April 15, 2023 1 Patrick Dean

Training: Offensive Security – Penetration Testing with

Backtrack (PWB) 2011 Cisco Storage Design Fundamentals, 2007 Sun StorageTek 6140 Array Installation &

Maintenance 2007 Sun StorageTek 9990/9985 HW & SW Fundamentals

Workshop, 2007 EMC DiskXtender for Windows, 2006 EMC EmailXtender for Windows, 2006 EMC Advanced Messaged, 2006 EMC EmailXaminer, 2006 AppIQ (Sun ESM 3.0), 2005

Sun StorEdge 6320 System & 6120 Array Installation and Administration, 2004

Sun StorEdge 3000 Series Array Installation & Admin., 2004 Sun StorEdge Resource Management Suite 6.0, 2003 Hardware RAID & T3 Storage Systems Administration, 2003 Hitachi Data Systems 9900 Overview & Configuration, 2002 Sun SAM-FS and QFS Administration, 2002 Sun E10K Administration, 2001 Sun Cluster 3.0 Administration, 2001 Sun StorEdge Volume Manager Admin., 2001 Sun System Performance Management, 1999

Patrick G. Dean - 5493 Ten Oaks Rd. Clarksville, MD 21029 - Cell: (301) 332-3336 - email: patrickgdean@gmail.com

Degree/Education: BS in Computer Science, Catholic University of America, 1991

Certifications: Scrum Master Accredited Certification (CSM), 2015 VMware Certified Professional (VCP), 2008 Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10, 2008 Sun Certified Network Administrator for Solaris 10

(Comparable to CCNA & Network+), 2008 Sun iForce Reseller Competency Accreditations: Storage

Elite & Premier, Datacenter Specialty, 2008 EMC Certified EmailXtender Administrator, 2007 EMC Certified Professional, 2004

Legato Certified Networker Administrator, 2004 Qlogic Certified Professional, 2004 & 2003 Sun Certified Network Administrator for Solaris 8

(Comparable to CCNA & Network+), 2003 Sun Certified Data Management Engineer, 2003 BakBone NetVault 6 Certified Administrator, 2002 Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 8,

2001 CA Brightstor Enterprise Backup Certification, 2001

Clearance: DoD – Top Secret (last active 2010)License: Private Pilot – Third Class – Airplane, Single Engine LandSpecific Technical Concentrations:

Virtualization Technologies Cloud/Hybrid Cloud Technologies & Methodologies Enterprise and Datacenter Design & Implementation

Security Assessments & Remediation Techniques DR/COOP Planning, Deploying & Testing Networking Protocols & Provisioning

Summary of Qualifications:

Mr. Dean is an accomplished engineer with over 23 years professional experience, his many qualifications follow:

Certified and experienced in virtualization technologies from VMware, Sun, Oracle and Citrix as well as Archive and Compliance technologies such as Symantec Enterprise Vault, EMC EmailXtender, EMC DiskXtender, EMC Centera, SAMFS and Kazeon.

Virtuoso when architecting, designing, installing, maintaining, optimizing, tuning and troubleshooting, Storage and SAN technologies from storage vendors: Oracle, Hitachi, MTI, EMC, StorageTek, DataDomain, NetApp, Overland, Compaq, Dell, 3PAR and Nexsan; and with fabric switch vendors: McData, Qlogic, Cisco and Brocade.

Highly skilled administrator in all major platforms, software, and tools produced by Microsoft including but not limited to: NT/2000/XP/7/8, 2003/2008/2012 Server, SQL Server 2005/2008, Exchange, Office, FrontPage, Visio and Project.

Experienced with cloud platforms such as Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, OpenStack, Azure and others. Proficient in file system technologies SVM, Solstice Disksuite, QFS, Veritas Volume Manager and NetVault. Hands on web server administration for Apache, Netscape, IIS and others. Authoritative in developing project plans, developing & maintaining budgets, performance metrics development, addressing

staffing requirements, meeting timelines and crisis management. Experienced and certified with Sun/Oracle Enterprise level hardware including M & T series, SunFire 12/15K, SunFire 20/25K

and all other smaller platforms. Capable in database installation, maintenance, querying and performance tuning of Informix, Oracle, and SQL Server. Confident working with automated configuration management, orchestration and DevOps technologies and methodologies

such as Chef, Docker, Puppet and SaltStack. Expert with Solaris and other open systems such as RedHat/CentOS, Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, SUSE, HP/UX & SCO Unix. Practiced in network implementations such as firewalls, tunneling, VPNs, DMZs, VLANs and proxy servers from vendors Cisco,

Brocade, 3com, Netopia and BlueCoat. Knowledgeable with shell script writing, Ruby, Python, Java and C/C++ programming. Adept with build technologies – Maven for build automation and Jenkins for continuous integration Astute in networking matters and troubleshooting problems rooted in but not limited to the OSI and TCP/IP network models,

tunneling, ATM, SONET/SDH, IPSec, iSCSI and SNMP. Skillful with clustering and HA solutions such as Sun/Oracle Cluster, Legato Cluster and Veritas Cluster Server. Learned in backup technologies such as Symantec Netbackup, EMC Networker, CommVault Simpana, BakBone CA Brightstor

EB, and CA ArcServe 2000.

Relevant Experience:VAD Pros, Senior Solutions Architect - Sole Proprietor/Independent Contractor 10/12 - PresentDeliver clients high quality technical assistance and guidance in easy to comprehend terminology and straight forward concepts while proving a tremendous value both perceived and realized for a reasonable rate.

Design, install and support enterprise level compute and enterprise storage solution bundles Plan, perform, and document datacenter moves and migrations Create plans for and perform installations of LAN, WAN or wireless networks Customize storage migration and consolidation service solutions based on client’s unique environment and

circumstances Design and deliver office automation solutions in conjunction with security and surveillance systems Provide standard and/or specialized support for customers’ various technical needs______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

NewWave Telecom & Technologies, Infrastructure Manager & Solutions Architect 11/13 – 07/14