McKinney, Texas, United States
He is an experienced enterprise technology leader/architect/trusted advisor with a strong background on CI/HCI, Cloud Computing and Management, End-User Computing technologies including application delivery, desktop and server virtualization, disaster recovery/business continuity, datacenter consolidation/migration, self-services, workflow optimization, automation, data governance, user provisioning and entitlement, user profile design, policy engines, multimedia optimization, LAN/WAN optimization, capacity planning, and performance & scalability testing within healthcare, energy, financial and banking sectors. â–ª Identity Access and Governance â–ª Secure Application Access â–ª Data Security Platform â–ª VDI Architecture Design â–ª IaaS, PaaS & SaaS Enablement â–ª HIPAA, SOX & PCI Compliance â–ª Cloud Security and Risk â–ª Solutions Engineering â–ª Workload Optimization and Automation Calvin was a member of the AppSense Customers Advisory Board. Collaboration with Appsense on a Case Study https://www.ivanti.it/resources/library/case-studies/ivi-1821-nationstar.pdf Collaboration with Citrix on a Case Study https://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/documents/products-solutions/banking-on-mobility.pdf Collaboration with Atlantis Computing on a Case Study https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bhzQZzUQ2A
Helping healthcare providers to leverage the NOW Platform to maximize their productivity thru enabling digital workflows for business processes.
■Led pre-sales and post-sales technical engagement and account support for Dell Technologies (Dell, EMC, RSA) solutions across enterprise healthcare customers in the Dallas–Fort Worth market. ■Delivered executive-level technical presentations, live product demonstrations, and proof-of-concepts; provided technical responses to RFPs and RFIs. ■Designed and positioned data center architectures optimized for VDI and Citrix workloads, aligning performance, scalability, and cost objectives. ■Evangelized next-generation Dell Technologies solutions across Dell EMC infrastructure, VMware, RSA Security, Boomi integration, and VirtuStream cloud services. ■Built trusted relationships with senior business and technical leaders driving infrastructure modernization, cloud adoption, and security transformation initiatives.
■Citrix Infrastructure - Health Check assessment and provided recommendation for optimizing Citrix workload for a Healthcare Provider HCAT in Texas. ■Datacenter Build Out and Migration – Deployed Nutanix Infrastructure for VDI and Datacenter workloads. Developed plan for VMs and Physical servers migration. ■XenDesktop 7.14 Deployment – Built out new XenDesktop 7.14 environment with Citrix App Layering and WEM while leveraging MCS for image provisioning for VDI workloads.
â– Responsible for technical leadership and support of the various Infrastructure services including: Server Engineering, Storage Engineering, Emerging Cloud Technologies, Desktop Engineering and Level 2 Infrastructure Support Services. â– Act as an Infrastructure Solutions Architect to create and build solutions that align with Enterprise Architecture standards for EUC and Infrastructure platforms. Implemented 0ffice 365 with Skype video functionality to enable workplace collaboration. â– Architected a high-performance Citrix VDI to support over 10K users with multimedia capabilities â– Drove evolution of private and public cloud ecosystem for the early adopters by deploying an IaaS and PaaS environment by utilizing vRealize Automation and Docker Datacenter. Build out a new Nutanix HCI to replace the converged infrastructure to enable faster workload delivery. â– Improve operational staff efficiency, systems resiliency, and availability by use of enabling technology o Increase virtualization across all platforms to 90% o Speed up Time To Market for server/storage delivery from days to minutes. o Implemented Azure Cloud Service for short-term workloads to prevent hardware purchases â– Built out a framework to evaluate applications for Azure cloud readiness based on Tier Levels, Migration Difficulty, Cost Savings, Scalability Requirements, Compliancy Requirements, and DR Requirements. â– Managed IT Infrastructure budget to include support, maintenance, hardware lifecycle refresh, cost reduction opportunities for technology and infrastructure spending. â– Collaboratively ensured readiness of change across business by ensuring effectiveness of change management programs that resulted in early adoption of new solution and business processes â– End User Desktop Transformation was recognized by Citrix, AppSense (Ivanti), and Atlantis Computing(HiveIO) in 3 white paper publications.
â– Responsible for technical leadership and support of the various Infrastructure services including: Desktop Support Services, Server Engineering, Emerging Technologies, and Level 2 Infrastructure Support Services.