Storage Solution Administrator
Resume:
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Storage/Server Presales
consulting
D2D & Tape management
IT Solution management
Disaster Recovery
Resource management
Server/storage technical
managent
Backup & Recovery
Monitoring & Reporting
Managing client
Networking & partnership
SAN solution
Client focussed service
INTERNATIONAL
TRAINING
South Africa
Austria
Morocco
Germany
United Arab Emirates
Victor Udoh
Storage and Technology Consultant
SUMMARY
A proven self-motivated team player, who works well with both internal teams and clients with near to 13 years’ worth of experience in the storage industry, 3 years of which as a HP employee. His capabilities include but are not limited to the design, installation and implementation of complex storage landscapes. He has a remarkable problem-solving attitude and the capability of overseeing complex problems. He is a true out-of-the-box thinker who can also easily cope with stress; regardless if this is due to a down system or a project based on a tight deadline. He has the ability to quickly master new talents and put them into practice. Victor takes a great deal of pride in his work and customer satisfaction.
Victor being well equipped with the knowledge and experience is capable of working with large enterprise implementations of Netapp, HP, EMC, ORACLE, storage and all aspects that go along with those implementations; these aspects include but are not limited to: networking, Fibre Channel SAN, DAS, NAS, DR, BI, Business Continuity, Backup & Recovery with both D2D and Tape, hypervisors like VMware and sever side operating systems like Linux or Windows.
CAREER HISTORY
Systemtech Group (Channel Distributions)
TEAM LEAD Solution and Services Feburary 2014 – Till Date Responsible for managing the delivery of (Servers, Storage and Network) and Service Delivery Manager (all Projects). Also responsible for formulation and execution of business plans and sales strategy; in addition to providing sizing, presales consultations and configurations for enterprise solutions.
Duties:
Managed company budget of $16 million for thr FY
Trusted advisor to all sectors in the area of Virtualization, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Storage, Server Consolidation and Data Centre Optimization.
Understood that each organization needs are unique to one another.
Took business objectives as a requirement to design Infrastructure solution that suites the customer’s business objectives and budget.
Presales Consultant for High End server, Storage Architecture Configurations, Virtualization solution, Enterprise Disaster recovery, Data centre Automation and Transformation
Hewlett-Packard
STORAGE PRESALES CONSULTANT December 2010 – December 2013 Duties:
Exceeded 90% of West African Target of $40 million for the FY
Developed and Implemented technical enablement and certification plan on HP storage product
Architect solution to position HP Storage Portfolio with the partner(s) as part of the joint solution development exercise
Supported complex solution deals involving HP Storage product
Positioned competitive technical advantage of HP storage
Created and maintained key technical leads from the partner organization
Local point of interaction for the partner(s) in deal pursuits which involve HP storage solution.
Provided presales technical support to partners on deal pursuits and help shape deals by cross-selling and/or up-selling on HP Storage technology
Performed requirements definitions, system analysis and design, interface and data architectures, lifecycle cost analysis and estimation, and governance INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Telecoms
Financial Sector
Education
Government
IT
Manufactuering
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PERSONAL DETAILS
Victor Udoh
601 Saddleback Ln, Flower
Mound, TX75028
S: beluvic
E: ******.****@***.***
E: *******@*****.***
https://www.linkedin.com/in/
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PERSONAL SKILLS
Whiteboard
Analytic
Problem Solving
Relationship building
Confident
Creative
Confident
CBCemea
SERVER/STORAGE ENGINEER January 2003 – November 2010 Responsible for the effective strategic plan, organisational structure and provided clear management direction to support the overall vision and mission. Also worked closely with other departmental managers to create a strong organisational culture. Duties:
Actively supported the account team with solution advice, proposals, presentations, and other customer communications
Analyzes and provides support to deals in the pipeline where needed
Assessed operating system and suggested storage architecture solutions, including backup hardware.
Helped implement SAN, including configuration and enhancing platform security
Understood the roles and affectively engages other teams and resources within CBC and partners
Identified overlooked opportunities suggested by technical expertise
Facilitated smooth transition from sales to implementation by orienting the appropriate teams to the solution design
Performed change interventions for faulty Sun hardware and Netapp (servers and storages).
Prepared Scope of Work (SOW) new hardware and software configurations.
Prepared fault trend report for hardware and software on a monthly basis
Installed and supported SAN environment
Installed and supported Veritas Storages foundation for UNIX
Installed and supported of FASxxx Netapp filers.
Daily backup and restore operations
Used of Snapmirror,snap drive UNIX/WINDOWS and Snapvault for data replication and protection
Used of Flexclone for data testing
Installed and Configured of ESX servers
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Technical attributes
Platforms: Linux, Unix, Mac OS, Windows, AIX
Networking: SAN, LAN/WAN, Network Attached Storage (NAS), TCP/IP, VPN, NFS/SMB/ CIFS/SCSI protocols, Brocade switches/directors, Multi- Protocol Router (MPR)
Storage: HP, EMC, NETAPP, ORACLE, DELL, IBM
Servers: HP, SUN/ORACLE, IBM, DELL, VMWare,
Applications: Veritas, HP StorageWorks, StorageTek, ONTAP Professional attributes
Assessed operating system and suggested storage architecture solutions, including backup hardware.
Helped implement SAN, including configuration and enhancing platform security
Provided advocacy and hands on support to the sales team in order to assist them in closing new business
Experience of attending meetings with C- level executives (or able to demonstrate a strong ability to do so)
Good presentation and documentation skills
CERTIFICATION
B.Sc Mathematics/Statistics
EMCISA
NACP
VCP V3 (25945)
NCDA
SCNA 10
NASAP
Master ASE – Storage
IBM - Storage Sales –N
Accredited Presales
Professional (APP)
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