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Dell Solutions Performance Architecture* SAP Performance Engineer - Build and configure SAP ERP systems for official certification purposes with the SAP SD Benchmark. This involves understanding the SAP ERP architecture along with various database architectures to properly tune systems for official submission. * Virtualization Performance Engineer - Build, configure, tune and deploy end to end solutions for performance optimization and characterization in a virtualized environment. Experience with VMMark, SPECvirt, and DVD Store. Experience with developing test methodologies and generating white paper data to document power, power performance, and price performance of Dell solutions in a virtualized OLTP environment. * Pre-Sales Performance Consulting - Assist with large enterprise customer bid requests dealing with performance measurement or general performance related questions.* Development Engineering - Performance characterization on development hardware for communications with development engineering teams.* Experience with running SAP SD, SPECvirt_sc2010, SPECcpu, SPECjbb, SPECpower_ssj, VMware VMMark, DVD Store, All SPEC GWPG Benchmarks, LINPACK, and STREAM benchmarks

Dell Workstation Performance Labs* Represent Dell at SPECgpc face to face conferences and teleconferences* Collaborate on development in SPECgpc benchmarks through testing, referencemachine maintanence, and communications with various ISV's.* Produce, submitted, and maintained all Dell SPECgpc submissions since 2005.* Assist marketing groups in customer presales opportunities by providing platform,architectural, and testing technical expertise.* Responsible for generating all Precision Workstation graphics performancecharacterization for core team product selection.* Provide performance data and guidance to multiple core teams for mobile and dualsocket Dell Precision Workstation* Provide guidance to marketing and PR groups within Dell for product review andindustry publication opportunities.* Introduced client performance lab to new methods of performance analysis through V-tune and perfmon analysis tools.* Maintain lab documentation on benchmark methodologies for current industrybenchmarks and archive past benchmarks.* Generate quarterly reports on performance for Dell CTO review.* Lab file server admin

* OSG virtualization and OSG cloud representative: Involved in the initial phases of the SPEC Cloud benchmark working group and eventual subcommittee. * OSG OSSC: Served as Dell, Inc. representative with the SPEC OSG Steering committee.

* Key player in AMD Workstation performance efforts, contributed significantly toAthlon MP 1500+, 1600+, 1800+ and 1900+ launches.* Work closely with AMD Product Marketing team in defining workstationconfigurations, ISV teams on applications and field related performance issues.* Work with AMD public relations and web services teams in defining systemconfigurations and content for AMD web site to display benchmark data.* Highly cross-functional in helping other team members with system issues, buildinghardware and learning new benchmarks.

* Work closely with AMD Product Marketing team in defining workstationconfigurations, ISV teams on applications and field related performance issues. * Work with AMD public relations and web services teams in defining systemconfigurations and content for AMD web site to display benchmark data. * Highly cross-functional in helping other team members with system issues, buildinghardware and learning new benchmarks.

* Install, maintain, and troubleshoot customer PC's and Laptop* Experience working with various operating systems (Windows 2000, NT, 9x, and Mac) found at the customer sites. * Maintain and troubleshoot network problems, (i.e. radiant coaxial wireless antennae, Cisco routers and switches, or Tut DSLAM issues).