Daniel Barnette Email & Phone Number

Feature Architect Multi-Cloud Engineering - VMware Integration SMEAreas of Focus: - VxRail Product and Release Lead - VCF on VxRail All - VMware Subscription - ESXi and vCenter IntegrationCodevelop designs/develop features with cross-functional stakeholders.Review and develop requirements with Product Management.Review functional specifications and.

VxBlock Platform Advanced Engineering- Core Function - Virtualization Architect- Develop virtualization designs and architectures in collaboration with partners/team members.- Review and develop requirements with Product Management.- Develop System Design Specifications in collaboration with engineering teams.- Exploratory research and prototyping for.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

VxBlock Platform Advanced Engineering - Core Function - Virtualization Architect

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

VxBlock Platform Engineering - Core Function - Storage and Virtualization Engineer - Develop/test prototypes, build documentation, and order-ability for Vblock and VxBlock System 200, 300, 500, 700, 1000 series and next generation platforms. - Introduce new storage, compute, network and virtualization offerings into each platform.- Dell PowerEdge.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Hyperscale Systems Team- Develop prototypes, build guides, and order-ability for Vblock and VxBlock System 200, 300, 500, and 700 series platforms. - Introduce new storage, compute, and network offerings into each platform for sustainability.- UCS B-Series, C-Series, M-Series, and Mini- EMC VNX, XtremIO, VMAX, Isilon, Unity, and next generation all flash.

Durham Center Of Excellence

• Operational Core Services Technical Lead
• Provide technical escalation
• Implementation, Customer Engagements, and Support for Lab-as-a-Service product's (Cloud Core) infrastructure. - vCloud Director and vSphere Administration - Cloud Core product testing and validation - vCloud Director.
• Advanced troubleshooting for various VMware, Cisco, and EMC technologies.

Durham Center Of Excellence

• Provide Business Units within the DCOE tier 2 and 3 lab support for most all of EMCs products.
• vSphere and vCloud Director administration and troubleshooting for DCOE Lab-as-a-Service product.
• VNX, VNXe, VMware, GreenPlum and VMAX configuration and troubleshooting.
• Host troubleshooting (hardware & config) - mainly UCS/Dell
• Mentor/Train tier 1 team members through shadowing opportunities for team growth.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Supported lab operations team with physical layer troubleshooting and implementation.
• Racked servers, switches, KVMs, WTIs, and term servers for users based on a ticketing system.
• Displayed leadership qualities through training of teammates and new hires while maintaining a focus on Durham Phase II lab moves.
• Allowed Domain Admin rights for MENG Active Directory for joining hosts and console servers.

• Performed initial diagnosis to determine solutions for client’s issue.
• Performed post check-in stress tests, install operating systems as well as remove viruses, and upgrade system RAM, hard drives and power supplies.
• Provided technical support for clients via telephone in reference to OS configuration issues.

• Maintained a consistent customer base through both excellent customer service, and outstanding phone etiquette.

• Assistant Manager November 2006 – June 2007
• Resolved customer concerns as well as employee disputes, to ensure excellent service and boost morale.
• Reconciled profit/loss statements to determine the stores progress each month.
• Managed inventory, entered reorder status for items as well as processed purchase orders.

• Advanced rapidly to Assistant Manager, through excellent productivity and professionalism.