Built out the Solution Architecture team for AWS Backup. Advised and consulted on Ransomeware mitigation and data protection for DR to some of the largest global business in the world.

Driving requirements for an emerging SaaS startup that will capture a massive market as the transition to Cloud has now become mainstream and continues to accelerate.

• Product Managment providing industry knowledge and expertise to prioritize a broad range of capabilities within our product.• Beta testing and user testing field support• Channel Partner enablement and sales support• Develop User Documentation and go to market content

Strategic consulting with global enterprise accounts to formulate effective solutions to data growth and management, including backup/restore, storage, D2T, D2D, data deduplication, data encryption, archiving, snapshot management, e-discovery, virtualization and cloud.• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in one or more Storage and Virtualization Technologies (EMC/NetApp/HDS/Dell,CIFS/NFS/FC, VMware/Hyper-V), providing on-site and remote pre-sales guidance and support during sales campaigns and meetings with customers.• Act as an advisor to the account team to help effect technical closure during campaigns, including assisting with RFI/RFPs, leading the storage and/or virtualization sections of POC's (proof of concepts) and targeted demos of product functionality, and provide input on business case/ROI documents as it relates to Storage purchases and Virtualization protection.• Develop and maintain detailed hands-on technical ability with the Core and Role-related aspects of CommVault's Simpana software suite, including developing, documenting and teaching Reference Architectures and Best Practices documentation as they pertain to scale and functionality.• Act as a technical binding agent between Sales/SE operations, Product Management, Engineering/Development and Professional Services teams, sharing information, seeking feature clarification or development, designing, documenting and preparing solutions for deployment, performing pre-sales architecture reviews, and maintaining good working relationships with these internal teams.• Develop competitive knowledge, leverage it in sales campaigns, and share it with CommVault's Competitive team.• Ability to identify (based upon interviews / consultations, system analysis and discovery, troubleshooting, system design, and problem-solving methodologies) the scope, requirements and needs of customers, and develop and document highly available and sustainable service architectures that meet those needs.

First Solution Architect for the Western States initially supporting 26 states. Lead the first wave of Solution Architects in the west. Responsibilities included:• Supporting and training local VAR’s.• Utilize my knowledge of technology, Actifio solutions, processes, industry expertise and consultative sales skills to assess and educate customers on the value of Data Management Virtualization• Build in-depth knowledge of customers technical and business priorities, challenges and initiatives that can be translated into Actifio opportunities.• Developing and proposing technology solutions that meet customer's needs.• Build value-added relationships within the domain of the account to become the trusted advisor.• Ensure effective coordination and support between sales and implementation teams.

Proven and effective Backup and Recovery Solutions-Preparing and giving technical presentations to prospects-Designing appropriately sized solutions for prospects (“sizing” DDR models and quantities)-Responding to requests for proposals (RFPs)-Managing pilots/evaluations to a successful conclusion-Training partners and end-users on the technical aspects of our products-Answering technical queries from partners and prospects-Demonstrating Data Domain technology to prospects and partners-Installing systems and ensuring a successful handoff to post-sales support-Continually staying abreast of new applications and technology related to disk based backup-Continually monitoring our competitors and sharing experiences with the sales team-Assisting the technical support organization with post-sales escalations in their territory

• Focus to provide pre-sales hardware and software support and information for Xiotech customers, and Xiotech Channel Partners to facilitate the sale of Xiotech’s enterprise storage solutions.

• Provided technical assistance to SGI’s customers for all Communications and Security related technical issues. This position provided exposure to every aspect of Network Communication and spent with access to sophisticated lab systems and supercomputers. • Worked with all ranges of Communications support such as FC, SCSI, IDE, SATA, DNS, NIS, SMTP, SNMP, NFS, TCP/IP, ATM, Ethernet

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