Brian Callie has over 30 years of experience in server testing, support, and project management. He has worked for several companies including Hewlett Packard, Insight Global, Foxconn USA, Compaq, and Sysco. Currently, he works as a Technical Planning Team member at Hewlett Packard, where he determines risks, creates test plans, and prioritizes testing for HP ProLiant servers.

1. Brian Callie
4618 Sunrise Drive
Missouri City, Texas 77459
(281) 435-4868
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• 30 years experience in HP server testing, 1st
and second level support, and software project
management. Contributor on HW/SW core and special project teams, customer service, and HW/SW
technical support.
• VMware VSP accredited
• VMware VSTP accredited
• 4 years Platform technical lead. Review server specifications, determine risk areas create test plans.
• 6 years experience managing multiple, concurrent projects utilizing PMI industry standard project
management techniques.
• 9 years experience providing field service in computer installation, service, and support environment.
• 5 years experience as systems test engineer focusing on testing the ROM, health driver, and
management utilities on newly designed ProLiant ML, DL, BL family of server products running Sco UNIX,
UnixWare, Red Hat, SuSe, Linux operating systems.
• 3+ years of training and education experience around Sco Open server on Compaq Prosignia and
ProLiant family of servers and Virtualization focused on VMware ESX.
• 8 years of Sco UNIX system administration experience.
• 3+ years of supervisory and team lead experience.
EXPERIENCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Project planning team lead for HPE ProLiant ML, DL, Synergy compute node
• Efficient with HPE OneView Synergy software manageability application
• Software project manager for Hp ProLiant server family, specifically DL380 G7/G8
• Research and test new defects tracking utility to be used globally among factories and test organization
• Coordinate software drivers, firmware, Rom, CPLD components globally among our factories and test
organization
• Lead Qualification and Certification Engineering team consisting of 9 members.
• Coordinated team mission to test and certify VMware ESX releases utilizing HP-VMware management
value-add agents. Coordinated submission of certification results or both VMware/HP hardware
compatibility matrixes.
• Coordinated project equipment among various testing sites.
• Assessed project risk, developed test plans, tracked progress/schedules and reported issues to ensure
successful root cause analysis and problem resolution.
• Work with hardware/software and external vendor teams with root causing OS related issues
• Worked closely with customers in mission critical environments to resolve issues in an efficient and
timely manner.
• Worked with VMware Engineering Partners to align new driver and HP ProLiant value-add features.
• Consulted in 3rd
level HP HW support with customer VMware ESX Issues.
• Delivered HP ProLiant system and devices ID’s aligning with a specific VMware releases
• Assisted in aligning HP-VMware test team to tier 1 optimization.

2. Brian Callie
4618 Sunrise Drive
Missouri City, Texas 77459
(281) 435-4868
• Oversaw the end-to-end data center design, build out and management of max configuration lab in
support of customer and internal group requirements, inclusive of presales support, specific
configuration management, and troubleshooting within a Max configuration data center.
• In a test environment, ensured the operating system installs and performs as designed under CPU, I/O,
memory, network stress and functionality.
• Worked as a Hardware/Unix consultant to assist customers with hardware/ software
Configurations needed to meet customer’s business requirements
• Recipient of team-based product award from computer magazine around analysis, performance and top
benchmark numbers.
• Supported Clients and Resellers of Compaq server based systems in a Sco Unix environment.
WORK HISTORY
Hewlett Packard Company February 2012 – Present
Position Held: Technical Planning Team
• Responsible for determining risks associated with testing of HP ProLiant ML, DL, BL family of servers
during the various phases of a projects test life cycle, configuring test plans and setting test order
priority’s in which JDM vendors execute.
• Test areas covered during a projects test life cycle are deployment, stress, networking, storage, memory,
sstk (smartstart scripting tool kit), and iLo management
Insight Global-(HP) October 2011 – February 2012
Position held: Software Project Manager BNB Security
• Responsible for ensuring that software, hardware enabling, and hardware deliverables meet POR
and subsequent change requests while following compliance guidelines
• Responsible for executing SOW, RFQ, SLA, CDA, contracts.
• Manages the deliverables in Excalibur – initiates SCRs, releases deliverables, schedules builds,
and ensures that deliverables make it to the various platforms via image or web (SMR)
• Manages the Observations in Sudden Impact – triages/investigates issues, assesses priorities,
identifies root cause, assigns to appropriate owners, schedules fixes, tracks progress towards
resolution, ensures retest and closure, initiates Engineering Advisories
• Manages the scope, metrics, implementation, and testing of deliverables
• Ensures that all technical documentation is complete – Requirements doc, Functional Spec,
Architectural Spec, Test Plan, Threat Analysis, White Paper, Training Doc, Customer Advisories
• Subject Matter Expert and first point of contact for the deliverables
• Schedules and hosts all pertinent meetings Manages all deliverable milestones and status to the
organization
• Manages the progress of each Sprint and the overall project
• Manages allocation of IURs and commodities

3. Brian Callie
4618 Sunrise Drive
Missouri City, Texas 77459
(281) 435-4868
Foxconn USA October 2009 – May 2011
Position held:
• Software project manager
• Distribute software drivers and firmware among multiple projects to Global factories
• Research new issue tracking software for companywide implementation
• R&D testing of Hp Dl380 series servers
• Create test plans for hardware functionality testing
• Coordinate issues between companies for timely resolution
• Minimum IT support among various local groups within company
• Memory qualification testing
• VMware VSP accredited July 2010
• VMware VSTP accredited August 2010
Compaq Computer Corporation/Hewlett Packard Company July 1995 – July 2009
Positions held:
• Project Manager IST-VMware
• Project Manager Hard drive qualification
• Technical lead HP Virtualization
• Qualification Test Engineer
• Second level Unix Case Manager, and TSANET member.
• First level Technical Support Engineer
Sysco Corporation Nov 1992 – July 1995
• Field Service Engineer
Meds America Inc. Feb 1986 – Aug 1992
• Field Service Engineer
EDUCATION
National Education Center Electrical Engineering Technology – graduated A.A.S.E.E.T 86