ABI SARASAN, Senior Consultant VMware

ABI SARASAN

Senior Consultant VMware

EZDC Automation Private Limited

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Information Technology
Experience
14 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 4 Months

Senior Consultant VMware at EZDC Automation Private Limited
  • India - Chennai
  • My current job since November 2014

Subject Matter Expert for VDI provides a focus on the delivery into their functional or cross-functional area, which includes owning the application landscape road map, design to delivery of solutions, supporting the run of the application, maintainability and lower Total Cost Of Ownership for the business.

Within EZDC Associated with vMware professional service Singapore as Subject Matter Expert for VDI projects in ASEAN. Involved in consulting, designing, installation, configuration, for various VMware, Virtulization, Services, Microsoft and others.
My primary area of focus is Virtual desktop infra-structure
Selected as a for Senior Consultant and Project Lead -Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for a leading petroleum company in Singapore.
Design and implement VMware View 6 for multi-site and multi-user with graphic-intensive applications like IHS Kingdom-Evaluate potential oil and gas reservoirs,
and plan field development with Grid k2 cards.
Conduct design workshops to understand customer's need and align it with
vMware product suits to formulate & deliver world class solutions
VMware Singapore selected as Lead consultant for the VMware Horizen view 6 for a Leading petroleum Company
Compose design blue-print & design for the Projects
Docs as per customer's specifications and vMware best practices for VDI suit

IT Assistant at Marsh & McLennan (Fortune 500) Saudi Arabia,
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • October 2007 to July 2012

• Desktop installation, User training, computer troubleshooting and
Continuous monitoring and maintaining system performance.

• Ensures adherence to desktop configurations with Group IT Security standards. These are done in close coordination with the MGTI

• Responds to incidents within SLA or within a timely manner with appropriate level of urgency, and follows up with customers on all issues

• Contributes to the improvement and enhancement of processes and procedures


• Ensures the integrity of systems and execution of backup procedures

• Provides technical support to 100 + end users

• Ensure all IT equipments are clearly and correctly labeled and managed

• Maintains all systems related work aid/manuals and guides

• Responsible for Back up tape management, inventory maintenance, vendors and keys management

• Responsible for problem management by logging all faults and escalating problems to the correct support agency in a timely manner without affecting business

• Assists in the setup and operation of audio visual hardware as required by end user

• Determines appropriate hardware and software based on corporate policy and end user requirements

• Escalates incidents and questions to appropriate support groups

• Assist in administration and maintenance of technology infrastructure components

• Uses corporate incident management system to record and track all support work
• Maintains accurate hardware and software records for corporate assets

•Gains additional knowledge and stays abreast of current technologies through employee and company sponsored training, periodicals, and regular interaction with other team members

Performs related duties as assigned by management

Education

Master's degree, Information Technology
  • at Sikkim Manipal University
  • September 2009

Sikkim Manipal University Master of Business Administration in Information Technology with 60% 2007-2009 Executive MBA specialized in Information Technology

Bachelor's degree, Computer Application
  • at Madurai Kama Raj University
  • May 2003

Specialties & Skills

VMware Infrastructure
Data Center
Technical Support
Computer Hardware Troubleshooting
System Administration
VMware Horizen with view
WMware ESXI and Vcenter
VMware vSphere

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner
Malayalam
Expert

Memberships

MMC
  • IT Coodinator
  • September 2007

Training and Certifications

Cisco Certified Network Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2011
Valid Until:
February 2014
VMware Certificated Virtualization Associate DCV (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
OfficialVMwareVCP5-DCVTrainingfromVMwareTrainingCenter,Bangalore,India. (Training)
Training Institute:
VMwareTrainingCenter,Bangalore,India
Date Attended:
November 2013
Duration:
40 hours
VMware Certified Professional Data Center Virtualization VCP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2012
Valid Until:
January 2017
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2011
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (Enterprise Administrator) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2011
Valid Until:
January 9999
Cloud Computing Foundation Certificate - Exin (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999
VMware Certificated Virtualization Associate VCA Cloud (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Reading books
    I love to read Motivational books and Technical Publication
  • Passionate about Information technology
    really enjoy working with computers
  • Listen to Music
    love to listen classic and melody