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Answered a question: AWS EMR vs Hadoop
Here are the key points that differentiate EMR vs. packaged HADOOP software on a private cluster
Amazon Web Services Elastic Map Reduce (EMR) is clearly a simple and fast
way to get started with Hadoop. As with any cloud offering the trade off is
control and security.…
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Almost 9 years ago
Managed the design and implementation of a highManaged the design and implementation of a high performance data center for national security assets
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Over 20 years of program management and engineering experience with IT software and hardware implementations. Extensive program management experience with the most difficult and challenging large-scale hardware and software implementations, including cloud computing designs. Strong skills and experience in cross-functional relationships, acting as an infrastructure change agent, and collaborating with IBM product management and engineering organizations. Strong interpersonal, analytical, and conflict resolution skills. Experience with standard project management tools (MS Project, Visio, etc.), practices, and procedures. Experience managing dispersed project team members. Strong skills and experience in proposal generation and the negotiation of multi-million dollar Data Center procurements. Financial skills include earned value, budgeting, ROI and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) assessments. Management experience includes matrixed and cross-functional development and evaluation teams. Skilled at presenting technical details to the appropriate level audience, including executive management.
Specialties: Strong organizational skills that facilitate project transparency and stakeholder communications. Ability to manage complex decision making and execute it to project completion. Certified as TOGAF 9 Enterprise Architect. Project Management Professional (PMP) certified
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Almost 9 years ago