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Norcross, Georgia

Pre-sales technical consulting and services with enterprise corporations for data center modernization and evolution toward virtualization and cloud. Broad knowledge and certification of IT products and services including HPE, VMWare, Cisco, NetApp, Dell EMC, and other enterprise class product lines.

Part of a highly skilled team that supports multi-national enterprise accounts. Performed pre-sale and post sales engineering and design of data center modernization. Team sales grew to over $30M for region.

Provided pre-sales solutions design, technical support and consulting specializing in business continuance, virtualization and consolidation, high availability and disaster recovery. Territory covered Mid Atlantic and SE, with main support in mid South states.Territory sales $22M with annual growth of 10%+.Part of eastern region HP BTO and ITIL technical sales team, doubling s/w sales growth.SA for 1st Agilysys HP Superdome & XP design sale as new HP VAR.SE SA for new virtualization projects using blade systems and consolidated storage.Installed and managed regional demo center for 2yrs.

Pre-sales support and consulting, system and network design, sales quoting and proposal development for DEC and IBM systems sales team covering GA, AL, & TN.Developed and maintained proposal and custom quotation system.Acted as Systems Product Manager.Managed largest DEC VAR in SE, two years receiving top salesman.

Technical support and engineering design for real-time development and computer systems using Intel and DEC PDP and VAX lines. Presales support, consulting, and proposal development. Post-sales systems integration and project management.Designed and managed install of Ethernet network for large petro-chemical plant.Managed office LAN and provided PC Support.Region recognized as DEC leading reseller.

Telecom company providing high speed satellite communications networking and video conferencing servicesDigital Data Communication SpecialistConducted network design studies for satellite, microwave, and terrestrial digital networks for data, voice, and video conferencing. Performed requirements and feasibility studies, communication equipment selection and circuit design.Network design and implementation of satellite data networks for major corporate users for private digital networks and videoconference sites.Technical sales and marketing support for major contracts.Designed, programmed, and project management deployment of nationwide satellite earth station monitoring system.

Technical support functions for IBM mainframe systems supporting corporate functions. Duties included software and SCP package installation, JCL development, support for systems and programming department, and software upgrades.Project management and lead programming duties for deployment of a nationwide IBM Series/1 network for remote data input and reporting.

Automation Management Officer responsible for site security, computer acquisitions, and office automation.Personnel Actions Officer responsible for battalion clerical operation.Company Motor and Electronic Maintenance Officer responsible for maintenance facility.Wire and Cable Platoon Leader responsible for deployment of electronic switch and telephone systems.