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DEEMCQUEEN
DEE.MCQUEEN@SMARTPROS.BIZ
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Experience: that most brutal of teachers. First comes the test, then the lesson. C.S.Lewis
EXPERIENCE PROFILE
Dee is an accomplished 17+ year cloud infrastructure consult and technologist focused in strategic
thought leadership concentrated around next generation data center, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS),
Platform as a Service (Paas), Desktop as a Service (Daas) & End User Computing.
Dee provides expert consultation in cloud strategy, technical assessment, solution design, migration, and
delivery of infrastructure-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, and subsequent network, storage and
virtualization components from Citrix, Cisco, EMC, Microsoft & VMware. Dee has a proven track record of
results within the fortune 500 and international business community attributed to his successful
methodological approach. Dee is a highly motivated, business minded, organized, goal oriented, and
energetic individual with excellent communication, presentation and management skills. Dee is competent
in Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and Service Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC) covering business case
development, team and project management, delivery, implementation and support.
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
[SMART PROS] VMWARE / EMC
Consulting Cloud Architect, Infrastructure Lead, 2012 - 2013
Technical Concentration:
VCE Vblock cloud infrastructure, IaaS (infrastructure as a service) PaaS (platform as a service), RHEL (Red Hat
Enterprise Linux) cloud implementation: VMware vSphere 5 infrastructure: vCenter, ESX Virtualization, EMC
VNX and Isilon SAN, Cisco Unified Computing System, Linux infrastructure technologies including WSRR,
WODM, OpenAM, PostgreSQL, Mule, LDAP, WMQ.
Engagement Delivery Experience:
Deliverable responsibilities include: The functional, operational and high availability validation and
enablement of the RHEL (Red Hat Linux) cloud infrastructure on Vblock 700 platform. Additional
responsibilities include:
Development of over 50 reference scenario based test cases for cloud infrastructure storage,
network, compute, and virtualization covering functionality, operations, high availability and disaster
continuity
Detailed infrastructure analysis of various Linux based services (WSRR, WODM, OpenAM, PostgreSQL,
Mule, LDAP, WMQ) supporting the client infrastructure and VMware vFabric Gemfire.
Detailed infrastructure planning overview/review including in-depth whiteboard sessions,
development of Visio logical and detailed diagrams
Development of multiple client facing gap analysis documents with conclusive results for automation
planning and testing
Routine interaction with client senior leadership to manage expectations
Product review and recommendations as needed to enhance the client Cloud infrastructure
Exposure to IBM Insurance Application Architecture
Management Experience:
Deliverable responsibilities include: Implementation plan, work stream deliverables and milestone tracking
Agile SDLC project methodology approach for project timeline scoping, milestones and deliverables
Management of resources divided across 2 SCRUM teams
Strategic thought leadership with resource implementation timeline and milestone planning
Leadership communication of technical achievements, risks, issues and next steps related to the
project to senior management
Configured and deployed Cisco 1000v virtual switch module appliance within vCenter vSphere 5
infrastructure
Configured and deployed VMware SRM for Disaster Recovery/ Business Continuity
Deployed EMC VNXe SAN for vSphere 5 high availability management cluster configuration for 8
customers
International assignments to Latin America
Management Experience:
Deliverable responsibilities include: Implementation plan, work stream deliverables and milestone tracking
ITILv3 / SDLC project methodology approach for project timeline scoping, milestones and deliverables
Strategic thought leadership with resource implementation timeline and milestone planning
Leadership communication of technical achievements, risks, issues and next steps related to the
project
Development of detailed Microsoft Project and PowerPoint documents and associated templates to
define project scope and level of effort involved
Presentation to business units and executives demonstrating end user computing and VDI
technologies
Topology, Line, and Component diagrams for multi-tenant and virtual desktop infrastructure
greenfield technology implementation
Detailed Design documentation for multi-tenant and virtual desktop infrastructure greenfield
technology implementation
Designed and implemented multi-tenant vSphere Active Directory infrastructure supporting five
separate directory domains
Designed and implemented VMware View multi-tenant architecture
Developed business use case and decision tree diagrams for virtual desktop infrastructure
implementation and support
Windows 7 Business Desktop Engineering and Deployment with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010
Lite Touch and App-V
Residence in Dubai, UAE, travel throughout the Middle East and Southeast Asia
Management Experience:
Deliverable responsibilities include: high level work plan, project resource estimation, Implementation plan,
work stream deliverable and milestone tracking
ITILv3 / SDLC project methodology approach for project timeline scoping, milestones and deliverables
Strategic thought leadership with resource implementation planning
Resource management between 2 work streams
Leadership communication of technical achievements, risks, issues and next steps related to the
project
Development of Microsoft Project and PowerPoint documents and associated templates to define
project scope and level of effort involved
Deliverable responsibilities include: high level work plan, project resource estimation, Implementation plan,
work stream deliverable and milestone tracking
ITIL / SDLC project methodology approach for project timeline scoping, milestones and deliverables
Thought leadership of cloud and virtualization technology implementation
Strategy, resource management, and project implementation of work streams up to 5 personnel
Schedule and conduct routine customer facing meetings with key deliverable status
Deliverable signoff from the respective stakeholder
ITILv3 certified delivery and process methodology
Technical Concentration:
Cloud Computing, Private Cloud Design, Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure; Citrix, Microsoft, and
VMware: Server, Presentation, VDI, and Application Virtualization technologies.
Presales Engagement Experience:
Deliverable responsibilities include: Developing business cases and associated RFPs, customer mind mapping
and whiteboard sessions, gap analysis and readiness assessments, risk assessments, delivery approach,
high level work plans, and project resource estimations.
End to end design of Windows 2008R2 Hyper-V / XenDesktop/App-V - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
private cloud leveraging Secure Gateway, PN Agent, Web Interface, XenDesktop 4 and Application
Streaming for Greenfield implementation
End to end design greenfield implementation of Vmware ESX/Windows 2008R2/ XenApp virtual
presentation infrastructure
Windows 7 Business Desktop Engineering and Deployment with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010
Lite Touch and App-V
Developed VMware private cloud spin-in commissioning and spin-out decommissioning process for
scalability and expandability
Implemented SCVMM/SCOM/Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V Server Core configuration
Windows 2008 / XenApp5 leveraging Secure Gateway, PN Agent, Web Interface, XenApp5 and
Application Streaming on Windows 2008R2 Hyper-V virtualization technology
International assignments abroad to EMEA and APAC region
Collaborated with Citrix on internal projects Tarpon and BladeRunner due to experience with
packaging and virtualization to develop major enhancements included in Presentation Server 4.5
Engaged in multiple projects focused on thin client provisioning and offshore support leveraging
Citrix
Designed and Implemented Citrix PS4 and XenDesktop Infrastructure
Documented multiple Infrastructure topology and detailed design diagrams
Documented internal white paper explaining the process to present Siebel Applications to multiple
users on Citrix with a single published application (this previously had not supported by Siebel or
Citrix)
Certified over 100 applications for Citrix Deployment
Administered EMC Clarrion, Celerra and IBM SVC for virtual LUN provisioning and presentation
Administered Nortel VPN CheckPoint NG firewall components
Management Experience:
Deliverable responsibilities include: high level work plan, detailed work plan, project updates
ITIL / SDLC project methodology approach for project timeline scoping, milestones and deliverables
Requirements mapping to project milestones and deliverables
Vendor management providing architectural strategy for respective infrastructure components
Deliverable signoff from the project stakeholders
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Current Public references are available on http://www.linkedin.com/in/deemcqueen
Additional professional references are available upon request.
EDUCATION
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY BFA, Graphic Design, 1996
Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA Web Design, 1996 1997
AFFILIATIONS
TECHNICAL TRAINING
VCE Vblock 100, 300 & 700
VMware ESX 3.0 & 5.0
EMC Clarion / VNX, VNXe
Linked-In/in/deemcqueen
Microsoft Registered Partner
VMware Registered Partner |
Authorized Consultant
Citrix Developers Network
Smartpros.biz | Cloud Architecture
Lead
Cloud.com
CloudFoundry Open source cloud
community
VisioCafe.com (published Citrix
CERTIFICATIONS
MICROSOFT
CITRIX
ADMINISTRATOR
OTHER CERTIFICATIONS
(EMC363900)
RELEVANT SKILLS
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY
VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY
/ TERMINAL SERVICES
2012)
CITRIX XENDESKTOP
VMWARE ESX
HYPER-V SERVER
VMWARE VSPHERE
APP-V
VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGER
SQL SERVER
(2005 2008R2)
AZURE
2.5 5.0
INFRASTRUCTURE 2.5 5.0
VMWARE VCENTER 2.5 5.0
VMWARE VIEW 4.1 5.0
INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY
CITRIX ACCESS SUITE
CITRIX ACCESS GATEWAY
VENDOR HARDWARE
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY
VCE VBLOCK
HP PROLIANT VIRTUALIZATION BLADES AND SERVERS
EMC VNXE
CLOUD COMPUTING
VMWARE THINAPP
APP-DNA
ITIL V2
| ITIL V3 | SDLC
| MICROSOFT SOLUTIONS