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Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

• Responsible for supporting the technical sales aspects of deals and building credibility with our clients to be the trusted advisor from value proposals through estimation and pricing and on to finalization
• Accountable for conducting presentations, technical workshops, demos’ and discovery sessions to assess client maturity on migrating to the cloud and consuming services on a subscription model
• Counsel our clients on Managed IT-services, SaaS-based solutions, and Security and compliance ensuring the requirements are met and complied to industry standards
• Represent our customer requirements to internal stakeholders and product teams, giving input for the overall direction for our cloud-based products and services
• Ensuring high quality responses to prospective client RFIs (request for information) and RFPs (request for proposal)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

- Responsible for technical consulting around IT Optimization and Digital Transformation initiatives - Accountable for collaborating on, setting cloud vision and technical expertise for Cloud Hyperscalers; providing thought leadership in cloud infrastructure and cloud services architecture to meet operational objectives for these solutions- Responsible for.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Delivered implementation and consulting services to meet cloud solution designs and deliverables using Microsoft Azure services
• Created capacity & architecture plans to perform lift & shift exercises for virtual machines to Microsoft Azure's IaaS offering
• Devised off-site disaster recovery plans for customers by offering DR solutions on Azure while using industry leading solutions like Veeam
• Assisted Project Manager in ensuring customer satisfaction of IT solutions deployed by managing the details of overall project schedules and deliverables
• Functioned as a subject matter expert (SME) within the organization in the area of Hyper Converged Infrastructure, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Networking and Data Center Virtualization
• Developed & lead Proof of Concepts (POC) and Demos

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Drive disaster recovery planning and protocols nationwide while advancing company’s strategic positioning in data protection services
• Investigating an organization’s capacity to identify risks, effectively protect technology asset investments, and ensure the recovery and continuity of critical systems in the event of a disaster
• Positioned full set of application-aware data protection services, including real-time synchronous mirroring, volume snapshots and WAN-optimized replication across multiple platforms
• Ensured service deliveries are timely and objectives are met during implementation phase
• Lead presales activity (product presentations, demos and POC) to potential clients

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Drive sales through distribution channels by identifying, developing and supporting partners
• Lead solution development and consulting efforts that best address end-user needs, while coordinating the involvement of partner personnel
• Maintained strong relationships with key contacts in existing accounts and develop new partnerships
• Leveraged my technical and industry-specific knowledge to develop strategic business/channel development plans
• Created and implemented policies, pricing structures, promotions, authorization, and training programs for channels
• Identified and selected key products and placements for each targeted partner account

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Provided Cloud Computing, Dedicated Servers, Colocation and Professional managed services consultation for small, medium and large enterprises
• Worked closely with customers on the technical requirements to provide technical solutions – Identified requirements, including technical details sufficient for product definition
• Involved in comparing the total expected cost of each solution option against the total expected benefits via Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) exercises
• Assisted with solution evaluations, proof-of-concepts, as well as help prospective clients define and improve business requirements
• Involved in architecting disaster recovery solutions for the resumption of critical data, applications, hardware, networking, and related IT infrastructure
• Assisted in the process of product planning and marketing – played vital role in planning product strategy and road map, according to market competition and requirement.

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

• Provided pre-sales technical support for business partners and IBM sales community by understanding customers business functions and requirements within the ASEAN region
• Experienced in delivering Pre-sales Technical Delivery Assessments ensuring technical inspection of a completed solution design before the proposal goes out to the customer
• Conducted enablement and education workshops for business partners and resellers to create awareness on current IBM offerings
• Used simple and effective relationship improvement techniques for setting, meeting and exceeding customer expectations by holding discussions with business partnersProjects:
• On going testing/development on ATS SCON Monitor tool. A server consolidation tool for data collection for customers interested in server virtualization.
• Involved in Geo Expansion skill development plan for partner/resellers in rural areas within the ASEAN region

Connecticut, United States

• Performed Microsoft 2003 Enterprise Server (Standard and Virtual Machine Guests (VMWare ESX)) builds in a global active directory environment
• Configured and administrated Integrated Lights Out (ILO) on HP Servers
• Avocent DSView Terminal Server administrator
• Worked with Peregrine Service Center ticketing system to generate Request for Change (RFC) and incident tickets
• Conducted basic configuration in Management Module on IBM Blade Chassis E

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Operated a (SCPC) and (TDMA) ViaSat LinkStar hub
• Monitored satellite links using Nagios and MRTG
• Worked with LinkStar GCUs and RCSTs, Cisco 1600, 3600 and 7200 routers, Ultra Sun Servers, ComTech EF300a and ComTech CDM600 SCPC modems
• Conducted Carrier over Noise (C/N) and Bit Error Rate (BER) testing
• Aligned antennas using Cross Pole for dual pole antennas
• Researched on convergence of Internet Protocol (IP) and Radio Frequency (RF)