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Longmont, Co, Us

Colorado, United States

As a Senior Solutions Architect at VMware by Broadcom, I'm passionate about guiding our strategic customers toward transformative cloud strategies and operating models. Leveraging a blend of consultation, analysis, and education, I thrive on engaging with key decision-makers, offering insights and solutions tailored to their unique needs. My commitment lies in illuminating the immense value and innovation that a partnership with VMware by Broadcom offers, bringing together the best of both worlds to empower and inspire our clients.

Texas, United States

As a Senior Solutions Architect supporting Enterprise Accounts. I provide technical leadership for customer's strategic IT programs and initiatives. I lead and work closely with our customers, Client Executives, Pre-Sales Solutions Engineers, our extended specialist teams, and our executive leadership team in developing complex and transformational technology strategies and solutions.My role as Solution Architect is to build a path to our customer's desired future state so that they may achieve their business-aligned IT objectives.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Solutions Consultant is responsible for providing solutions for strategic enterprise customers. Assists in the analysis, design, and development of fully integrated technology solutions based upon the customer's requirements. Makes technical and sales presentations to customer's technical staff and senior management.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

The VMware Compliance and Cyber Risk Solutions team are responsible for the publication of regulation specific reference architectures based on the VMware Compliance Reference Architecture Framework. The team is also responsible for marketing, sales enablement and thought leadership.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

As a Professional Services Engineers, I was responsible for project delivery of storage infrastructure at major data centers and/or customer locations. This included, maintenance and troubleshooting, planning for growth, auditing performance, and the installation and implementation services of new storage equipment. Projects would include installation, data migration, training and one or more application integration services. Other tasks include working with the client to support their projects. While on-site with a client, I was expected to have excellent technical skills as well as the ability to effectively communicate, take work direction, work independently, and have the ability to think of the whole picture when solving day to day problems

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Solutions Architect and Datacenter Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Galderma Labs I am responsible for assessing the current datacenter infrastructure, discover possible short falls, and align the current technologies with future business projection / growth. Working with management by introducing new modern-day technology and vendor best practices to increase overall uptime. The person in this role is expected to think out of the box, be self-motivating and able to manage project with little to no oversight from management.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

As a Solution Architect at VCE, the Virtual Computing Environment Company, I was pivotal in advancing the adoption of converged infrastructure and cloud-based computing. At VCE, a groundbreaking collaboration among Cisco, EMC, VMware, and Intel, we specialize in reducing IT costs and enhancing time-to-market efficiencies for our clients. My role involved leveraging VCE's revolutionary Vblock platform, the industry's foremost fully integrated IT solution, to deliver unparalleled end-to-end vendor accountability.I was instrumental in developing prepackaged solutions that streamlined complex IT processes. These solutions were made available through a vast partner network and were tailored to meet a broad range of needs, including horizontal applications, industry-specific offerings, and application development environments. I focused on enabling customers to concentrate on business innovation by simplifying their IT infrastructure's integration, validation, and management.My expertise spanned vital areas such as infrastructure, networking, virtualization, and computing. This position required a deep understanding of various technological components and a solid ability to translate complex technical concepts into actionable solutions, significantly contributing to our client's digital transformation journeys.

Bagram Afghanistan

Leads infrastructure design and solutions supporting United States Military IT operations and management of 3 networks and 9 datacenters. Provide high priority fixes for critical, high-availability systems supporting users in combat and non-combat situations while quickly identifying and solving complex issues with in-depth security and system administration and escalation to the appropriate Chain of Command, when necessary. —Instrumental in supporting a Disaster Recovery strategy by leveraging VMware’s Site Recovery Manager and NETAPP snapmirror technology to implement a disaster recovery site—provided failover for all services on 3 networks and enhanced scalability to the primary datacenter.—Manage a Global staff of 12 with 30 additional Technicians in remote datacenters—maintain staffing, define deliverables, mentor resources, and conduct performance reviews. —Captured 75% in total cost savings through a virtualization and high-availability project that substantially stabilized the network and reduced the carbon footprint in 9 datacenters from over 50 servers to less than 10 servers with zero downtime. —Reconfigured from the ground up an existing Cisco Nexus 5010 and Nexus 1000V virtual switch infrastructure.

Global

Technical Architect for CSCs Global Business Security Solutions group—an elite National group of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) providing leadership on security and IT initiatives. Worked across a wide-range of industries including High Tech, Financial Services, Infrastructure, Chemical, and Utilities in North America and Europe.—Provided high-level presentations with infrastructure and security solutions and presented to Executive Client teams for review and approval. —Strategized a large datacenter move and migration; designed and developed network layout and tiered application structure for the migration of 15 Global client datacenters into hosted datacenters.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Supported the U.S. and coalition military IT initiatives for the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) in Afghanistan. Assessed current IT infrastructure throughout Afghanistan DOD networks and developed roadmaps and recommendations for improvements to enhance productivity, increase uptime, and optimized using vendor best practices

Kabul, Afghanistan

Led Quality Engineering planning and technical oversight for 15 NTM-A/CSTC-A locations throughout Afghanistan. Ensured that all U.S. and NATO military were adequately equipped with IT communication systems to complete critical missions. —Gained cost savings in the implementation of a VMware solution that included VMware ESC 4, VCenter 4, 3 Dell R610 servers, and MD3000iSAN and offered reduced footprint and improved cooling requirements.

Iraq

Regional Network Operations and Security Center (RNOSC) Technical Project Lead and Senior Information Systems Engineer providing Quality Assurance and assessment of training, capabilities, and equipment for organizations to support basic operations and maintenance tasks for critical IT operations. —Led the management and standardization of IT systems and networks distributed across the Iraqi Theater of Operation including Tier II and Tier III support to remote U.S. Army sites.

Colorado

Top-performing customer service providing Technical Support to customers on the phone and in-person. Provided consulting services to small business and home computing users and led several cutting-edge initiatives including the implementation of an enterprise portal and collaboration SharePoint site and the introduction of various VMware virtual technologies for medium-sized companies. —Project Manager for complex network implementation projects; determined project scope, requirements, and managed timelines and deliverables

Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

During my tenure in the United States Navy, I was pivotal in ensuring national security and operational efficiency through my expertise in Electronic Warfare (EW), Cryptologic operations, and Information Technology.Key Responsibilities:Electronic Warfare (EW): Spearheaded the operation and maintenance of sophisticated EW equipment. My responsibilities included real-time signal analysis, threat identification, and implementing electronic countermeasures. I consistently demonstrated agility and precision in high-stress environments, contributing to the mission's strategic success.Cryptologic Technician Technical (CTT): As a CTT, I was entrusted with gathering, analyzing, and processing electronic signals intelligence. This role required high-level technical acumen and security clearance, as I handled sensitive information critical to national security. My contributions were instrumental in shaping intelligence strategies and supporting decision-making processes at the highest levels.IT Support: In addition to my primary roles, I extended my technical expertise to the IT department, where I was involved in the maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems and networks aboard the ship. This role honed my skills in IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, and user support, ensuring seamless digital operations.

Sacramento, California Area

Worked for Tower Records in Sacramento CA. Supporting their online music ordering website and on site desktop support of various windows 3.11, windows 95 and windows 98.my duties included:- web server front end maintenance- adding / removing items from ordering page- Patching windows desktops- running CAT 5 cable for additional desktop- Installing OS

Tecnical Certification, Management Information Systems, General

Information Systems Managment