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Redmond, Washington, Us

• Partnered with strategic customers to solve their most complicated cloud challenges and bring their next-generation platforms to live on the Azure cloud• Align closely with CxO's, key decision makers and customer architecture teams to ensure resilient and secure cloud operations• Act as the "voice of change" to Azure product groups, highlighting gaps in our solutions and providing new product feedback and design guidance• Drove the open-source Azure IPAM product into a native Azure solution now available in Azure Virtual Network Manager• Cloud & hybrid networking SME, combining my years of data center networking experience with Azure cloud networking design• Azure Arc SME, evangelizing the operational simplicity Arc can bring to any infrastructure on any cloud• Design & deliver repeatable architectures and training materials for Azure Cloud Solution Architects

Redmond, Washington, Us

• Partnered with strategic customers to understand their core business objectives and architect robust solutions on the Azure cloud platform• Develop deep relationships with key customer decision makers, including C-suite, to drive long-term Azure cloud adoption within their organization• Evangelize the Azure cloud platform to both internal and external customers• Part of the Azure Arc Jumpstart core design team• Designed & updated ArcBox and Azure Arc Jumpstart scenarios• Designed & delivered training for Azure Arc-enabled servers to over 1000 CSA's & CE's• Helped design & deliver LevelUP! training courses to 350+ CSA's• Served as a mentor for numerous CSA's counterparts• Member of the always-on hiring loop for new Azure CSA's• Act as the "voice of the customer", providing key feedback to Azure leadership and product groups• Provided customer upskilling by way of Hack-a-thons, Cloud Skills Challenge, and ad-hoc training sessions• Highly active member of the Azure Cloud Networking community• Designed Azure IPAM (OSS) solution to bring IP Address Management capabilities to Azure, filling a clear gap in product capabilities• Designed Bellhop (OSS) auto-scaling platform for Azure resources that don't support native scaling capabilities, and to enable auto-scale up/down vs. out/in

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Assigned to highly strategic accounts (multi-million dollar data center business)• Partnered closely with Cisco business units to provide key customer feedback and helped to shape the next generation of Cisco products• Presented at numerous Cisco Live events (Las Vegas, San Diego, Barcelona) on Data Center automation and delivering private cloud experiences through automation• Partnered with customer architecture teams to design resilient hybrid cloud strategies as they began to partner with public cloud providers to deliver applications and services• Part of the advisory team for Cisco's next generation Virtualization & Container engine• Part of the advisory team for Cisco's cloud-native server management platform (Intersight)• Consulted on strategy and goal setting for regional TSA teams

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Responsible for deep technical knowledge of the Cisco Data Center portfolio (Cisco UCS servers, MDS fibre channel switching, Nexus switches, Cisco ACI software-defined networking, etc.)• Worked closely with customers to deliver technical closure (e.g. ensuring no technical blockers remain)• Partnered with regional Account Managers and Sales Engineers for technical enablement & upskilling sessions• Lead PoC's for customer while working alongside them to prove functionality, quality and reliability of our product portfolio• Designed & led hands-on technical training sessions for customers and the internal sales engineering teams• Presented at Cisco Live and was awarded the title of Distinguished Speaker

Laguna Niguel, California, Us

• Lead highly skilled virtualization architecture team• Migrated large scale healthcare system (~10,000 users) from XenApp on XenServer to XenDesktop on Hyper-V• Managed Application Virtualization team responsible for packaging hundreds of applications using App-V for rapid deployment in highly virtualized environment• Worked in conjunction with Microsoft account team to design a reference architecture for other healthcare companies running with large-scale virtualized workloads, and presented at TechEd 2015• Represented VDI team during Change Review Board meetings• Managed deployment of Citrix NetScaler + XenDesktop Director to deliver deep user experience insights, resulting in a much more proactive support experience for healthcare users• Personally attended & managed all major go-lives to ensure a high-quality end-user experience• Worked with Nuance to deliver revolutionary voice-to-text note taking for physicians on their VDI workstations, eliminating manual voice services and delivering immediate patient note reflection in their medical records

Laguna Niguel, California, Us

• Joined virtualization architecture team through acquisition• Worked on an extremely fast-paced team modernizing the healthcare experience for hospital staff and end users through next-generation VDI solutions• Built virtual desktop images for numerous acute and ambulatory care facilities• Architected large-scale XenServer environments to support vastly improved VDI workloads• Partnered closely with end users (doctors, nurses, radiologists, etc.) to verify current workflows and validate new VDI architecture changes would improve the speed and quality of healthcare provided to patients

Tucson, Az, Us

• Owned & operated BitXchange supporting medium/large businesses in the greater Tucson area• Designed virtualization solutions for retail and educational customers to support a more simplified management and business model• Deployed & managed Asterisk/3CX based phone systems• Designed & managed data backup and disaster recovery solutions• Designed & deployed network, server and firewall solutions• Designed & migrated ambulatory healthcare facilities to the GloStream platform, providing a modern and streamlined patient experience• Managed & executed service contracts for various retail, healthcare and educational facilities, providing architectural design guidance and break-fix and solutions• Managed key partnerships with Microsoft, Cisco, Citrix and GloStream

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