Heading Presales and Services for ICT division across MEA region

I am working with Alpha Data as Technical Architect on various large corporate accounts assisting customers in defining solution strategies. I have been successful in building and maintaining relationships with key customers, enterprise architects, application development teams and senior management in operations and engineering. I look to bring profitably to a company with my knowledge in Converged/Hyper-Converged Infrastructure, Virtualization Cloud, and public offerings to help them in their… Show more I am working with Alpha Data as Technical Architect on various large corporate accounts assisting customers in defining solution strategies. I have been successful in building and maintaining relationships with key customers, enterprise architects, application development teams and senior management in operations and engineering. I look to bring profitably to a company with my knowledge in Converged/Hyper-Converged Infrastructure, Virtualization Cloud, and public offerings to help them in their Digital Transformation Journey.Specialties: Proven Professional Specialist with strong knowledge in SAN, NAS, VMware, Software Defined Data Centre, Private & Public Cloud, offerings Show less

 Technical contribution in the areas of design, deployment and support of IT Infrastructure and process. Self-starter with excellent Presentation and consultative skills. Guest speaker and technical presenter in several events and Technology roadshows. Adept in selling ideas with fluency in solution design using Visio schematics, Power point presentations, Bid management and interpersonal skills. Market experience of handling Middle-east, India and Africa regions with extensive… Show more  Technical contribution in the areas of design, deployment and support of IT Infrastructure and process. Self-starter with excellent Presentation and consultative skills. Guest speaker and technical presenter in several events and Technology roadshows. Adept in selling ideas with fluency in solution design using Visio schematics, Power point presentations, Bid management and interpersonal skills. Market experience of handling Middle-east, India and Africa regions with extensive travels involved for POC's and scoping out requirements. Directly involved with Government, Security, Police and Cloud verticals along with any big deals from technical sales/Pre-sales perspective and channel development in these areas. Customer Service oriented – ability to articulate customer requirements by animating successful proof of concepts and overcome objections, assist in the development of business cases by animating TCO (total cost of ownership analysis and ROI (return of investment analysis), and technically close deals. Involved in joint vendor alliance and solutions comprising of B2B sales and tailor made solution offerings to cater to a broad market reach and increased vertical focus Leverage product knowledge to provide technical expertise within the sales teams in assessing key strengths and weaknesses and overcome potential hurdles to close the deal Show less

Technical Presales consultant for Pure Storage, Fujitsu & Overland Enterprise Storage, Backup, Virtualization Portfolios.• Produce Techno Commercial Proposals for Storage, Backup, Virtualization Solutions.• Working with the Sales & Technical Dept. to prepare & design, presentations, demonstrations, conducting evaluations, proposals, responding to RFPs, Tenders Proof of Concept / Pilot / Consultancy.• Provide Internal & Partner Sales team with direction and play an active role in… Show more Technical Presales consultant for Pure Storage, Fujitsu & Overland Enterprise Storage, Backup, Virtualization Portfolios.• Produce Techno Commercial Proposals for Storage, Backup, Virtualization Solutions.• Working with the Sales & Technical Dept. to prepare & design, presentations, demonstrations, conducting evaluations, proposals, responding to RFPs, Tenders Proof of Concept / Pilot / Consultancy.• Provide Internal & Partner Sales team with direction and play an active role in training and development to keep them updated on new technologies and products. • Provide Technical Consultancy for IT Partners & Resellers.• Expert in Presales & Technical Tools for the successful design & consultation of the products.• Designing complex Storage solution including disaster recovery, business continuity and virtualization.• Contribute to requirements reviews for solutions which result in alignment between multiple programs or services and the business strategy and ensure plan or strategy buy-in.• Involves in Product Ordering, Management, Lead generation & opportunity expansion.• Identifies information on competitors and product roll-out data/training needs and proactively positions Storage strengths as a relative value position in the account.• Maintains excellent communications with customer executive management and business executives.• Builds customer loyalty through continuous innovation, becoming a trusted advisor.• Partners effectively with others in the account to ensure problem resolution and customer satisfaction.• Actively supports the account team with solution advice, proposals, presentations, and other customer communications. Show less

 Implementation configuration and troubleshooting of NetApp Filers, Dataontap diskshelves Firmware upgrades Part Replacements Implementation & Firmwares on Brocade/McData/Cisco Directors and Switches,  Hardware Impementation of Sun SL8500 Library Movement, Shutdown and Migration Activities on Enterprise storages. Publishing Luns. Zoning on Switches. Configuring and managing NetApp Storage Admin Software’s namely: SnapManager for Exchange, SQL, Oracle… Show more  Implementation configuration and troubleshooting of NetApp Filers, Dataontap diskshelves Firmware upgrades Part Replacements Implementation & Firmwares on Brocade/McData/Cisco Directors and Switches,  Hardware Impementation of Sun SL8500 Library Movement, Shutdown and Migration Activities on Enterprise storages. Publishing Luns. Zoning on Switches. Configuring and managing NetApp Storage Admin Software’s namely: SnapManager for Exchange, SQL, Oracle, SnapMirror, CIFS, NFS, ISCSI, FCP protocols, Configuring and managing Brocade SilkWorm, Cisco Mcdata Switches. Install, configure and verify functionality of switches in a Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager. Configure, verify, administer and describe Brocade Soft zoning, Hard zoning and Mixed zoning when changes are required. Show less

 Handling Hitachi/NetApp/IBM Storage systems, USP, USPV & USPVM series, NSC55, AMS 2100/2300, Storage Virtualization / Consolidation via USPV / USP VM.  Installation of USPVM’s and AMS Storages. Microcode upgrades on AMS, USP,USPV USPVM. Hardware upgrades on USPV & USP- Frame addition, Cache, DKA, CHA, and Disks -Raid & Ldevs creation Part Replacements of USPV USP – Disks, DKA, FSW, Batteries. Movement, Shutdown and Migration Activities on Enterprise storages.

Responsible for all aspect of Symantec SAN. This includes vendor management, engineering, planing and long term stragtic for storage within Symantec. Working For Symantec ITO project in Storage Engineering. remote support to US team Which Includes  Managing Hitachi/NetApp Storage systems,  Brocade/McData/Cisco Directors and Switches,  Managing Hitachi Storage Admin Software namely: Hitachi Storage Navigator, Hitachi Device Manager, HDS Tuning… Show more Responsible for all aspect of Symantec SAN. This includes vendor management, engineering, planing and long term stragtic for storage within Symantec. Working For Symantec ITO project in Storage Engineering. remote support to US team Which Includes  Managing Hitachi/NetApp Storage systems,  Brocade/McData/Cisco Directors and Switches,  Managing Hitachi Storage Admin Software namely: Hitachi Storage Navigator, Hitachi Device Manager, HDS Tuning Manager, HDS True Copy/HUR (Replication). Managing Brocade EFCM (Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager  Implementation and configuration of NetApp Filers, SAN Switches Performance tuning of storage Show less

Hitachi Storage systems, USP, USPV & USPVM HDS 9500 and 9900 series, NSC55, AMS 500/1000, Storage Virtualization / Consolidation via USPV / USP VM.  Installation of USPVM’s and AMS Storages. Microcode upgrades on AMS, USP,USPV USPVM. Hardware upgrades on USPV & USP- Frame addition, Cache, DKA, CHA, and Disks -Raid & Ldevs creation Part Replacements of USPV USP – Disks, DKA, FSW, Batteries. Movement, Shutdown and Migration Activities on Enterprise… Show more Hitachi Storage systems, USP, USPV & USPVM HDS 9500 and 9900 series, NSC55, AMS 500/1000, Storage Virtualization / Consolidation via USPV / USP VM.  Installation of USPVM’s and AMS Storages. Microcode upgrades on AMS, USP,USPV USPVM. Hardware upgrades on USPV & USP- Frame addition, Cache, DKA, CHA, and Disks -Raid & Ldevs creation Part Replacements of USPV USP – Disks, DKA, FSW, Batteries. Movement, Shutdown and Migration Activities on Enterprise storages. Configuring and managing Hitachi Storage Admin Softwares namely: Hitachi Storage Navigator, Hitachi Device Manager, HDS Replication Manager, HDS Tuning Manager, HDS Storage Navigator Modular, HDS Shadow Image, True Copy and Universal Replicator.Configuring HDS SAN Zone, creation and mapping luns to the hosts. Configuring and managing Brocade SilkWorm, Cisco Mcdata Switches. Install, configure and verify functionality of switches in a Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager. Configure, verify, administer and describe Brocade Soft zoning, Hard zoning and Mixed zoning when changes are required. Show less

Working as on SAN Administrator at National Stock Exchange (BKC). Handling Three Hitachi USPV Datacenter - Primary, Secondary and DR at Chennai.Responsible to handle activities on Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V.Implementation configuration and troubleshooting of NetApp Filers,Responsible to handle Cisco MDS 9216 Switches and routers.Configuring True copy.FCIP configuration.Configuring Universal Replicator.Migrating servers on USPV.Publishing Luns.