Focused Customer Service/Success individual with a Strong Consulting Sales, and Technical background having 40 years of IT Experience (25 years of Direct Sales experience, after enjoying 15 years of successful field engineering experience). I have leveraged strong relationships to build a business by identifying medium and large organizations throughout the Chicagoland Metro area, with needs related to implementing a technology solution to meet specific business objectives. I am self-motivated and persistent. I have a strong capability of gathering a clear understanding of a client's business requirements and then bringing the best professional and technical expertise to the table to align a technology solution with the business. Personally I like to work out with my personal trainer/strength and conditioning coach ( Son Danny Muzzalupo), spend as much time as humanly possible with my wife Sheryl, go on vacations, listen to music, fishing is important as my best form of relaxation, spend time with friends as much as time permits, and all centered around a beach if at all possible! I just became a grandfather in 2022...so move that to the top of any of my lists of order of importance 😊Specialties: Remote Mobile Workforce Solutions, Cloud Services, Managed Services, Data Center, Cisco Unified Collaboration, Cisco UCCE/UCCX, Cisco/Meraki Wireless, Cisco Networking and Security, Fortinet, Virtualization: VMware, Virtual Cloud, Virtual Desktop, Hyper V, Microsoft Exchange, Cisco UCS Servers, HPE Servers, IBM, HPE, Pure, EMC, Nimble, Netapp Storage & Backups; Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Planning, Gap Analysis, Implementation; Cisco Telepresence, Cisco Webex, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Security and Network Assessments, vCISO, Cybersecurity, Security Posture, Voice and Contact Center Assessments, UCaaS, SD-WAN, strong understanding of carrier/network services companies offerings to help customer make an educated/experienced well informed decision on that next provider.