Steve Deafenbaugh, PMP

Steve Deafenbaugh, PMP

Senior System Administrator

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    SR. Program Project Manager Experienced in delivering complex STORAGE AND DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS

  • Education

    • Kokomo Area Vocational Schools

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      Radio and Television Repair
    • Purdue University

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      Associate Applied Science Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Experience

    • Kaiser Permanente

      Aug 1995 - Sept 1997
      Senior System Administrator

      Senior UNIX Administrator – Supervisor ♦ Management and support of electronic medical record systems♦ Capacity planning, project management, storage administration and implementation, hardware & software installation, performance tuning, and production support for HP-UX and AIX environments

    • Nextel Communications

      Sept 1997 - Nov 1998
      Storage Architect / Project Management

      UNIX Administration Manger – Senior Project Manager and Storage Architect♦ Project management of telco provisioning and support systems♦ Data center relocations and consolidations

    • EMC

      Nov 1998 - Aug 2010
      Senior Project Manager

      Professional Services – Senior Project Manager♦ Managed large infrastructure projects that exceeded $10M in hardware and services, ranging from large-scale enterprises to small businesses♦ Successfully monitored and reported project revenue to maintain project profitability, while maintaining project scope, issue and risk management ♦ Delivered progress reports, project KPI, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations to various audiences, including project team, sponsors, CIO and key stakeholders, while managing IT enterprise budgets between $100K and $3M♦ Provided on-site leadership by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestonesProfessional Services – Program Manager EMC Corporation♦ Managed and coordinated post-sales activities within the account, reporting project revenue and any issues to management♦ Created service contracts/Statement of Work, while mentoring new Project Managers and supporting Field Project Managers to successfully deliver productsProfessional Services – Storage Assessment Consultant EMC Corporation♦ Acted as business analyst, interviewing business, application, and IT operation owners to assess the Storage and DR environments and find any process gaps ♦ Recommended total storage solution to meet the “real” business needs, such as SAN, DR or other highly available EMC storage solutions Show less

    • NetApp

      Aug 2010 - May 2016
      Senior Project Manager

      ♦ In charge of storage consolidations and data migrations on NetApp storage (legacy), as well as data migrations from competitor storage to NetApp arrays♦ Managed project Level of Effort, which included monitoring and reporting per Statement of Work, maintaining project profitability, scope, and risks♦ Successfully executed communication plan to project sponsors, stakeholders, and project teams, utilizing SDLC best practices and seeking new service opportunities within customer’s environment♦ Developed and delivered progress reports, project KPI, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations to various audiences, including project team, sponsors, CIO and key stakeholders, while managing IT enterprise budgets between $50K and $1.5M Show less

    • Eastern Computer Exchange

      May 2016 - Feb 2017
      Senior Project Manager

      ♦ Created Project Change Requests and Statements of Work to assist in simplifying projects and adhering to customer requirements♦ Managed escalations, resource assignment, and ensured correct skill sets were utilized to obtain the highest customer satisfaction ratings♦ Managed remote resources both on-shore and off-shore for projects such as EMC enterprise customers deploying SAN, Virtualized Infrastructure and NAS

    • Dell Technologies

      Feb 2017 - Aug 2024
      Program Project Manager

      ♦ Managed large portfolios of complex initiatives, while reporting on project success, metrics, KPIs, test and deployment management activities, risks, and milestones♦ Provided total remote leadership by building and motivating team members, in India, to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones♦ Prepared estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of each project, as well as procured adequate resources to achieve project objectives within timeframe♦ Monitored, tracked and controlled outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables, while managing the quality of each project♦ Developed and delivered executive level progress reports, requirements documentation and presentations to various audiences, including project team, sponsors, and stakeholders♦ Managed and mitigated project risks to avoid impacts to data center operations, as well as assessed data center operations for continuous improvement projects♦ Managed Hyperconverged and cloud infrastucture projects for large fortune 100 customers Show less

    • Entelligence

      Oct 2024 - now
      Senior Project Manager

      Project Manager servicing NetApp and it’s customers

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • EMC Storage Technologies Certification

    • ITIL Foundations Certification v3

    • Project Management Professional