
CV Ramirez
Senior Datacenter & Power Solutions Manager
Salary / Daily rate
Norway, ME 04268, USA
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
VP with 20+ years in datacenter operations, power solutions, and large-scale project management across Microsoft, Siemens, and energy sectors. Led P&L departments, managed multi-million budgets, and delivered complex infrastructure projects from nuclear to renewable energy systems. Expert in datacenter optimization, sustainability initiatives, and executive leadership with proven ROI results.
Work experience
VP | Datacenters & Power Solutions (renewals / CHP)
CTS Group
Jan 2023 - Present
3 years 10 months
Oslo, Norway
• Maintaining a consumer-focused outlook and aiding in the delivery of Datacenter projects to market • Managing budgets and time frames, responsible of the P/L department • Creating timelines for the development and deployment of all technological services • Making executive decisions on behalf of the company's technological requirements • Setting a vision for how technology will be used in the company (reduce project deliveries, reduce costs by using new technologies) • Staying on top of technology trends and developments (onsite power generation, liquid cooling, fuel cells, heat district) • Ensuring all technology practices adhere to regulatory standards. • Outline the goals for research and development
CEO - Managing Director Germany | Datacenter Provider
Global Switch
Jan 2022 - Dec 2023
2 years
Frankfurt, Germany
• Responsible for defining strategic vision and leading the team in execution of new DCs and increase of power density • Local legal responsible representative of Global Switch in market • Define and support initiatives to develop our sustainability plan (energy & CO2 reduction, waste & water management) • Create partnership with key/strategic customers, channel partners and Strategic Alliances to build out eco-systems in market • Demonstrate ongoing management and leads people through ambiguity and uncertainty • Create and maintain a high-performance culture which values collaboration, trust and quality through building a team approach, encouraging individual performance excellence and facilitating effective communication • Success as a customer experience leader with consultative and strategic skills • Ensure that the operational teams provide customers with a service that meets or exceeds their Service Level Agreements • Responsible for the review and validation of OPEX / CAPEX budgets, revenues and sales solutions. • P&L responsible, giving final approval for new projects, finding ways to cut budget expenditure and ensuring every program is generating a positive ROI
Country Data Center Operations Manager - Germany
Microsoft
Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
3 years
Thale, Germany
• Conduct regular management reviews of operations to review the current state of agreed-upon deliverables and discuss the current state of the deliverables in SOWs/contracts • Review statements of work (SOW) on a periodic basis and make updates accordingly as business needs require • Demonstrate ongoing management and oversight of third-party vendor performance, including site landlord performance to agreed-upon standards and service level agreements (SLAs) • Controlled short-term and long-term contracts for leased data centers • Negotiated and resolved several contractual disputes with external lease providers • Accountable for compliance with policies and procedure • Ensure performance of regular assessments • Ensure general audit preparedness through adherence to training
Siemens
Jan 2016 - Dec 2019
4 years
91 Erlangen, Germany
Senior Technical Consultant
Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
2 years
91 Erlangen, Germany
• Support the Siemens Energy business with a special focus on growth through innovation by detecting new business opportunities. • Help the customer through his entire journey as business partner for all energy services. • Work in cross functional teams in order to overcome silo thinking leveraging internal and/or external networks and ecosystems. • Work ideation based on opportunities of digitalization business in order to fully exploit the potential of digitalization business. • Collaboration in co-creation with sales, R&D, Product Management and customers with focus on customer experience / journey and the development of sales channel approaches.
Operations & Maintenance Director
Jan 2016 - Dec 2018
3 years
Toul Power Plant
• Attending international meetings and reporting on KPIs. • Lead and guide operational resource to deliver quantifiable business improvements and support new developments. • Supervision and management of Siemens personnel in all aspects of plant operation and maintenance. • Contribute to the development of the annual budget, operate within its parameters and reporting. • Develop of operational strategies that included continuous improvement and standardization. • Compliant to policies, procedures and practices.
AREVA NP
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
2 years
Finland, MN 55603, USA
Technical Operations Supervisor - Commissioning nuclear Power plant
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
2 years
Finland, MN 55603, USA
• Coordination and management of workload of the plant construction / commissioning using the shift crew. • Coordination of planning and resources using administrative tools like Blocking, Work Order, Test Permit, Notification and Temporary Modification Processes. • Manage and control the activities (operation, periodic tests, maintenance preparation, tagging, etc.) of the Shift Operation Team. • Support all commissioning activities (operation of systems, validation of operating and periodic test procedures, etc.) in co-ordination with the Commissioning Engineers and Maintenance Coordination Team. • Prepare systems for commissioning and maintenance in co-ordination with multi-disciplinary teams
Engineer II, Fluid System Engineer
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
1 year
Paris Area, France
• Responsible of the systems documentation validation. • Lead the functional tests for the primary and secondary systems in Germany -Siemens. • Coordination and manage of deliverables for Chinese and Finish project. • Validation of the instrumentation & control design of fluid systems (regulations, operating displays, alarm sheets, operating manuals). • Validation of the design system data specifications (design reports, engineering database).
Control room Supervisor – Leader Nuclear Rapid Action Force
EDF
Jan 2010 - Dec 2014
5 years
Grand Gulf, MS 39150, USA
• Supervision of the plant operations and management of the workload. • Review, prioritize and direct the daily work activities of the operations group. • Control of operation parameters, respecting the limits and restrictions indicated in the manufacturer handbooks. • Coordination of activities related with the maintenance - equipment consignment. • Direction and execution of tests of the security systems, safety devices and equipment.
Advanced Control and Process Optimization
Total Petrochemicals
Jan 2009 - Dec 2009
1 year
Development of a computer program which allows the comparison of the results given by on-line optimizer (RTO - Real Time Optimization of AspenTech) and the economic optimizer off-line (OptecoPims). Petrochemical process optimization at the cogeneration plant
Energy Efficiency Department
ArcelorMittal
Jan 2008 - Dec 2008
1 year
Development of an energy model for a cogeneration plant (production of steel and electricity). Support in the cogeneration projects development.
Process optimization and management control Engineer
Enersur GDF Suez
Jan 2005 - Dec 2007
3 years
• Supervision of the plant operations and management of the workload. • Review, prioritize and direct the daily work activities of the operations group. • Control of operation parameters, respecting the limits and restrictions indicated in the manufacturer handbooks. • Coordination of activities related with the maintenance - equipment consignment. • Direction and execution of tests of the security systems, safety devices and equipment.
Operational Control Intern for the Distribution Department
Petroleos del Perú SA
Jan 2004 - Dec 2004
1 year
*Expense control for diverse units belonging to Petroleos del Perú (Terminals, factories and offices). *Participation in the operative budget for 2004 & 2005.
Education
INSEAD
Global Executive MBA Candidate
HECTOR School of Engineering & Management
Executive Master’s Degree
IFP School
Diplôme d’ingénieur (MSc. dégrée)