Experienced Competitive Intelligence analyst. Can explain the very complex in an easy to understand non-complex format. Engages with Sales, Marketing, Product Management, Support, Executive Management, Partners and customers. Functions virtually and remotely teaching and facilitating Sales engagements. Cross-disciplined Information Technology and engineering leader, leveraging substantial years of experience performing as an individual contributor, and leading teams through complex solution designs encompassing Competitive Intelligence, Storage & Cloud Infrastructure, Security, Infrastructure Architecture, Networking, Data Center/Hosting, and Applications. Hands-on capable.Motivational and straight-forward technology professional with a demonstrated ‘can do’ attitude. Skilled at mentoring and cultivating a deep bench of leadership and technical talent. Leads by example. Impactful presentation and communication skills, development and mentoring abilities. Experienced with U.S. and international teams. Provides insight into competitive products for Product Management to assist with the development of product roadmaps, features, and functionalities enabling new product development.Provides Competitive Intelligence and Marketing experience to influence business decisions and cost efficiencies to achieve customer-focused success. Trains and educates Sales and partners on intricacies of company and competitor products, identifying gaps and strategies, and how the competition responds to techniques during sales engagements.Communicates departmental scope and intricacies so business leaders understand the extent of Competitive's contribution, and that the Competitive Intelligence team is doing an effective job within the company, and for external clients.Additional Technology Proficiencies: IT, Security, Cloud Infrastructures, Networking, Enterprise WAN/LAN Design, virtualization, Storage: Flash/NAS/SAN/Unified/Cloud-based; Data Center to Cloud to the Desktop to Mobile devices; disaster recovery, storage capacity management, HCI/CI, and more.cliftonrjohnson@comcast.net; 815-546-6646