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Vernon Hills, Il, Us

Vernon Hills, Il, Us

Principal Solution Architect - covering East Coast/South territories

Vernon Hills, Il, Us

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

Responsible for pre-sales engineering, architecture and data center solution selling for mid to large size companiesAttend trade shows and seminars to promote products and maintain knowledge of industry leading technologyDevelop account strategies within an active sales teamWrite and deliver detailed proposals and statement of work documents Work with customers to align business needs to technology Architect creative and innovative solutions aimed at solving business, operational, and financial issuesPropose and demonstrate the suite of products using demos, white boards, presentations, Visio diagrams etc.Keep abreast of industry trends, best practices, and competing/complimentary productsLead, manage, and conduct customer pilot projects or “proof-of-concepts”Work with internal departments (sales, support, marketing, development) to ensure success during sales campaigns and/or to ensure the customer experience is extremely positiveInstallation and integration of new storage and backup technologies into existing infrastructureProvide professional pre-sales service and professional onsite post-sales service engineering

Austin, Texas, Us

Helping sales executives by making technical presentations, answering technical questions Managed customer relationships through WEBEX, e-mail, phone and on-site visitsProvided post and pre sales technical support for current and new customersPerformed customer product demonstrations and supporting targeted sales opportunitiesAssists and participates in developing RFI, RPF and RFQ responsesSelected and trained channel partners on how to sell and use the Falconstor productsTroubleshot and provided feedback on the releases of new productsCreated proof of concept and prototype solutions using the Falconstor software platformProvided tradeshow support and expertise Actively taken a role to ensure that all sales target are achieved in the territory

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

Responsible for pre-sales engineering and architecture for mid to large size companiesAttend trade shows and seminars to promote products and maintain knowledge of industry leading technologyDevelop account strategies within an active sales teamWork with customers to align business needs to technology Architect creative and innovative solutions aimed at solving business, operational, and financial issuesPropose and demonstrate the suite of products using demos, white boards, presentations, Visio diagrams etc.Keep abreast of industry trends, best practices, and competing/complimentary productsLead, manage, and conduct customer pilots projects or “proof-of-concepts”Work with internal departments (sales, support, marketing, development) to ensure success during sales campaigns and/or to ensure the customer experience is extremely positiveInstallation and integration of new storage and backup technologies into existing infrastructureProvide professional pre-sales service and professional onsite post-sales service engineering

New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for overseeing 350 network device users in New York and 50 users in New JerseyMaintained two Cisco Catalyst 6000 and eight Catalyst 4000 switchesMonitored and maintained all communications between New York, Los Angeles, and New Jersey officesImplemented VPN services for entire firm using Cisco & Aventail VPNsMaintain two separate firewalls (Cisco PIX & Sonicwall)Deployed and maintained patch management system for Microsoft updatesManaged all internal network security, including vulnerability assessmentsInstalled and maintained Clustered Microsoft Exchange 2000 for three locationsMaintained 35 Windows 2000 serversMaintained all SAN and NAS devices for the New York OfficeInstalled and Migrated 16 servers to VMware ESX serverAdminister Linux email servers Assist in Developing Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Strategies using Vmware ESX server

Setup 200 Windows 2000 workstations for traders and four Windows 2000 servers on the local networkSetup and administered email system using Ntmail and Exchange 2000Setup and maintained WAN connection with remote offices and ordered T1’s and communication equipmentSetup Windows ISA server for security and the Citrix Metaframe XPs for remote accessManaged and maintained 15 servers, 11 of which were provided by outside vendors, Nasdaq, Brass ,etc.Maintain backups for servers and workstations and provided technical support for all locationsSetup and maintained 4 catalyst 3500 and 2 catalyst 4000 series switchesSetup and maintained provision and monitoring of over 20 T1’s for various services