Thomas Kraus Email & Phone Number

East Northport, Ny, Us

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Thomas is a Field Principal in VMware's Cloud Native Apps Business Unit where he works on modern application architectures running on Kubernetes and building application platforms on Kubernetes. Responsibilities include:- Educate customers through demonstrations and POC's on the value of Kubernetes and Modern Applications.- Build and demonstrate how to use Kubernetes and other OSS to build application platforms and teams leveraging Modern Applications and GitOps / DevOps patterns.- Educate customers on best practices (security, application architecture, operations) for running applications on Kubernetes.- Architect Kubernetes solutions that include customer requirements and best practices around persistent storage, Software Defined Networking, Centralized Logging, Monitoring and collection of Time Series Metrics Data.- Participate in Kubernetes SIGs.- Develop and demonstrate automation solutions leveraging the API's and capabilities of VMware Cloud Native products including Harbor, Kubernetes, Velero, vSphere etc.- Speak at various external industry events and conferences.

San Francisco, California, Us

Responsible for providing architecture and Professional Services for the largest Financial Accounts in NY Metro Area. Also charged with mentoring the SA team in the East as well as ensuring deliverables and quality standards are met by our PS team.- 2 Years building Data Analytics platform on Apache Mesos/DCOS as a Service using Kafka, Spark, HDFS, Apache NIFI including architecture, build, and optimization troubleshooting.

San Francisco, California, Us

Helping Enterprises architect and deploy solutions that treat the datacenter like one big computer. Conduct Architecture reviews of distributed infrastructure running on Apache Mesos, Marathon, and DCOS. Author White-Papers and Reference Architectures and conducting Field Enablement. Building field facing troubleshooting and integration tools that enhance the MesoSphere DCOS solution. Enhance existing DCOS Mesos solution to provide new functionality such as Autoscale capabilities.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Create integrated SDDC/Cloud solutions and architectures around VMware NSX. Architect next generation datacenters leveraging the power of Network Virtualization and SDDC management platforms including Openstack and vCloud Automation Center.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

As a Solution Architect in the NSBU, I am responsible for support of critical accounts in New York City area as well as field and cusomter enablement and support for NSX. Responsible for creating NSX architectures and supporting customers in the deployment of NSX. Worked on several early NSX enablement activities including internal training, VMworld sessions, and NSX LABs. Focused on NSX API's, SDDC integration, and automation I have produced numerous scripts and workflows to unlock the power of SDDC for my customers.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

As a Cloud Architect in GTS Center of Excellence I am responsible for working with Global Accounts on their Cloud strategy including education, workshops, and implementation / POC. A key aspect of my job is field enablement and ensuring a consistent and effective Cloud message is provided to VMware customers through our Field Organization.

Axial Solutions specializes in providing comprehensive virtualization solutions and consulting to medium and enterprise businesses allowing them to leverage technology to achieve competitive advantage in their business markets. We are focused in the area of virtualization technologies only, with a team of consultants that bring decades of depth and expertise to our customers.

London, Gb

Developed and institutionalized VMware and NetApp Enterprise best practices.Managed a team of consultants, providing clients with the highest level of technical consulting on VMWare and Netapp.Developed and delivered sales and industry event presentations, drafted project proposals, architected technical solutions, and managed large implementations.Led the pre-sales technical efforts and created the Siwel value add messaging.Architecture and implementation of NetApp FC, iSCSI, & NFS storage solutions to support VMWare, Exchange, and SQL including replication and DR.Designed and implemented complex VMware solutions involving vSphere, View, SRM, Lifecycle Manager, Lab Manager, and the entire line of VMare software products.Leveraged complimentary technologies and VMWare API's to enhance the redundancy and functionality of existing VMWare Environments.

London, Gb

Executed VAC workshop based engagements including Plan & Design, Jumpstarts, Virtualization Assessments, VI Health Checks, and VI Upgrade Workshops.Performed VMWare Virtualization consulting and benefit analysis for customers.Conducted VMware Virtualization Assessments using capacity planner to accurately estimate consolidation ratios and provide ROI and TCO calculations for customers.Architected and implemented Enterprise messaging solutions including Exchange 5.5, 2000 & 2003, MS Cluster Service, Migrations, DR, Performance Tuning & Testing,.Windows server architecture and advanced troubleshooting including Active Directory, Exchange, SQL, network services, High Availability, and Recovery.Implemented advanced SAN/NAS environments for Virtual Infrastructure including FCP, iSCSI, and NFS. Performed SAN throughput & latency optimization & troubleshooting.Installation and troubleshooting of RedHat Linux ES and applications.Design and performance engineering of Enterprise applications including MS Exchange, Linux, NT, 2000, Active Directory, SQL, and Domino.

Responsible for a medium size LAN infrastructure of Windows NT 4.0 servers.Performed all facets of network administration including installations, Email administration, backups, NT file and print setup, user accounts & NTFS permissions.Configured operating system and protocol settings for Win 98, NT 4.0, and Mac OS 9.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Assisted customers with multi-platform system configuration, resource management, networking, file conversion and printer output.Developed technical support documentation published for customers use on internet.

Us

Supported applications, and hardware for a multi-platform corporate LAN/WAN.Performed workstation and printer installations, relocations, and system configurations.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Education record

Bachelor Of Science