Chris Romano

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Technologist and Architect @ Dell Technologies
Reston, VA, US
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About Chris Romano

Former Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division turned technologist. I have worked with, educated, sold to, and been the trusted advisor to customers in all segments across all industries. This includes several hundred of the Fortune 500 companies to include mega financials, industrial giants, the largest hospitality companies, almost all pharmaceutical companies, the largest higher education institutions, retail, FED, military, 3-letter agencies, SLED and healthcare. All of that rides on 30+ years of experience in the technology sector to include corporate IT experience of 6+ years at the NASD\NASDAQ and 4 years at a Systems integrator in Washington DC. Most recently I spent 16 years at VMware where he was a Principal Systems Engineer, CTO Ambassador, member of the Field CTO Office. I have presented, co-presented, instructed, & Led at the following events:- Multiple VMworlds- Multiple EMCWorld- Multiple CiscoLive- NetApp Insight Keynote- OracleWorld- vForums- vMUGs- Gartner Symposium- Inetop I also managed a 200+ team of technologists globally for VMware’s Hands on Labs 2011-2016.

Chris Romano's Current Company Details
Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies

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Technologist and Architect
Reston, VA, US
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Chris Romano Work Experience Details
  • Dell Technologies
    Technologist And Architect
    Dell Technologies
    Reston, Va, Us
  • Dell Technologies
    Global Chief Technology Strategist
    Dell Technologies Feb 2022 - Present
    Round Rock, Texas, Us
    Responsible for creating and maintaining business partnerships with the community of SIs, SOs and SPs serving as their trusted adviser. I work closely with the Dell Technologies Global Account Teams across the entire portfolio architecting a global strategic vision, road map, and offerings with my partners. This global vision is focused on Digital, IT, Operational, & Application transformations. Act as the primary technology “evangelist” for Dell and my partner in the creation of new transformational offerings that deliver value the partner, Dell Technologies on to our customers. I lead a highly matrixed organization including technical and sales specialists to deliver value. Facilitate and participate in the execution of out largest joint sales opportunities.
  • Dell Technologies
    Global Chief Technologist | Global Architect
    Dell Technologies Oct 2018 - May 2022
    Round Rock, Texas, Us
    I serve as a trusted adviser to my Global Alliance Partners. I work closely with the Dell Technologies Global Account Teams across the portfolio to include Dell Technologies, DellEMC, VMware, Pivotal, RSA, Virtustream, & SecureWorks I am responsible for architecting a global strategic vision, road map, and offerings with my partners. This global vision is focused on Digital, IT, Operational, & Application transformations. I assist them in the creation of new transformational offerings that deliver value the partner, Dell Technologies on to our customers. I lead a highly matrixed organization including technical and sales specialists to deliver value. I am also an IOT subject matter expert and serve on our Dell VMware cloud technologists team.
  • Ovh Us
    Principal Systems Engineer
    Ovh Us May 2017 - Oct 2018
    Roubaix, Fr
    Currently I work in the Systems Engineering organization for OVH. We are currently a cloud startup in the USA with 20 years of experience building, running, and managing cloud for customers of all types. My role is to evangelize OVH, educate the industry as to our capabilities, and act as a cloud consultant for my customers. I educate, design, plan, and help customers create a cloud presence that suits their business needs. It’s what I do!
  • Vmware
    Principal Systems Engineer & Office Of The Cto, Global Field
    Vmware Aug 2014 - May 2017
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
    Currently I work in the Systems Engineering organization for vCloud Air on our Public Sector team. Public vCloud Air. is built on VMware vSphere and allows IT to quickly and seamlessly extend their data center into the cloud using the tools and processes they already have. A new and cool direction for this amazing company.At this point I had been at VMware for 16+ years. I began as the first Field Systems Engineer. I have held many roles in my at VMware. These include field customer, alliances, and partners. In the early days of VMware I was tasked with selling this new paradigm shift in computing that we now know as virtualization I have presented to almost every major bank, financial, pharmaceutical, healthcare, and energy institution. These include companies like GE, Bank of America, American Express, Goldman Sachs, United Healthcare, Marriott, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, and many more. I also serve as a speaker on behalf of the office of the CTO as a Senior Cloud Computing Strategist. I evangelize and present at CIO events and the like on behalf of our office of the CTO. I have presented at VMworld, EMCWorld, CiscoLive, and NetApp Insight in front of 3500-4000 attendees. I also run the Lab Staff Operations of 250+ staff for VMware's VMworld & Partner Exchange events which have 20,000 and 6,000 attendees respectively. This is a team of Systems Engineers, Architects, Consultants, and technologists from all disciplines. They literally came from all over the world. We had people from South Africa, Israel, Australia, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Germany, Spain, Canada, USA, Dubai, Italy, Ireland, UK, Bulgaria, Austria, France, Belgium, and other countries. From this diverse group that I recruit comes a well-orchestrated cohesive team. In 3-4 days we deploy and support 100,000+ virtual machines as the attendees take our hands on labs. This is a complex multi-faceted operation and one of a kind in the world.
  • Vmware
    Staff Systems Engineer -Cisco & Emc Alliance, Sr. Cloud Strategist
    Vmware Jul 2011 - Aug 2014
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
    Move from commercial AC over to the new alliance organizations focusing on the new technical relationships VMware was creating with EMC, Cisco, VCE, And NetApp. Crucial in the enablement of EMC’s new vSpecialist organization working closely with Chad Sakac’s team. I also serve as a speaker on behalf of the office of the CTO as a Senior Cloud Computing Strategist. I evangelize and present at CIO events and the like on behalf of our office of the CTO. I have presented at VMworld, EMCWorld, CiscoLive, and NetApp Insight in front of 3500-4000 attendees.
  • Vmware
    Staff Systems Engineer
    Vmware Aug 2009 - Jul 2011
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
    Systems Engineer Supporting Commercial and Enterprise Account
  • Vmware
    Senior Systems Engineer
    Vmware Sep 2004 - Aug 2009
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
    Joined VMware’s fledgling partner organization as one of the first to partner system engineers. we built the organization to over 500 partners in four years. Created enablement, scoring, and vetting systems
  • Vmware
    Systems Engineer
    Vmware Nov 2000 - Sep 2004
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
    First field Systems Engineer hired by VMware (employee #87). I had half the globe for a short while.
  • Josie Sang Band
    Lead Singer
    Josie Sang Band 2014 - 2017
    Local Northern Virginia Rock n Roll Cover band
  • Last Call
    Lead Singer
    Last Call Feb 2011 - Dec 2013
    Local Northern Virginia Rock n Roll Cover band
  • Nasd \ Nasdaq
    Systems Analyst
    Nasd \ Nasdaq 1994 - 2000
    As part of a team of 6 we ran the HQ datacenter and Network in Washington DC for The NASD (Now FINRA) and Nasdaq Stock Market. In my time there we had many technology shifts. It started in the move from terminal based computing to a Windows desktop. We moved from Netware 3.x to Netware 4. We subsequently moved to a Windows NT environment. We also upgraded from 10 mbps shared Ethernet to a Cisco switched network. An entire network upgrade. I also specialized in Complex document and records management systems. Ran a multi-year project to develop abroad document and records management system for the Office of general Counsel. This included custom developed interfaces and integration of 6-8 disparate systems. This was in the days before suites of products accomplished this.
  • International Computer Networks
    Consultant
    International Computer Networks 1990 - 1994
    Field systems Consultant \ engineer Novel ECNE, MCSE & HP Network cert. Specialty in Netware DEC Pathworks , Netware for SNA, Systems integrations. NetWare SFT-III.
  • Us Army
    Staff Sergeant -Infantry Paratrooper
    Us Army Jan 1984 - Nov 1990
    Arlington, Virginia, Us
    Spent two years in Mannheim Germany and 5 years in 3rd Battalion 505th parachute infantry regiment 82nd Airborne. Served as a squad leader and the Battalion Air Operation NCO. Completed JFK Special Warfare Center's SERE school and Jumpmaster school. Attained Master Parachutist. I was responsible for deploying two major combat missions. Operation Just Cause where I  was responsible for 20 heavy equipment aircraft and 20 personnel aircraft. All of which were loaded for airdrop and deployed for their objectives on time.  I was also the senior AIR NCO for operation Desert Shield. I flew out of Pope Air Force base for Saudi Arabia on the last aircraft. I  received medals for both operations.

Chris Romano Skills

Virtualization Cloud Computing Vmware Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery Vdi Integration Netapp Pre Sales San Fibre Channel Cisco Technologies Vmware Vsphere Enterprise Software Cluster Networking Vmware Infrastructure Vsphere Vmware Esx Enterprise Architecture Security Microsoft Exchange Storage Area Networks Storage Virtualization Business Continuity Citrix Servers High Availability Nas Enterprise Storage Server Architecture Active Directory Windows Server Emc Storage Iscsi Paas Storage Area Network Vcp Dv Vcp Nv Cisco Systems Products

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