL Gore
Migration design for Novell users and file shares to
Active Directory creating custom scripts for DRPA
Created custom SOW tool for Datalink reducing SOW
creation time by hours
Designed and executed migration solution for
migrating Lotus Notes to Exchange for Hamamatsu
Architected and delivered data center virtualization
solution and consolidation for Benefit Allocation Systems
Consistently exceeded sales goals and objectives EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY
Pure
Storage, NJ/NYC Metro July
2015 Nov 2023
A manufacturer of all flash enterprise storage for the
data center
Staff
Engineer
Pre-Sales Engineering Technical Sales across all
Verticals
Supported multiple sales executives exceeding quota
requirements
Architected storage solutions using Pure Storage for
multipurpose platforms
Managed Pre-Sales engineering tasks for delivering
Pure Storage Solutions
Built TCO and related sales presentations for sales
campaigns
Performed post sales storage reviews and provided
solutions for growth
Provided technical guidance for block and file
solutions across all protocols
Enabled sales campaigns driving solutions while
increasing sales opportunities
Enabled sales peers through mentoring and training
Established trusted adviser status across customer
accounts Turbonomics
(VMTurbo) Mar
2015 July 2015
A performance and cost optimization platform for cloud IT
Solutions
Architect
Pre-Sales Engineering Consultant
Post-Sales Engineering Architect Datalink,
National Base Nov
2008 Mar 2015
A provider of IT services and enterprise data center
solutions
Solutions
Architect
Pre-Sales Engineering Consulting for Products and
Services
Post-Sales Engineering Architecture Deployment and
Design
Active Directory Design and Deployment
Exchange / Messaging Services Consulting, Design and
Migrations
Enterprise Migrations and Business Integrations
Consulting
Enterprise High Availability Consultant
Enterprise Disaster Recovery and Restoration Design
and Deployment
Data Center Consolidation and Design
Architected and deployed enterprise virtualization
solutions (VMware / Hyper-V)
Designed and Performed P2V services on enterprise
servers
Designed, documented and deployed SRM active
recovery solution
VDI, Remote Application, Branch Office Consultant
(Horizon, Xen Desktop, and Remote Desktop)
Virtualization and Remote Services Consulting
Architect
Technical documentation and solutions design
Delivery of backup solutions; Commvault, Veeam,
NetBackup
Solutions design utilizing NetApp, Pure, EMC and
Hitachi Storage Preeminent
Solutions, New York City, NY Feb
2008 Nov 2008
A Microsoft Certified deployment services consultant
Senior
Active Directory Consultant
Consultation Services to the New York Times Company,
New York City, NY
Lead Active Directory Architect and Migration
Strategist
Lead Analyst for LAN services
Designed and documented Active Directory Design and
Migration Strategies
Executed Migration for 21 Active Directory Forests,
Novell NDS, Lotus Notes and Send Mail
Developed and documented Disaster Recovery Strategy
Implemented Terminal Services and Enterprise
Terminal Server Licensing Services
Developed and documented strategies and design for
Microsoft Exchange Endo
Pharmaceuticals, Chadds Ford, Pa Sep
2007 Feb 2008
A specialty branded
and generics pharmaceutical company
Senior
Systems Engineer
Senior Active Directory / Exchange Architect
Black Berry Enterprise / Messaging Architect
Security Analysis
Documented enterprise design and procedural
processes Charming
Shoppes, Inc. Bensalem, Pa Nov
2006 Sep 2007
A specialty retail clothing holding company
Senior
Systems Engineer
Primary / Lead Active Directory Architect
Developed and documented Active Directory migration
strategies
Security Analysis for Infrastructure Servers
Server Performance Analysis
Implementation of SOX and PCI compliance
Enterprise Trainer
Executed Integration for business unit migrations
and integration
SQL Services Enterprise Cluster Architect CDI
Corporation Solutions Philadelphia, Pa Aug
2005 Nov 2006
A muti-disciplinary engineering organization
Client
Server Engineer
Primary / Lead Active Directory Architect
Senior Exchange Server 2003 Architect
Developed and Documented Migration Strategies
Developed and Documented Active Directory
Architecture
Developed delivered training solutions
Project Lead Active Directory and Exchange 2003
Migration
Created budget requirements and costing for projects
Designed and Implemented virtualized Testing
Environment
Developed and documented DNS and WINS services
strategy
Discovered and documented production enterprise
through custom scripting
Documented enterprise administrative and procedural
processes Education
Certifications
VMware
VCAP-DCD
Pure
Storage Certified Architect Professional FlashBlade
Pure Storage Certified Architect Professional
FlashArray
NetApp NCIE (Expired)
Microsoft MCSE (Expired)
Microsoft MCT (Expired) |
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