Nik Lainus

Support Technician

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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About me
Passionate about helping customers store, access, and protect their mission critical data.
Education
- Hennipen Technical College
  2004 - 2006
  Linux Administration I & II
- New Horizons
  1997 - 1997
  MCSE
  Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer [MCSE]
Experience
- Gateway
  Jan 1995 - Jan 1997
  Support Technician
  Laptop and desktop hardware support. Operating system and application support including Microsoft Office.
- Stream International
  Jan 1997 - Jan 1998
  Lead Support Technician
  Provided technical guidance to call center support reps.
- Fred Meyer
  Jan 1998 - Jan 1999
  Systems Analyst II
  AIX 4.2, OS/2 Warp, Win3.11, NT4, and Wireless Access Point support for over 250 remote store locations.
- CDI Talent & Technology Solutions - Contracted to Intel
  Jan 1999 - Jan 2001
  Network Test Engineer
- QLogic
  Jan 2001 - Aug 2016
  High-Speed Ethernet, Fibre Channel (HBA/Switch) and Converged Network host connectivity channel sales covering the Central U.S.
  - Sr Channel Sales Engineer
    Jul 2014 - Aug 2016
  - Staff Engineer - Solutions Architect
    Jun 2011 - Jul 2014
  - Sr. HPC Engineer
    Nov 2008 - Jun 2011
  - HW/SW Interoperability Test Engineer
    Jan 2001 - Nov 2008
- Seagate Technology
  Oct 2016 - Sept 2017
  Staff Sales Engineer - High Performance Storage Platforms
  Systems Engineer supporting Canada and upper mid-west for both Federal and Commercial. Technical consultant for high performance storage platforms and archive solutions for OEM and Channel, HPC, Enterprise and Cloud customers
- HPE Storage Sales Division
  Feb 2018 - Jun 2022
  Storage Architect/Systems Engineer
- Hitachi Vantara
  Jun 2022 - now
  Sr Solutions Consultant
Licenses & Certifications
- MCSE
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Nik Lainus
  Chief Executive Officer Award QLogic Feb 2013 In recognition of my dedication, teamwork, and personal contribution resulting in the achievement of significant milestones for the Fabric Cache product launch.