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Herndon, Va, Us

Strategizing with my customers to architect, design, and implement data center solutions to solve their challenges is an exciting and fulfilling part of my role. I excel at problem-solving and communicating technical solutions to clients in a way that improves their understanding, experience and appreciation of data center technologies. Whether white boarding, designing, or discussing project details, I enjoy helping customers achieve their goals and improve their business processes.I am a self-motivated, focused, thorough, goal-setting, get-things-done consultant with a particularly strong ability to provide technical expertise in a relational manner. I strive to build trusting relationships and exceed expectations on every project and in every interaction.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Day-to-Day Included:- Building trusting relationships with customers and partners- Researching current systems technologies and serving as a subject matter expert- Evangelizing the tremendous benefits of consuming storage as a service- Pipeline development and account management- Collaborating with partners and customers on design and implementation of simplified IT storage solutions

Herndon, Va, Us

Day-to-Day Included:- Collaborating with vendors and customers on design and implementation of complex data center projects and solutions- Researching current systems technologies and serving as a subject matter expert- Providing technical leadership for detailed designs and reference architecturesSpecialties: Solving Problems, Developing Relationships, Setting Goals, Discovering EfficienciesData Center Technology Experience:Virtualization (VMware vSphere and SRM)Storage (Pure Storage, EMC VNX/Unity/XtremIO/RecoverPoint/Isilon, Brocade, Cisco MDS)Compute and HCI (Cisco UCS, Nutanix, VxRail, HyperFlex, Vblock)Backup and Recovery Processes (Rubrik, Veritas Backup Exec, Commvault)

New York, Ny, Us

Eagan, Minnesota, Us

Responsible for post-sales engineering, project implementation and providing onsite/remote support of data center storage and virtualization technologies. Experienced with a variety of VMware, storage, and backup technologies, including VMware ESX/ESXi, vCenter, View, Site Recovery Manager, Veeam Backup, Dell Equallogic, Commvault Simpana, Symantec Backup Exec, Cisco MDS, Brocade, Qlogic, and EMC storage platforms such as VNX, VNXe, Celerra, CLARiiON, RecoverPoint and Isilon.AOS is the leading technology solutions provider in the Central Midwest, spanning from Texas to Illinois, headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. AOS has been the winner of the Kansas City Business Journal Champion of Business award in Information Technology in 2010, 2011 and 2012.AOS is proud to be Cisco Gold Partner, EMC Signature Partner and VMware Premier Partner. In 2012 AOS was selected a Microsoft National Systems Integrator, one of 33 in the United States.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

I supervised, coordinated and mentored the advanced system administration staff to architect and maintain the networking, storage, virtual and server infrastructure for our on-site production and off-site SaaS environments.Specialties:Relationship Development and Teamwork EfficienciesVirtualization and Server Architecture(VMware VCP)Fibre Channel and iSCSI storage (Equallogic certified)Backup and Recovery Processes (Commvault certified)

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

Lexington, Kentucky, Us