Larry Harrigan

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Vice President - Disaster Recovery at Synchrony Financial

  • Education

    • University of Michigan-Dearborn

      1992 - 1997
      Mechanical Engineering
  • Experience

    • Hewlett Packard Enterprise

      Jun 1994 - Feb 2009

      Server operations for General Motors UNIX servers globallyBuild/decommission both physical and virtual UNIX servers (SUN/HP/IBM/LINUX)Project lead for countless patching, application installs, and server buildsFacilitated enterprise-wide outages utilizing ITIL methodologiesInstrumental in BMC Patrol Server Monitoring, deployment, and configurationAssign storage devices to UNIX servers via SAN and NAS Break/fix support for all GM Engineering platforms (UNIX and Windows)Manage team responsibilities, facilitate meetingsProject lead for Digital Workflow/Peregrine transition for service requestsFacilitated enterprise-wide outages utilizing ITIL fundamentalsSite primary contact for multiple GM sitesCreated ISO/QMS documents for the organizationProvided and facilitated technical training for employees Ensure smooth operation of GM UNIX Customer Assistance CenterProject lead for customer satisfaction prioritiesPerform metric tracking, recording, and quality assuranceContributed to creation of ISO/QMS standards for organizationFacilitate meetings, hardware inventory, and physical relocation of the groupFirst-call resolution of technical problemsHelpdesk call routing and tracking UNIX/PC)SGI, HP, Sun, and IBM workstation configuration and setupOperating system, DNS, NIS, FTP, and sendmail supportPrinter, plotter, large display monitor, and scanner supportInfrastructure/network support (Banyan Vines/Novell PC configuration and setupOperating system support (Windows and DOS)Network support and setupMicrosoft Office application supportPrinter, plotter, fax setup and maintenance

      • Infrastructure Analyst

        Jun 2006 - Feb 2009
      • Infrastructure Analyst/Team Leader

        Apr 2003 - Jun 2006
      • Advanced System Administrator/Team Leader

        Sept 1998 - Apr 2003
      • System Administrator

        Mar 1996 - Sept 1998
      • System Administrator

        Jun 1994 - Mar 1996
    • ADP

      Feb 2009 - Dec 2009
      Senior UNIX Administrator

      Server operations for UNIX/LINUX and Windows serversApplication and Oracle database upgradesOS patching and security hardening for UNIX and Windows serversExtensive use of VERITAS filesystem management and clusteringConverted physical Windows servers into virtual servers with VMWareAssign storage devices to UNIX and Windows servers via SAN and NASEnsured server readiness for production use in newly constructed data centersCreated and updated technical documents for global use Show less

    • GE

      Nov 2009 - Mar 2014
      UNIX Systems Engineer Operations Leader & Service Delivery Leader
    • GE Capital

      Mar 2014 - Jul 2014
      Compute Operations Service Delivery Leader
    • Synchrony

      Jul 2014 - now

      IT Disaster Recovery Strategist Service Delivery Leader, Automation Leader, Cloud Engineer

      • Vice President Disaster Recovery

        Feb 2017 - now
      • Vice President - Compute Service Delivery Leader

        Jul 2014 - Feb 2017
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle Solaris 10 System Administrator

      Oracle
      Jan 2012
    • Certified Cyber Resilience Professional (CCRP)

      DRI International (Disaster Recovery Institute)
      Dec 2023
    • Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP)

      DRI International (Disaster Recovery Institute)
      Jan 2022