Lead a team of highly talented people that are focused on delivering business value through the technology that Google brings. We are growing and would love to see more team members throughout the state!

The technical sales and consulting for OHV and NE territory focused on enabling customers the infrastructure agnostics for their legacy and cloud native applications. Contact me to understand how a simple platform will secure, modernize, and provide an ability to drive container workloads into production!The Apcera trusted cloud platform is a highly secure, policy-driven platform for cloud-native applications and microservices—as well as legacy applications. Apcera lets dev and DevOps teams use any modern tool or software they want while giving IT the assurance that their infrastructure is safe and secure.

Named vExpert 2015 and Cloud Native Applications - Subject Matter Expert. A go to specialist throughout a multi-state territory focused on driving adoption of advanced solutions to meet business needs.Specialist focused on cloud management technologies• System life cycle management from request to decommission• Cloud automation and orchestration• Strategic Dev Ops automation• Performance analytics and capacity managementSpecific software solution of focus• vCloud Automation Center• Application Director• Orchestrator• Puppet/Chef• vCloud Hybrid Services

A go to specialist throughout a multi-state territory focused on driving adoption of advanced solutions to meet business needsSpecialist focused on cloud management technologies• System life cycle management from request to decommission• Cloud automation and orchestration• Performance analytics and capacity managementSpecific software solution of focus• vCloud Automation Center• Application Director• Orchestrator• Puppet• vCloud Hybrid Services

• Viewed as a thought leader and contributing partner with account executives, executive leadership, and entire system engineering team• Broadened the reach of emerging products with customer base and built repeatable demonstration of vCloud Suite• Lead pipeline building on over $22.8 Million in revenue, adapting to specific verticals including but not limited to; retail, manufacturing, healthcare, insurance, auto, strategic, and enterprise accounts • Negotiated business challenges, drove beta nominations, managed trouble ticket resolution, and customer expectations.• Developed key business partnerships with customers to deploy software solutions to adopt new • Developed customer cloud journey plan with key accounts o Coached our cloud champion to build a business focused presentation in order to advertise personal and professional value o The process is defined and repeatable• Knowledge series/Lunch-n-Learn/VMUG presentation leadership throughout Michigan o Attendees ranged from operational team member through C-level executives o Groups in excess of 75 o Demand generation of full software offerings• Executive Briefing Center (EBC) and VMware Day co-ownership o Organized customer EBCs resulting in multiple millions in revenue o Initiated multiple customer VMware days resulting in customer enthusiasm around VMware portfolio• Partner management and enablement sessions for education purposes• Interim account executive building pipeline, managing forecast, and closure process• Utilized personal, professional, and technical relationships to drive higher and wider within customer organizations • Individual contributor and leader with events like VMworld and HIMSS • Chosen as a leader and lab captain for Partner Exchange

• Technical leader of solution design and presentation of over $10 Million of hardware, software and services sales• Primary solution architect for a pipeline of $1.9 Million• Lead presentations and events to educate and build business o Attendees ranged from operational team member through C-level executives o Groups were as few as two and as large as 50 o Performed presentations via online and in person technologies• Developed process and timelines for solution offerings from Architecture to Service Delivery• Obtained trusted advisor for infrastructure decisions from application level to DR• Drove sales through the complete lifecycle• Utilized personal, professional, and technical relationships to drive sales • Guided ASP’s in robust decision making to fully deploy and sell their services • Increased ROI by streamlining customer sites and services o Through efficient designs reduced customer storage, server, HVAC, and electric cost o Performed TCO and ROI calculations for multiple technologies• Evaluation and remediation of all production business needs for clients • Implementation, project management and solution design of products for customers • Supervised, planned and coordinated activities of delivery team• Developed entire Solution Brief for Netapp and VMware services team

• Lead team in savings of $3.1 Million to Whirlpool during the Maytag Merger• Instrumental in creating product matrix comparisons for infrastructure and business team needs• Planned and modified product configurations to meet business needs• Wrote, designed and produced demonstrations and documentation for technical and non-technical staff• Architected system solutions and documented support tasks• Trained and managed 12 team members in VMware, Netapp, and support and achieved significant improvements in their productivity• Designed and implemented the infrastructure for virtualization and consolidation• VM Infrastructure 3.* with control center 2.* to manage the VM environment• VMotion and DRS over iSCSI, FCP, and NFS with Network Appliance storage (fas270, fas3050, and fas6030)• Designed, implemented, and managed Netapp deployment• Architected multiple data center design and standardized deployment model globally• Consolidated 20TB of stand-alone storage to NetApp saving hardware cost in excess of $200,000• Configured iSCSI, Fiber Channel San, NFS, and CIFS for client access• Transitioned support by training the additional team members• Installed in prototype environment IBM, HP, and Dell and recommended the proper platform for our virtual infrastructure• Managed the deployment of Infrastructure and applications supporting the strategic direction • Deployed SQL for entire Whirlpool server farm needs, and turned over support to DBA team• Prepared and delivered technical presentations that explained products and services to business and infrastructure teams• Wrote technical documentation for products deployed including VMware hosts and guests, network appliance, windows servers and network configurations• Provided technical and non-technical support and services to clients and other staff members regarding the use, operation, and maintenance of systems

-Advised customers on types of equipment to purchase, considering such factors as cost, space availability and intended use.-Instrumental in deployment of servers, networks, and workstations throughout clients.-Visited prospective buyers at commercial, industrial, and other establishments to show samples and services, and to inform them about product pricing, availability, and advantages.-Workstation Services including all support levels, network troubleshooting, and software support (phone and onsite)-Complete support on a 24 x 7 basis to both clients and company services (Servers, Workstations, Networks, and Software) Onsite, remote, and phone.-Web Site development, planning, and deployment, Including image creation, manipulation, and management-Server Administration of multiple OS’s Including MAC OS X, Windows NT – Server 2003, Linux, and Unix Variants-Support server field consisting of Windows 2000, Server 2003, SuSE 7.2 (and above) Linux, and Testing lab servers of Solaris 10 on x86 hardware-Prepared and delivered technical presentations that explained products and services to customers and prospective customers.-Sold products requiring extensive technical expertise and support for installation and use, such as network, server, storage, and workstation equipment.-Web Application development, utilizing Adobe Suite, Macromedia Suite, and advanced technologies of Action Scripting 2.0, Javascripting, css, dhtml, php, mysql, xhtml, and xml-Full administration and extensive development work on MySQL and Postgres-Recommended changes to increase productivity and add customer interaction-Perform full network support for clients including, workgroups, domains, wireless technology, and servers (Windows, MAC, Linux, and AIX environments)-System Analysis and administration of LAN’s running Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX clients-Security software upgrades and maintaining

-Administered Lotus Notes and Novell accounts for end users, which involved knowledge of Lotus Domino Sever, Novell 5.1, and Microsoft Windows client operation systems-Organized and implemented plan for deployment of Lotus Notes Client, resulting in 10,000 users getting Lotus Notes Client 5.0.10 installed.-Revision of operation schedule to adjust for delays and notified workers of need to adjust schedule-Designed and prepared the programs for automated installation of Lotus Notes Client.-Recommended changes in programs, routines and quality control standards to improve computer operating efficiency.-Consulted with supervisors regarding a number of topics including equipment performance, output quality and maintenance schedules.-Maintained completion records and produced reports for supervisors.-Created and implemented entire automated installation process used for deployment.-Workstation Services including support levels 1-3 and network troubleshooting

-Team Lead for Desktop Deployment for Whirlpool Corporation-----Planned and managed 18 technical deployment engineers-----Scripted migration tasks-----Troubleshooting of advanced migration issues-Worked directly with Whirlpool, and HP Senior staff to develop and manage 4000 plus desktop and laptop deployments