Craig Gorgen
Technical Architect at Recarta IT- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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HPE ATP - Data Center Solutions V1
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseMar, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
IBM Certified Specialist - Virtualized Storage V1
IBM Professional CertificationFeb, 2018- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Recarta IT
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United Kingdom
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Technical Architect
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Jan 2018 - Present
Technical Architect Consultant, Intel and Storage PlatformDorking, Bristol, London & The Channel IslandsWith its head office in the UK, Recarta has established itself as an IBM Premier Consolidation and Virtualisation specialist - by adopting best products in the high-end server, storage & security marketplace. Along with best of breed virtualisation and management software; Recarta IT has grown from strength to strength in designing, delivering and implementing complex solutions for numerous customers covering a wide range of industry sectors both onshore and with a number of clients in the Channel Islands.Recarta now enjoys the status of being an IBM Platinum Business Partner, accredited for IBM iSeries and IBM pSeries as well as IBM High End Storage. In addition, Recarta is also a VMware Enterprise Partner, Veeam Gold Partner, Citrix Silver Partner, Checkpoint Bronze Partner & Red Hat Ready Partner.The company has successfully grown year on year since conception. Our latest results to end March 2018 shows growth across all areas, Infrastructure Solutions, License management and compliance, and our new managed and cloud service divisions. Our recent IBM award underlines our statement of being one of the leading IBM Partners for complex server and storage solutions as well as one of the UK's fastest growing IT Solution companies.To date Recarta has over 200 customers ranging across the UK Mainland and Channel Islands. These cover a multitude of sectors such as Banking and Finance, Retail, Manufacturing and Distribution.
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SCC
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United Kingdom
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Technical Architect (SC Cleared)
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Dec 2016 - Dec 2017
Storage Technical ArchitectProfessional Services Day to Day management of Storage PlatformWorking with IBM, 3Par and Netapps Storage Technical ArchitectProfessional Services Day to Day management of Storage PlatformWorking with IBM, 3Par and Netapps
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Covenco UK Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Computer Hardware Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Training Specialist
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Jun 2010 - Dec 2016
Training on the fowllowing IBM products PurflexStorewise V7000DS StorageIBM xSeries ServersIBM Blade and Blade Chassis
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Senior System Specialist
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Jan 2010 - Dec 2016
VMware infrastructure and installations Design and installation for VMware EnvironmentsHyperV Infrastructure and Installations Design and installation For HyperV Environments
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Warehouse Manager
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Jan 2007 - Dec 2016
Manage Team of Engineers Day to Day running of Warehouse
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Senior Server Engineer
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Jun 2000 - Nov 2016
xSeries and Lenovo Server EngineerSenior CE on IBM xSeries and Lenovo SeversSkilled in all Servers Break Fix IBM HP and DELL Certified Specialist and Certified Expert on IBM Senior Engineer Skilled on IBM / HP / Dell San Storage from Entry level storage iSCSI / SAS to Midrange Fibre Sans and XIV CertifiedProduct Expertise include : nSeries, DS3000, DS4000, DS5000, V7000, V9000 and XIVFair Knowledge on HP, Dell, NetApps and EMCSkilled on Fabric Switches - Brocade, Qlogic and CIsco
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PG Bison
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Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
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200 - 300 Employee
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AS400 Operator
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Jan 1996 - Jan 2000
AS400 OperatorDay to Day running of AS400, nightly backups and system upkeep.Maintained all Twin-axe dumb terminals and PrintersManaged the integration with Novell and Windows NTRun Queries and modified code RPG, SDA, RLU AS400 OperatorDay to Day running of AS400, nightly backups and system upkeep.Maintained all Twin-axe dumb terminals and PrintersManaged the integration with Novell and Windows NTRun Queries and modified code RPG, SDA, RLU
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Education
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Germiston High
Matric, Electrical