Monday, December 10, 2012

My background

James O. Herrick
Technical Project Manager
 
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Experience



Senior Technical Project & Solutions Manager

January 2012 – Present
Technical Project management experience with translating technology and business requirements into actionable plans and implementation results, with service development and planning. Coordinated service partner relations and management while engaged on multi-level service offerings.
Technical Project and Services pre-planning and on-site implementation of comprehensive design and datacenter integration projects. 
Provide Technical Project Management and direction while overseeing infrastructure transitions, technology and A/V integration to NCSU Institute for Emerging Issues in the Jim Hunt Jr. Library. Coordinated with and served as single point of contact to NCSU Office of Information Technology departments.
Provided Technical Project Management and direction to US Army/HP Federal, Interior Systems Inc., Bass Pro Shops and eCommerce. 
Provide SME solutions and integration knowledge as well as pre & post sales support to the nationwide account management team. 
Provided Operational on-site training to commercial customers as part of "turn key" projects across the country. 
Provided complex system designs and integration of over 300 HP Blades and Enclosures as well as ISS servers to military operations and commercial enterprise customers. 


Senior Integration and Solutions Manager

July 2004 – September 2012 (8 years 3 months)
Senior Integration and Solutions management experience with translating IT and business requirements into actionable plans and implementation results, with service development and planning. Coordinated service partner relations and management while engaged on multi-level service offerings.
Technical Project and Services pre-planning and on-site implementation of comprehensive design and datacenter integration projects for Interior Systems Inc., Bass Pro Shops, and eCommerce Inc. 
Provide SME solutions and integration as well as pre & post sales support to the nationwide account management team. 
Supported internal Government practices with pre sales, design and demonstration opportunities on product offerings aimed at DoD/US Army and translating those business needs into technology solutions. Provided Technical Project and Product management of intricate design and quality. 
Provided on-site training to US Army personnel across the country focusing on our unique solution, Microsoft Technologies, blade technologies and HP server equipment.
Provided Operational on-site training to commercial customers as part of "turn key" projects across the country. 
Provided complex system designs and integration of over 300 HP Blades and Enclosures to military operations and commercial enterprise customers. 
Supervised corporate Information Technology operational direction and maintenance.
Administer and maintain corporate and development Microsoft & VMware environment of Microsoft AD, Exchange 2003/2007, VMware 4.x cluster and HP SAN storage.


Technical Project Manager/ Senior Solutions Engineer

August 2001 – July 2004 (3 years) 

Provide Technical Project Management for IBM PSG to their customers, such as Dow Chemical, Israeli Ministry Of Defense and Fortune 500 companies. 
Developed and validate solutions for their Fortune 100 Customers.
Managed the technical process between the internal departmental stages for custom deployment projects. 
Documented first and second stage phase custom configuration procedures for IBM PSG manufacturing. 
Provided configuration and product consulting to IBM commercial and educational customers.
Provided detailed training to new engineers, on procedures, protocols, and technical aspects of the high level projects.


Senior Solutions Engineer/ Operations Specialist

Interpath Communications

December 2000 – May 2001 (6 months) Morrisville, NC
Microsoft Server operations Administrator for data center environment.
Provided critical operational assistance to hosted and CoLo customers.
Datacenter management and maintenance, and first line on-call support for NOC.
Responsible for entire enterprise server systems and hardware maintenance.



Senior Solutions Engineer

BB&T Bank

May 1999 – December 2000 (1 year 8 months) Charlotte, North Carolina Area
Novell administration and Microsoft domain administrator for Branch Automation.
Provided operational support to SE region branches.
Coordinated support to 3rd party operations support vendors.
Microsoft and Novel datacenter management and maintenance and on-call support.
Responsible for entire enterprise server systems and hardware maintenance support.
Evaluate, design and implement server solutions.



Lead Microsoft Network Designer/Senior Solutions Engineer

Duke Engineering & Services

April 1995 – May 1999 (4 years 2 months) Charlotte, North Carolina Area
Lead Microsoft network designer and integration professional of the Microsoft domain and server infrastructure.
Primary Domain Administrator providing direction for corporate server support team.
Managed conversion from Novel 3.x server infrastructure to Microsoft domain model and design.
Corporate support team lead providing direction to desktop and application issues and resolution.
Responsible for entire enterprise server systems and hardware, including desktop support.
Evaluate, design and implemented system solutions.
Administered I/T operational direction and support.



Senior Solutions & Project Engineer


Bannex Corporation

January 1993  April 1995 (2 years 4 months) Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Solutions & Project Engineer over the "personal computing solutions" team to First Union National Bank headquarters. I was able to translate technical projects and business requirements into actionable plans and implementation results.
Senior Solutions Engineer to the First Union National Bank executive team for computing solutions.
Point of sale troubleshooting and maintenance to Fortune 500 retailers.

Audio/Video Installation Project: NCSU Institute for Emerging Issues

James O. Herrick
Technical Project Manager
 
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Projects

  • Infrastructure Upgrade Project: Interior Systems Inc. Milwaukee

    •  September 2012 to Present 
    • NetDirect Systems LLC
    Team Members: James Herrick
    I am providing multi-skilled Senior level Technical Project Management to the Institute for Emerging Issues in the Jim Hunt Jr. Library on the NCSU Centennial Campus. I am effectively managing the audio/visual installation project with AVI/SPL, 1220 Exhibits, Second Story Design, Sexton, Skanka Construction and NCSU CMP office.

Technology Relocation Project: NCSU Institute for Emerging Issues

James O. Herrick
Technical Project Manager
 
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Projects

  • Technology Relocation Project: NCSU Institute for Emerging Issues

    •  September 2012 to Present 
    • NetDirect Systems LLC
    Team Members: James Herrick
    I am providing multi-skilled Senior level Technical Project Management to the Institute for Emerging Issues in the Jim Hunt Jr. Library on the NCSU Centennial Campus. I am effectively managing the technology relocation project tasks with NCSU Office of Information Technology. I designated the proper port configuration map and provided the completed plan to NCSU OIT. I facilitated up to date modifications to the Lucent QIP systems to provide TCP/IP allocation.

Friday, June 29, 2012

HP C7000 and EVA4400 Integration: eCommerce Inc.

James O. Herrick
Technical Project Manager
 
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Projects

  • HP C7000 and EVA4400 Integration: eCommerce Inc.

    •  April 2009 to June 2009 
    • NetDirect Systems LLC
    Team Members: James Herrick
    National webhosting and eCommerce Inc. in Columbus OH needed the density of the C7000 and storage flexibility of the HP EVA in a custom CentOS environment formerly on Dell rack servers.
    Equipment:
    • HP C7000
    • HP BL260G7 x 16
    • HP EVA 4400

    Project scope:
    • Demo installation of C7000 and EVA4400 at software development site in Reston VA.
    • Full start up service for C7000, Blades and EVA4400.
    • Operational training on-site.

Friday, June 1, 2012

Infrastructure Upgrade Project: Interior Systems Inc. Milwaukee

James O. Herrick
Technical Project Manager
 
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Projects

  • Infrastructure Upgrade Project: Interior Systems Inc. Milwaukee

    •  January 2011 to June 2012 
    • NetDirect Systems LLC
    Team Members: James Herrick
    I provided multi-skilled Senior level Technical Project Management to a Interior Systems Inc. a national retail and food services interior design and manufacturer in Milwaukee, WI. They required a complete infrastructure upgrade that included ISS servers, Enterprise class storage and Enterprise network equipment re-design and on-site design and integration services. I was able to provide a multi-skilled approach to the Technical Project Management tasks and identify any project deficiencies and implement effective solutions.
    Equipment integrated:
    • HP Proliant DL380G7 x8
    • HP Proliant DL360G7 x2
    • HP LeftHand P4500 x2
    • P4000 x2
    • HP Networking J series modular switches x2

    Project scope:
    • Site survey and technical pre-planning
    • Preconfiguration services in Integration Center
    • On-site implementation services and Technical Project Management
    • Operational training on-site

Monday, April 2, 2012

HP C7000 and HP InsightControl Integration Project: Bass Pro Shops

James O. Herrick
Technical Project Manager
 
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Projects

  • HP C7000 and HP InsightControl Integration Project: Bass Pro Shops

    •  April 2011 to April 2011 
    • NetDirect Systems LLC
    Team Members: James Herrick
    Bass Pro Shops, a national outdoors retailer and distributor in Springfield, MO wished to move away from IBM BladeCenters and towards HP C7000 and Insight Control Environment.
    Equipment integrated:
    • HP C7000
    • HP BL460G7 x8
    • HP Insight Control for Windows
    Insight Control for linux

    Project scope:
    • Installation services for C7000 and operational training
    • Installation services for Insight Control Environment on Windows and RedHat