G.V. GANGADHARAN Email# gv_g@yahoo.com , Mobile# +971-528658351, +965-9788121.
28+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure Build and Business RISK Management Services. Competent to strategically and cost effectively align both business objectives and IT strategies together by applying both my in-depth and cross-industry experience. In addition to, consistently improve delivery and service levels, and optimize expenditures. Excel at strategic planning, leadership, resource management, project management, and continuous improvement programs. Proven areas of expertise and know-how experience: IT Strategy & Operations
Data Center Management
Business Continuity & DR
IT Centralization & Consolidation Infrastructure & Networking Project Management & consultancy.
Vendors & Contracts Management Training & Knowledge Transfer Enterprise Storage & Backup Trading,ERP, HRMS/Payroll, CRM, Risk Management.
Virtualization & Cloud Computing IT Policies & Procedures SLA Management
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
Worked Datacenter Build Projects, Relocation, Network Design, Migration, Network connectivity to various Branch Offices/ Sites, Datacenter Up-gradation and Disaster Recovery Site Build, IT Transformation.
Extensive Hands-On experience on: Servers: NCR (3525,5000SMP), SUN SPARC 5000M, T2000, SUN V440, X4430, Dell Power Edge Servers (2650, 2950), IBM Blade Center-H, x3650, HP Proliant DL570, MODCOMP CL II/75 Virtualization: VMware Sphere 4.1/ 5.0/ 5.1, VMware Data Recovery, VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), VMware View Desktop Virtualization Infrastructure (VDI), P2V and V2V VMware Converter, vShield Manager and Citrix (Presentation Server 3.5/ XenApp 5.0) Storage Hardware: NCR 3000,Tape Library TS3200, HP Data protector. Storage Software: NCR RAID Manager, IBM SANManager, PowerPath,Snapview, Mirrorview and Sancopy, Timefinder/ SRDF Operations Network Devices: Synoptics 3000NTR, CISCO 4500, PIX 515, Juniper, KEMP NLB, Fiber Channel Switches- Brocade, Cisco MDS 95xx Series Fabrics, Nortel VoIP & Witness Call Recording, DVRs, FingerTec Access controls. Backup: Symantec NetBackup 6.0, Symantec NetBackup Appliance 5220 server UNIX/Windows Environment: Worked extensively on projects with UNIX / Windows Servers environment handling issues related to Active Directory, FSMO Roles, DNS, DHCP, WINS, GPOs, DFS, FTP and AD Replication, Image Build and Deploy, VB Script, MSCS, NLB, WSUS and SCCM 2007/ 2012. Mail and Integrated Services: MS Exchange 2003/ 2007/ 2010/, Office Communication System 2007(OCS), MS Lync 2010, Symantec Bright Mail, Microsoft Forefront Protection.
Security: Symantec SEP, DLP, McAfee EPO, MSME McAfee Security for Microsoft Exchange, Trend Micro, ISA, Bluecoat, MS Forefront, Juniper. KEMP CMS & Application Load Balancer. Supervise and lead a team from various nationalities and ensure that the Service Desk, Network Support, Servers support and Desktop support run effectively. Produce management and account performance reports to an agreed schedule or upon request.
EDUCATION: I.T.I Electronics ( NCTVT Govt. of India) 1978. Technicial High School ( Govt. of Kerala) 1976.
CERTIFICATION:
NCR System5000 and Storage Administrator Certified. Synoptics 3000NTR FDDI Networks, TS3395. CISCO CCNA, ACNA. Sun Netmanager 5.1 CDC/ Newburry Dat SMD Temenos T24 Investment Banking. REUTERS IDN2000, CIS RICH, PRISM etc.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1. Al Waseet Financial Business Co.: February 2009- Present Date
ABDM / IT Manager Project: Infrastructure Centralisation new H.Q. & KSE NASDAQ OMX
Recent Projects worked for : Integration TradeNet-X, MyPort to NASDAQ-OMX. The SOW for this project included connectivity of remote sites to HQ. Design and implement server architecture for online applications which included configuring HA and Network Load Balancing for Web Front End Servers Successful Data Center migration from Old DC to the new H.Q. DC and installation of the new equipment to the DC Exchange 2007 to 2010 migration of 200 Mailboxes and 2 TB of data. This included the implementation of on IBM BLC-H and IBM SAN. Oracle 10 g R2, SQL 2003 Database Servers. Handling a Team of 3 Infrastructure Engineers, 2 software Application, 1 DBA to manage and maintain IT Infrastructure. Management and maintenance of IBM Pure Flex x440, x3650 Series Blade Servers, adding Compute Nodes to the blade chassis and configuring connectivity to SAN and Network. Implementation and Administration of VMware vSphere 5.1, VCOPS and vShield Manager, Installing vSphere 5.1 on additional new blade servers using PXE boot from SAN, Configuring host server and adding to the cluster, Installing VMware licenses, Configuring VMware clustering like HA and DRS clusters, Configuring MS Failover Cluster for SQL Enterprise servers and KEMP NLB for Web servers Implementation, Administration and maintenance of IBM SAN 3524 Storage and FC Switch: IBM Fiber Channel Switch FC, Creating RAID groups, Binding LUNs, Creating Storage Groups, Registering hosts. Configured additional Disk Array Enclosure to the existing SAN. Configuration, administration and maintenance of Symantec Netbackup 7.5, Symantec Backup Appliance 5220 . Developed and deployed all IT policies, standards and procedures, and assured user's awareness Work closely with the ITIL team to ensure that the team is following the ITIL process in their support. Tracked and analyzed the tickets in our service desk system- Manage Engine and review the changes to ensure the continuity of the service 24/7. Attend client service review meetings covering performance, service improvements, quality and processes. Working closley with Application Programmers, DBA, Sysadmins Creation of SOP, RFP, BoQ, worked on creating tenders and coordinate with vendors for implementing third party applications.
Root level understanding of networking concepts, (IE. Configuration of networks, router configuration and wireless security, Content Filtering and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel and wireless networks. Effectively maintained and managed third party applications for business critical interfaces such as , Access Control, Attendance System, Nortel 2000M PBX, Engage VoIP call recording, Video DVR etc.
2. Kuwait Middle Eeast Financial Investment Co. : April 2006 - January 2009 IT Architect & Sr.Developer (T24 Investment Banking & Market Data Stream) Project: : IT Transformation Project.
Handling a Team with 10-15 Team Members, Mentoring the Level-1 Team, handling IT Transformation Project consultants and creating SOP, POC. Worked on Relocation of H.O Business units to new Building,Datacenter Build, Datacenter Virtualization and integrating VMware ESX/ESXi, RHELinux, Windows OS with SUN Storage environment. Business Applications: TEMENOS T24, QUOD Financials, Newaccess DLC, SUNGARD. Installing and Configuring the Intergration software such as TIBCO, Crossingtech,Oracle ODI etc. Snapview, Mirrorview, Sancopy, Dobletake Replication Manager. Creating RAID groups, Binding LUNs, creating Meta LUNs, creating Storage Groups, Access Logix, and Registering hosts as per customer requirements. Develop, test, and maintain a disaster recovery plan for critical application data.
3. Kuwait Stock Exchange ( Kuwait )1992 – 2006 (14 years) Sr. Technical Support KMIS/ KATS
Leading 6 member technical support team and Sub-contractors to support KSE Data Center daily trading activities. . Worked on KATS System error analysis and remedy for NCR Worldmark 5100S, NCR 4300, NCR 35XX (HA/SMP) Server Cluster Systems and RAID, Modcomp CL II/75, CDC SMD, Cypher MTU, Network printer Xerox 4235,4220, HP 5si Preventive and Remedial Maintenance. Worked on configuration of Network equipment for 560 TCP/IP, and 400WAN users, Synoptics 5000F, FDDI 509S, Synoptics3000NTR, CISCO Router 4500M, 2501, 2610,Cisco Switch 2924XL, Motorola Codex 6500, Gandalf MUX, V34 Modems etc. Worked on Data Display system (Data Walls) Preventive and Remedial Maintenance of IGG, Leurocom LED, Ferranti FP501, Omega Flaps control systems. Worked with various system vendors to migrate application to new Hardware and Operating systems (Test IBM RS6000, SUN E10000, Digital Alpha ES40). Worked for KATS Project new System Requirement study and Documentation. (Year1993) Worked with Project consultants (Ernst & Young, Coopers & Lybrand, KPMG) Worked for Y2K project study and testing solutions. (Year 1998-99) Worked for KATS Client Server hardware and system software evaluation. (Year 1994) Worked on KATS Project cycle monitoring and technical meeting. (Year 1994-96) Worked with NCR Installation team to install UNIX and NCR UNIX/Oracle 7.3 OPS performance finetuning. Installed SUN Sparc 5. SUN Netmanager/Optivity, Nortel NMS 9.0.(Windows NT 4.0) worked on Client software installation and application test. Worked for Public data interfacing with GSM Network. Worked for Public data interfacing with Pager services. Worked for Public data interfacing with Interactive Voice Response. Worked with ISP to install data interfacing with WWW Server SUN Ultra Sparc 2E. Installation of public data interfacing with TV broadcast ticker (Windows NT 4.0/MATROX). Installation and maintenance of Windows NT 4.0 and Check Point Firewall software. Win9x/NT installation and TCP/IP network configuration setup for LAN and Internet. NORTL EPABX and IP Telephone System Network Integration Software: Modcomp MAX IV, AT&T UNIX Rel.4.3 MP-RAS, Streamware TCP/IP, HA DLM/Life Keeper, RAID Manager, ORACLE 7.3 (OPS) RDBMS, SUN Solaris 2.51, Nortel NMS 9.0, WinNT4, Check Point
Firewall, RH LINUX, Win98. Applications KATS, KARS, ELEX PDB, COMM, FileNet, Admin/Inventory. MS Office9, MS Project, VISIO 5. Tools: HP Interview10 Protocol Analyzer, NA Sniffer, Gandalf TTS400, LANTEK Cable Tester, Tektronix Oscilloscope.
4. Data Center/Field Engineer (Dealing Room Systems, News & Picture services) REUTERS (KATEC) Kuwait.1987-90 (3 Years). Worked on Installation and Maintenance of CIS (RICH) remote sites (Banks & Large Investment companies) used for accessing Local Hosts IBM 3270, AS/400, DEC VAX780, NCR, and Reuters Information Services. Worked for Reuters Data Center computers and communication systems installation. Data center operations. (T1, Earth Station link, Microwave link monitoring and problem rectification). Worked on Installation and Maintenance of Reuters PRISM (Data and Video Switching Matrix) remote sites. Used for accessing Local Hosts IBM 3270, AS/400, DEC VAX780, NCR, and Reuters Information Services. Worked on Installation and Maintenance of DEC PDP-11/44 and Peripherals at remote sites. Reuters IDN concentrators installation and maintenance. Worked on PC based applications (News 2000, Quote 2000, Dealing 2000, and News Pictures) installation and maintenance. PRISM Systems, CIS RICH systems, Reuters IDN 710MRV controllers, DEC PDP-11/44/84, Keytronic AK122/AK123 Programmable Keyboards, Intel PCs, Keyboard & Video Data Processors, KMW Network Protocol Converter, Video distribution Systems, Color Monitors (14”, 21”, 28” NEC, Microvitec, Barco). Racal Alpha96 Modems, Motorola Codex2665, Racal OMNI 14.4 Mux, Timeplexer T1, T48. Epson Dot matrix Printers, Siemens PT88, OKI Photo Fax DOS, WINDOWS, Reuters ART, RNPT, and ProComm Plus. 5. Senior Computer Technician (KMIS Systems) PACC Kuwait (Kuwait Stock Exchange Project)1984-87(3 Years) Worked on Installation and maintenance Modcomp CL II/75 computer System. Worked on Installation and maintenance Gandalf Multiplexers and Modems for 624 users Worked on Installation and maintenance Market Hall Price Display Systems (Data Wall). Worked on Installation and maintenance of TOPIC Terminals and Printers. On-line testing all Peripherals. Hardware system fault diagnostics and repairing.
Personal Information: DOB: Marital Status: Passport Number: Visa : Driving Licence:
18th MAY 1960 Married G3955541. Kuwait Resident. Kuwait DL
Valid up to: 2018 Valid up to April 2014 Valid up to 2023.
I hereby declare that all above given information is true to the best of my knowledge. Date: -
17 / Feb /2014 Yours truly, G.V. GANGADHARAN