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Kamal Singh

Aurora

Summary

Strategic and hands-on IT infrastructure leader with 20+ years of experience designing, implementing, and managing complex enterprise environments in regulated industries. Proven ability to guide teams through transformational initiatives including cloud migrations, infrastructure modernization, and post-merger integration—all while ensuring uptime, security, and compliance. Recognized for cross-functional leadership, project execution, and technical excellence across platforms like VMware, Hyper-V, Azure, M365, Nasuni, Cohesity, HPE SimpliVity, HPE ProLiant, and more. Equally skilled in team leadership and deep-dive troubleshooting. Multi-talented, solutions-focused technology professional with 25 years’ experience supporting and managing enterprise IT infrastructure components, including 18 years in regulated health care environments.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Director, Enterprise Infrastructure

Astellas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. / OSI Pharmaceuticals
01.2002 - Current
  • Led or participated in multiple post-merger technology integration projects (Domain Federation, identity, storage, file data, and email migrations). Promoted to mentor and motivate corporate and consultant staff (Systems Administrators, Deskside Support, IT Interns) to support a total corporate population of 10,000 users in an FDA-regulated environment.
  • Architected and deployed a global Nasuni cloud file storage environment, improving cross-site file accessibility, centralizing data governance, and reducing the on-premises storage footprint.
  • Hired and managed consultants for projects related to the configuration and launch of new applications.
  • Ensured uptime and availability of IT infrastructure in the Americas, Asia, and EMEA regions.
  • SME in Microsoft Active Directory (AD), Exchange Server, Cohesity, and Nasuni Hybrid Cloud File Services.
  • Directed efforts for designing and migrating on-premises hosted infrastructure components (Exchange, NPS, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory DCs) to Azure.
  • Orchestrated a major upgrade of the backup system from NetBackup to Cohesity.
  • Managed compliance aspects for FDA-validated and qualified components.
  • Partnered with the Legal department to export, encrypt, and deliver sensitive employee data (emails, files) required for intellectual property, drug safety, and employment law-related cases.
  • Consolidated multiple disparate AD and email systems into Astellas' integrated global AD/email environment.
  • Supported the decommissioning and shutdown of IT infrastructure for divested facilities.
  • Co-developed and ensured compliance with change control procedures, including final data backups, data migration, and data destruction.
  • Key Accomplishments.

Senior Systems Engineer | Systems Architect & Administrator

SOMALOGIC INC., Boulder, CO
Boulder
01.2001 - 10.2002
  • Exchange Server Architect & Administrator | Computer Systems Validation Consultant, Author & Tester

MS Exchange | NT Administrator

IBM GLOBAL SERVICES, Boulder, CO
Boulder
09.1999 - 01.2001
  • Led the IBM team for Exchange 5.5 Server to Exchange 2000 Server migrations.
  • Built an environment for testing Windows Server, Active Directory, and Exchange Server architectural changes, and patch rollouts.
  • Administered Active Directory and NT domains for multiple customers.

Network Engineer | MS Exchange Administrator

BORDERS BOOKSTORES, Ann Arbor, MI
Ann Arbor
12.1997 - 07.1999
  • IT consultant - assisted IS lead with MS Mail to Exchange 4.0 mailbox migrations.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Aviation Management Technology, minor in Computer Systems, With Honors

EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Skills

  • Cloud-based technologies: Azure, M365, AWS, Nasuni, and Cohesity
  • Server applications: MS Exchange, VMware, SharePoint
  • Network and storage hardware: HP ProLiant, Dell PowerEdge
  • Operating systems: Windows Server, RHEL, CentOS

Timeline

Associate Director, Enterprise Infrastructure

Astellas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. / OSI Pharmaceuticals
01.2002 - Current

Senior Systems Engineer | Systems Architect & Administrator

SOMALOGIC INC., Boulder, CO
01.2001 - 10.2002

MS Exchange | NT Administrator

IBM GLOBAL SERVICES, Boulder, CO
09.1999 - 01.2001

Network Engineer | MS Exchange Administrator

BORDERS BOOKSTORES, Ann Arbor, MI
12.1997 - 07.1999

Bachelor of Science - Aviation Management Technology, minor in Computer Systems, With Honors

EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

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