Richard Taft Po Box 803
Stanhope, NJ 07874
Tel: (973) 769-8517
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Objective: Highly motivated, experienced, detail oriented Systems Specialist with over 25 years of hands on experience,
   
Education: Morris County College, NJ 1979 - May 1986, Computer Science Major
   
Skills: Operating Systems & Languages:
  EMC ECC V 5.2., Legato Networker, Connectrix Manager software, HP-UX 11.11, AIX 5.2, Tivoli Storage Manager V 5.1.8.1, Perl, Pick BASIC, HTML, Rolm CCMS & EMML, Vmark Universe RDBMS, Windows XP, Windows 2000, NT 4, Windows 95, Windows 3.1x, Fortran, Cobol, C.
  Hardware:
  EMC Disk Array systems, McData fiber switch directors, Cisco Fiber Switches, HP 9000 Servers, Cisco Routers and Switches, CSU, HP Terminal Servers, HP Hubs, Dell & Gateway PC’s, HP Laser Printers, 8mm Tape Backup, 4mm Tape Backup, ATL Tape Backup Units
   
Experience: Sr. Implementation Specialist
  December 2004 to Present
  EMC Corporation – Berkeley Heights, NJ
  Design and implement custom EMC solutions to meet customers present and future storage/SAN/NAS needs. Assist customer in understanding his information lifecycle and how they can better manage their current data storage needs. Install EMC Control center software infrastructure & host/peripheral agents. Assist customers interfacing with EMC technical support, and supervise problem resolutions to their completion. Provide backfill to customer storage staff, and assist customer with their day to day storage provisioning and monitoring tasks. Provide ECC Health checks and use EMC Provided tools to assure continued compliance with EMC support matrix. Provide customer training and knowledge transfer for EMC provided software & hardware. Recommend software solutions to customer to simplify their day to day storage management needs. Provide customer with Performance information and recommendations to maximize their storage performance. Assist customer in implementing and utilizing EMC Best Practices to improve their Total Customer Experience with EMC.
   
  Unix System Specialist/Administrator - Storage Administrator
  March 1998 to December 2004
  Ricoh Corporation - West Caldwell, NJ
  Administer 24 HP and AIX UNIX servers in a 24 by 7 corporate WAN environment. Assist DB administrators with Unix file system configuration. Currently involved with corporate wide ERP Oracle rollout, involved in all aspects of design, implementation, and support of a 58 module Oracle configuration. Setup and maintain corporate backup system using Tivoli's Storage Manager. Set up and Maintain corporate Tape Backup Units. Design, install, & administer EMC SAN Fabric & Symmetrix storage network, including an online storage usage/request tracking system. Set up & configure EMC 8730 & DMX 3000 Storage arrays and McData Fiber switches. Configure and administer EMC NAS appliance. Install, configure & maintain central storage monitoring and configuration system using EMC’s ECC tools and applications. Setup and coordinate disaster recovery procedures and offsite data storage. Maintain and update HP and AIX OS systems with current revisions and patches. Maintain and install new and updated HP and/or AIX hardware. Hardware and software trouble shooting coordinated with outside hardware maintenance companies. HP-UX and IBM AIX system administration tasks such as, passwords, access rights, TCP/IP Ethernet configuration, HP and AIX configuration files and disk mounting tables. Coordinate and implement system Intranet and WAN access and security. Configure, implement and maintain corporate DHCP & DNS servers. Configure, maintain & secure corporate SMTP internet mail gateway. Write and maintain system description and procedure documentation. Coordinate UNIX services with corporate Help Desk. Document and coordinate database and file system recovery. Work with applications managers and provide and implement UNIX services as needed for application rollout.
   
  Systems Analyst / Programmer
  March 1986 to March 1998
  TMP WorldWide - Mt. Olive, NJ
  Twelve years HP-UX system administration. Includes: passwords, access rights, TCP/IP Ethernet configuration, HP configuration files and disk mounting tables. Install and administer Samba on Unix hosts. Design and manage data-center for mission critical 24 by 7 operations for 150 sales staff. Coordinate maintenance of computer hardware and telecom equipment. Ensure continuous operations of Internet Web Server, Fire wall and six T1 lines. Develop and maintain clients lead fax server system. Design and implement client’s promotional programs, including Web development. End user support, help users with basic office applications and network access, hardware trouble shooting and repair coordination with outside vendors, assist with distribution of new PC’s. Self taught at most skills and enjoy learning new things. Like to make systems more user friendly.
   
  Retail Store Manager
  Dec 1981 to Mar 1986
  Tandy Corporation - Morristown, NJ
  Manage store inventory & order merchandise. Manage store personnel. Set up in-store promotions and sales.
   
Volunteer: 1993 - 2005 New Jersey Special Olympics, Certified head coach - wheelchair activities track and field
  2005 - 2006 Sparta Elks Lodge 2356, Chaplin
  1998 - 2003 Sparta Elks Lodge 2356, Trustee
  1997 - 1998 Sparta Elks Lodge 2356, Exalted Ruler
  1995 - 1996 Sparta Elks Lodge 2356, Esteemed Loyal Knight
  1994 - 1995 Sparta Elks Lodge 2356, Esteemed Leading Knight
  1994 - 2002 Sparta Elks Lodge 2356, Chairman, Handicapped Children’s Committee
  1994 - 2000 Sparta Elks Lodge 2356,Chairman, Public Relations Committee
  1998 - 2005 Elks NJ Northwest District Chairman, Scholarship Committee
  2000 - 2005 Elks NJ State Internet operations Committee
   
Interests: Computers, Photography, Youth Activities, and Private Pilot.
   
References: Available Upon Request.