John Bowersox

Last updated July 21st 2011
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JOHN R. BOWERSOX, JR.

Blairstown, NJ 07825 - USA
http://johnbowersox.me

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SUMMARY 

Infrastructure & Solution Architect with 10 years experience leading, defining, planning, implementing and auditing web and midrange infrastructure and application projects for large corporations as well as small and medium sized businesses. Detailed root cause analysis and project management skills. Excellent written and oral communications skills, including authoring, presenting and publishing clear, concise and thorough information and project/resource plans for executives and customers. Works effectively and efficiently as an individual or as a member of a team in a professional environment.

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WORK EXPERIENCE 

Mars Information Services, Mount Olive, NJ

10/2007 - Present

Sr. Infrastructure Support Analyst / Manager
  • Managed incoming work requests (including new builds, configuration changes and modifications, and problem fixes), delegated requests for and managed a team of one onshore and three offshore contractors
  • Lead the design of governance and support processes for application and server architecture for the global Architecture of Participation Program (Enterprise 2.0 Collaboration)
  • Designed the application and infrastructure architecture standards for the global deployment of Atlassian Confluence Enterprise Wiki & Automattic WordPress Blog
  • Lead creation and implementation of end user adoption strategy and metrics for Architecture of Participation Program
  • Influenced management and delivery decisions for infrastructure and application support across the Architecture of Participation Program
  • Created application and infrastructure documentation and training to peer OS, middleware and help desk associates

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IT Management, LLC, West Paterson, NJ

1/2001 - Present

Internet Engineer & Consultant
  • Designed and developed company and client Internet and intranet presence
  • Implemented Windows 2000 based point of sale system for ten store food chain - including physical LAN, server and register installation, software installation and wide-area network
  • Provided remote technical support to various clients - including client software & hardware assistance, server backups, network monitoring and software updates

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IBM Integrated Technology Delivery, Piscataway, NJ

2/2007 - 9/2007

Technical Solution Architect
  • Represented IBM delivery and worked with Project Office to drive signed proposals
  • Documented all technical requirements for individual midrange and web solutions
  • Designed technical solutions that utilized enterprise architecture standards including documenting all solution components and configurations
  • Identified where exceptions to the enterprise architecture standards were required
  • Worked with delivery teams to ensure that all solutions were delivered within customer time lines and supported after deployment
  • Develop solution cost case by identifying and gathering all solution cost points including labor, software, hardware and other non-standard items

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IBM Integrated Technology Delivery, Piscataway, NJ

3/2006 - 2/2007

Delivery & Infrastructure Architect, ASD Web Hosting Architecture Team
  • Lead the design of network, server and management architecture (security monitoring/management, systems monitoring/management) to accommodate current and future needs of IBM's AHE and GWA Web Hosting Environments
  • Lead application architecture design based on development requirements as well as IBM Web Hosting Standards and Guidelines
  • Influenced management and delivery decisions for infrastructure and application support across the GWA and AHE environments
  • Created infrastructure documentation and training to peer OS and middleware administrators

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IBM Information Technology Services, Florham Park, NJ

1/2005 - 2/2006

Team Lead, Application Hosting Environment - S.W.A.T. Team
  • Managed incoming work requests (including new builds, configuration changes and modifications, and problem fixes), delegated requests for and managed a team of seven infrastructure specialists
  • Influenced management and delivery decisions for infrastructure and application support across the GWA and AHE environments
  • Owned level four infrastructure and middleware support as well as leadership for application and environment critical situations
  • Owned problem and change management of AHE Core Services - Nortel Alteon Application Switches, NetApp Netcache Appliances, IBM WebSphere Load Balancer, DNS, NTP, Cronus
  • Lead design and implementation of automated installation and configuration for standard AHE middleware packages (IBM WebSphere, DB2, MQ, Lotus Domino)
  • Created infrastructure documentation and training to peer OS and middleware administrators

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IBM Global Services, Southbury, CT

7/2003 - 12/2004

Team Focal, Global Web Architecture - Web Hosting Team
  • Managed incoming work requests for Common Commerce Engine NA/EMEA web applications (including new builds, configuration changes and modifications, and problem fixes), delegated requests for and managed a team of eight web hosting specialists
  • Owned level three middleware and application support leadership for Common Commerce Engine critical situations
  • Worked as the web hosting team's contractor focal providing a single point of contact for external vendors and current contract employees
  • Worked as the web hosting team's process and procedure focal documenting clear and concise policies to solution team concerns and provide peer teams with a clear engagement path
  • Lead candidate interviews for Web Administrator positions with the web hosting team
  • Continued responsibilities as Web Administrator (see below)

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IBM Global Services, Southbury, CT

2/2001 - 6/2003

Web Administrator, Global Web Architecture - Web Hosting Team
  • Responsible for IBM Account GWA implementations, including application installations and upgrades, fulfilling customer requests, and coordinating change management
  • Provided on-call activities for application and middleware support, including pager availability for off shift work hours, and third level support for IBM internal web hosting
  • Worked as the web hosting team's WebSphere Commerce Server and WebSphere Load Balancer Subject Matter Expert (SME) providing documentation and training sessions on both products
  • Collaborated with delivery architects, project managers and IBM management to create customer solutions in a secure and standard environment
  • Implemented IBM security guidelines and controls as they pertain to web hosting infrastructure to ensure compliance with audit standards

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SKILLS 

Middleware Products
  • IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 3.x/4.x/5.x/6.x; Network Deployment 5.x/6.x; Extended Deployment (WAS XD) 5.x/6.x; Commerce Server (WCS) 4.x/5.x; Portal Server (WPS) 4.x/5.x; Business Integration Server Foundation (WBI-SF) 5.x; Apache Tomcat Server 5.x/6.x
  • IBM HTTP Server 1.x/2.x; Apache HTTP Server 1.x/2.x; Microsoft IIS 6.x/7.x
  • IBM DB2 UDB Server, Connect & Client 7.x/8.x
Enterprise Collaboration Software
  • Atlassian Confluence Wiki 2.x/3.x
  • Automattic WordPress Blog 2.x/3.x
  • Jive Clearspace 2.x
  • Telligent Evolution 1.x
Server Operating Systems
  • IBM AIX; Red Hat, SUSE & Ubuntu Linux; Microsoft Windows NT/2000/2003/2008
Desktop Operating Systems
  • Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux; Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7
Scripting and Programming Languages
  • Korn & Bash Shell; Java/JavaScript; HTML; CSS; PHP
PC Software
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project & Visio); Microsoft Outlook & OCS; IBM Lotus Notes & Sametime; Adobe Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Flash & Photoshop
Hardware
  • x86 Systems; NetApp Netcache Devices; Nortel Alteon Application Switches; Bay Networks & 3Com Switches/Hubs; Linksys Routers/Hubs/WAPs

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EDUCATION 

William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, 9/1996 - 1/2001

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

 

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CERTIFICATIONS 

ITIL v3 Foundations Certified #846300
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) #807302225106390

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