Netapp Ncie-San, Vmware Vtsp Cloud And Vsp Cloud, Senior Sales Eng

NICHOLAS J. SINISH

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Valley Stream, NY 11580

Cell: 1-516-***-****

E-Mail: ****.******@*****.***

OBJECTIVE I am a well experienced Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, Technical

Account Manager, Data Center Solutions Architect, PS

Engagement Manager/PSE and Cloud Solutions Specialist that

is NetApp, VMware, and Cloud Solution Certified with

additional skills in Cisco UCS FlexPod Technology. My main

focus is to Consult with Clients to understand their

Business Goals and current Pain Points, become their

"Trusted Advisor", Assess their current Infrastructure IT

Skills, Operations Management & Business Strategies, then

Present Position and Deliver/Implement the most efficient

Technology Solutions for them to achieve their current and

long-term Business Goals. I am currently VMware VTSP 5,

VTSP Cloud IaaS 5, VSP 5, and VSP Cloud IaaS 5 Certified

with focus on vCloud Director Solutions.

EXPERIENCE

February 2013 Cloud IaaS Solutions Consultant for multiple Cloud Service

Providers

to Present Driving Pre-Sales Assessments and VMware vCloud IaaS

Production, Cloud D/R, and SaaS Hosting Solutions for SMB

and Enterprise Accounts in the East US geo. Solutions are

either Managed VMware vSphere Hosting or vCloud Director

Based.

October 2012 EarthLink Business - IT Solutions Consultant driving Cloud

IaaS Solutions

to January 2013 EarthLink built a new ITSC Team in Q4 2012 then had a

massive Layoff in Q1 2013.

I was the ITSC Supporting NYC/Queens/LI driving VMware vCloud

Certified Cloud Hosting Solutions on FlexPod Infrastructure

(NetApp-Cisco UCS-VMware vSphere5). My Primary Focus was

Consulting with Clients to drive efficiency into OPEX and

CAPEX through MRR Alignment of IT Resources with changing

Business Requirements. We had the ability to deploy true

Hybrid Cloud Solutions through the use of VMware vCloud

Connector technology, one of the most dynamic agile Data

Center Compute Models in the Industry.

June 2010 Contract Consulting Projects: NetApp VMware Cisco Solutions

Consultant

to September 2012 Managing Sales Consultation and Professional

Services Delivery for multiple Solution Providers in the

Northeast Region; Projects run typically 1 - 6 Months. I

assess Clients Environments along with current Business and

Technology goals and objectives to architect and position

NetApp/VMware/Cisco Enterprise Storage, High Availability,

and/or Private Cloud Solutions plus provide Project

Planning, Project Management and PSE Solutions Delivery for

"Net New" Enterprise Storage & SAN Solutions, CIFS and LUN

Data Migrations, Net New VMware Cluster Builds, VMware

Datastore Migrations. Some major Projects were Omgeo

Division of DTCC, Maines Paper, White & Case, six months

with Dell VIS developing/driving Cloud Automation

Solutions, and six months with Insight Enterprise

Solutions.

November 2006 Webhouse Incorporated - Pre-Sales Systems Engineer,

Technical Architect,

To May 2010 Professional Services Engagement Manager/PSE

Technical Architect driving Pre-Sales and Post-Sales

Implementation Services for Webhouse Clients in the NY

Metro Region. Client base is 50% State and Local Government

and 50% Commercial which is mainly Insurance and Financial

vertical markets. Solutions are 90% NetApp Based and most

include VMware ESX Cluster with Cisco or Brocade FCP SAN.

I personally architect solutions then work with the client

to generate the Professional Services Statement of Work so

that the Solution is properly implemented to meet client

expectations and achieve their business goals. All Clients

are always managed with a "sense of urgency" - failure is

not an option.

January 2006 Brocade Communication Systems - NuView Acquisition

Senior Systems Engineer

To November 2006 Senior Systems Engineer and NetApp VFM Subject Matter

Expert supporting Customer-facing FAN Division in

NY/NJ/PA/DE Regions. Network Appliance Partner supporting

VFM and FLM Client Base and new opportunities. Responsible

for Product Demos, Proof of Concept Delivery, Product

Evaluations, Sales, and New Installations including design

and deployment.

April 2003 Maranti Inc. San Jose CA

To December 2005 Contract Consulting as Senior Systems Engineer/Project

Management/Business Development - Northeast Region

Maranti was a Startup Corporation based in San Jose CA

funded by Venture Capital. There feature Product is the

CoreSTOR which is a Network-based Storage Array Controller;

aka a intelligent Fibre Channel Switch that can mirror

disparate Storage Targets, similar to HDS USP. The

CoreSTOR Solution provides SAN-based Storage Virtualization

and Storage Management Services. As a Senior Systems

Engineer supporting the NE Region of North America my main

responsibilities were Pre-Sales Support, Product Evaluation

Engagements, and Product Implementation Services. Beyond

this I was driving Business Development through Partner

Solutions.

February 2001 EMC Corporation & McDATA Corporation: Storage & SAN

Solutions Specialist

To March 2003 McDATA Corporation: Storage Network Solutions

Specialist/Marketing Engineer

Global 500 Accounts Northeast Region

Designed and Implemented Enterprise High Availability Solutions

through McDATA Professional Services for G500 Accounts in

NE Region - Specifically Goldman Sachs and Citigroup

Salomon Smith Barney. Responsible for presenting Solution

Strategies for Core-to-Edge Design considerations, Tape

Fabric Solutions, Site Extension for Replication & Disaster

Recovery Solutions for Large Fabric Storage Network Clients

and then working directly with the Client to assist with

implementation and ongoing support of infrastructure

requirements and issues.

EMC Corporation: Technical Account Manager

Technical Support & Solutions Architect of Enterprise Storage Systems

for xSP Service Provider Program under Channel Sales

division. Worked directly with Clients to design and

deploy Storage and H/A Solutions for Clients of Storage

Solution Providers. Completed EMC Proven Enterprise Storage

Fundamentals industry certification exam.

October 1997 Compaq Computer Corporation: Enterprise Systems

Engineer

To December 2000 Digital Equipment Corporation: 10/97 until

Merger/Acquisition 6/98

Compaq Senior Systems Engineer*** Technical Support***IT

Architect

Responsible for Enterprise Configurations, Product Update

Presentations, Product Demonstrations, Seminar Event

Presentations, and Pilot Equipment Installations for Compaq

Clients and Resellers in the New York City, Tri-State area.

I am a Compaq Certified Systems Engineer with expert level

skills in High-Availability and Enterprise Fibre Channel

Storage Configurations for Microsoft NT. Primarily

responsible for MicroSoft NT Cluster Configurations (i.e.

SQL, DTC, and MSMQ. IIS, F&P), Netware NCS Cluster

Configurations, Compaq StorageWorks Fibre Channel

Enterprise Storage configurations leading to SAN

Development with Brocade Fibre Channel Switches, and

Enterprise Backup Solutions.

October 1993 to September 1997 Consulting under Contract Assignments

May 1997 Contract: CITICORP (Consultant Transaction Information

Systems, NY)

To September 97 Project: CGTI Project Leader for Re-location Team.

Details: Coordinate relocation of end-users, including

disconnects, reconnects, and reconfiguring workstations;

install, configure, and test applications; and provide

connectivity to IBM Hosts and Lotus Notes Servers. Also,

install and configure new segments using Cabletron and/or

Synoptics hubs from Cisco 7500 HSRP router ports; build,

configure and install Netware 4.1 NDS file servers,

configure Ethernet or Token Ring and Fiber Optic

interfaces, manage IP segmentation; NT 3.51 and NT 4.0

WorkStation roll-outs; coordinate relocation of end-users -

includes disconnects, reconnects, and reconfiguring

workstations; install, configure, and test applications;

provide connectivity to IBM Hosts and Lotus Notes Servers.

December 1996 Contract: CNS Group, Inc., Stamford, CT 06902

To May 1997 LAN/WAN integration for clients in Manhattan, Westchester, and

lower CT. Responsibilities included server installations

and upgrades, Win95 client rollouts, and troubleshooting a

wide variety of system failures. Performed many server

builds with Netware 4.11 and NT 4.0 primarily on Compaq

Proliant Servers. Projects included Data Center upgrades to

100Mbit for Netware and NT Servers utilizing Cisco 2200

Fast EtherSwitch technology.

September '96 Contract: Deloitte and Touche, World Financial

Center NY

To November '96 Short-Term Consulting assignment for Back-office Support

Team. Functions included Novell Netware 3.12/4.1 Compaq

Proliant and Netframe Server Support, Netware 3.12 to 4.1

Server Upgrades, Netware 3.12 Periodic Server Maintenance,

Win95 Desktop Support, McAfee Anti-Virus Global Deployment;

3Com LanPlex FDDI Documentation for Optimization and

Maintenance.

June '96 Contract: Pfizer Pharmaceutical, New York, NY

To September '96 Consulting Data Center Backup Project: Dedicated Switched

Ethernet 100M-bit Backbone via Cisco Catalyst 5000 for NT

and Netware Server Backup. Novell Servers were a

combination of Netware 4.1 and 3.12 on a token-ring

topology with NetSync running for full authentication from

any Login point. We used ArcServe v.6.0 (NDS-Aware) on

three dedicated Netware 4.1 Proliant 1500's. Each had 3 x

20/40GB DLT drives. The Backbone was configured with 3 Bay

Network Hubs and a Cisco Catalyst 5000 Fast Ether Switch.

We then established a daily/weekly routine schedule to

optimize the Backup performance of 30 + Servers.

November '95 Contract: Interdigital Communications Corporation,

Great Neck, LI, NY

To May '96 (Consulting thru the LAN Co., Malverne, PA)

Completed a 6-month project where I was the NY Project

Manager for a full conversion from Netware 3.12 to

Microsoft NT Server 3.51. Installed Servers and converted

all clients in NY to WFW 3.11 with Microsoft TCP/IP 32b

protocol or NT Workstation 3.51. I also set up

approximately 25 clients using Exceed v4.0 X-Windows

package to Telnet into any of 8 UNIX Sun OS Hosts to run a

variety of design applications. I was also responsible for

CC:Mail Administration and maintenance for the NY office.

October, 1993 Contract: Digi-Com Group, Inc., NY, NY & the LAN

Co., Malverne, PA

to November '95 Primary focus on managing and troubleshooting Novell

Ethernet 10BaseT LANs for clients of Digi-Com Group Inc.

and The LAN Company. I managed and balanced my time

between these two integrators on a weekly basis.

Responsibilities include new fileserver installations,

workstation rollouts, communication servers, upgrades,

moves, and trouble-shooting, documenting and overall

reliability. Client base mostly law firms averaging 20 -

500 nodes in NYC.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

> NetApp NCIE-SAN Certified Expert. Specialize is FCP and iSCSI SAN,

SnapMirror for D/R, SnapManager for Exchange Solutions, Virtual Server

Solutions, and Virtual File Manager for Global Namespace, Migrations,

and Automated CIFS D/R Solutions.

> VMware VTSP Certified Sales Specialist; on the path to achieve VCP

Certification.

> SAN Design and Storage Network Solutions Architect.

> SAN & Enterprise Storage Proof of Concept Testing, Project Management,

& Deployment.

> Microsoft Certified (MCSE w/ TCP/IP and IIS, MCP+I).

> Microsoft Cluster Server Expert (including Digital Clusters for NT -

Digital Alpha Certified).

> Support for MS SQL, MS Exchange, MS IIS, MSMQ, & H/A File Stores.

> High-Availability Specialist (7x24) - No Single Point of Failure

Configurations, Data Replication - Snapshot & Cloning (third-mirror),

Business Continuance, and Enterprise Storage Specialist

(Fibre Channel SAN and Enterprise Backup); primarily Compaq Proliant

and StorageWorks.

> Compaq StorageWorks & SWCC Software Tools (Compaq ASE Certified).

> Novell Cluster Server (Novell CNE 3.x & 4.x Certified).

> Veritas NetBackup DataCenter (+ Shared Storage Option in Fibre Channel

SAN environment).

> Support for VCS NT File Store, VCS NT SQL, and VCS Solaris Oracle DB.

> EMC Proven Storage Foundations Certified (Symmetrix, Connectrix,

Celerra, Clariion).

June, 1985 Hazeltine Corporation, Greenlawn, NY 11740

to November, 1988 Electronic Test Engineer/Technical Support Engineer

(Employee)

Technical support for development of microprocessor-based

test equipment used in production testing of complex

digital electronics. Responsibilities included

standardization of specification requirements, test

equipment prototyping, and preparation of test procedure

manuals. Further projects involved the development and

debugging of software required by GENRAD based automated

test equipment utilized in the production testing of

printed circuit boards. All projects required secret level

security clearance.

EDUCATION STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Hoboken, NJ 07040

Bachelor of Engineering, B.E.E.E. 1985, Major: Electronic

Engineering; Concentration: Communication Systems; Minor:

Mathematics.

Attained E.I.T. - Part I of N.Y. State Professional

Engineering License, 1985

Industry Certifications

Novell Certified Netware Engineer, Microsoft MCSE,

Microsoft MCP+I,

Compaq ASE, Compaq Master ASE in Fibre Channel Storage and

Proliant Clusters, Digital Alpha Certified, EMC Storage

Foundations Certification.

Network Appliance NACA Certified November 2006, NACP in

April 2007

Brocade BCSD Certified February 2007.

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