Andrew Storrs

Current

• VMware Consultant at BC Hydro
• Subject Matter Expert at Microsoft
• Consultant at Various Clients

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Past

• Data Center Consolidation Specialist at HeidelbergCement
• Senior Technical Analyst at Lehigh Hanson
• Contractor at Tilbury Cement Limited / Calaveras Cement Company

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Education

• The University of British Columbia

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Andrew Storrs’s Summary

I have been an IT consultant and contractor for the past decade, helping a wide range of business clients, from small organizations all the way to large, multinational conglomerates with 65,000+ employees.

I'm able to make the same positive impact in these different environments because I have an unusual blend of skills - extensive technical knowledge, strong business analysis abilities and a knack for "translating" between business leaders and technologists.

No matter how small or large your IT project, feel free to contact me to discuss whether I can help.

Andrew Storrs’s Specialties:

IT Infrastructure
Systems Architecture Design
Complex Project Management
Server Virtualization
Application Virtualization
Server Based Computing/VDI
High-Availability/Disaster Recovery
IT Service Management (ITIL)
Team Building & Leadership

Andrew Storrs’s Experience

• VMware Consultant

  BC Hydro

  (Government Agency; Utilities industry)

  September 2009 — Present (4 months)

• Subject Matter Expert

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Recruited directly by Microsoft to assist in developing certification exams. Determined objective domain, exam blueprints, question selection, set pass rate, and tested new performance-based labs exam format.

• Consultant

  Various Clients

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2003 — Present (6 years 4 months)

  Provided consulting services to VARs and consulting agencies. (Client names are withheld due to confidentiality agreements). Projects included:
  
  • Led multiple server virtualization projects (VMware ESX and VirtualCenter) including P2V conversions, Citrix XenApp migrations and new roll-outs of Citrix/Terminal Services.
  
  • Designed and built single-instance SQL Server 2005 cluster with table partitioning that has allowed the database to scale from zero to 750GB+ and 4 billion rows of data in a single table.
  
  • Architected migration from Windows Server 2003 to 2008, simplifying the environment through best practices, virtualization and the latest Microsoft advances including Group Policy Preferences.

• Data Center Consolidation Specialist

  HeidelbergCement

  (Public Company; Building Materials industry)

  July 2008 — June 2009 (1 year )

  Contracted to play leading role in consolidation of 24 North American data centers/server rooms into one for global conglomerate with 67,000 employees and 2,500 servers in 50 countries (2,700 locations).
  
  • Developed project methodology, inventoried servers, and developed systems/reporting for project that will save $5 million in the first year and $10 million by the end of 2009.

• Senior Technical Analyst

  Lehigh Hanson

  (Building Materials industry)

  August 2004 — June 2008 (3 years 11 months)

  Retained to work for group managing IT infrastructure for North America (6,000 employees in 300 locations with 450 servers). Contributions included:
  
  • Served as Technical Lead on consolidation of 13 Citrix farms into one, co-designing architecture that cut related service desk tickets by 86%.
  
  • Led successful projects to consolidate mission-critical ERP systems and line-of-business applications into a single data center.
  
  • Pioneered the use of server virtualization, cutting hardware costs $240K on pilot project.

• Contractor

  Tilbury Cement Limited / Calaveras Cement Company

  (Building Materials industry)

  May 1999 — July 2004 (5 years 3 months)

  Worked on process control system replacement team on a high-pressure, multi-year project with tight timeframes.
  
  • Served as Windows Lead with accountability for designing, building and implementing Windows-based systems and the network. Worked on similar projects at plants in both Canada and the US.

Andrew Storrs’s Education

• The University of British Columbia

  Project Management 2009

Additional Information

Andrew Storrs’s Websites:

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Andrew Storrs’s Groups:

Canadian Information Processing Society,
itSMF Canada,
Project Management Institute

•    VMware Virtualization & Cloud Computing Group
•    The Storage Networking Industry Association
•    Citrix
•    The ITIL Group
•    Beyond Bullet Points
•    Canadian Information Processing Society
•    Green IT Community of Practice
•    itSMF International
•    Vancouver IT Professionals
•    TechExams.net
•    Linked:Vancouver

Andrew Storrs’s Honors:

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
• vSphere 4
• Virtual Infrastructure 3

VMware Technical Sales Professional (VTSP)

Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)
• Citrix XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2008
• Citrix Presentation Server 4

Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
• Enterprise Administrator

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
• Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (App-V)
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
• Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
• Windows Server 2003 Hosted Environments
• Windows Server Virtualization (Hyper-V)
• Windows Small Business Server 2008
• Windows Vista

EMC Proven Professional

PlateSpin Certified Workload Management Administrator

ITIL Foundation V3

CompTIA Security+

Symantec Certified Specialist

Trend Micro Certified Security Expert

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