Jeff Kimble

Experience

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  Dun & Bradstreet

  Nov 1983 - Jan 1987

  Package Support Supervisor
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  PaineWebber

  Dec 1986 - Aug 1987

  Tech Support Specialist
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  CS First Boston

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1992

  Production Control Manager
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  Norfolk State University

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1995

  Mgr of Integrated Media Resource Center
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  First Data Corp

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  AVP Operations
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  GHI

  Oct 1997 - Oct 2003

  Senior System Programmer, Capacity Planning and Performance

  Monitored GHI processing environment (Enterprise systems, Client Server & Open systems) for performance issues. Provided comprehensive system sizing information, forecasting and trend analysis. Interfaced with all areas of IT to resolve performance problems. Illustrated system utilization trends in monthly graphic reports. Performed routine syslog and HTTP log analysis. Installed and supported Operating System software components for various system enhancements.- Produced a Monthly Report of System utilization for senior management- Sole SAS support liaison for the company- Project Mgr for compatibility to Goal mode WLM conversion Show less

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  SIAC

  Dec 2003 - Apr 2005

  Capacity Planning and Performance Consultant

  Maintained a queue of changes affecting the performance of the processing environment (Client Server, Open systems & z/OS). Interfaced with all areas of IT to resolve performance problems. Provided support to coordinate implementation of various business solutions. Established benchmark performance measurements of work prior to its movement into production.- Centralized Monthly System Utilization Reporting- Collected WLC usage data for reduced software pricing using IBM's SCRT.- Prepared Quarterly Forecasts for NYSE- Implemented dynamic Parallel Access Volumes increasing I/O throughput Show less

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  Merrill Lynch

  May 2005 - Dec 2008

  AVP Performance Management

  Monitored & reported on the workload of various business units to insure they were getting maximum efficiency from the computing environment. Coordinated the schedule of testing in multiple processing environments. Worked with several vendors and all IT departments to address business unit concerns & root-cause problem determination. Established new procedures where it is applicable to streamline cumbersome business processes.- Reorganized the method tracking and presenting LPAR configuration changes- Supported several mainframe relocations and hardware upgrades.- Provided z/Linux performance support on mainframe via z/VM.- Streamlined the WLM service policy definition Show less

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  FDIC

  Apr 2009 - Jan 2011

  Capacity Management Engineer (Contractor)

  Capacity Planning and Reporting for multiple technology platforms including: z/OS, UNIX, Windows, VMware, SAN Storage, & Network devices. Produced weekly and monthly Service Level (SLA) reports for the z/OS platform. Reviewed projected business changes with the FDIC business community. Provided comprehensive measurement and analysis of IT resources then wrote a Capacity Management Forecast report every six months for all platforms in the infrastructure.Created documentation to restructure Capacity Management adopting ITIL 3 principals. Show less

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  IBM

  Feb 2011 - Aug 2011

  System Management Specialist - Performance and Capacity Management

  Supported multiple client's Mainframe IT infrastructure within a Global Delivery Framework. Performed second level problem determination using monitoring and data collection tools in capacity related disciplines on multiple technology platforms. Analyzed performance data identifying bottlenecks and recommended alternate resolutions. Executed and streamlined performance processes with Omegamon, Mainview & RMF monitors. Produced various resource reports and analysis using MICS, MXG, TMON for CICS, Mainview & TDS data. Show less

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  The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)

  Oct 2011 - now

  -Capacity Planning & Performance Analysis for Multiple Distributed Platforms (AIX, Solaris, Linux, Windows)-Design of Performance Database for distributed systems-Re-deployment of HP Openview performance data to develop a comprehensive CMDB.-Designed the prototype used to build the Estate Management Optimization Scorecard used to detect undersized/0versized servers. -Creation of system profiles for Modelling performance impacts.-Execution of Predictive Modeling Analysis for several key application components using a mixture of R, SAS, JMP & Excel. Show less

  • Associate Director - Capacity Planning (Mainframe)

    May 2018 - now

  • Distributed Capacity Planning - Architect

    Oct 2011 - May 2018