“I have had the pleasure of working with Sean for the last year, in his capacity as the manager from Microsoft Chicago (Gen3) data center. In this role Sean manages the largest DC in the world and is responsible to manage both people and processes for this flagship datacenter. Sean is an deeply experienced industry professional, versed in DC operations and is key to Microsoft ability to scale SaaS and Cloud scenarios for the company. He controls a large budget consisting of management of physical and infrastructure security, critical environments and technical teams. He runs his operations at a scale that is unprecedented in the industry, and should be considered an expert on NextGen designs. He is professional, articulate and an awesome team player. He and I have done numerous engagements with high ranking industry and government CXO's and the results have always been positive. I would recommend Sean for any role in or around IT operations, next gen technologies and global service delivery.”
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Experience & Education
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Notes from the field: Data Center diversity and workforce development
Mission Critical Magazine Podcast
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Evolutionary and Revolutionary advances in Data Center power
Data Center Dynamics, keynote
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Hyperscale data center design needs lots of backup power!
Data Centre Magazine
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Data Centers- the next career hotspot!
Mission Critical Magazine Podcast
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Ubiquity leverages Sears real estate for Edge Data Center play
Data Center Knowledge
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An Application of Central Limit Theorem to Wide Area Network SLA Analysis
Business Communications Review
See publicationBy applying statistical models to technology contract analysis, I created significant negotiating leverage. The result was lower cost and superior terms for a global managed services contract.
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In this paper I analyze Round Trip Delay (RTD) Service Level Agreements (SLA) on a global MPLS Wide
Area Network. Specifically, latency in milliseconds measured between a Data Center facility in Boston
and 20 remote locations. The monthly mean of the actual delay is compared…By applying statistical models to technology contract analysis, I created significant negotiating leverage. The result was lower cost and superior terms for a global managed services contract.
Abstract --
In this paper I analyze Round Trip Delay (RTD) Service Level Agreements (SLA) on a global MPLS Wide
Area Network. Specifically, latency in milliseconds measured between a Data Center facility in Boston
and 20 remote locations. The monthly mean of the actual delay is compared to the maximum delay
allowed under the terms of the contract, the “latency SLA”, and the Central Limit Theorem is applied to
assess the probability of exceeding the SLA. The expectation is that the data will establish or challenge the
efficacy of the provider guarantees. After performing the analysis, it is clear that the latency SLAs are
ineffectual- the Theorem demonstrates that the probabilities of experiencing the conditions which would
invoke SLA violation that are so low as to be nonexistent. We see an average distance from the expected
mean equal to eight σ, falling within three σ in only five instances. Given such results, I suggest that a
more efficient model for SLA construction and measurement is required. Finally, I question the need for
managed bandwidth services if latency is perceived as a competitive advantage.
Honors & Awards
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IMasons 100 winner, 2021
Infrastructure Masons
The IM100 Awards recognize and celebrate the 100 individuals who are contributing to the digital infrastructure industry in meaningful and measurable ways. https://imasons.org/awards/2021-im100/
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Uptime Institute Green IT Award: Audacious Idea
Uptime Institute
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/green-enterprise-it-awards
Awarded Uptime's Brill Award for operating Microsoft's first Container Data Center
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