John Blake possesses expertise in enterprise architecture, cloud computing, integration, data center, it strategy and 41 more skills. He is proficient in Russian and German. Colleagues describe him as "I have had the privilege of working with or for John during the last two years and hope to have the opportunity to work with him again in the near future. John shares a passion for working with customers and rolling up his sleeves to get down to the basics of real actions needed to help companies make progress on their digital transformation efforts. John has a calming and matter of fact presence about him as he works with customers to thoughtfully develop strategies for them in a prescriptive and architecturally sound manner. John cares about his customers and the people on his team and all those that have the opportunity to work with him will know that he is a man of integrity and just a great all around person. Thanks John for all the collaboration and your friendship these last two years." and "I had the pleasure of working and collaborating with John on the company's hybrid cloud policy. John served as our subject matter expert from the Office of the Chief Technology Officer and he was able to translate deeply complex virtual structures and technical trends in a way that a layman like me could easily understand and digest. That is a rare skill and gift in my opinion: the ability to discuss a topic one is passionate about in a way that anyone can feel connected to the subject and also feel a closeness to its importance. During my time at VMware, I can say John was the best at simplification which is a critical metric in assessing true mastery in a subject matter. I was fortunate to learn from John and, as a result of his efforts, we successful completed a framework for our hybrid cloud pillars for government leaders, key decision-makers, and public sector stakeholders. I recommend John with the utmost respect and look forward to our next lessons together. "