Craig Yap

Experience

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  Galacticomm

  Dec 1994 - Mar 1996

  Software Engineer
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  Florida Atlantic University

  Mar 1996 - Feb 1999

  Systems Programmer
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  Ocwen Financial Corporation

  Feb 1999 - Dec 1999

  Sr Unix Systems Administrator
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  AOL

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2010

  Provided technical leadership for the storage environment, which included the NetBackup software, production backup SAN architecture and all related disk storage. Collaborated daily with the project management team as it related to the development, documentation and evaluation of new system, software, and storage architectures. Created disaster recovery solutions and assisted in business continuity plans for internal customers. Provided performance tuning guidelines to customers as it related to network, file system, volume management and storage array configurations. Managed several legacy SANs including the associated storage as they were being migrated to AOL’s consolidated SAN. Show less

  • Senior Operations Architect

    Apr 2003 - Jan 2010

  • Principal Systems Administrator

    Jan 2000 - Apr 2003
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  EMC

  Mar 2010 - Apr 2011

  BRS Technical Consultant

  Acted as the technical lead in the development of backup and disaster recovery solutions that met the technology and business requirements of assigned customers during pre-sales engagements.

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  HERE Technologies

  Apr 2011 - Feb 2022

  Provided detailed oversight and guidance regarding technology decisions within the HERE IT division. Collaborated with business owners and internal development teams regarding the integration of SaaS solutions and custom-built applications into AWS and Azure. Managed global team of storage engineers supporting 40PB+ of on-premise storage. Assisted in the design and implementation of cloud migration solutions in support of the company’s cloud transformation directive. Oversaw the storage architecture, design, and implementation of storage kits and data protection initiatives supporting HERE's global infrastructure. Worked with the storage operations teams to develop procedures and standards in the storage environments.

  • Principal Architect

    Jul 2019 - Feb 2022

  • Sr Storage Manager

    Mar 2016 - Jul 2019

  • Storage Architect

    Apr 2011 - Mar 2016
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  Charles Schwab

  Oct 2022 - now

  Senior Manager