John Tejada Email & Phone Number

Maryland Heights, Missouri, US

• I lead our Cloud Management Platform (CMP) practice as a PreSales Global Solutions Architect working with state-of-the-art technology to integrate SDDC and multi-cloud environments into a single portal access.
• I support our Sales team and customers with the design and development of innovative solutions to their technology and business problems.
• Products that I am currently focusing on include vRealize Automation/Orchestration, Sovlabs, Morpheus, Embotics, and Nutanix Calm.
• Develop go-to-market strategies and work with OEMs to advance strategies in the Cloud Management space.
• Responsible for building and authoring Labs, Articles, Videos, and Workshops in our Advanced Technology Center.
• Public Speaker at various events including vMUG and WWT webinars.

Maryland Heights, Missouri, US

Maryland Heights, Missouri, US

• Architected a distributed deployment of vRealize Automation 7.3 to support multiple Datacenters and Customers
• Design and Implemented a multi-tenancy for customer separation and management
• Designed the functionality of vRA to replace the feature parity of their current cloud software
• Lead a small team and educated them on deploying vRealize Automation from load balancing to IaaS components
• Worked on a migration plan to move servers from old cloud platform to vRealize Automation
• Help maintain current cloud stack built on Linux, MySQL database

* Worked with large global customers on the design & delivery of Cloud Automation through vRealizeAutomation (vRA)* Assist customers design and develop a self-service portal through vRA to manage their private or external cloud.* Migrated customers vRA environment from 6.2 to 7.1 and 7.2.* Created XaaS blue prints using custom vRO work flows as well as.

Greenwood Village, Colorado, US

• Manage all virtualization infrastructure supporting over 50,000 employees globally
• Worked closely with VMware to architect, design, and implement vRealize Automation 6.2 decreasing virtual server management and introducing life cycle automation
• Architected Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture(CPA) across two datacenters behind F5 load balancers centralizing day-to-day management of Horizon and implementation of Global Entitlements for over 20 lines of business
• Planned and lead various teams through the migration from the View 5.2 environment to the new Cloud Pod Architecture in 6 months
• Planned and upgraded vCenter from 5.1 to 6.1 managing 8 Datacenters, 36 clusters, 200 ESXi hosts, and 2100 VM Servers on Cisco UCSM hardware
• Implemented best practices and standards around virtual infrastructure taking advantage of sDRS, vDS, Netapp VSC, and migration from vSS to vDS

El Segundo, CA, US

Great place to work.Got a lot done and had a good time working with the VMware team. Primarily worked on automated tasks through PowerShell

North Ryde, NSW, AU

• Redesigned the virtual environment implementing HA,DRS,vSwitches according to best practices
• Planned and implemented new ESXi hardware and EMC Storage solution for future growth
• Upgraded vCenter server from 4.1 to 5.0 and straight to 5.5 and ESXi server from 4.1 to 5.0 to 5.1 and to 5.5
• Planned and implemented Storage upgrade from EMC NS120 to VNX 5300 Tiering
• Maintain EMC VNX 5300, datadomain, and Ready Nas storage devices
• Performance tuning with ESXi and Storage

Arlington, VA, US

Designed core infrastructure services for 8 development and 15 operational environments that support over 1500 servers spanning nine geographical locationsEngineered the functionality of each core Infrastructure service utilizing Windows 2008 R2 and Redhat 5.4 - DC, Open LDAP, DNS/BIND, Anti-Virus (SEPM), Print Services, Patch Management, Windows Build.

Arlington, VA, US

Implemented 3 isolated infrastructures including a DMZ supporting 3 spacecraft missions for NASASupported Windows Server 2000/2003 Active Directory as the AdministratorConfigured ESX and ESXi 3.5 Servers from command line as well as GUI interface Configured Virtual CenterCreated Server images for the physical servers using Ghost and Templates for virtual.

Arlington, VA, US

Supported Windows Server 2003 Active DirectoryParticipated in technical review meetings with internal and external representatives in regards to back up technology Trouble shot DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP and LDAP Administration and troubleshootingCreated VBScripts to reset all user passwords, create users, and add DNS entries saving the company a half days worth of.

Denver, Colorado, US

Setup an FTP server on the DMZ network and configured the Fortigate 100A router so that it can be accessed remotely Set up another VPN-SSL for the company Fixed the VPN-SSL certificate issue on the Fortigate 100A and 300A router Helped design and correct their network design for the new office Set up a wireless access point connection for the office Set up.

Resolve assigned Remedy cases and contact customers in a timely manner Supported Windows Server 2003 Active DirectoryProvide detailed documentation regarding troubleshooting activities in Remedy Provided technical expertise to clients on special projects and also as a technical expert and resource specialist to the Help Desk technicians Troubleshoot.

Support all MWH Global employees with hardware and software problems. Only person that supported over 1000 employees in South America with helpdesk, Server and Networking issues. Software worked with is: Alliance Remedy, Proxy, Active Directory users and computers creating accounts and reset passwords. Lotus Notes support, Active Directory 2000, Windows.

Solved software problems with: VPN, Softoken, IP/TV, TLM, Eudora, Outlook, Lotus Notes, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Microsoft Office Suite, Netscape, IE, Aironet, Meeting Maker, Alliance Remedy, EESM, Password Reset, Printer Client Utilities, and others; Repaired an Oversized PST file, Repaired Corrupt Outlook PST Set up new account, Added Multiple email.

Handled extensive customer service issues relating to hardware parts ordering, billing, shipping details, etc Assisted customers on a one-on-one basis regarding orders, shipping information and related issues Specialized in both inbound and outbound calls Multi tasking with phone lines, database, and sessions screens