Khalid Ansari Email & Phone Number

Nov 2020 – Present• Work with large Global 2000 enterprise customers to replicate, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues on Nutanix clusters hosting AHV, VMware & Hyper-V hypervisors.• Write KB (knowledge base) articles, submit feature requests (FEAT) and open tickets via Jira for product defects and collaborate with Engineering and DevEx teams.• Collaborate with technology partners such as Cisco, Dell/VMware, Lenovo, Veeam, HPE, Citrix & Microsoft to resolve customer issues.• Achieved Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Infrastructure (NCP-MCI) | • Nutanix Certified Master - Multicloud Infrastructure (NCM-MCI) | • Nutanix Support Specialist (NSS) • VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2022

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

* Design, architect and propose storage solutions based on customer’s business and workload requirements in cognizant of competitive offerings.* Provided consultative support and technical guidance to field technical sales specialists, account executives, inside sales reps (ISR), business partners, professional services and customers.* Engaged by product management teams for technical enablement and demand generation activity for sellers, partners and customers via remote technical briefings, product demos, on-site meetings, partner boot camps and present at executive briefing center and Lenovo Sales Kickoff events.* Designed and proposed storage solutions based on customer’s business and workload requirements in cognizant of competitive offerings.

Above Country Technical Sales Specialist for PureFlex and BladeCenterAssist IBM sales and field technical support specialist with deploying PureFlex and BladeCenter IO solutions, upward integration into existing SAN, FCoE and Ethernet networks. Perform Technical delivery assessment (TDA) reviews, solution validation, technology demonstrations and customer briefings, present at IBM technology conferences, on-site technical support, implement proofs of concept, create technical content and deliver tech talks and perform problem analysis and resolution for post-sale issues.

Above Country Technial Sales Specialist, Modular Systems

- 10+ years of experience in Local Area Networks (LAN) and Storage Area Networks (SAN) - Tech. Lead Blade Infrastructure Solution Center

 Provide World Wide remote technical support for IBM customers, product support teams (level 1/2) and field technical support specialists with problem symptom identification/isolation in mid-range and enterprise class customer’s SAN/NAS environments.

 Provide World Wide Level-II remote support to Network Administrators, CE’s, LAN Doctors with configuration, installation, manage and modify LAN/WAN’s. Working knowledge of network devices, topologies and protocols.

Master’S Degree, Liberal Studies

Masters, M.I.S

B.S, C.I.S

Bsc, Physical Sciences