Brian Kirsch

About Brian Kirsch

I use my information technology skills in helping college students learn and grow in the world of information technology, including VMware - Clouds - Storage and Server OS\'s. I have a strong work ethic and a commitment to quality with the ability to learn and adapt to changing responsibilities and challenges.Enterprise Architect- Designed VMware Infrastructures for life critical and data environments- Architected a Tier One Backup solution for an 80 million dollar tier 3 data center- Architect consultant on multiple incoming projects evaluating application requirements including hardware / blades, SAN / NAS options and virtualization- Research and Development into new products and technology, documented findings / possible use cases to executive leadership before capital is allocated- Authored several white papers on VMware Infrastructure Design, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and engineering calculators- Server and Storage Tiering / SLA’s.Project Management- Project Manager on several VMware infrastructure deployments / upgrades- Project Manager on NAS migration from Novell, 850 workstation deployment including engineering, licensing and team management.Strategic planning with multiple infrastructure pieces looking 1 to 5 years ahead.Vendor negotiations for hardware / software / support contracts.Specialties: System Design and Architecture using all forms of technology including virtualization, hardware and cloud based resources.

Experience

1. Author

   Informa TechTarget

   Jan 2014 — Present

   Freelance writer with over 350 full-length articles and multiple e-books.

Education

• Waukesha County Technical College

  Voc, Industrial Maintenance Technology & Robotics

  1990 — 1991

• American InterContinental University

  BA Information Technology, Information Technology - Forensic's

  2007 — 2011

• American InterContinental University

  Master of Education (M.Ed.), Educational/Instructional Technology

  2012 — 2013

• American InterContinental University

  Associate's degree, Business Administration and Management, General

  2006 — 2007

Skills

• Citrix
• Infrastructure
• Data Center
• Fibre Channel
• Vsphere
• System Architecture
• Networking
• Hp
• Disaster Recovery
• Cisco Ucs
• Information Technology
• Windows 7
• San
• Nas
• Emc Storage
• System Administration
• Cisco Routers
• IT Management
• Active Directory
• Windows Server
• Hardware
• Network Security
• Academic
• Vmware
• Server Architecture
• Virtualization
• Education
• Routers
• Software Documentation
• Solution Architecture
• Firewalls
• Cloud Computing
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Vmware Esx
• Technical Support
• Vmware Infrastructure
• Vmware Vsphere
• Hyper-V