Mervyn Sloan

is working from home. 🏡

Inhaber, Retired, Merv Enterprises

Ballycastle, Vereinigtes Königreich

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Project Management ( PRINCE2 Practitioner )
PMI
ITIL and ITSM Technical Experience : Solaris Unix
Storage
Networking
IT Data Center Infrastructure Soft Skills : Team p
problem solver
goal driven

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Mervyn Sloan

  • Bis heute 3 Jahre und 4 Monate, seit Feb. 2021

    Retired

    Merv Enterprises

  • Bis heute 6 Jahre und 8 Monate, seit Okt. 2017

    Manager Network Implementation EMEA

    Akamai Technologies GmbH
  • Bis heute 12 Jahre und 3 Monate, seit März 2012

    Network Implementation Manager

    Akamai Technologies

  • 1 Jahr und 4 Monate, Juli 2010 - Okt. 2011

    Technical IT Project Manager

    Oracle Corporation

    Upon Sun/Oracle merger becoming official I worked as Principal Project Manager on Sun M&A Integration projects in Germany, the Russian Federation ( Moscow and St.Petersburg – on-site) . Moscow project involved closing the previous Sun Location IT Infrastructure and relocating to new premises. St.Petersburg was an IT Infrastructure standardization including large JAVA Development Data Center.

  • 4 Jahre und 8 Monate, Nov. 2005 - Juni 2010

    Technical IT Project Manager

    Sun Microsystems

    Management of Global IT Service and Infrastructure projects. Work with globally diverse teams of Service Managers, Developers, System Administrators and 3rd party vendors. Certified in PRINCE2 methodology to Practitioner Level

  • 1 Jahr und 1 Monat, Nov. 2004 - Nov. 2005

    Team Leader - Sun IT Operations

    Sun Microsystems

    Working specifically for Email Service Owner within Sun IT Operations I was involved in the concept and creation of a Global Service Delivery Support Team for Messaging Infrastructure Following ITIL principles this team operated on a 7x24 schedule from various locations around the globe. My tasks involved the definition of Internal Service Levels, Support Structures and Agreements, Service Staffing requirements, Interviewing and Recruiting, Team Structure and Roles as well as Operations

  • 3 Jahre und 3 Monate, Sep. 2001 - Nov. 2004

    Technical Lead - Sun IT Operations EMEA

    Sun Microsystems

    Responsible for prioritizing and driving technical projects for 25 System Engineers throughout EMEA. I was also a team member responsible for approving Corporate IT Infrastructure Standards and Processes. Acquired skills in Six Sigma,Change Acceptance Process and Facilitation Methods. I managed the student hire program which recruited 3-5 interns per year from Germany and UK.

  • 10 Monate, Nov. 2000 - Aug. 2001

    Pre-Sales Support Engineer

    Sun Microsystems

    Technical auditing and approval of Mission Critical Sales Orders. This was a Quality Control function for complex hardware system configurations ie Sun E10k and Sunfire systems and the co-ordination between Sales, Service, Finance and Legal. Assisted with Customer Pre-Sales Helpline answering customer queries

  • 4 Jahre und 1 Monat, Okt. 1996 - Okt. 2000

    Systems Engineer - Sun IT Operations

    Sun Microsytems

    Worked as System Administrator EMEA Region responsible for Solaris system and LAN network administration and of course user support.

  • 2 Jahre und 11 Monate, Dez. 1993 - Okt. 1996

    SunSoft -- Pre-Sales Associate

    Sun Microsystems

    Pre-sales Customer Helpdesk for SunSoft Products (eg. x86 Solaris, PCNFS ), Marketing Assistant

Ausbildung von Mervyn Sloan

  • 1992 - 1993

    Computer Programming

    Siemens Nixdorf Training Center, Munich, Germany

  • 6 Monate, Jan. 1986 - Juni 1986

    Teacher Training

    Trinity College London

    Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

  • 1986 - 1987

    Teacher Training

    Queen's University Belfast

  • 1984 - 1985

    Food Science and Business Studies

    College of Business Studies, Belfast, N.Ireland

  • 1977 - 1980

    History and Politics

    University of Ulster, N.Ireland

Sprachen

  • Englisch

    Muttersprache

  • Deutsch

    Fließend

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