Summary
Kevin Rodgers is a seasoned Data Center Operations Engineer with over three decades of hands-on experience managing IBM mainframes, mid-range systems, and distributed platforms across healthcare, finance, government, and enterprise environments. He combines technical depth (z/OS, RMF/SDSF, JCL, RACF, AS/400, AIX) with operational leadership—having led multi-shift teams, trained offshore support, and driven process improvements for tier 1–3 support. ITIL- and DCCA-certified with a Level II DoD clearance, he has a proven track record negotiating vendor contracts and delivering six-figure hardware/software savings. Notably, he’s spent years bridging technical operations and customer-facing incident resolution, frequently traveling to client sites to resolve critical outages and transitions. Practical, methodical, and vendor-savvy, he excels at turning legacy host complexity into stable, well-documented production services.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate in Agile Project Management, Project Management, Certificate in Agile Project Management, Project Management at The George Washington University - School of Business
Associate's In Business Administration, Business and Information Technology, Associate's In Business Administration, Business and Information Technology at Washtenaw Community College
Certificate of Computer Operations, Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology, Certificate of Computer Operations, Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology at Eastern Michigan University