Rudi Respen

Specialties: L3/L4 (Architecture) UNIX/LINUX system management and teamlead/projectlead/lead engineer/change manager in large (business critical) environments.
HP-UX performance troubleshooting, HP-UX Disaster Recovery
MC/ServiceGuard cluster design and implementation, RedHat Cluster Suite design and implementation. vSphere deployment and management, backup and recovery.
Service Delivery Management (Translate SLA/DAP and customer requirements) to team effort
In depth with most kinds of UNIX/LINUX flavours, up to date experience with SAN/NAS hardware/software. Up to date hands-on knowledge of Microsoft products.
Vendor Management (Selection/Purchasing/Procurement/Negotiation/Contracts)
Can easily switch between hands-on operations and management/process roles

Monitoring tools: HP OpenView / BMC Patrol / Nagios / CheckMK / BigBrother / Solarwinds Server and Application Manager
Linux Configuration Management: Puppet configuration management
Databases: (Mediocre DBA tasks): MySQL, Oracle deployment, Sybase and Microsoft SQL.
Scripting: KSH/Bash/Perl scripting where required
Getting things done mentality!