Worldwide Product Manager responsible for VMware storage integration across multiple external storage platforms. This includes managing storage integration with VMware APIs and technologies like Virtual Volumes (vVols) and value added management and automation plug-ins for vCenter, vRealize and SRM. I am also responsible for our automation integration offerings for OpenStack and Ansible.In my role I am responsible for understanding industry and company strategy and determining customer’s needs as they relate to managing their VMware environment. To achieve this I help define product requirements and capabilities, maintain long term roadmaps and work across engineering, product marketing, and sales teams to deliver successful products to market.I also work directly with customers to understand their challenges and needs and also understand their use cases as they relate to our products and most importantly ensure they are having a great experience with our products.My greatest strength is to look at something and not see problems but to instead think of solutions.

Worldwide Solutions Manager in the HPE Storage division focused on VMware virtualization and responsible for defining solutions that drive overall storage revenue, margins and market awareness for HPE Storage. My responsibilities in this role includes the following:• Defining market size (revenue), CAGR, solution fit and go to market motions • Defining solution strategy and plays to support this strategy• Actively engage with the ISV Alliances teams to forge partnerships and joint go to market plans with industry software vendors • Actively define and help shape the value delivery chain to ensure that complete solutions can be delivered to solve a customer business problem• Solutions speaking engagements and presentations• Creation of solution collateral content including solution briefs, sales guides, PowerPoint presentations, competitive battle cards and social media outreach My focus in this role includes the following:• Building solution plays around VMware vSphere and HPE Storage with a focus on primary storage platforms• Enabling sales and presales audiences on understanding the virtualization space and why HPE Storage is especially suited for virtualization environments• Supporting the field on large virtualization-led deals• Working with product management to influence product roadmaps so as to provide key solution differentiation in the virtualization market• Planning and representing HPE Storage at external events such as VMUG's, VMworld and HPE Discover

I founded and maintain a series of popular VMware & virtualization related blogs & websites including http://vsphere-land.com, thevpad.com & feed.vsphere-land.com that have been consistently ranked in the top 10 virtualization blogs.

Author of two books for Pearson publishing on VMware virtualization:VMware VI3 Implementation & AdministrationMaximum vSphere

Write virtualization related feature articles and blog posts for several Tech Target groups including searchvmware.com, searchservervirtualization.com and searchdatabackup.com.

Worked as a consultant providing a wide range of computer services to clients (Novell Netware, IBM mid-range systems, programming)