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22- 53 26t h St ● Astori a, NY 11105 ● (516)

Steven J. Brown

22-53 26th St ● Astoria, NY 11105 ● (516) 655-9494 ● [email protected]

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/steve-brown/5/848/574

DATACENTER TRANSFORMATION PROJECT MANAGER

Multifaceted IT professional with twenty years’ experience in data center relocation planning, management, and execution, in the financial industry. Results oriented, hands-on infrastructure specialist capable of managing multiple projects while overseeing staff across multiple divisions; adept at explaining complex technical concepts to diverse audiences. Experienced in contract negotiations with outsourced vendors, along with proficient presentation and communications skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project Management Infrastructure

Systems Design and Implementation Vendor Partnership & Negotiations

Data Centers Relocations Strong management and technical skills

Communications and Power Cabling Data center design and consolidation

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

PLATFORMS: Unix, Windows XP/7

HARDWARE:

Voltaire, EMC, IBM servers, Clarion, Hitachi, HP blade servers, Cisco Switches, terminal servers, SAN, NAS, Bloomberg Controllers, Rolm switch, Newbridge nodes, VOIP phones, Avaya, Tape Libraries, Desktop PC’s, Printers

FACILITIES: UPS, PDUs, CRACS

METHODOLOGIES: PMBOK, SIX SIGMA

MARKET DATA VENDORS:

ILX, Telerate, Dow Jones, Bloomberg, Instinet, ADP, Telekurs, Quotron, Nasdaq, Reuters

CABLING: Cat 5 and 6, single and multimode fiber, pots lines, ringdowns,T1’s, T3’s, ISDN, DSL, PRI

SOFTWARE: Microsoft Project, Visio, Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point, Clarity , Nexus

RELATED EXPERTISE

Ability to leverage best practices and field-proven tools to meet migration requirements. Proven data, application, and infrastructure migration services experience that reduces risks

and manages the cost of changing technology. Two decades of migration experience, with the knowledge to recognize common pitfalls, and

fine tune procedures. Deep technical knowledge in data center transformations, with extensive experience in the

design and implementation of leading-edge data center solutions. Data, infrastructure, and application-focused migrations.

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Provided strategic direction of constructing two new trading floors while maintaining original data centers infrastructure; Interfaced with Windows infrastructure, Systems, Networking,

Market Data, Tech Support and Facilities to ensure this $60M project was successful.

Designed and built Data Centers to house networks for various brokerage firms and banks- i.e.

Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Paine Weber.

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22- 53 26t h St ● Astori a, NY 11105 ● (516)

Steven J. Brown



Professional Experience

The Jansen Consulting Group - New York, NY

DATA CENTER SPECIALIST Aug 10 – Present

Clients: NY Presbyterian, Citibank, UBS, Surface, Dell, TD bank, US East

Operated in both a functional Project manager capacity for existing/ongoing data center rationalization projects, and as engineering support for newly identified opportunities. Coordinated infrastructure installation, relocation, and consolidation of assets within the Datacenters and Remote Locations.

Designed and documented networks, cabinet elevations, communication, power cabling and data center infrastructure systems utilizing Microsoft Visio.

Performed all aspects of communications room reworks.

Interfaced and managed a sixty-seven member team responsible for the required application

migration prior to data center decommissioning in Maryland. Designed and implemented low voltage communication cabling plant working with various

trades and unions. Coordinated and managed the relocation of entire office from one building to another.

Performed drag and drops from Connecticut to New York, migrating and closing down trading floor.

Acted as liaison between Co-location facilities and end users for pricing on hosting solutions.

Performed telecommunication and network cabling installations. Partnered with market data providers and associated carriers .

Effectively interfaced with vendors and contract negotiations.

Millennium Partners - New York, N.Y.

VICE PRESIDENT DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT (HEDGE FUND) March 99 - July 2010

Provided strategic direction in the construction of two new trading floors while maintaining original data centers infrastructure and ensuring business as usual in a complex environment. Partnered with Windows infrastructure, NOC, Unix, Networking, Market Data, Tech Support and

Facilities to ensure this $60M project was successful.

Migrated Enterprise Data Center from 111 Broadway to 666 5th Avenue. Cable plant design of communication cabling, network, market data, trading floor and

telephony infrastructure. Implemented high speed-low latency trading network by working with NOC sites and

network team to be co-located within the exchange, to obtain the fastest network speed for trade execution via the exchange’s matching engines i.e. Carteret NJ co-location for NASDAQ

users.

Installed a four hundred-seat DR & BCP site using HP blade technology and thin clients.

Managed team responsible for the support of twenty data centers via eleven buildings.

Oversaw and assisted with the installations of hardware and networking for all user groups.

Reduced cost of infrastructure by developing RFP proposals and negotiating contracts.



22- 53 26t h St ● Astori a, NY 11105 ● (516)

Steven J. Brown



Evaluated team members through performance reviews on a quarterly basis. Monitored all data centers for cooling and power utilizing Server Tech software ensuring proper load

balancing Established intranet web database for all connectivity and inventory tracking throughout

the company to document all adds, moves, and changes both on the floor and in the data centers.

Union Bank of Switzerland - New York, N.Y.

SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER Feb 94 – Jan 99

Managed team in the restacking of thirty-eight office floors and six trading floors in four buildings.

Managed the trading floor relocations within 299 Park Ave. Worked with staff to account

for all vendor usage by traders. Responsible for all infrastructure connectivity, telecommunications, market data and

networks. Partnered with IPC on relocations of turrets. Asset management relocation from 1221 AOA to 1345 AOA. Responsible for project

resourcing and team management to insure proper communications between groups;

effectively migrated users and their technologies.

Partnered with facilities on a day to day adds, moves and changes, as well as relocating entire office floors on weekends

Performed monthly testing at DR site.

Databases- Utilized visio and excel- documentation on all vendors, circuits, periphery and users

Data Centers - Responsible for design and maintenance of structured cabling to accommodate business units’ ongoing needs

Quotron Systems - New York, N.Y.

CUSTOMER ENGINEER Feb 84 – Dec 93

Installed, serviced and maintained UNIX based financial information systems.

Designed and built Data Centers to house networks for various brokerage firms and banks.

Installed modems, tickers and high-speed lines providing market data to traders.

Extensive Knowledge of trouble shooting and installing all peripherals, including installation of Q800

and Q1000 mainframes. Loaded and upgraded UNIX software. Provided user training on all systems; also provided training in the field for new hires in both installation and service

departments World Financial Center - Designed and installed a computer room with one-hundred

Q800 mainframes and a trading space of two thousand terminals for Shearson Lehman in Tower C

EDUCATION

Long Island City High School, Queens, New York - Regents Diploma 1980 Queens College, Flushing, New York - 1981-1982



22- 53 26t h St ● Astori a, NY 11105 ● (516)

Steven J. Brown


http://www.linkedin.com/pub/steve-brown/5/848/574 Albert Merrill Technical School, New York, N.Y. - Technical Diploma 1983



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