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Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

San Francisco, California, Us

Arlington, Virginia, Us

London, Gb

• Architecture and consulting• Presentations to executive level audiences• Tenders and financial management• Strategy and road map delivery to align with customer’s I.T. Strategy• Hands on delivery of technical project requirements with the creation of clear documentation and design

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Leads the APAC Cybersecurity practice covering Google Cloud Platform Security and Compliance offerings with integration to SecOps, Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting and Zero Trust.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Leads the APAC team for scale of platforms for building and running mission critical applications including Kubernetes, Serverless, Automation, Observability and DevOps culture.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Focused on selling the complete Cloud Platforms portfolio including associated services. Establishing VMware as a Hybrid Cloud thought leader by working with Marketing, Channel, Renewals, Field Sales, Systems Engineering and R&D. Leveraging VMware’s core sales teams and partner network to accelerate go-to-market, managing complex enterprise sales campaigns whilst ensuring required reporting and forecasting represent business projections.Working with the core sales and partner teams to prioritise target accounts and prospects, and developing a sales strategy and account plan for each key account to build strategic and transformational roadmaps for our customers aligning to Data Centre Modernisation, Integration of Public Cloud, Transformation of Security and Empowerment of Digital Workspace.Accelerating Cloud across APJ with the following RTMs;- Storage and Compute refresh for vSphere EoS/HCI for Data Centre Modernisation efficiency and performance improvements- Hybrid Cloud with consistency of Compute, Storage, Networks and Cloud Management tools from Private to Public. Hybrid Cloud and vSphere Optimization Assessment-Led selling.- Developer Cloud with vSphere Integrated Containers and support for Kubernetes with PKS. Open Stack stability with VMware Integrated Open Stack on vSphere, vSAN and NSX.- Big Data as a Service with Hadoop performance and life cycle management improvements on a vSphere Cloud.- Unix conversion to Virtual Linux performance and business value on a vSphere Cloud.- Business Critical Applications on vSphere – SQL, Oracle, SAP performance and business improvements on a vSphere Cloud.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

The Systems Engineering Lead drives continual refinement of the sales engineering community.Assigned to either a sales territory, partner or technology area they collaborate across the business to enhance engagement strategies or efficiencies programs that enable continual team improvement. Managing the success of our customers and partners through solution technology awareness, influencing and supporting business proposals, either directly or leveraging the team to support all aspects of the business interaction. Actively managing revenue growth and development of the team to ensure team competency is at its best and diverse to support technologies and business solutions.Specific to the Cloud Management Business Unit (CMBU) this is a centralised leadership role providing a conduit between the BU and regional field specialist roles and delivering localized information pertinent to market demands and maturity. An advisor to the sales community on value and business benefit of our technical solutions whilst seeking feedback to assist in the future development and integration of IT solutions. Providing governance, methodologies and escalation support through enablement and advise on best practices which lead to repeatable customer success. Design collaborative activities that enhance the adoption of joint technology solution both cross BU and through our ecosystem partners. Reporting on growth of our market leading Operational, Automated and Business management solutions internally and externally as required.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

The VMware Regional Technical Alliance Manager plays a critical role in driving the adoption of VMware products and solutions within strategic System Integration and Strategic Outsourcing (SISO) alliance partners to meet their customer expectations and surpass our business objectives. The role works very closely with Partner Business Management to build long-term business relationships within assigned SISO alliance partners. This position is focused on strategic SISO alliance partners in the Asia Pacifc and Japan region.Responsibilities include:-Architecture, implementation and operations management of Cloud Management Platforms-Works to assist select SI or SO organisations.-Solution and Enterprise Architecture for complex customer environments, utilising best practice frameworks. -Enterprise applications (Oracle, SAP, etc), security, systems management, and business continuity solutions-Presentations to senior executives, conferences and for technical enablement-Workshop delivery including technical, business and managerial objectives-Motivation of multiple groups toward accomplishing business objectives

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

I managed a team of Consultants and Senior Consultants in the Management and Automation space. I drove standardisation, repeatability and innovation in PSO delivery and regularly aligned my focus to achieve this for myself and my team.I engaged in daily PSO Consulting engagements across all products in the VMware portfolio. These involved running workshops, writing architecture/design/configuration/test plan documentation, technically implementing designs to customer specification, delivering training sessions for product and process and acting as a Subject Matter Expert in my field.I took part in the sales review process to ensure consistency and feasibility of engagement scope for the proposed level of estimate and am opportunistic in exploring the capabilities of the VMware suite to resolve business and I.T. issues.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

• Delivered Architect level SDDC engagements to critical VMware customers regarding process and technology, in support of IaaS, PaaS and DaaS• Delivered high quality delivery engagements around the VMware product line, driving better outcomes for customers around VMware solutions• Engaged with and led critical PSO customers regarding all facets of IT, including facilities, network, security, systems, strategy and business applications teams as well as service focused teams such as capacity management, financial management and event management• Provisioned leadership in the best practice operationalisation and standardisation of VMware products & technologies• Delivered projects in the enterprise space, often independently and with a commitment to high quality outcomes• Documented technical best practices for reuse in other customer engagements, and contributed to the development of standard consulting service offerings • Mentored others and shared past and present skills in a all areas of specialisation to support technology awareness – NSX, vSphere, vCOPs, vCenter, vCAC, View, Thinapp, Converter, CMP, architecture and design• Maintained and grew PSO’s technical and product knowledge through certification (VCP-DCV 5) and association (architecture, project management and operational best practices)• Maintained a solid understanding of competition across product, technology, applications, sales and strategies – Citrix, Microsoft, Service Mesh, Amazon, Quest

• Managed a team of technical analysts to deliver discovery, analysis and documentation for the Data Centre Transformation Program covering applications, networks, servers, storage, operating systems, data flows, licensing, and maintenance aligning to Enterprise Architecture principals• Developed principles, strategies and frameworks to enable standardisation of the I.T. environment using TOGAF• Developed both tactical and strategic technology roadmaps for delivery to key business stakeholders based on C-level deliverables• Provided advice on strategy, governance, service catalogue and Enterprise Architecture frameworks to the management team• Liaised with the engineering teams to develop operational standards for infrastructure, applications and networks• Led technology updates for technical and business focused teams, managed vendor relationships, reviewed contracts and SOWs providing advice for high level decisions

Responsible for the provisioning and management of an effective solutioning service on the account. The role consisted of managing and being involved in the creation of solutions for RFS, including Service Improvement and renegotiation activities.• Worked with the Account Management Team, helping to ensure the stability of the original solution, and creating solutions which meet the customer’s needs.• Led the solutioning teams to action RFS/new business.• Responsible for ensuring an effective solutioning service was provided to the account• Responsible for solutioning activities, and high level account issue management• Responsible for the operational management of the solutioning function on the account• Qualified customer initiated and opportunistic SOWs to improve account stability and longevity. Implemented a Service Catalogue and building blocks to expedite delivery.• Worked with customer to develop a technical road map and strategy for Data Centre, End User Computing, application, virtualisation and infrastructure components• Led teams to deliver responses to RFP and RFQ• Worked with account management team to identify efficiencies and opportunities for transformation through the introduction of new technologies, improvements to existing procedures and services• Solutioning lead on contract extensions and renegotiations

Toronto, On, Ca

• Led many teams of engineers and technical specialists to deliver standardised infrastructure solutions• Led program and department directors to deliver and align business requirements to standardised and centralised architectures• Developed the global VDI infrastructure architecture and standards using TOGAF• Windows 7 workstation refresh for new campus using zero clients and VMware VDI• Ensured architecture supported the execution of critical business applications and developed high level continuance plans to address lapse in architectural infrastructure• Reconciled the Thomson VDI infrastructure landscape and aligned it to an agreed strategy, by defining product and service road map• Partnered with the vendor community to assess product offerings; researched, analysed and evaluated alternate solutions and made recommendations to the business and Internal Technical Services• Partnered with business leaders and program/project teams to understand and define requirements for VDI infrastructure technology and service needs and align them to business goals• Acted as the subject matter expert and provided consultation to programs/project teams and business leaders to achieve successful implementation• Developed technical standards and policies that supported the technical vision of End User Computing (including VDI) strategies and communicated them across Thomson Reuters• Understood the current and future business needs and applied them to VDI strategy, customers and competitors• Provided guidance/expertise related to Infrastructure on the most complex technical projects, business issues or outages• Led Architecture representatives to deliver Unified Communications and Internal collaboration tools leveraging Microsoft Lync 2010 and Cisco Jabber

Aberdeen, Gb

Technical Consultant Team Lead currently working with the following technologies:• Designed for and implemented Active Directory and Exchange to BPOS migration• Solution Designs, Statements of Work, implementation plans, change management, project plans and management using Prince2 framework• Aligning to Zachman Framework for infrastructure architecture

Macquarie Park, Nsw, Au

Solution Design, implementation plans and cost estimates for projects specialising in:• VMware• Microsoft Server and Workstation• Citrix• Red Hat• Microsoft SQL Server• Oracle• Legato Networker• HP Operations & Performance Manager• Various storage platforms• Various networks • To a lesser extent Tru64, VMS, Sun Solaris, IBM P-Series and HP-UX.• Project management for large virtualisation and consolidation projects• Presentations to executive level audiences• Strategy and roadmap delivery to align with I.T. Strategy• Hands on delivery of technical project deliverables with the creation of clear documentation and design• Capacity planning and reporting analysis for projects and executive level

Macquarie Park, Nsw, Au

• Implemented new VMware ESX infrastructure into environment; including creation of automated SOE installation, configuration, administration, processes and documentation.• Consolidated unsupported server environment in preparation for move to new Optus site (over 500 servers in scope); consolidation involved migration to Virtual Machines, splitting of server functions onto separate hosts, physical relocation, upgrading of multiple operating systems/applications to comply with business requirements and budgetary restraints.• Upgrade of Active Directory, Exchange, Print Services and clustering over WAN in preparation for relocation to new campus.• Data Centre hardware standardisation strategy• Citrix consolidation and remediation activities

Macquarie Park, Nsw, Au

• Administration of Desktop systems onsite and remotely (Mac OS and Windows) • SOE development• Troubleshooting and problem solving (hardware & software)• Incident resolution both on-site and over the phone• Troubleshooting and problem shooting of Lexmark, Tektronix and Xerox network printers.• Multiple site management • Reporting and billing of all monthly tape changes• Ensuring Tape Librarian responsibilities were met• Creation and maintenance of a 3 monthly roster• Documentation of all tape changes Australia wide• Management of SAN and tape libraries

I received phone calls as first level support resolving typical desktop and account related queries. I quickly moved on to more senior duties within the team, including roster management and senior level support work.

Education record

Zachman Certified Enterprise Architect

Togaf 9, Togaf 9 Certification Complete - Part 1 & 2 Exams

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