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Brian Gantzer
Allen, TX
currently: Just looking around
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Answers from Brian
How would you describe your dream job in 10 words or less?
My dream position would be an opportunity in a stable company that allows me to give 110% and recognizes it I have a passion for data center architecture and infrastructure and I would like to stay in the data center management line of work.
Posted @ 11:54AM, October 11, 2007
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Work history
Consultant - Systems Engineering
tags:
windows engineer
• data center capacity
• windows 2000 and windows 2003...
How would you describe your time at Bank of America?
Reorganized as a part of the BAC/Countrywide merger... Level 2 Windows server support for hardware and OS. Working as a nationwide team, I support the windows servers and the data center capacity.
Data Center Manager
tags:
data center
How would you describe your time at Countrywide Financial?
I manage the infrastructure in Texas-based corporate data centers amounting to 40,000+ square feet of raised floor space with HP, Dell, EMC, IBM (p/I Series), NetApp, APC, and Sun IT equipment. I coordinate and approve work on infrastructure equipment from York air, Eaton Liebert/Powerware, and Caterpillar. I act a liaison between corporate facilities and IT to ensure that phase balance, cooling reliability, overall efficiency, and aesthetic appearance of the data center is maintained. I create and enforce enterprise-wide physical access, change control, capacity management, and work safety policies,
I audit power, cooling, and access control for the data centers under my direction. I am currently workin on a project to move a 1300 system, 12,000 Sqft data center to a newer tier III data center. My data centers are Tier I and Tier III rated.... 
Network Engineer II - Server Engineer Sr.
tags:
windows engineer
How would you describe your time at Countrywide Financial?
As a part of a team, I supported 1300+ Windows servers in a corporate LAN/WAN environment. I supported the data center infrastructure as a subject matter lead on cooling, power, and rack configuration. I supported Microsoft clustering with up to four nodes in addition to file, print, web, SQL, and home grown application stand alone servers.
I was also responsible for staff development of the second and third shift engineers....
Education
Data Center Associate Certification
How would you describe your time at Data Center University?
This is an IEEE and Bicsi (among others) accredited online school for learning data center infrastructure. I am Data Center Associate Certified.
MCP
How would you describe your time at Microsoft?
I went to a Countrywide sponsored school that taught me what I needed to know about supporting Microsoft operating systems. I learned shills for MCSE, MCDBA, MCSA, and MCT. I chose the MCSE track and completed 4 of the 7 tests before deciding to explore data center achitecture.
Business Administration
How would you describe your time at Moorpark College, CA?
While deciding to work on a business degree I explored criminal justice, HR Management, Sales, History, and Business Law.
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