Moving critical systems without losing anything on the way.
Migration is the work where mistakes are least forgivable. The records are real customers, real certifications, real money. My approach is unglamorous on purpose: understand what is actually running, rank it by risk, prove the backup and rollback path before touching anything, and move in waves so a problem affects one group instead of everyone.
9 projects6 organizations
Tools & methods
AWSAzureServer migrationApplication readinessWave planningBackup and recoveryDisaster recoveryHigh availabilityData mappingValidationReconciliationCutoverRollback
Northern Trust AWS migrationThe core programme: a phased migration of more than 500 physical servers and associated structured and unstructured data workloads from U.S. data centres to AWS.ServSafe customer & transaction migrationConsolidation and migration of product, customer, and transaction data into a cloud solution as the legacy commerce systems were retired.Certification & exam data migrationMigration of course, exam, and historical certification-score records, the data a certified professional depends on to prove they hold a valid credential.Client data migrationsMoving client records out of spreadsheets, legacy CRMs, and paper files into structured systems: the unglamorous prerequisite to every implementation.CARE Risk Retention Group CRMCRM implementation, data migration, and automation for a medical-liability risk-retention insurer.Peak Realty ChicagoThe public face of the brokerage, organized around the three things visitors actually arrive to do: rent, buy, or sell.Owner, renter & lead data migrationConsolidated owner, renter, lead, and operational records out of disconnected systems and into the new integrated platform.Records digitization programmeCentralizing and digitizing physical inspection records so project information could be found, shared, and acted on reliably.Customer data migrationMoving customers' data between devices: the smallest possible version of a migration, with the same rule that nothing may be lost.