Experience

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  Us army

  Apr 1993 - Apr 1997

  Alpha Company, 308th MI Bn, 470th MI Bde 3rd Bn / 1st SFG(A), MID

  • SIGINT Analyst

    Feb 1995 - Apr 1997

  • SIGINT Analyst

    Apr 1993 - Feb 1995
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  Saic

  Apr 1997 - Apr 1999

  Unix systems administrator
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  Proquest

  May 1999 - Feb 2002

  Unix systems administrator
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  Emc

  Mar 2002 - Sept 2005

  Regional network specialist
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  Pillar data systems

  Oct 2005 - Sept 2010

  Systems engineer

  • Solving technology problems and delivering solutions to customers on time and within the customer’s budget.• Customer-focused approach, with a strong sense of urgency, a bias towards simplicity, practicality, and an aversion to complexity.• Responsible for providing product knowledge and technical guidance, teaching customers about Oracle Validated Configurations on Pillar Data SAN or NAS; Instructing customers how Pillar Data Systems Application Aware Storage enhances their consolidation efforts and VMWare designs. Show less

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  Symantec

  Sept 2010 - Aug 2011

  Senior systems engineer
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  Dell

  Aug 2011 - May 2012

  Senior systems engineer
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  Netapp

  Jun 2012 - Jun 2016

  Oversaw and guided all technical pre- and post-sales activities for NetApp at General Electric (GE) globally. Was the primary technical architect for all solutions being presented, operated, and supported by NetApp at GE. Responsible for briefing the customer on new NetApp solutions at all levels: executive, middle management, and administrator. Considered by the customer as a trusted consultant for many areas beyond NetApp's typical reach – e.g., private cloud, applications, servers, networking, operational optimization, etc. Assisted with creating and enforcing global initiatives and standards – configurations, practices, etc. Managed a team of distributed technical pre- and post-sales resources aligned with these global customers. Reported monthly on the NetApp installed base and its relative health and ability to expand. Overall: Helped the sales team achieve its financial objectives. Show less

  • Technical Account Manager

    Jun 2015 - Jun 2016

  • Senior System Engineer

    Jun 2012 - Jun 2015
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  Emc

  Jun 2016 - Jun 2020

  Advisory system engineer

  Focused on developing technical solutions to business challenges for Enterprise accounts from the Dell EMC primary storage portfolio providing the mechanism for customers to transform their business. I provide in-depth analyses of customer requirements, propose solutions, and help customers understand and get the most out of the components of those solutions.

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  Pure storage

  Jun 2020 - Feb 2022

  Senior system engineer
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  World wide technology

  Mar 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Team Lead

    Jan 2023 - Jun 2023

  • Client Solutions Engineer

    Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
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  Netapp

  Jun 2023 - now

  Advanced technology specialist