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Senior Technology Professional with over twenty-five years of proven experience designing creative, strategic and innovative solutions to business challenges. Special emphasis in designing and implementing outsourced traditional hosting and utility compute solutions to include servers, storage, defense-in-depth security, connectivity and disaster recovery for 3-tier applications. Experienced at senior level and technical level selling in multiple markets including: Fortune 500 & 1000 Companies, Education, Financial Services, Healthcare/Life Sciences, Chemical/Energy/Utility, Retail, Government, Interexchange Carriers, Local Exchange Carriers, VARS, System Integrators, and Contractors.• Respected customer advocate and consultant with a positive attitude, capable of establishing strategic relationships to deliver cost effective high quality business and technology solutions based on continuous improvement and operational excellence. • Demonstrated strong business communication and presentation skills as well as excellent technical, interpersonal, and organizational expertise.• Ranked among top performers with extensive experience developing prospects and managing the technical sales process from RFP through deal closure.Top 5 Strengths Assessment:1. Achiever2. Arranger3. Connectedness4. Developer5. Learner

Listed skills include Cloud Computing, Data Center, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Software, and 46 others.