Patrick Low Beng Chee - patlowbc@gmail.com

Experience Summary:
An experienced IT Professional with proven background in large scale transition and transformation programs for IT Infrastructure, Application Solution and IT Services Management. Receiver of the prestigious HP CIO Leadership Award for achievement in the execution of HP Datacenter Consolidation (DCC) program. Proven track record as a self-starter with excellent people and communication skills. Highly adaptable. Thrives with change.
Key capabilities include:
 Project Management (PMP certified)
 Huawei Certified Internetwork Expert (HCIE) – Routing & Switching
 Huawei Certified ICT Associate (HCIA) – Storage & Transmission
 Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (Azure Solution Architect)
 IBM Certified Technical Sales Expert (Power & Pureflex System)
 VMware VCA (Data Center, Cloud & Workforce Mobility)
 Dell System and Storage Technical Sales
 Veeam Technical Sales Professional
 CISCO Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCi),
 IT Networking (CCNA)
 IT Security (WASP)
 IT Service Management (ITILv3)
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Huawei Technologies Pte Ltd (Sep 2016 – Now)
Principal Architect @ CTO Office
Responsibilities:
 •Manage Strategic and Core Account to generate sustainable sales value proposition
 •Provide solution and best practice on Huawei Product and Services to clients
 •Complete Sales Cycle leading to customer contract.
Achievements:
 •Completed Sales target of US$8M ahead of time through Account analysis and Farming techniques.
 •Completed 20 Business Development account to uncover US$100M of sales pipeline
 •Lead the marketing efforts in Openstack, VDI and Big Data solutions from Huawei Enterprise Business Group (EBG)
 •Participate in training design, documentation and delivery efforts in concert with the Engagement Manager
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Microsoft Corporation at N3 Singapore (May 2014 - Sep 2016)
Cloud Technologies Architect (Asia Pacific)
Responsibilities:
 •Discover and advise clients on the right Azure technologies to implement
 •Appropriately communicate the business vale of cloud computing and facilitate the successful assessment of the platform
 •Provide solution to complex problems on the Microsoft Azure Platform
 •Setup development environments and replicate client problems
 •Provide technical enablement to clients developing applications on a cloud platform.
 •Work with clients around existing support programs to build roadmap and facilitate development of applications on a cloud platform
Achievements:
 •Completed more than 150 clients engagement projects in the first year.
 •Successfully completed the setup of Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS), Machine Learning with Stream Analytics demo environment on Microsoft Azure Platform.
 •Develop and lead the Sales Team enablement effort for Asia Pacific Offices and conducted internal qualification test successful to level up the overall product knowledge.
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IBM Singapore Pte Ltd (Sep 2012 – Apr2014)
Senior IT Specialist (ASEAN)
Responsibilities:
 •Engage clients, create baselines and document Service Agreements through due diligence process
 •Conduct Client Demos, Proof of Concept (PoC), Tuning, Optimization and Benchmark testing on IBM hardware platform
 •Evolve existing client environment to achieve IBM’s service level agreements (SLAs) in areas of IT infrastructure, processes, and tools.
Achievements:
 •Completed more than 50 clients engagement projects at the Benchmark Center in the first year, delivering 144% of target influence revenue for FY.
 •Successfully completed the setup of SAP and VMware Horizon suites demo environment on IBM PureFlex Systems at the IBM Client Center in record time of 2 days.
 •Develop and lead the Desk-side support efforts for State Street Corporation successfully and delivering higher productivity from client’s baseline.
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TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC (Higher Education) (Jul 2010 – Sep 2012)
Lecturer cum Section Head for Services Delivery and Operations
Responsibilities:
 •Lecturer for Cloud Computing, Converged Networking, Internet-of-Things (IoT) and IT Service Management (ITSM) subjects.
 •Lead for the TP-IBM ITSM-center implementation phase with overall responsibility on harvesting and optimizing the value for the Centre operations.
 •Provide Consultancy to the Dat•acenter Virtualization (Server/Storage) and Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) projects implementation for Temasek Polytechnic.
Achievements:
 •Developed and delivered the curriculum and teaching plan for Converged Networking and successfully completed the train-the-trainers program for 3 teaching members.
 •Successfully led the TP team in harvesting the promised value-add of the ITSM Centre and contributed to the smooth go-live and improved operational efficiencies.
 •Responsible for the successful roll-out of IBM Tivoli tools for the school and improved the productivity of the support operation in the school by many folds.
 •Contributed to the successful implementation of the VDI solution to a marked improvement on the availability and manageability of the IT environment.
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HEWLETT-PACKARD ASIAPACIFIC PTE LTD (Jul 2004 – Jul 2010)

1. Project Manager for RCS Transformation (WW) (Jul 2009 – Jul 2010)
   Responsibilities:
    •Design, Setup and Consolidate the Satellite Datacenters for the company's regional offices to support users, partners, factories and laboratories (including R&D) in and around the APJ region.
    •The datacenter built using Green (energy efficient) concepts and support the latest technologies including unified communications and cloud computing capabilities.
   Achievements:
    •Completed and obtained all necessary buy-ins from stakeholders on the project plan.
    •Execute the project plan successfully on-time and within budget.
   

2) Project Manager for EDS integration (APJ & EMEA) (Aug 2008 – Jul 2009)
Responsibilities:
 •Project Manage the EDS regional IT integration project within eighteen months timeframe
 •Drive server reduction and IT application transformation effort to achieve full integration.
 •Coordinate implementation of worldwide programs, standards and policies to achieve consistency in standards.
Achievements:
 •Kick-off the APJ integration planning forum with representatives from both HP and EDS.
 •Complete and obtained approval for work plan on first pass with full stakeholders buy-in.

3) Project Manager for Data Center Consolidation (APJ) (Nov 2006 – Jul 2008)
Responsibilities:
 •Project Manage the HP Strategic business plan to consolidate all of the company’s ~150 datacenter and ~200 server rooms in APJ Region into 6 state-of-art “Light’s Off” Data Centers in United States of America (USA) within 2 years.
 •Drive server reduction and application transformation effort to achieve big reduction of HP’s footprint in APJ region, all without disrupting operational readiness and services.
 •Coordinate implementation of worldwide programs, standards and policies.
Achievements:
 •Delivered results on-time and under budget. Awarded the CIO Award for Leadership for exemplifying HP leadership values and demonstrate a driving force for change.
 •Above target delivery in helping HP exit 150 Datacenters in the APJ region, thus saving the company ~$50,000,000 per year in recurring operating expenses,
 •Achieved zero major disruption in services throughout the project period.
 •Contributed to application transformation effort thus helping HP retire in excess of 500 apps.

4) Business Infrastructure and Security Consultant (Jul 2004 – Nov 2006)
Responsibilities:
 •Manage business IT infrastructure to meet business needs, budget, stability, reliability & delivery timeline.
 •Drive HP Commercialization Program in the region and participate in the regional governance council.
 •Coordinate implementation of worldwide infrastructure programs, standards and policies to ensure consistency.
 •Provide security program management and linkage to worldwide security team.
 •Improve infrastructure services from outsourcer, drive repeatable and regular QoS (Quality of Service) reviews.
Achievements:
 •Successfully completed HP Obsolesces Program including the transformation of WinNT4, Oracle 8i, Informix, Apache 1.3, HP UX10.2, LINUX Redhat & Virtual Vault to newer solution.
 •Successfully completed HP Commercialisation Program and transitioned into a cost efficient outsourcing model for HP businesses.  •Facilitate the successfully completion of Core Network Backbone Implementation in APJ resulting in Bandwidth expansion from 77MB to 190MB and much lower bandwidth costs from US$5,416/MB to US$1,746/MB.
 •Successfully launched of the new high-availability (99.999%) data center (Com3 in Singapore) and migrated all mission-critical application into it.
 •Successful completion of Openmail to Exchange migration for all business partners across APJ, and obsoleting Openmail platform in APJ.
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OKI SEMICONDUCTOR SINGAPORE PTE LTD (Aug 2002 – Jul 2004)
IT Engineer (System & Application Administration, Infrastructure Management)
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HEWLETT-PACKARD FAR EAST PTE LTD (Apr 2001 – Aug 2002)
Web Application Developer (Java)
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REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE AIR FORCE (Apr 1990 – Mar 2001)
Engineer (Aviation Engineering)
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EDUCATION
• Bachelor in Computer Science with Management, The Open University, SIM, 2000
• Professional Diploma in Management, The Open University (UK), 2000
• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Singapore Polytechnics, 1993
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AWARDS
• HP CIO Award for Leadership
• Minister of Defense Award in Productivity and Training
• Best WITs (Work Improvement Teams) Facilitator
• MENSA Certificate - Results of RAVEN'S IQ TEST (MENSA): 144 (97 Percentile).
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SKILLS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Certified in Huawei Internetwork Expert and ICT Associate (HCIE R&S, HCIA Storage)
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Certified Microsoft Azure Solution Architect (MCSD)
• Certified in IBM PureFlex System (Power and PureFlex System Expert)
• Certified in Dell System and Storage Technical Sales
• Certified in RedHat RHEL5, RHEV, RHSS and RHMW (PreSales Training Path)
•.Certified VMware Associate for Cloud, Data Center and Workforce Mobility (VCA)
• Certified in Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCi)
• Certified in CISCO Networking (CCNA)
• Certified in IT-Service Management (ITILv2 and ITILv3 intermediate)
• WITS Advanced Security Professional (NICC accredited)
• JAVA Programming (Attended SUN’s Certified JAVA Programmer Training)
• Visual Basic.NET Programming (Attended Microsoft Official Training)
• Windows System Administration (Attended Microsoft Official Training)
• UNIX (HP-UX) System Administration (Attended HPUX Official Training)