Mission-Critical Facilities Analyst and Auditor; Author of the book "Mission-Critical Facilities Management," Owner of Amerruss LLC
Critical Facilities Engineering and Operations expert where high-availability is mandatory.
Education Includes a Doctorate of Science in Information Systems and Communications, as well as an MBA.
•30+ years experience in mission-critical engineering environments.
•Mission-Critical Facilities Auditor, completing >800 audits of mission-critical facilities, through which >$40 Trillion of transactions have flowed. In 2022 alone, this included >200 domestic audits and 12 international audits on equipment supporting more than $7.5 Trillion.
•Experienced in CAPEX and OPEX budget development and implementation, typically >$50M CAPEX and >$10M annual OPEX.
•Deep knowledge of mechanical, electrical, environmental health and safety systems.
•Change Management, ITIL
•Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)
•Experienced leading complicated projects including retrofit of in-service mission-critical infrastructure facilities to new construction projects exceed $150M.
•Build, staff and train engineering teams, including development of SOPs/MOPs/ERPs.
•Develop and implement next-generation strategic plans for scalable mission-critical facilities operations, using customized KPIs that are specific, meaningful and timely, for real-time operational feedback.
•Develop and deploy meaningful facilities analyses matrices, for operational and materiel assessment, and using the results create tactical plans to upgrade/retrofit facilities as funding and IT operations could accommodate.
•Develop IT load growth pattern monitoring and cooling management, to assure proper environmental conditions maintained throughout the portfolio.
•Tactical and strategic planning and problem resolution.
•Financial analyses (e.g. NPV/PBP/IRR) of portfolio projects against technical results.
•Analysis of infrastructure performance, efficiencies, reliability and redundancy levels and operational sustainability.