Ralph Nee
Director, Data Center Operations at Fidelity Investments
- Role
- Director, Data Center Operations at Fidelity Investments
- Location
- Raleigh, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ralph Nee
Leverages strategic perspective, commitment to excellence and a strong foundation of technical skills to develop and implement datacenter solutions that are both cost effective and enterprise appropriate. Balances long-term planning skills and a highly-tuned sense of urgency to prevent emergencies where possible while also ensuring quick response to a crisis situation or to seize opportunity.Forthright and professional; collaborates well with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels. Delivers superior ROI by effectively exercising internal, outsourced and vendor resources globally. Acknowledged “action junkie” willing to do whatever or go wherever it takes to get the job done.
Experience
Director, Data Center Operations
Dec 2004 — Present
Develop and execute data center strategy to support operations of 27 facilities and 12k customers in the Northeast. Direct 23 staff members to operate and maintain networking infrastructure for 2 tier-4 datacenters and 2 tier-3 facilities. Develop and implement change management, capacity planning, incident management, service desk and related ITIL framework processes. Track performance against operating budgets and established timelines. Monitor emerging technologies and build strong relationships with vendors to optimize corporate spend. Direct and provide top-quality systems engineering and support services to ensure non-disruption and continuous improvement.
Education
CNet / Data Center Dynamics / Data Specialties Inc.
CDCMP, Certified Data Center Management Professional, CDCMP, Certified Data Center Management Professional
2012 — 2012
Northeastern University
MS, Leadership
2009 — 2010
Cnet / Data Center Dynamics / Data Specialties Inc.
CDCAP, Certified Data Centre Audit Professional, Certified Data Centre Audit Professional (CDCAP®)
2016 — 2016
Lesley University
Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Science, Business Management
2005 — 2009
Cnet / Data Center Dynamics / Data Specialties Inc.
Certified Data Centre Energy Professional , Certified Data Centre Energy Professional (CDCEP®)
2017
CNet / Data Center Dynamics / Data Specialties Inc.
CDCDP, Certified Data Center Design Professional, CDCDP, Certified Data Center Design Professional
2011 — 2011
Skills
- Telecommunications
- Cisco Technologies
- Pmo
- Pmp
- Capacity Planning
- Electric Power
- Enterprise IT Strategy
- Kanban
- Program Management
- IT Operations
- Integration
- Project Portfolio Management
- Vendor Management
- Networking
- Six Sigma
- Six Sigma Yellow Belt
- Sas 70
- Visio
- Technical Support
- Sas70
- Vendor Relationships
- San
- Itil
- Outsourcing
- Staff Development & Training
- Process Improvement
- IT Service Management
- Due Diligence
- Change Management
- Ashrae
- Storage
- Cooling System
- Data Center
- Team Management
- Cisco Wireless
- Incident Management
- Ssae 16
- Infrastructure
- Staff Development
- IT Strategy
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