Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
Storage CCIE #15525 (Cisco Certified Internetwork Engineer) CCSI# 30280 (Cisco Certified Systems Instructor) Specialties: Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Cisco MDS9000 Fibre Channel switch Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Cisco Nexus 5000 I/O Consolidation switch Converged infrastructure platforms including VCE Vblock, NetApp Flexpod, and EMC VSPEX
Provide advanced technology education and professional services. •Mentor and train new instructors and consultants. •Perform requirements gathering and scope definition for mentored deployments, migration and implementation services. •Develop, manage, and deliver technical curriculum.
Provide advanced technology education and professional services. •Perform requirements gathering and scope definition for mentored deployments, migration and implementation services. •Develop, manage and deliver technical pre-sales test-drive curriculum for converged infrastructure platforms including VCE Vblock, NetApp Flexpod, and EMC VSPEX. •Mentor and train new instructors and consultants. •Provide curriculum/lab development services and deliver instructor led training for Cisco UCS, MDS 9000, and Nexus 7000/5000/2000/1000V.
Provided implementation consulting, curriculum/lab development services and delivered instructor-led training for Cisco’s MDS 9000 Family Fibre channel switch. •Developed the first CCIE SAN Bootcamp •Provide consulting and configuration services for Cisco’s remote SAN training lab. •Trained and certified partners and end-users throughout North America and Europe. •Mentor and train new instructors and consultants. •Created Cisco's first SAN multi-protocol services course for configuring iSCSI and FCIP (fibre channel over IP) on the MDS 9000 Fibre channel switch
Provided implementation consulting, curriculum/lab development services and delivered instructor-led training for Cisco’s MDS 9000 Family Fibre channel switch. •Developed the first CCIE SAN Bootcamp •Co-created Cisco’s first MDS 9000 challenge lab. •Provide consulting and configuration services for Cisco’s remote SAN training lab. •Co-developed Cisco’s advanced troubleshooting course on the MDS 9000 Family Fibre Channel switch. •Trained and certified partners and end-users throughout North America and Europe.
Developed, maintained, and provided instruction-led training for Cisco’s Storage Router Business Unit (SRBU) technical curriculum for the SN 5400 Series Storage Routers. Trained and certified internal and third-party instructors. Procured and configured training lab equipment including fibre channel storage, infrastructure and IP/Ethernet LAN components. Collaborated with Cisco’s Technical Assistance Center (TAC) and the SRBU testing engineers. •Developed, improved and updated technical training curriculum saving the business unit over $30,000 in development costs. •Trained and certified partners and instructors in Asia and Europe scaling the training offerings world-wide. •Setup and configured an integrated training lab which included Brocade, Qlogic, Vixel, Intel, IBM, and JMR components which was leveraged for troubleshooting pre-release software enhancing the software testing process. •Delivered the initial training for Cisco SEs and technical marketing teams in fibre channel storage area networks that strengthened Cisco’s presence in a new market and industry.
Provided instructor-led training for Novell CNE and Microsoft MCSE certification tracks, Cisco CCNA and Microsoft Terminal Server for thin client. •Standardized hardware configuration and software applications to streamline course setup. •Spearheaded creation of night class offerings increasing company revenues by 25%. •Customized training curriculum to provide course offerings for the Minnesota State Dislocated Workers program expanding the market presence, increasing revenues and community recognition.