Vernon Jones has over 30 years of experience in IT, including roles in infrastructure project management, production support management, and UNIX administration. He has delivered a wide range of projects involving technologies such as Linux, storage systems, Windows, Citrix, Oracle, SQL, and virtualization. Currently, he works as an infrastructure project manager through his own limited company, contracting with clients including Fujitsu.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Vernon Jones
Personal Details
E-mail: vernon@vernonj.co.uk
Address: 14 Cordale Road, Basingstoke, Hants. RG21 3LU
DOB: 06th September 1966
Phone: 07899 797 757
Current Position: Infrastructure Project Manager – Contracting through my limited company
Valid to work in: UK
Personal Skills: Good team player with strong communication skills
Technical lead with experience of mentoring and supervising staff
Experience of managing a team within Production & Application support
Experience of working within many different sectors
Experience of Microsoft Project 2008-2013
Ability to work underpressure within deadlines
ITIL Foundation qualified & Prince 2 accredited.
Summary: I have a total of 30 years+ in the IT field across various industries in the public & private
sectors.I am experienced in management within production and application support and
project management, including management of off-shore resources and mentoring junior
members of staff. Over the years I have delivered a wide range of projects which include
linux, storage (EMC, HDS & NetApp storage - Migrations & implementations), windows
(eg 2003-2012 upgrades),Citrix (Netscaler upgrades,XenApp & XenDesktop), Oracle
(upgrades & implementations), SQL (eg 2008-2014 upgrades),virtualization & VMWare
(P2V) and cloud based solutions (includes Azure, Office365 & Sharepoint
implementations). I have good knowledge of ISO 270001 & PCI compliance. I also have
experience at vendormanagement, working with a number of vendors
Education, Qualifications and Training
Training
Sept 2008 Foundations of Management – Accreditation within Vocalink for all managers
Nov 2008 Prince 2 Foundation (Certified)
Feb 2005 Project Scheduling Fundamentals
Aug 2004 Service Management Essentials – ITIL Foundation V2 (Certified)
Nov 2003 Sun StorEdge(TM) 3000 Series Array Support
Aug 2003 Advanced Sun Fire 15K Maintenance
Apr 2003 Sun Management ITIL Overview
Jan 2003 Sun StorEdge T3 Maintenance
Oct 2002 Sun Global Resolution Troubleshooting (SGRT)/ATS
Jun 2002 Sun (TM) Cluster 3.0 Administration
Feb 2002 Sun Fire 15K Server Maintenance
Mar 2001 Serengeti Server Maintenance
Nov 2000 Advanced Sun Cluster 2.X
June 2000 Advanced Enterprise E10000 Server Troubleshooting
Nov 1999 Sun StorEdge A3x00 & A1000 Maintenance
July 1999 Veritas NetBackup for UNIX
Mar 1999 Ultra Enterprise 10000 Administration
Mar 1999 Sun Enterprise Cluster 2.1 HA Administration
Nov 1998 Sun Enterprise Network Array A5000 Maintenance
Oct 1998 Sun Enterprise Ex000 & Ex500 Server Maintenance
Mar 1998 Solstice Disksuite Maintenance
Dec 1997 SPARCstorage Array & Volume ManagerMaintenance
Nov 1997 Solaris 2.x NIS+ Administration
Sept 1997 Solaris 2.x TCP/IP Network Administration
Education
1977 – 1984 Fairwater Comprehensive School, Cwmbran

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Employment/Contract History
Period: March 2016 - Present
Company: Fujitsu, United Kingdom (Contract) – Based at various client sites
Position: Senior Infrastructure Project Manager - Extended
Contract role running a number of high profile infrastructure & cloud based projects,which
also include resource and budget controls.Projects that I have worked on include delivery of
new infrastructure within Azure and planning and delivery of the application with a 3rd party.
My other projects also include SAN and Network projects (LAN, Firewall and Switch
upgrades)
Period: December 2015 – March 2016
Actively looking for new contract positions and attending interviews
Period: September 2015 – December 2015
Company: Bell Integration Ltd, United Kingdom (Perm)
Position: Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
The role was to deliver infrastructure projects on Bell’s clients but unfortunately due to lack of
opportunities within Bell's pipeline it was decided that the role would became redundant due
to budget constraints.The project I delivered during this time was an upgrade from IE8 to
IE11 to over 14,000 users on a client's site, planned using MS Project 2013
Period: April 2013 – September 2015
Company: Dunnhumby Ltd, United Kingdom (Perm)
Position: Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
Running with a number of infrastructure projects within the Global Infrastructure Team. My
key project is being responsible for the implementation of the Oracle Exadata platform across
all of the global business.We have currently implemented a number of Exadata’s across all of
our data centres within the UK & US This also includes working closely with 3rd party
vendors such as Oracle in the scheduling of the installations and working alongs ide our change
board to ensure that these implementations are approved by the Change Approval Board.
Once the Exadata have transitioned to BAU support then I am also responsible for the
migration of our current applications to the Exadata platforms working closely with our BAU
support teams.
My major oracle projects included 10g to 11g upgrades,running a 12c POC to look at new 12c
functionality then managing the upgrade of the 11g databases to 12c on completion of the
POC
I would also communicate, on a weekly basis,a status update to our Exec team on the Exadata
rollout and all other projects in my portfolio
I would also manage the delivery resources within the build team to deliver my projects which
included linux, storage, windows (eg 2003-2012 upgrades),Citrix (Netscaler upgrades,
XenApp & XenDesktop), Oracle, SQL (eg 2008-2014 upgrades), virtualization & VMWare
(P2V) and cloud based solutions,including an O365 roll out,projects within my portfolio.
Other projects I delivered were security projects which involved working with external
penetration testers and projects to setup new environments which included setting up RBAC
(Roll-Based Access Control).
Period: Aug 2012 – March 2013
Company: Marks & Spencer, United Kingdom (Contract)
Position: Infrastructure Project Manager
In this role my primary function was to manage the delivery of the last release of the Multi
Channel Foundation Programme. This included the delivery of all of the IBM Websphere
elements and the infrastructure within the hosting environment, working daily with the hosting
company. This also included worked with off shore teams, test teams and key stakeholders.It
also included the updating and owning risks and issues within my work stream.
Due to a restructure within the team my role changed to managing a team of 3 incidents
managers. Therefore I decided to leave as the role was not what I really wanted

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Period: Dec 2011 – May 2012
Company: Salmon Ltd, United Kingdom (Contract)
Position: Technical Service Delivery Manager
In this role my primary function was to manage the delivery of the infrastructure and
commerce application to our clients on linux & AIX platforms and managing the resources to
achieve this. I also managed internal infrastructure projects. My role involved owning the
deliverables of the E-commerce components within IBM Websphere on to new infrastructure
within some of the key clients such as HRG (Argos & HB) and a rehosting project within the
retail side of ICI. I would also own the deliverables within the hosting company as well. I got
involved in the day-to-day support of other clients such as Halfords and Selfridges.
I also delivered a Service Desk, which was ITIL compliant, and defined the process of how
we managed tickets. As part of my delivery of the project I would produce a project plan
detailing my milestones and aligned the resources to each of the tasks
Period: Jan 2011 – Dec 2011
Company: Epiq Systems, United Kingdom (Perm)
Position: UK Infrastructure Manager / IT Project Manager
In this role I manage the UK IT team which is part of a Global IT department and report to the
VP of IT in the US. On a day to day basis I would :
Monitor and coordinate Holiday and sick time to ensure there is reasonable coverage in UK.
Key contact in UK for staff to contact for any unplanned absences.
Assist UK IT staff when they have concerns about their job etc. – this comprised of a team of
6 engineers across unix, windows, networks & oracle. Manage the relationship with the
Hosting company an also maintained the IT budget,currently at £2.4 million
Look at ways of service improvement within IT by using ITIL best practices
Coordinate and project manage all IT related International projects.
Coordinate and project manage IT related US projects as overflow support.
Document requirements for new business initiated projects that require IT support.
Ensure proper communication between IT and business directors.
As IT Project Manager one of my major projects is migrating from an EMC Symmetrix to an
EMC Clariion. Also involved with many virtualization projects moving from physicalto
virtual. My role also involves writing business cases and speaking the key stakeholders and
managing risks and issues,and manage the relationship with vendors.I also would prepare
RFPs, bid proposals,contracts,scope of work reports,and other documentation for
infrastructure projects and associated efforts. Negotiate with vendors,outsourcers,and
contractors to secure infrastructure-specific products and services.Establish service level
agreements with business units.Good connections with major vendors and key equipment
technology providers (Cisco, Riverbed, Data Domain, EMC, HP, Dell, IBM, VMWare,
Citrix.).
Period: Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
Company: VocaLink (formerly BACS), United Kingdom (Perm)
Position: Infrastructure Project Manager
As an Infrastructure Project Manager, I would manage several projects,which could be up to
6 at a time, within the IT Infrastructure. All projects are managed using the PRINCE II
methodology and MS Project Server for project control and planning.
I write business plans,Project Initiation Documents, Risk analysis, Management reports and
other project management documents,and report current status ofprojects to key
stakeholders.I also produce and manage the financial tracking of all the projects undermy
management, which were budgets ranging from £70K to £1million for each of the projects in
my portfolio, which was typically around 5-6 active projects at a time. I would also manage
my resources on my projects.
I also had to look for, schedule and raise the PO’s for consultants from3rd party suppliers and
look at vendors for supplying the hardware. Work with vendors,outsourcers,and contractors
to secure infrastructure-specific products and services. Establish service level agreements with
business units.
As part of my delivery of the project I would produce a project plan detailing my milestones
and aligned the resources to each of the tasks

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Period: May 2007 – Jan 2010
Company: VocaLink (formerly BACS), United Kingdom (Perm)
Position: Infrastructure Manager
My primary role was to manage a team of 8-10 Solaris & Linux SA’s, Netbackup Backup &
Storage specialists. The team’s remit is to look at building new solutions with new
technologies and builds for our customers. This covers the whole solution including OS,
Storage and Backup, and then documenting it before handing it over to the BAU team. I also
sat on the Architectural Review Board to agree strategies and technologies for the business.I
also worked closely with IT Security to ensure that all of our servers met the requirements for
ISO 270001 and PCI compliance, this included ‘pen’ testing and hardening of servers. I also
implemented a patching strategy and a new patching tool called 'Sun Connections'.This would
allow us to automate the analysis and patching of all of the servers within our estate (Solaris,
AIX & Linux)via the portal. It would also ensure all pre-reqs were made before patching
commenced. I also used off-shore to do the patching out of hours.I also worked very closely
with the Infrastructure PM’s in ensuring my team delivered on time.
I also managed the Engineering area where we ‘engineer’ new solutions.
As the team did not exist initially I was responsible for the recruitment of staff, both
permanent and contractors. Before the group was setup I managed the BAU unix support
team.
I also conduct 1-2-1’s with my staff and set KPI’s for each of my permanent staff and also
perform their annual reviews, and have regular team meeting as I feel that communication is
key. I also ensure that any support requirements are met for any out of hours work.
My team also provided Production and Application support where they need assistance which
included on-going maintenance of the servers,including patching strategies,.
Period: Feb 2007 – May 2007
Company: Arkenis UK Ltd., United Kingdom
Position: Hosting Systems Manager
Period: June 2006 – Feb 2007
Company: Keltec Ltd., United Kingdom (Contract)
Position: Solaris Technical Consultant
Period: Jan 2006 – May 2006
Company: Sun Microsystems Inc., United Kingdom
Position: Delivery Solution Architect, CSO, at JPMC (Contract)
Period: November 2005 – December 2005
Company: Delphis, part of Morse Group, United Kingdom
Position: High-End Technical Consultant
Period: Aug 1997 – Oct 2005
Company: Sun Microsystems Inc., United Kingdom
Position: Principal Proactive Technical Analyst / Consultant
Period: 1995 – 1997
Company: Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, United Kingdom
Position: Production Support Administrator
Period: 1992 – 1995
Company: Hoskins/Cap Gemini, United Kingdom
Position: UNIX Administrator
Period: 1986 – 1992
Company: GEC Marconi (formerly PlesseyNaval Systems), United Kingdom
Position: Shift Leader, Operations Department
Period: 1984 – 1986
Company: Ferranti Computer Systems, United Kingdom
Position: Computer Operator