Self starter with strong Pre/Post-Sales, analytical, research and technical skills around Storage Area Networks SAN . Experience in solution architecture, sales and deploying Enterprise class SANs, NAS and fiber channel and iSCSI switches. Product knowledge spans servers, desktops, laptops, heterogeneous storage arrays, fiber channel Ethernet switches and tape devices. Project Management and Leadership skills. Related areas of expertise and certifications are:
Dell Certified System Engineer
Dell Blades
Dell/Compellent
Equallogic
PowerVault Arrays
IBM XIV Certified
HP Blades
EMC Arrays
Project Management
MCSE W2K Internet
EMC Proven Professional
VMware Certified Professional
NetApp Certified Storage Networking Professional
NetApp Data OnTap Fundamentals
NetApp Data OnTap CIFS Administration
NetApp Data OnTap NFS Administration
Experience
Confidential ,
Storage Sales Engineer
Pre-Sales Storage Engineer
Recommend Design and Architect Storage Area Networks SAN and Network Attached Storage NAS for large, medium and small businesses based on customer workload requirements.
Extensive experience in discussing as well as delivering portfolio and solution to various size customer groups from Engineers to C-Levels.
Presentations of Dell Storage Portfolio made via WebEx, Whiteboard, PowerPoint and Conference Calls.
Experience with Virtualization VMware , Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery BC/DR .
Strong focus on customer soft skills and excellent organizational skills.
Confidential
Senior Systems Engineer
Pre and Post Sales IT Infrastructure Solution Architect
Storage Functional Team Lead, managed senior SAN Administrators in 3 data centers across North America.
Recommend, design and implement heterogonous Storage Area Networks SAN and Network Attached Storage NAS for large, medium and small businesses.
Advised and provisioned T-Systems Managed Service Offerings for Storage, Hosts and Virtualization to new and existing customers.
Primary decision maker/influencer for new storage hardware/software and services.
Senior Storage Administrator
Provisioned LUNS to multiple hosts including W2K, W2K3 and VMWare.
Daily San Administration to ensure storage arrays maintains high availability through approved Change Control.
Senior Field System Consultant
Technical Team Lead for Enterprise Field Deployment Team providing support to field engineers in Southeast Region.
Architect and design of Dell/EMC/Clariion SANs including Dell Servers and Brocade/McData fabric switches.
Pre Post Sales experience in supporting Account Executives with product roadmaps and customer technical questions.
Implemented over 600 Dell/EMC Enterprise storage solutions.