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Russell Township, Ohio

Leading in design and support of technology solutions for diverse clients. Proposing custom services for a range of needs from end-user computing through disaster recovery and cloud operations.• Designing and conducting presentations to prospects on storage and hyper-converged infrastructure technology• Conducting assessments and interpreting results, using RVtools, HPE CloudPhysics, Dell LiveOptics, HPE Assessment Framework (SAF), and Nutanix Collector• Leading demonstrations and proof-of-concept engagements• Introducing new and emerging technology concepts• Translating business requirements into technical solutions and sales proposals and writing services SOW’s• Defining documentation standards

Brecksville, Oh

• Designed and architected storage and backup solutions in multi-vendor environments. • Solved problems in virtualized IT infrastructure for servers and client systems.• Delivered assessments and advised on data center implementation for servers, power, and networking.

Delivered pre-sales and post-sales technical solutions on enterprise products and services of HP, Dell, Microsoft, VMware, Cisco Systems, and others for customers ranging from small businesses through large enterprises.• Planned and built server infrastructure, storage, and backup systems for resilience, security, and high availability.• Founded Disaster Recovery assessment practice, advising customers on architecting for business continuity and IT systems redundancy in multi-site environments.• Led data backup design and assessment practice implementing HP Data Protector, Veeam Backup and Replication, and Symantec Backup Exec.• Operated in-house virtualized Microsoft Windows Server, VMware, and HP BladeSystem datacenter and Cisco IP telephony systems.• Translated customer requirements into technical solutions and sales proposals. • Wrote professional services SOW’s, focused on meeting site acceptance testing.• Conducted virtualization assessments and advised on best practices to implement clustered VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V.

Managed the Arrow Solutions Enablement Lab through site relocation and created documentation and process standards.Built and managed virtual machine environments using VMware VI3 and Microsoft Windows Server products for hosting reseller needs.Forged new relationships with HP center managers to assist on partners' benchmarking and proof-of-concept requests.Provided comprehensive support for resellers on all HP ProLiant BladeSystem, blade workstation, and Consolidated Client Infrastructure offerings.

Created time tracking and reporting system for Consulting Services organizationDeveloped and maintained a unique IBM DS4000 storage sizing tool released as a part of the Agilysys Tools SuiteCreated a new, easy to use IBM DS6000/DS8000 license pricing tool and provided for its continued maintenance and distributionStandardized responses to business partner requests for IBM storage configurations, improving quality and reducing response timeLed the technical team for improving timely response on requirements from a major IBM business partnerConducted technical and sales training and provided support for BEA Systems resellers.

Guided technical direction of Pioneer's Computer Systems Division technical staff for HP mid-range AlphaServer and StorageWorks, Enterasys Networks, Intel Dialogic voice and telephony, and IBM Virtual Tape Server (VTS) products.Called on qualified clients with the sales staff and consulted for customers and business partners on strategy, directions, and capabilities.Created and delivered original presentations and plans on technology issues, business markets and partners which Pioneer represents.Researched market trends and communicated insights to customers, partners, and Pioneer departments.Coordinated customers, vendors, and sales and technical staff to resolve platform, software, security, and network design and configuration issues.Designed and provided technical training and tools for sales and technical personnel.Developed and documented the technical plan and processes within Pioneer.

Led the team writing the business plan for a new consulting operation that grew from $8 million to $64 million in revenue in three yearsDirected the hiring and training of twelve technical consultants for offices across the U.S. and CanadaEstablished new relationships with major vendors (Cisco Systems, Bay Networks, Cabletron, and Network General)Established first Technical Ambassador program to networking product vendors.Gave talks on network strategy to industry organization (Spectrum '97) and education (OEDSA Fall 1997 Conference Keynote)

Created corporate technical reference library and established first videotex infobasesBuilt and operated the company's first PC networkDeveloped and administered Lotus Notes Database servers hosting design win and communications among Applications Engineers

CorporateLaunched technical seminar series presenting to 52 audiences in 52 weeksLed design support for Digital Equipment Corporation system and networking products across 24 U.S. branches

Initiated technical support e-mail systemEstablished and operated Motorola User's GroupProvided design support to customers on Motorola, National Semiconductor, and Digital Equipment Corp. products