John Wood

Experience

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  United States Marine Corps

  Feb 1997 - Nov 2014

  Active Duty - MOS 6216- KC-130 Aviation Mechanic, 4066- Data System Administrator, 0659- Data Systems Chief - Gunnery Sergeant (E7) Retired.- Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan (Jan - June 2011)- Operation Iraqi Freedom - Iraq (Jan - Sept 2009)- Tsunami Humanitarian Relief - Sri Lanka (Jan - March 2005)

  • U.S. Marine GySgt (Retired)

    Feb 1997 - Nov 2014

  • Cyber Network Systems Chief

    Feb 1997 - Jun 2011
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  The Joint Chiefs of Staff

  Jul 2011 - Aug 2013

  Enterprise Information Systems Manager

  - Senior technical advisor to the Chief Information Officer.- Provided management and oversight of entire operational network supporting the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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  DISA

  Sept 2013 - Sept 2014

  Enterprise Email Migration Services

  - Served as one of two subject matter experts for the migration from customer legacy Exchange environments to a consolidated Exchange 2010 environment hosted by the Defense Information Systems Agency.- Provided Exchange and Active Directory support for various organizations.- Provided seamless migration services between legacy MS Exchange environments with zero data loss for over 50,000 end users.

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  SHR Consulting Group

  Sept 2014 - Jun 2016

  Senior Information Technology Consultant

  - Provided Level 3 engineering architectural support for Nutanix spanning over four geographically dispersed sites.- Planned & configured new Multi-Tenant MS Active Directory Domain to support entire Pentagon population within Nutanix Enterprise Cloud - ESXi.

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  Nova Inc (John S. Wood Consulting)

  Jul 2016 - Jul 2017

  Senior Network Communications Engineer

  - Executed technical solutions analysis to recommend architectural upgrades and/or required procurement.- Provide ongoing implementation, testing, and high-level operational support of DoD Enterprise Email.- Development of future design for upgrade to Microsoft Exchange 2016 supporting over 3 million mailboxes.

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  Government Acquisitions

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2017

  Systems Engineer-Nutanix

  - Proactively scoped the technical solution required to address customer requirements, assessed customers' met and unmet needs, and recommended solutions that optimize value to the customer.- Created and presented technical demonstrations that aligned to customer's business objectives.

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  Klas Telecom Government, Inc.

  Jun 2017 - Jan 2018

  Strategic Systems Enginner

  - Proactively scoped the technical solution required to address customer requirements, assessed customers met and unmet needs, and recommended solutions that optimize value to the customer.- Recognize the customer's high-level business challenges, and match solutions to customer's business and technical requirements.

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  Nutanix

  Mar 2018 - May 2020

  Exceeded revenue targets while closing $1M in sales. - Proactively scoped the technical solution required to address customer requirements, assessed customers met and unmet needs, and recommended solutions that optimize value to the customer.- Install, support, and maintain Nutanix solutions during POV deployments.

  • Federal Account Manager - US Marine Corps

    Jan 2020 - May 2020

  • Solutions Architect Federal

    Mar 2018 - Jan 2020
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  Sabbatical

  May 2020 - Feb 2021

  On Leave
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  Nutanix

  Mar 2021 - Oct 2021

  Nutanix Resident Engineer

  - Provided administration and support of customer's existing Nutanix environment within multiple enclaves.- Designed and deployed VMware Horizon View for 5,000 endpoints across multiple geographic locations utilizing Cloud Pod Architecture.- Maintained 99.999% uptime.

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  Cohesity

  Oct 2021 - now

  - Provide proactive technical support of the sales leaders in achieving revenue targets. - Form business relationships with partners to impact sales pipeline and deal closure. - Manage a team of 6 National Strategic Partner Sales Engineers (SPSE). - Delivered technical product presentations and/or training sessions. - Matched technical solutions to customers strategic business outcomes- Provided critical expertise and technical competence on Data Protection, Cyber Resilience, and Cyber Recovery. - Delivered technical product presentations and/or training sessions.- Formed business relationships with partner to impact pipeline and deal closure.- Provided critical expertise and technical competence on Data Protection, Cyber Resilience, and Cyber Recovery.

  • Director, Global Partner Sales Engineering

    Aug 2024 - now

  • National Strategic Partner Engineering Manager

    Feb 2023 - Aug 2024

  • Federal Partner Technical Solutions Manager

    Aug 2022 - Oct 2023

  • National Partner Technical Solutions Manager - WWT

    Oct 2021 - Jul 2022