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Resume of Alex Tishchenko

Austin, TX 78758 • (512) xxx-xxxx • tishchenko@yahoo.com
Alex Tishchenko

 

Technical skills

    - Expert knowledge of Dell enterprise product lines: DCS, CloudEdge, PowerEdge, EqualLogic, EMC CLARiiON,
      Brocade, Cisco MDS, PowerVault and PowerConnect
    - Deployment and administration knowledge of Platform PCM (OCS), ROCKS+ and InfiniBand
    - OS platforms: in-depth knowledge of RHEL 5/6, Windows 2003/2008, Solaris 9/10, VMWare ESX 3.5/vSphere 4
                              basic admin and storage admin knowledge of AIX and HP-UX
    - Toolset: BASH, C, Python, Perl, VB, COBOL, Assembly, Java, ASP, JavaScript, SQL, SVN

Education/Certifications

    - Linux: RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer, RHEL4 and RHEL5), LPIC-1 (Linux Professional Institute Certification)
    - Microsoft: MCP, MSCA, MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Windows 2003)
    - Sun: SCSA (Sun Certified System Administrator, Solaris 9)
    - EMC: EMCIEe (Implementation Engineer, CLARiiON Solutions Expert),
                 EMCCE (Customer Engineer, CLARiiON Solutions Specialist)
    - Dell: DCSNP (Dell Certified Storage Networking Professional)
    - Citrix: Certified Administrator for XenServer Enterprise Edition 4
    - BS, Bachelor of Science, Dec 01 Texas A&M University-Commerce
       Major: Computer Information Systems; Minor: General Business
       Overall GPA: 3.95, Magna Cum Laude

Work experience

PG Software Engineer Advisor, Data Center Solutions Engineer

Mar '10 to Present

Dell           Austin, TX

    - Operational engineering support for Facebook, Yahoo and OnLive
    - Pre-production sample testing; product design; datacenter deployment support; patching
    - Systems integration support; automation; scripting; performance testing/optimization; IPMI; Intel Node Manager

Services Technical Consulting Advisor, Field Systems Engineer

Dec '08 to Feb '10

Dell           Austin, TX

    - Microsoft/VMWare failover clusters, ROCKS+/Platform PCM (OCS) HPC clusters deployment and troubleshooting
    - Performance tuning, setup, migration, merge, upgrade, consultation on best practices for Brocade, McData, Cisco MDS,
      PowerConnect fabrics, Dell|EMC CLARiiON and EqualLogic SAN storage
    - Developed factory integration model for HPC clusters at Dell
    - Performed datacenter moves
 

Enterprise Technical Support Advisor, Services Team Lead role

May '08 to Dec '08

Dell  Round Rock, TX

    - Managed team of three highly technical storage consultants
    - Resolved customer satisfaction and technical escalations
    - Oversaw monthly over 140 deployments and consultations for VMWare ESX, Dell|EMC CLARiiON, PowerVault,
       EqualLogic, Brocade, Cisco MDS storage equipment

Enterprise Technical Support Advisor, Services Program Consultant role

Mar '06 to Oct '07

Dell  Round Rock, TX

    - Developed and implemented major changes to North America’s Dell|EMC Remote Enterprise Assistance program,
      creating foundation for Dell Global Services program
    - Participated in Global Dell Commercial Support 2.0 Remote Advisory Services program development
    - Created and updated numerous Service Descriptions (SD), Statements of Work (SOW), and PnP documents

Enterprise Technical Support Advisor, Storage Consultant role

Aug '05 to May '08

Dell  Round Rock, TX

    - Consulted 250+ customers on design, implementation, performance tuning and upgrades of Dell|EMC CLARiiON SANs,
      including large number Navisphere Analyzer, MirrorView, SnapView, SAN Copy, Red Hat, Solaris cases

Enterprise Technical Support Advisor, Level 2 Support role

Aug '05 to Mar '06

Dell  Round Rock, TX

    - Resolved numerous Dell|EMC SAN related escalations in collaboration with Dell engineering (IPS) and OEM vendors
       (EMC, Brocade, McData, QLogic, Emulex, Microsoft, Red Hat, Sun, IBM, HP)
    - Developed and delivered technical training to Level 1 technicians; coached.

Storage Support Analyst

Jan '03 to Aug '05

Dell  Round Rock, TX

Server Support Analyst

Apr '02 to Jan '03

Dell  Round Rock, TX

    - Worked brake/fix cases for PowerEdge server, PowerVault NAS and tape library, Dell|EMC SAN equipment in multi-OS
       environments (Windows, Linux, Unix and NetWare)
    - Provided technical support for Dell OpenManage Systems Management suit
    - Developed PowerVault storage training website used globally by support teams
    - Received several Customer Experience awards

Technical Support Specialist

Jul '00 to Jan '02

Texas A&M University-Commerce

    - Managed 5,000+ Windows NT4/2000 and AIX 4.3 user accounts
    - Administered file and print, IIS4/IIS5, Apache, Exchange 5.5, sendmail, POP, Enterprise F-Secure Anti-Virus servers
    - Provided network security assessments; troubleshot computer and network related issues

Co-owner of the company

Feb '00 to Jun '01

GEM Enterprises  Denton, TX

Technical Consultant

Feb '97 to Dec '98

GEM Enterprises  Denton, TX

    - Created monthly budgets and sales forecasts; managed supplier relationships
    - Build and repaired desktops/servers; designed and setup small office networks;
    - Taught basic computer skills

Languages

Fluent in English and Russian