Presales Solutions Architect
• Work directly with customers in support of Field Sales team for Federal and State/Local & Education accounts. Provide technical solutions encompassing servers, storage, back-up, fabrics, virtualization, Cloud and implementation services• Act as technical lead on complex engagements from initial discussion to post implementation, leveraging HP BladeSystems; Virtual Connect; Converged & HyperConverged systems; Rack Servers, EVA, MSA and 3PAR Storage systems• Maintain current and pertinent technology knowledge and ability to apply to customer needs in areas of Server Consolidation, Cloud Computing; Converged & HyperConverged systems and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)• Establish and maintain trusted advisor level relationships with Federal, State/Local & Education customers • Provide technical leadership on RFI, RFP and RFQ responses for HPE Sales team pursuits