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Austin, Tx, Us

Redwood City, California, Us

Lead, Manage, and Expand the Check Point and AWS Technical AllianceSpearheaded the strategic technical partnership between Check Point and AWS, focusing on seamless product integration and collaborative strategy.Directed requirements with R&D, prioritizing engineering resources to strengthen technical integration's between Check Point and AWS platforms.Develop and execute a go-to-market strategy.Effectively communicated and evangelized Check Point's cloud capabilities, driving brand recognition and market engagement.

DavidHill.co is my personal blog site covering varying topics on virtualization, cloud computing and general thoughts, theories and opinions.

Leeds, Gb

Technical Lead for Cloud Services Transformation at IPFLed the transition of IPF's infrastructure from on-premises data centers to a cloud-first model, driving strategic process and policy changes.Architected, documented, and delivered resilient and secure AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud services on a global scale.Developed and presented strategic updates to stakeholders, including C-level executives, highlighting policy changes, processes, and practical business use cases for cloud service adoption.Managed and strengthened the AWS and IPF customer relationship, ensuring alignment with business objectives.Directed budget optimization initiatives for AWS services, achieving significant cost reductions while meeting business requirements.

Advising technology startups and enterprise technology groups on Product Strategy, Technical and Go To Market capabilities

Seattle, Wa, Us

Field CTO - Office of the CTO providing leadership on topics focused specifically on Cloud Native TechnologiesTechnical Lead for Cloud Native Strategy at VeeamSpearheaded the development and execution of Veeam’s next-generation cloud native strategy, focusing on public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP), containers, and Kubernetes.Acted as a lead evangelist for Veeam’s Cloud Native Backup products, presenting at global technical conferences and industry events to C-level executives and technical teams with a focus on security, ransomware, and recoverability.Drove collaboration between customers, sales, partners, product management, and marketing to align feature requirements and sales strategies.Developed a unified product marketing message for cross-platform support, producing technical marketing assets, including business presentations, demos, and sales collateral.Provided architectural design and strategic input on customer engagements valued at $1M+, focusing on secure data protection for both on-premises and cloud environments.Led the Veeam-AWS partnership, overseeing pilots and technical validation activities to ensure seamless integration.Managed cross-functional deliverables for multiple cloud product launches, creating reference architectures and solution briefs to drive sales enablement and growth.Delivered thought leadership on industry trends, offering guidance to sales, engineering teams, and enterprise customers.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

The Lead Evangelist for VMware vCloud Air regularly presenting executive keynotes at conferences worldwide.Technical lead for launch of multiple service offerings, including storage tiers, object storage, data protection and disaster recovery. Developed outbound marketing material, social media strategies, product demonstrations and reference architectures in VMware’s public cloud IaaS, vCloud Air and Cloud Service Provider Program• Lead team of 10 to provide global enablement including collateral creation to provide training to over 3000 field sales engineers and professional services consultants.• Managed and promoted the VMware cloud strategy publicly to help grow revenue to $100 million.• Provide input into executive (C-level) leadership team to define VMware’s Cloud Roadmap and strategy.• Develop reference architectures to enable selected Fortune 500 enterprises to integrate products and security into the public cloud with service contracts valued at $10million plus.• Write competitive analysis reports on competing cloud platforms (AWS, Azure and GCP) to understand the strengths and weaknesses of VMware’s Cloud Platform.• Build “DevOps” integrations with Puppet and Chef to allow automated and orchestrated deploys in a hybrid cloud model leveraging Docker and Kubernetes Container Management technologies.• Test data analytics solutions (Splunk, ElasticSearch) to understand gaps in current platforms.• Mentored junior staff and CTO ambassadors advising on strategies and career development.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Worked in a global team to develop reference architectures for VMware Professional Services providing delivery assistance, and escalation point-of-contact to global PSO and partners.• Co-Author VMware vCloud Architecture Toolkit (vCAT) published by VMware Press.• Develop best practice recommendations and designed guidelines for customers coveringbusiness continuity, lifecycle management and operations.• Technical author and contributor to knowledge base articles, blog articles, and VMwaresupport community forum.• Provide project management and technical leadership to professional services engagements valued at $1million plus.• Designed and deployed multiple enterprise environments including proof-of-concept, pre- production, and production.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Lead architect for design and deployment of vCloud customer engagements, presenting technical content to FTSE 100 companies based in EMEA. Tested beta products prior to release to market and provide feedback to product managers.• Lead architect for design and deployment of first EMEA vCloud Environment for large service provider resulting in professional services revenue over $2 million.• Lead content developer for training material for vCloud roadshows to train global PSO field.• Create vCloud Monitoring integration reference architecture to be used globally by allVMware vCloud customers.

Identified, developed and directed the implementation of business strategy. Cultivating the company’s reputation in the market. Responsible for the Profit & Loss for the business.• Started own business to deliver professional services to systems integrators.• Grew a successful business within 5 years running simultaneous contracts with multipleemployees.• Built successful client relationships that resulted in revenue and profitability growth.

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Round Rock, Texas, Us

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Windows NT and Novel Netware 3.12 3rd Line Support Engineer

Thornaby, Cleveland, Gb

Installed and configured Multi Function devices, Windows NT servers and desktops, and Windows 98 desktops. Provided 3rd line support to a wide range of customers covering the North East of England.

3rd Line support engineer

Maintain Novel Netware 3.12 servers, Windows 3.11 and Windows 95 desktops

Yarm, Cleveland, Gb

Build and develop in house PC systems

Trainee computer technician installing and configuring PC's,network cards, hard disks and modems

Hnc Computer Architecture

Maths, Computing, English, Business Studies

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