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Leesburg, Va, Us

Reston, Virginia, Us

Global Solutions EngineeringGlobal Customer SuccessGlobal Sales Operations

Pleasanton, California, Us

Symphony Technology Group (STG) acquired FireEye’s XDR portfolio Sept 2021 and McAfee Enterprise July 2021.• Led and transformed the FireEye and McAfee SE teams into a single team of ~350 focused on a combined XDR platform go to market strategy.• Rolled out standards and procedures across the entire WW SE team and Channel/Partner community.o Technical cross training for both direct sales and Channel/Partnerso Increased SE capacity in emerging markets.o Rebuilt the Trellix Channel/Partner Programs to encompass both FireEye and McAfee technology.o Managed separate goals and quotas (FireEye/McAfee) culminating into a single WW SE model for 2023.• Exceeded quota expectations during 2022 while integrating 2 separate go to market models.• Involved with the successful divestiture of FireEye XDR technology (April – Sept 2021) leading to the acquisition by Symphony Technology Group (STG). The remainder of the technology and consulting portfolio once again becoming Mandiant (Sept 2021). Subsequently Mandiant was acquired by Google Cloud (Sept 2022).

Milpitas, California, Us

• Involved with the successful divestiture of FireEye XDR technology (April – Sept 2021) leading to the acquisition by Symphony Technology Group (STG). The remainder of the technology and consulting portfolio once again becoming Mandiant (Sept 2021). Subsequently Mandiant was acquired by Google Cloud (Sept 2022).

Milpitas, California, Us

FireEye acquired Mandiant in early 2014.• Led a combined Mandiant and FireEye Systems Engineering of ~400. • Rolled out standards and procedures across WW SE team.• Increased pipeline by innovative demonstrations and defined proof of concept programs for both direct and Channel/Partner routes to market.• Focus on both growth and efficiency.o Grew EMEA and APJ SE teams by 20%.o Transformed the SE team from “box selling” to solutions focused outcome based technical sellers.o Focus on Channel/Partner routes to market.• Acquired iSight Threat Intelligence and integrated the SE team and GTM model.• Acquired Invotas automated response/workflow and integrated the SE team and GTM model.

Responsible for launching Threat Analytics Platform (TAP next gen SIEM/SOAR) and Email Threat Prevention (ETP).• Enabled both the Mandiant Sales team, FireEye sales team and Channel/Partners in both TAP and ETP go to market.• Increased sales for TAP by 100% and ETP by 150% in 2H 2014• Created demo and POC programs for both TAP and ETP

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Provide consistent practices, standards and methodology to a global team. Partner with product engineering to establish upcoming product releases. Lead 225+ pre-sales system engineers globally and 12 direct reports. Lead sales-strategy sessions. Work with training teams to create pre-sales-specific courses. Responsible for integrating teams and assets of 5 acquired companies into the EMC portfolio.• Created and standardized technical sales processes and procedures; led the change from focus on IT only to include Line of Business; drove value based selling across sales and pre sales by creating ROI centric training and accreditation programs; expanded group’s charter from pure technology focused SEs to include industry experts across all focus verticals; formed a team of experts (Strategic Pursuit Team) to focus on our most important customers and prospects; championed a standard process of handing over a customer to Professional Services once the pre sales portion of the opportunity ended• Conduct quarterly Win/Loss reviews; leverage the data to create deal trends tools for the field which included competitive, industry, use case, and partnership information; developed technical advantage tools to accelerate the sales cycle• Mange hosted demo environment which provides the team access to all product demonstrations via a cloud based solution; the system is now expanded to support all divisions of EMC across 70,000 employees from 3000 IIG employees; expanded system to include EMC partner use of the demo cloud saving 25M+ in cost to deploy hardware to partners• Manage team of individuals responsible for all activities that enable our partner teams to be successful; participate in Partner Advisory Board; led creation of partner application certification program• Leading a team of dedicated to a SaaS based sync and share tool; create best practices for internal use of the new tool; design new methods to showcase demos of Syncplicity and SaaS offerings.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Provide consistent best practices, standards and methodology to a global team while driving product sales. Communicate with new and existing clients regarding hot issues, analyze their remarks and define tailored solutions. Partner with product engineering to establish upcoming product releases. Lead 250 pre-sales system engineers globally and 7 direct reports. Drive sales-strategy sessions while advising sales teams on account tactics. Liaise with training teams to create pre-sales-specific courses for direct sellers and Channel/Partners.• Increased sales 20% from the first quarter and stabilized the pre-sales team retention rate. • Received Club Excellence Award in 2008• Received Club Excellence Award in 2009

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Based in Hong Kong, led field operations in Asia and Japan, developing field sales accreditation for account managers and system engineers across the region. Fostered sales-team growth, building the team from 20 to 40 pre-sales engineers in 2006 and from 40 to 60 members in 2008. Managed 3 regional managers, 2 regional team leaders and 60 contributors. • Designed and implemented Theater based technical Channel/Partner program.• Reached 110% of quota in 2006 and attained 50% year-over-year growth in sales.• Achieved 40% year-over-year sales growth in 2008.• Received Club Excellence Award in 2006 and APJ Senior Sales Council Representation for CMA.

Focused on closing technical sales with Fortune 100 companies. Established training programs to boost team technical strength while analyzing competitors and trends to develop new sales strategies. Partnered with engineering to focus on emerging technologies. Rebuilt the Enterprise East team, growing staff from 7 to 15. • Reached 110% of quota.• Built several reginal focused Channel/Partner relationships allowing growth without adding direct headcount.• Closed 6 7-figure deals in 2004, achieving the top sales region worldwide. • Honored with Systems Engineer Manager of the Year in 2005 and Club Excellence Award in 2005.

Spearheaded technical sales for each deal covered by regional account managers and associated Channel/Partner while managing operations. Charged with reinvigorating the struggling Federal Business. Supervised 13 pre-sales engineers while leading the integration of sales teams in Latin America and Texas and adding additional personnel. Established company as a major force in Latin America, gaining several large bids and brand recognition. • Attained the Federal Business quota in 2004 after turning around ailing business segment.• Focused on establishing EMC/Documentum as a go to partner for US Government System Integrators.• Established a technical-training program for the pre-sales team in Federal Business. • Received Club Excellence Award in 2004.

Oversaw pre-sale resources for the Americas while integrating pre-sale segments of Documentum and eRoom, an acquired company. Provided value for the company’s acquisition by fostering increased sales. Originated training plans and facilitated 1-on-1 mentoring sessions to further integrate sales associates from both companies. Partnered with engineering teams to streamline the 2 companies’ products into an improved collaborative value for clients. Managed 14 direct reports divided among multiple national locations.

Performed needs-analysis of clients’ engineering data management requirements, analyzed the results and originated tailored solutions to their challenges utilizing company software products. Liaised with customers to ascertain their needs and communicated project technical details through presentations and demonstrations. Installed software at client locations as needed.• Attained $4 million in revenue in 2001 and $5.5 million in 2002 while contributing to more than $20 million in closed business.• Executed a successful turnaround of a 4-state region that was falling behind in sales.• Received multiple awards, including Club Excellence in 2001, Systems Engineer of the Year U.S. in 2002, SystemsEngineer of the Year Worldwide in 2002 and Club Excellence in 2002.

Technical Sales Representative: Established technical sales strategies for potential clients and performed as a leader for the in- house software design team. Partnered with customers to pinpoint product strengths and weaknesses, analyzed the information and reported the results to the design team to implement the product updates. Communicated with clients regarding projects, including delivering status briefings and presentations. Attended product demonstrations and technical discussions while managing a small team. Led training sessions of internal technical-support personnel. Deployed software at Merck and DuPont to support multimillion-dollar engineering projects.

• Automated creation of instrumentation specification datasheets and instrumentation drawings; lowered time to create loop diagrams from 3-6 hours to 1-2 hours by creating automated programs to generate both AutoCAD and Microstation drawings; created applications using Oracle forms used to generate database driven spec sheets• Supported Merck and DuPont in the use of our IT applications; hired and trained a call center team in support of Merck and DuPont; hired and trained a team of professionals responsible for training Merck and DuPont on Kvaerner applications• Documentum Administrator responsible for procurement of hardware, installation and maintenance of software, helpdesk, and end user training.

Created drawings used in construction of oil/gas and chemical plants by utilizing 2D/3D CAD packages, designed and coded multiple applications to boost output. Traveled internationally with applications-design teams to repackage applications for global-office use.• Proficient in AutoCAD and Microstation 2D CAD packages; proficient in Intergraph and Aveeva (CadCentre) 3Dplant design tools; proficient in C, C++, Assembler, Visual Basic, Oracle Forms, AutoLisp, Java, ...• Tasked with creating 2D and 3D Instrumentation diagrams used to build and maintain Oil&Gas / Chemical plantsand facilities.• Designed applications to port database data from legacy mainframe to PC based DBII