I am an expert at building strong customer relationships, seeing their needs from their perspective--collaboratively identifying stated and unstated needs, then architecting storage technology solutions to meet their needs, and guiding them to leverage the solution to add the highest value for their organization.TECHNICAL PRE-SALES STORAGE ARCHITECTAccomplished Technical Pre-Sales Architect/Sales Engineer with a proven track record in designing high-value object storage solutions optimized for diverse workloads (traditional applications, AI/ML, database, analytics). Build trusted-advisor collaborative relationships with account teams, partners, and customers.AREAS OF EXPERTISE• Deep Customer Engagement: identify stated/unstated needs, build trusted-advisor relationships.• Pre-Sales Storage Technologist: architect high-value object storage solutions for maximum ROI.• Vertical Market Expertise: healthcare, government, finance, call centers; ECM, backup to object.CORE COMPETENCIESPre-Sales Storage Architecture Solutions | Optimize/Implement Object Storage for Diverse Workloads | Traditional Apps Data Protection | High-Speed Analytics | AI/ML | Database Queries | Backup to Object | Enterprise Content Mgt/ECM | Financial | Healthcare Medical Imaging PACS | Call Centers | Government | Commercial | Compliance | SaaS/Cloud| S3, SMB, NFS, FILE/NAS, Block, RDMA: InfiniBand/RoCEADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE• Storage Software Product Management: PLASMON, IMR, UNITREE (acquired by OTG>DELL EMC)• Network Technical Education Business Management: NOVELL, MICROWARE DISTRIBUTORS (acquired by SYNNEX, now TD SYNNEX)
Listed skills include Storage, Product Management, Cloud Computing, Solution Selling, and 28 others.