Proactive and results-driven Solution / Sales Engineering Consultant with a proven track record in effectively communicating with clients to identify needs and goals. Adept at architecting solutions and providing consultative insights to enhance client satisfaction. Possesses excellent communication, negotiation, and critical thinking skills, coupled with meticulous attention to detail and well-developed time management. Throughout my career, I have successfully helped grow several start-up companies to the point of acquisition, including Imvision (acquired by Intuit), Elastifile (acquired by Google), Excelero (acquired by NVIDIA) and Hedvig (acquired by Commvault).Ever since my early years I have been interested in technology and started a career in IT in the early nineties as a support engineer and later onsite implementation engineer. I quickly mastered the important skill of being a valued consultant and trusted advisor for customers, prospects and internal teams which led to my first steps in the pre-sales field. With a strong technical knowledge, experienced commercial skills and ability to translate customer challenges and needs to a solution I was the principal architect involved in various mid-range to large enterprise deals.My coworkers see me as dependable and knowledgeable. I’m a person who is always willing to help and is not prone to stress. I am often referred to as the most calm and stable person in the team.I feel like a fish in water when dropped in front of a whiteboard and with the ability to do live demo’s in order to help people understand the vision and technology.