Company name

Torchie Environmental Ltd

My company is best described as a:

Data Center Consultancy

Company website

http://www.green-datacentres.com

Jobtitle/position

CIO

My role is best described as:

Data Centre Project Manager

I am:

Certified Data Center Professional

Relevant qualifications & certifications (Please list certification authority + dates)

BTEC Advanced Level 3 Qualification in Certified Data Centre Design (CDCDP) July 2010.

My main areas of expertise are:

Building Architecture/Construction, Cloud Computing, Cooling Systems, Disaster Management, Education/Training, Energy Management, Fire Protection/Suppression, Flooring, Green Initiatives, Industry Standards/Certifications, Infrastructure Management, IT Management, Migration, Physical Security, Planning, Power Generation/Distribution, Project management, Racks/Enclosures, Servers, Storage, Test/Measurement, UPS, Virtualisation

More about me (How long have you been in the industry, expertise, career history, ambitions, website/blog, etc)

I am a multi-award winning Project Manager for Data Centres coming from a solid I.T. background with excellent communication skills. Broad based experience of all aspects of systems. Good business knowledge of Private (Financial) and Public Sector industries. Ability to identify and solve problems. Results oriented strategist with track record of successfully implemented systems. Confident, self-motivated, perceptive and forward thinking. I work independently or as a team member, respond to strict deadlines. Always client aware and focused. Managed teams of 40+ Globally, budgets in-excess of £5M. Full project life-cycle, Project Manager for new Data Centre programmes, consolidation of existing Data Centres, Migration of infrastructure and applications (including Cloud), all with high efficiency operations (Green IT) with a return on investment (ROI).
Fully qualified data centre infrastructure design professional, with a BTEC qualification in Data Centre Design and Build.
Winner of Green IT awards Uptime Institute 2011 and the Datacenter Dynamics awards in 2010.

Recently delivered several data centres in Europe that conform with the new "EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres".