Brian Turner

Work Experience

Randstad Digital - Under contract to JP Morgan Chase (2018 - present)

Capacity Engineer (2021 - present)

Responsible for placement of new rack-mounted devices and pre-built roll-in racks of IT equipment on the data center floor, accounting for availability of space, power, and network infrastructure. Develop plans for new circuit builds in response to demand. Conduct audits of data center space and power to improve estimates of available capacity for future placement. Ensure data quality. Work very closely with project managers and site team to implement new projects. Write new procedures and short articles for campus newsletter.

Data Center Shift Lead (2020 - 2021)

Led a team of three site engineers providing 24/7 support to data centers. Worked closely with management and other teams to ensure continuous operations. Planned work and delegated tasks. Submitted daily reports on project progress. Provided orderly handover of tasks at shift change. Personally trained three new site engineers.

Data Center Engineer (2018 - 2020)

Provided round-the-clock technical support and troubleshooting for a world-class Tier 4 data center. Racked and stacked network servers, routers, switches, and mass storage devices. Labeled and ran copper and fiber optic cable via overhead cable trays and under raised floor through patch panels. Troubleshooting and diagnosis of server hardware and connectivity. Worked with outside vendors to provide service. Replaced hard drives, power supplies, RAM, NICs and other hardware from devices to ensure multiple redundancy and continuous operation. Documented all maintenance and changes using HP Service Manager, ServiceNow, and JIRA.

Ensured 24/7 uninterrupted operation of a multimillion dollar tier 4 data center during the 2020 pandemic.

Excelled in customer service to other business units within JP Morgan Chase.

Updated, maintained and streamlined a database representing the inventory of three data centers (comprising over 50,000 IT assets).

Developed detailed plans for data center expansion, 200 new racks arriving over a two-year period.

Designed and implemented Alteryx workflows to visualize data center power usage at PDU and RPP level and optimize placement decisions.

Drexel University College of Medicine (2006-2007)

Postdoctoral Researcher

Investigated metal binding properties and structure of endophilin. Prepared DNA templates for site-specific mutation studies. Grew large-scale cell cultures for protein expression and purification. Conducted over 300 crystallization screens to determine optimum conditions for protein crystallization. Maintenance of laboratory instrumentation and equipment calibration.

Published a paper on endophilin structure.

Pioneered metal binding studies of endophilin using isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC).

University of Louisville (1999-2005)

Graduate Research Assistant

Applied diverse methods to the study of conformational changes occurring upon activation of Coagulation Factor XIII. Investigated the interaction of Factor XIII with thrombin and fibrinogen as well as a peptide-based inhibitor. Conducted chromogenic kinetics experiments aimed at characterizing the properties of a peptide based inhibitor of Factor XIII. Routinely applied protein purification techniques for preparation of samples. Taught various lab and recitation sessions. President, Chemistry Graduate Student association, 2001-02.

Published 3 peer reviewed papers (2 as first author) widely cited in hematology research.

First to study Factor XIII activation using hydrogen-deuterium exchange (HDX), revealing structural changes previously unobserved by crystallography.

Secured a multiyear grant (NIH R01) worth more than $100k.

Managed the Chemistry Department MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry lab, training 20+ users over a 4-year period.

Revived the Distinguished Lecturer Series by organizing a series of lecturers by Professor Harold Scheraga.