1. Darren DeMarino Solution Architect/Consultant
CONSULTANT
SUMMARY
Darren DeMarino has dedicated his career to aiding IT leaders in building technological,
operational, and financial strategies that align with the organization’s strategic vision. His
consulting clients include major enterprises in industries such as interstate commerce,
transportation, telecom, ISP, education, government and healthcare. Mr. DeMarino forms close
relationships with business stakeholders and management alike, bridging the gap that often exists
between those responsible for delivering critical IT services and the business units that depend
upon them. He is known for his long-term approach in solution design and for his ability to break
down significant challenges into smaller, manageable projects. Strategic planning, design,
technical project management, budgeting, ROI and cost analysis, process engineering, and
education are integral components of his engagements.
Mr. DeMarino possesses a diverse background in the Information Technology field. His twenty
year career spans many areas of infrastructure design, analysis and administration. Additionally,
Mr. DeMarino’s experience with application development affords him a unique ability to address
all layers of the IT model. His engagements frequently address application architecture,
scalability, performance, and data growth. Cost mitigation is a focal point of all of his
engagements, particularly in the areas of storage management and IT consolidation.
He has lectured and taught to IT professionals on subjects including disaster planning,
virtualization, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), enterprise system administration, WAN and
VoIP theory, and data security. Mr. DeMarino graduated cum laude from the University of North
Florida with a BS in Computer Science and a minor in Business Administration.
Field Certification Platforms Areas of Expertise
Data
Networking
Cisco CCNA
Lucent ATM SME
Ericsson VoIP SME
WAN, LAN & WLAN Switching and
Routing (Cisco, Lucent, Marconi,
Motorola)
VoIP & Telecom (Ericson)
Network Security (SonicWall)
Network Design and Implementation
Network Optimization
Unified Networking
Infrastructure
Design and
Management
Parallels Certified
Virtualization
Professional
x86 Compute (IBM, Stratus, Intel)
Storage (IBM)
Virtualization (VMware, Microsoft,
Parallels)
SaaS, PaaS, IaaS
Unified Resource Monitoring and
Management (HP, Solarwinds, IBM)
Backup and Recovery (Symantec)
Microsoft Server and UNIX OS
Infrastructure Design and Implementation
Data management
Application Optimization and Scalability
Business Continuity and Application
Availability
Operational Process Engineering and
Policy
Client and
Engagement
Management
Lucent NEM
Rational Unified
Process (RUP)
Microsoft Project
Rational Rose
ITIL and TOGAF Frameworks
HIPAA
Project Leadership
IT Business Process Development
IT Service/Product Development
Healthcare specific consulting
Crisis Mitigation

2. ENGAGEMENTS
Company Type: Multi-Location Hospital Network
PROJECT
STORAGE AND DATA MANAGEMENT
ARCHITECTURE
ROLE
ARCHITECT, STORAGE AND
HEALTHCARE APPLICATIONS
KEY DELIVERABLES
DESIGNED:
TIERED STORAGE MODEL
IT SERVICE CATALOG
STORAGE CONSOLIDATION
ROADMAP
UNIFIED DATA MANAGEMENT
STRATEGY
Project Background:
Explosive growth in the amount of diagnostic image and Electronic Medical Record
data, coupled with strict regulations regarding storage policy, led to out of control
storage spending and an unmanageable storage footprint.
Challenges:
▪ Storage allocated based on whatever is available rather than the needs of the
application and business unit
▪ Impossible to define resource consumption trends resulting in reactive storage
purchasing with little budgeting
▪ Multiple platforms prevent consolidation and increase IT staff workload
▪ Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is unknown due to a lack of reporting
Solution:
▪ Defined an IT service level structure with tangible metrics reflecting the needs of
each application
▪ Created a multi-tiered storage platform approach to provide the lowest cost solution
appropriate for each service level
▪ Consolidated storage platforms to reduce data center footprint and vendor costs
▪ Integrated reporting capabilities to indicate the TCO of IT resources
▪ Developed Capacity on Demand budgeting model to provide a predictable
purchasing schedule based on trend analysis
▪ Improved organizational awareness of IT TCO resulting lower operational expenses
thanks to retirement of unneeded systems
▪ Reduced IT staff workload by homogenizing data management processes and
reducing the number of supported platforms
Company Type: Multi-Location Hospital Network
PROJECT
DISASTER PLANNING AND
APPLICATION AVAILABILITY
ROLE
ARCHITECT, DATA MANAGEMENT
KEY DELIVERABLES
DESIGNED:
SERVICE CATALOG WITH METRICS
AND COSTS
DUAL, ACTIVE/PASSIVE DATA
CENTER MODEL
CONSOLIDATED DATA
REPLICATION STRATEGY
IN-HOUSE OFF-SITE STORAGE
SOLUTION
Project Background:
Healthcare institutions now demand 24/7 availability of their information systems. This
institution’s disaster mitigation strategy was outdated and incapable of meeting
business requirements. A recent outage, resulting in an inability to provide healthcare
services and significant operational losses, exposed the weaknesses in their existing
disaster plan.
Challenges:
▪ Lack of clearly defined requirement led to “Everything, all the time” user expectations
and an unachievable IT goal
▪ Failure to operationalize disaster planning resulted in outdated procedures and
unknown disaster recovery abilities
▪ Archaic data backup methods resulted in enormous storage and archiving costs
Solution:
▪ Developed application availability metrics for each application and business unit
▪ Created tiered availability solution model based on business priority
▪ Reduced IT operational costs by eliminating third party tape storage, keeping data in-
house
▪ Improved application recovery time using data replication techniques
▪ Lowered IT staff workload by homogenizing DR operational methods across all
applications

3. ENGAGEMENTS
Company Type: Worldwide Data/Telecom Hardware Manufacturer
PROJECT
CHANNEL PARTNER DEVELOPMENT,
TECHNOLOGY SALES, SOLUTION
ARCHITECT
ROLE
SALES ENGINEERING
SOLUTION ARCHITECT
ENGAGEMENT MANAGER
TECHNICAL EDUCATOR
KEY DELIVERABLES
VOICE OVER IP (VOIP) AND DATA
SOLUTIONS UTILIZING TELEPHONY,
WAN, LAN AND WLAN
TECHNOLOGY
Project Background:
This worldwide leader in enterprise telephony solutions created a new business division
to promote its new VoIP product line in the United States. Working alongside new and
existing business partners, I designed solutions for local businesses, nationwide
enterprises and hospital networks.
Challenges:
▪ Utilizing new technology: This was the emergence of VoIP; skill sets were rare and
the telecom industry was slow to adopt new technology
▪ Telecom and Data were typically separate units within an organization; the value of
convergence was not yet understood by IT professionals
▪ Network hardware vendor support for new protocols varied, requiring new methods
of monitoring and troubleshooting
Solution:
▪ Drove new market penetration by working with business partners to identify and
cultivate sales opportunities
▪ Increased number of resellers by educating new business partners in VoIP sales,
technology and support
▪ Expanded business model of business partners by mapping transition from
traditional analog PBX resellers to full service telecom and data technology providers
▪ Reduced operational expenses of clients by eliminating interstate long distance
telecom costs
Company Type: Interstate Railroad and Logistics Provider
PROJECT
MULTI-LOCATION LAN/WAN
INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN AND
ROLLOUT
ROLE
DATA NETWORKING ENGINEERING
PROJECT MANAGER
KEY DELIVERABLES
INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN,
BUDGETS, PROJECT MANAGEMENT,
IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT
Project Background:
This major southeast transportation provider needed to rollout a new enterprise
application suite. Aging network technology in all rail yards had to improved to support
the bandwidth intense applications. I was responsible for the design, budgeting and
project management of infrastructure upgrades at dozens of rail yards.
Challenges:
▪ Project spanned many states, involving different personnel at each location
▪ No modern networking infrastructure at the rail yards; existing cabling was often
decades old and could not be replaced as it frequently was under active track
▪ Implementation staff were experienced rail yard maintenance crews, not IT
technicians
▪ Aggressive timetable and tight budget meant it had to be right the first time
Solution:
▪ Provided network designs, including cost analysis, network diagrams,
implementation instructions, and configured equipment to rail yard maintenance
crews throughout the southeast U.S.
▪ Utilized a variety of technologies to overcome limitations at rail yards; repeaters,
range extenders, wireless, all to prevent the need to dig and replace cable
▪ Configured and shipped Cisco routers and switches for a “drop in” solution at rail
yards by maintenance crews, negating the cost of sending IT technicians on site.

4. ENGAGEMENTS
Company Type: State Government, Multi-Agency Operation
PROJECT
STATE GOVERNMENT WAN
ROLLOUT
ROLE
SME IN WAN TECHNOLOGIES,
OPERATIONS PROCESS
ENGINEERING
KEY DELIVERABLES
ARCHITECT AND IMPLEMENTED THE
FOLLOWING:
WAN SUBSCRIPTION MODELS
FOR DISPARATE STATE AGENCIES
NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER
PROCESSES
TRAINING IN ATM WAN THEORY
AND OPERATION
Project Background:
The governor’s office a a large northeastern state launched an initiative to consolidate
all state agency’s WAN networking needs into a single ATM/Fibre Optic pipeline,
managed by a newly formed state-wide IT department. A team of consultants was
hired to work with agencies to facilitate role out and adoption of the new state-owned
network.
Challenges:
▪ Each state agency had its own IT department with WAN control; adopting the new
centralized model met high resistance
▪ The state had no experienced WAN engineers or operational procedures; new
operational and business models had to be built from scratch
▪ The cost and scope of the project made for high political visibility; failure was not an
option
Solution:
▪ Created subscription policies through in-depth negotiations with the IT leadership of
individual state agencies
▪ Designed a tiered cost structure and service level structure meeting the needs of
each agency while accomplishing the mission of a centralized network and
administrative model
▪ Built Network Operations Center implementation, management, and troubleshooting
procedures; educated new staff in technology and operations