Kerry Hollis

About Kerry Hollis

Professionally:Currently responsible for leading an infrastructure engineering organization this is responsible for the IT Design, Engineering and Planning, capacity management and capacity reporting for a portfolio of large (10+ Megawatts) mission-critical data centers globally supporting one of the largest financial institutions in the world. Expertise in:Data Center Energy ManagementData Center Capacity ManagementIT equipment installation planningRaised Floor PlanningPower distribution strategiesCooling strategiesDataCenter Lifespan ForecastingPower Consumption ForecastingPower and Cooling efficiency strategiesInfrastructure cabling designsDensity OptimizationCapacity Metrics Formulation and ReportingMember of the Uptime Institute and AFCOM Association of Data Center Professionals.Previously, Manager of Distributed Systems, specializing in the management of a large distributed server environment throughout a Fortune 500 enterprise. Managing a department of system engineers and administrators supporting and designing a dispersed server environment of servers in a 7-state region. Expertise in Intel Server Hardware, Windows Operating Systems, Software Distribution.Specialties: Data Center Planning, Design, Engineering, ForecastingDistributed Server Technologies, Mainframe Environmentals, System Redundancy Strategies and High-Availability Environments Data Center Documentation and Capacity ManagementPersonally:I\'m a skilled drummer with over 20 years of experience.Licensed Amateur Radio Operator (KQ4PLL) with skills in communications in disaster planning and reaction scenarios. Specifically focusing on digital emergency communications tools at UHF, VHF, and HF frequencies. Avid hobbyist of Lora RF projects such as Meshcore to provide communications in grid-down situations.

Experience

1. Executive Director

   Wells Fargo

   Feb 2025 — Present · Birmingham, AL, US

   Currently responsible for managing team of senior level data center infrastructure engineers that are responsible for the IT Design, Engineering, Planning, and Capacity management for a portfolio of large (10+ Megawatts) mission-critical data centers globally supporting one of the largest financial institutions in the world.

Education

• Jefferson State

  Electronics Engineering Technology

  1986 — 1989

Skills

• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Engineering
• Data Center
• Data Center Infrastructure Management (Dcim)
• Process Improvement
• Disaster Recovery
• Forecasting
• Sharepoint
• Business Continuity
• Data Center Metrics
• Vendor Management
• Information Technology
• IT Management
• IT Strategy
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Storage Area Networks
• Infrastructure
• Visio
• Mainframe
• Team Leadership
• Network Security
• Program Management
• IT Operations
• IT Service Management
• Capacity Planning
• System Deployment
• Servers
• Itil
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Cisco Technologies
• Pmo
• Solaris
• Management
• Team Building
• Data Center Infrastructure
• Windows
• Project Planning
• Drums