This curriculum vitae summarizes Kelvin Tan's personal details, education history, work experience, courses and certifications, and major projects. He has over 15 years of experience in IT systems engineering with expertise in storage, backup, virtualization, and networks. His current role involves planning and implementing storage solutions for a large healthcare organization with over 4PB of storage across multiple sites.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
TAN CHIN KIAT KELVIN
PERSONAL PARTICULARS
Address
Contact
Religion
Block 688F, #06-72
Woodlands Drive 75
Singapore 736688
+65 9184-6378 (HP)
Kelvintan_79@yahoo.com (Email)
Buddhist
Date of Birth
Gender
Marital Status
16 November 1979
Male
Married
Referees 1) Andre Wu Xian Yang
Integrated Health Information System
Principal Systems Engineer
+65-9834-8587
2) Andrew Leng Heng Ngee
Singtel
Systems Planning Manager
+65-8126-1407
EDUCATION
1986- 1991
1992- 1997
1998- 1999
2001- 2003
Chung Ching Primary School
Tanah Putih Secondary School
Abdul Rahman Talib Pre-University
University Utara of Malaysia
B.Sc. Information Technology/ Computer Science
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2. COURSES AND CERTIFICATION
IT Service Management
Data Center & Virtualization
Network & Security
Windows, Linux & Unix
Storage
Backup & Archive
ITIL® Version 3 Certified
Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP)
Data Center Expert Adminstrator Training (APC Data Center Monitoring)
Data Center Operation Administration Training (APC Data Center Monitoring)
Vmware vSphere: Install, Configure and Manage [V4.1]
Vmware vSphere: Install, Configure and Manage [V5.5]
CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
CheckPoint NG I & II
Fortigate 1000A
Forescout Network Access Control
Solarwinds Network Perfomance and Monitoring
Certified Argent Monitoring
Microsoft Certified System Administrator, Windows Server 2003 (MCSA)
RHEL 133 – Red Hat Linux System Administration
Administering HP BladeSystem c-Class Training
Qlogic Infiniband Installation, Configuration and Management Course
Brocade Certified Fabric Administrator (8 Gbit/sec) Course
Netapp Data ONTAP Fundamentals (ONTAP 7.1)
IBM Storage DS3500 Series
CLARiiON Host Integration and Management with SnapView
EMC Isilon v5.5 Administration Course
EMC Isilon v7.1 Administration Course
EMC VNX Unified Storage Management (VNX5300 & VNX7500)
EMC VPLEX Management
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (CCI1999)
Operating and Managing Hitachi Storage with Command Suite v8.x (TSI2565)
Hitachi NAS Platform Administration & Operations
BakBone NetVault Advanced Certified Administrator
CommVault Simpana (Version 9.0)
Quantum StorNext File System and Storage Manager (version 3 & 4)
Quantum De-dupe Specialist Certified Training
EMC Recoverpoint Operations and Management
EMC Data Domain, DD Boost

3.  Joined as Application Support Engineer
 Setup Network Infrastructure for Singapore, Malaysia & Thailand offices
 Network administration- Ensure network availability for Singapore, Malaysia &
Thailand
 Manage File Server, Domain Controller, Checkpoint Firewall, Web Server (IIS) &
Achievement
Successfully completed 5 Vehicle Tracking Projects located at Thailand, Singapore,
China and Malaysia
Genome Institute of
Singapore
July 2007 – Jun 2012
WORK EXPERIENCE
GT&T Engineering
Pte Ltd Singapore
Jan 2003 – June 2006
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 Joined as Compatibility Assurance Engineer.
 Led the Compatibilty testing team of 3 engineers and 2 technicians to ascertain that
product talk and standby time conforms to specs prior to submission to National
Analysis Center (NAC) in U.S. for approval.
 Participate in meetings as the test team product engineer from the design phase until
the product is ship accepted.
 Track issues submitted during testing, ensure issues are fixed and prior to shipping.
 Perform Bluetooth interoperability testing between Motorola headsets and Motorola
and non-Motorola phones.
Achievement
Bravo award as recognition from management and peers for outstanding contribution
Pioneering member of the Bluetooth compatibility team in Motorola Singapore. Transferred
technology from U.S. counterpart during initial set up of the Singapore group
 Joined company as Network Engineer taking on Network administration; in charge of
installation, configuration, administration and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN
infrastructure and security.
 Managing and configuring of Cisco 4507, 6506, 6509, Catalyst 2950, 3750 and Foundry
FastIron Edge 448.
 Network Performance, network resources and application monitoring using Orion
SolarWinds and HP Sitescope by implementing alert and creating custom events.
 Implementation and administration of Fortigate 1000A Firewall (High-Availability)
 Implemented Juniper SSL VPN SA4000.
 Implementation and administration of Aruba Wireless Controller 2400 & 3600
comprising of 42 Access Points.
 Implemented Forescout Network Access Control to further enhanced network security.
 Promoted to Senior Systems Engineer in 2010 with additional portfolio of Backup &
Archive.
 Provided consolidation of older backup software NetVault Bakbone Version 8.0 to
CommVault Simpana Version 9.0.
 Completed consolidation backup of Oracle, mySQL, Unix, Windows Server and 6 x
ESXi Server comprising of 70 production VMs using CommVault Simpana V9.0.
 Implemented D2D2T by using Quantum DXi7500, i8500 and Quantum Tape Library
i6K.
 Responsible for the backup and archival administration of SAN and NAS equipment
from EMC, NetApp, HP, Hitachi and Quantum amounting to 2PB capacity.
 In charge of setting up a genome sequencing pipeline storage based on Quantum
StorNext filesystems amounting of 2PB that connected to both CIFS and NFS
concurrently to a Windows and Linux computational SMPs and clusters.
 Implemented Quantum DLC Client for all Sequencers and SMPs that improved the data
access performance 3 times faster compared to native NFS.
 Implementation of Cisco Unified Communication using Cisco Call Manager Version
7.03
 In charge of researching new storage technologies in providing large, high-performance
filesystems such as EMC Isilon.
 Liaising with vendors for product comparison through POC for best-fit into existing IT
infrastructure.
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Motorola Electronic
Pte Ltd Singapore
July 2006 – June 2007

4. AWARDS
Integrated Health
Information System Pte Ltd
(IHiS)
Aug 2012 –Present
 Provide in-house design and support for storage subsystems amounting to
more than 4PB of SAN and NAS for a local healthcare cluster spanning 4
separate sites over disparate Cisco SAN fabrics.
 Oversee EMC and HDS residential engineers in providing storage
administration support and troubleshooting.
 Plan and implement storage resiliency solutions in a 3-DC setup to provide
near-zero business downtime using EMC/HDS NAS and SAN replication
technologies; leveraging on F5 GTM technologies for load-balancing and
failover.  Plan and implement disaster recovery procedures with respective
application teams for conduct of annual disaster recovery exercise.
 Responsible to procure storage as per project requirements; including crafting
of technical specifications, design of PoC requirements and evaluation criteria.
 Assigned Project Manager role for large value purchase (>$1million); ensure
timely implementation with project management deliverables adhering to
Project Quality Management guidelines.
 Assist in leveraging on new storage technologies such as Hitachi Accelerated
Flash to overcome demanding business applications.
 Promoted to Principal Systems Engineer in 2014 with role as Team Lead.
 Assist in DR site relocation planning and implementation within required time
frame.
 Design and implement a HPC cluster with a parallel scratch storage to assist in
patient data analysis for translational medicine using NGS technologies.
 Plan and implement to provide a tapeless backup environment with long-term
data retention using deduplication technology.
 Assist in evaluation of the feasibility of All-Flash-Arrays (AFA) for high IOPS
OLTP and virtualized workloads.
 Implement tapeless disk backup environment with DR replication; leveraging
on deduplication technology to provide for lower RPO and RTO and longer
retention periods for multiple hospital sites.
 Tasked to lead Data Center track in building new Data Center, Server Room and
Infrastructure planning and design (Completed: Academia Building, National
Heart Center Singapore), (In Progress- SengKang Hospital)
 Service with a Heart – Service Quality Award Winner (SingHealth)
Integrated Health
Information System Pte Ltd
(IHiS)
Aug 2012 –Present

5. Major Project in Integrated Health Information System (IHiS)
 Relocation of Tampines E2 (DR) Systems to HDC2
 Coordination with storage vendors
 Provide information to STEE for network configuration and replication
 Assist for colo costing for all DR storages
 Assist in providing estimated power consumption from DCIM Tool for most of the devices (Servers/
Storages) and plan for the Systems allocation to HDC2
 Overall planning for the relocation:
 Power and Rack Space assessment
 Rack Space allocation based on power usage and limited rack space
 Singtel and Starhub DWDM Links
 Academia Building (DC Track)- completed in Year 2013
 Tasked as Project Manager to build IT Infrastructure and Data Center for Academia Building and completed
on year 2013
 This project consist of 7000 network points and 200 wireless access points within the building.
 The Data Center of 100 square metres will provide space for 36 Racks in main Data Center, with 3 Racks in
Staging Room and NOC Room.
 The Data Center is designed with N+1 solution in terms of UPS (2 x 200kW) and CRAC (Computer Room Air
Cond Unit)
 On top of the CRAC, Hot-Aisle Containment and total of 6 x InRow Cooling was implemented to cater for
high-dense rack (up to 18kW per rack)
 All the racks are equipped with SMART PDU (Power Distribution Unit)
 The Data Center is implemented with Environmental and Power Management- Data Center Infrastructure
Management solution where you have the full visibility of the power consumption, temperature, humidity,
Water detection, UPS alert and the utilization trending
 Coordinate and work very closely with the Main-Con and various Sub-Con to rectify the building defects and
facilitate the building readiness for the Data Center implementation
 Plan, Design, Setup and Commission of the following components:
 36 Racks in Data Center
 3 Racks in Staging Room
 3 CRAC Units (2 Running at peace time and the 3rd
one will kick in automatically in case of the
high temperature detected)
 6 InRow cooling with Hot-Aisle Containment that capable to support High-Density Server,
Enclosure or Storage. (maximum of total 6 x 18kW= 108kW)
 Data Center Infrastructure Management for monitoring
 Conducted an Integrated System Load Test with various Sub-Con to ensure the robustness and design of the
Data Center. That include the 2 of the major test scenario listed here:
 Using Load Bank to simulate the power consumption at a designated rating and Heat Load to
ensure the CRAC and InRow are capable to meet the requirement/ design
 UPS Battery Drain is conducted to ensure the UPS provided can meet the requirement of
supporting the full load for an hour in the event of the power failure
 Liaising with Network and Security Department for the initial requirement including the network
assignment, VLOAN segregation, Firewall rules.

6.  National Heart Center Singapore (NHCS) (DC Track)- Completed in Year 2014
 Tasked as Project Manager to build IT Infrastructure and Server Room for NHCS Building and completed on
year 2014
 This project consist of 6000 network points and 180 wireless access points within the building.
 The Server Room of 80 square metres will provide space for 16 Racks
 The Data Center is designed with AHU (Air Handling Unit) solution with UPS that can support up to 200kW
 All the racks are equipped with SMART PDU (Power Distribution Unit)
 The Data Center is implemented with Environmental and Power Management- Data Center Infrastructure
Management solution where you have the full visibility of the power consumption, temperature, humidity,
Water detection, UPS alert and the utilization trending
 In charge and coordinate and work very closely with the Main-Con and various Sub-Con to rectify the
building defects and facilitate the building readiness for the Data Center implementation
 Liaising with Network and Security Department for the initial requirement including the network
assignment, VLAN segregation & Firewall rules.
 New SengKang Hospital (DC Track)- In Progress
 Tasked as Project Manager to build IT Infrastructure and Data Center for The new SengKang General
Hospital (SKGH) and SengKang Community Hospital (SKCH) and target to complete by year 2018
 This project consist of 20000++ network points and 2000++ wireless access points within the building.

7. Major Project Completed in Genome Institution of Singapore
Genomic Sequencing
Client: GTB Group
Duration: September 2008 to March 2012
Role: Project Lead
Team size: 4
Software and Platform: Quantum StorNext File System, Quantum Storage Manager, Quantum Tape Library iScalar 500,
Brocade 5300 SAN Switch, Cisco Catalyst 3750X-48T-S, EMC CX4-960, Hitachi AMS2500, HP EVA8400
Other Skillset used: RHEL 5.1, CentOS 5.2 for NFS and Samba services, Network Monitoring tool (Orion SolarWinds) to
monitor the network, volume, CPU and memory of each individual performance.
In charge of setting up the infrastructure of the entire genomic sequencing pipeline in GIS. This involved the management of
sequencing data based on Quantum StorNext File System software, in tandem with the Quantum Storage Manager; to fully
automate the movement of data from production to archival stages. Recent data is pumped to high performance disk storage which
is then migrated to lower cost storage such as tapes to optimize TCO. This enabled GIS to fully optimize its storage in accordance
to its usage.
30 SAN Clients (SMPs and Clusters) which will have direct access to 8 StorNext File System, amounting of 1PB scratch pool for
sequencing machine or high performance computing usage, involve a lot of I/O Read and write, the other 300TB will be as a
archival pool to archive critical data (keep for 7 years) will then transfer to tape media using Quantum iScalar 500. We are using
EMC CX4-960, Hitachi AMS 2500, HP EVA 8400 for the backend storage, all connection is through fibre via a pair of Brocade
5100 SAN Switch to ensure the I/O pormance is optimum. All the servers’ performance and network switches are being monitored
by Orion SolarWinds.
Implemented DLC for Sequencing machines and SMPs in year 2011 to improve the data access and data transfer via StorNext
File System through IP Network. The performance is proven 3 times faster than native NFS access.
Consolidation Backup
Client: All GIS Staff
Duration: Jan 2011 to April 2011
Role: Project Lead
Team size: 4
Software and Platform: CommVault Simpana V9.0, NetVault Bakbone V8.0, Legato Networker V7.0, Quantum VTL
DXi7500, DXi8500, Quantum Tape Library iScalar 6000
Other Skillset used: Basic Windows and Unix administration, Cisco Network, IP and SAN Network (Brocade 5300)
The project involved setting up entire Backup Infrastucture including dedicated Backup VLAN implementation, migrating
existing backup from NetVault Bakbone and Legato Networker to CommVault Simpana.
Implemented D2D2T (Disk to Disk to Tape) by using Quantum DXi7500, DXi8500 and Quantum Tape Library Scalar i6K with
6 x LTO5 whereby all the Oracle, mySQL database, Windows & Unix Servers, 6 x ESXi Server comprising of 70 VMs were
backup to DXi7500 and DXi8500 and follow by an Aux copy to tape media via Scalar i6K.
Responsible to ensure all the backup job or tasks are successful completed, email alert is configured to send to backup
administrator and helpdesk if there is any job failure or success with error.

8. Cisco Unified Communication (VOIP)
Client: All GIS Staff
Duration: July 2009 to March 2010
Role: Project Lead
Team size: 5
Software and Platform: Cisco Unified Communication Hardware (HA) and Software version 7.0, Cisco 4507, Unity Software,
Hua Wei Poe switches, Microsoft Exchange 2007 (for unity), various of VOIP Phone models, Webserver (IIS) for XML
application
Other Skillset used: Cisco network configuration
The project involved setting up the whole VOIP infrastructure to replace existing phonenet system. Work closely with NEC as
vendor on implementing this VOIP project.
- Phase I: Migration from Phonenet to VOIP
- Phase II: Unity integration with Microsoft Exchange 2007 (to retrieve voicemail from email)
Responsible in coordination with NEC to ensure the project timeline is meet. Involve in setting up and configure all VOIP Phone
models, switches, Firewall rules and setting.
Aruba Wireless
Client: All staff and visitor in Genome Building
Duration: July 2007 to August 2007
Role: Network Engineer
Team size: 2
Software and Platform: Aruba Wireless main controller 3600, 42 x AP 65, 2 x remote AP
Other Skillset used: Integration with Microsoft Active Directory for aunthentication, Network Monitoring tool (Orion
SolarWinds)
The project involved setting up whole wireless network for Genome Building which consist of 1 main wireless controller and
42 x Access Point across 7 floors. The clients’ wireless activity is being monitor by Orion SolarWinds.
Responsible in setting up and configure wireless controller, Access Point, Cisco core router (creating wireless vlan), Active
Directory authentication for staff, Captive Portal login for visitor, firewall rule in Fortigate and also basic firewall rule in Aruba
Main Controller itself. Ensure the system running well and supporting the System and Wirelss Network issue.

9. A-Star Biopolis Campus Network (BCN Phase II)
Client: A-Star HQ
Duration: 2009 to 2010
Role: Project Engineer
Team size: 15
Software and Platform: Cisco Core Router 6509, Cisco Catalyst 3750X-48T-S
Other Skillset used: Cisco network configuration
The project involved upgrading of existing LAN Network Infrastructure from 1Gbps to 20Gbps per floor. Total 7 floors with 14
x Cisco Catalyst 3750X-48T-S were installed and configured.
Responsible in coordination with A-star Engineer and configuring of the 14 x Cisco 3750X-48T-S and also ensure the project
timeline is meet.
A-Star Cisco Unified Communication Integration (BCN Phase III)
Client: Genome and A-Star HQ
Duration: March 2012 to present
Role: Project Engineer
Team size: 6
Software and Platform: Aruba Cisco Unified Communication Hardware (HA) and Software version 7.0, Unity Software, Hua
Wei Poe switches, Microsoft Exchange 2007 (for unity), various of VOIP Phone models, Webserver (IIS) for XML application
Other Skillset used: Call Manager Integration between Research Institute
The project involved integration of existing Call Manager –HA to other institute such as A-Star HQ, other Research Institute
(IMCB, IBN). The integration will definitely save cost in inter-RIs call and with the XML implementation, searching of contact
through phonebook will be much more easier.
Responsible for Network IP Address changes according to the IP range provided by A-star so that there will be no IP conflict
between Research Institute. Also resonsible in coordination with A-star’s vendor to ensure the project timeline is meet.