Dr. Mickey Zandi is an international expert in data center design and architecture, helping clients address key issues such as how to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) in their data centers, how flexible infrastructure impacts data center operations, and why companies should consider new technologies to support their Green initiatives worldwide.
Mickey has more than 14 years experience in data center design and architecture, business continuity, and IT consulting services delivery, managing complex IT projects worldwide in industries such as communications, distribution & retail, education, banking & financial services, government, healthcare, IT services, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and utilities. He is experienced in all phases from discovery of client needs to solution design and delivery through on-going operation and methodologies. At SunGard, Mickey is the national practice partner responsible for data center consulting, consolidation and relocation services.
Prior to SunGard, he served as Industry Principal for IBM Global Services, the National Competency Director for top-tier consulting firm Arthur Andersen LLP, and Enterprise Design Architect for international carrier AT&T, holding both consulting and practice leadership titles.
He earned his Ph.D. in Information Systems, Pacific University from California. He has an MS degree in Computer Science from Pacific University. He is also a Certified IT Consultant for IBM Consulting Group and a certified member of the Business Continuity Professional Group.
Commentary:
Data center environments today are becoming more and more complex as companies look to new solutions such as virtualization and SOA to streamline operations. At the same time, many of the Fortune 1000 still rely on legacy architecture -- from mainframe to mid-range -- to support existing applications, which results in challenges for both data center design and management of the data center itself. We help enterprises leverage this ever-increasing mix of technology to reduce their total cost of ownership, streamline their overall data center footprint, and support green IT initiatives, while meeting needs for high availability of applications and systems.
Areas of Expertise:
Data center design, data center infrastructure, architecture, relocation services, total cost of ownership, Green computing, Green data center, technology migration service, high availability, consulting services, business continuity