Brian Bonnell
Colorado Springs, CO 80921 |--| www.linkedin.com/in/brian-bonnell8/
Technical Services DIRECTOR
Experienced Director of Technical Services and Lead System Technician with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Additional expertise in professional business development and operations leading a consulting firm focused on Data Center, System Design & Integration, Vendor, and Computer Network Operations Management.
PROFESSIONAL Experience
BEB Consulting Services LLC, Colorado Springs CO 1/2008 – Present
Owner/Vice President of Operations
Own and operate an Information Technology Consulting Services firm.
Specialize in Open Source and Hybrid IT Solutions for small businesses & startups (50 Employees or less)
Provide small business client base with Fortune 500 company quality IT consulting and Help Desk support solutions.
Provided small business and start-ups with cloud infrastructure design, migration, implementation, and management solutions.
We also provide Virtual CIO (Chief Information Officer) Services for small to medium businesses.
Verizon Wireless Inc., Colorado Springs CO 11/2008 – 3/2019
Network Systems – Network Support Systems/Billing Platforms
Engineering III Spec-Systems Lead Technician-Systems
Administrator/System Operations
Managed advanced installation, operation, and maintenance of the regional data network elements, ensuring network integrity and quality. These networks include, but are not limited to, CDPD, ATM, OTN, CDMA Data, EWS, STP, OMP, desktop, and laptop PC’s, and peripherals.
Managed and operated VMware / V-center Cluster, utilizing Cisco UCS BladeCenter and HP C7000 BladeCenter hardware platforms.
Familiar with Linux/Oracle and Windows based Operating systems, in a blade center type environment.
Managed vendor proprietary systems (ARGIS Appliances, TeraData Database Appliances, ExaData Appliances, NetBackup Appliances).
Implemented hardware management via Cisco UCS Director Hardware management tool and CiscoOne Monitoring tool.
Involved with troubleshoots, upgrades, and administering, and managing multiple vendor systems.
Managed a team of contractors for build out of Colorado Springs Datacenter for multiple line of business.
Involved in a project to migrate some of virtualized systems on Vmware to AWS Cloud and Azure Cloud platforms.
Managed all engineering, maintenance, and enhancements to the Customer and Internal Network (EDN, RAD, and WVN), including structures, cables, and associated equipment.
Education
Master of Computer Science, Phoenix University – Milwaukee Campus, Waukesha, WI
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, New Horizon Computer Learning Center
Certifications
Microsoft MCSE+I - 2003 (Certified Systems Engineer + Internet)
HP BladeSystem Certified (C-Class and P-Class_
EMC Networker Certified (Unix & Windows)
Redhat Systems Certified (RHSE) RH5, RH6 and RH7
Solaris 10 and 11 Certified
Cisco UCS Blade Center Certified
Technical Skills - software
Linux (Redhat, CentOS 6, Ubuntu, Univention Corporate Server)
Solaris
Windows Server, Windows Desktop
OpenStack Computing
VMWare/vSphere/ESXi
AWS Cloud Infrastructure, (EC2, Route53, VPC, S3, SNS)
ClearOS/ClearVM
Zoho Password Management
ClearGlass Cloud Management
Google Cloud Computing Platform Infrastructure
Microsoft Azure Cloud Infrastructure
Commvault Backup Software
Cisco UCS Director
HP OneView Management Platform
CiscoOne Monitoring and Management
Spiceworks Helpdesk Application (On-Premise and Cloud)
BareOS/Bacula Backup Software
ManageEngine DesktopCentral Management System and Mobile Device Management.
NetBackup/BackupExec Software
Technical Skills – Hardware
AS400 Mainframe
HP C7000 Blade Centers
Cisco UCS Blade Centers
IBM BladeCenter
TeraData Hardware Database Systems
HP XP7 Disk Array
Hitachi Data System VSP Array
PFSense Firewalls/Appliances
Cisco Catalyst Switches
Cisco CRS Carrier Routers
NetBackup Appliance
FreeNAS/OpenFiler NAS
HPE/Cisco Servers/Dell
EMC VNX Disk Array
