Sphere 3D Corp. (ANY)

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Another very interesting peter bookman tweet:

RT @davemarotta @Sphere3D #briforum Best of show! pic.twitter.com/QxFFqeX5pk >agreed! Look forward to working with you.

Dave Marotta public linkedin:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/dmarotta?_mSplash=1

This is one hell of a resume!

David Marotta's Overview

Current
Business Developement National Virtualization T/A at World Wide Technology
Past
Technical Account Manager at VMware Inc.
Systems Architect at LendingTree, LLC
PSO Engineering at Microsoft
Education
High Point University
Connections
474 connections
Websites
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David Marotta's Summary

• 15 years of Professional Services and Technical experience in fast paced, customer-focused environments leveraging a “can-do” attitude, performing multiple tasks simultaneously and independently. I am a motivated professional, with outstanding interpersonal skills and a solid understanding of a wide array of technologies as well as passion for quickly gaining customer confidence.
• Understanding for my customers’ business and technical challenges and advising them on technology, process, and operational impact. I have developed customized technology plans based on comprehensive assessments to identify current clients’ operational readiness levels, desired state, and optimal roadmaps to achieve that state.
• Able to identify, pursue, architect, and initiate proper technological processes with major corporate clients. Skilled at conveying complex technical concepts to individuals and groups with varying levels of expertise and easily communicate with “C-level” executives.

Specialties
• VMware Certified VCP #19341 & ITIL Foundations Certified
• VMware products and technologies, ESX and ESXi, vCenter, P2V, HA, DRS, VDI, VDM, View ACE and Player, SRM, Lab and Stage Manager, vCapacity Planner
• FC and NAS storage units including EMC, IBM, Hitachi 3Par, and NetApp
• Systems include Dell, IBM, HP and Compaq
• Multiple Operating Systems and applications including Microsoft and Linux.
• High level troubleshooting and management of customer and client technical issues.

David Marotta's Experience

Business Developement National Virtualization T/A
World Wide Technology
Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
April 2011 – Present (3 years 4 months) North America

•Aligns w Outside Sales team and regional T/As to represent WWT’s Data Center Virtualization expertise.
•Uses knowledge of technology, products and services to present virtualization, cloud solutions, and options to the customer.
•Works with clients and Outside Sales team to obtain technical priorities, challenges, and initiatives that can be translated into WWT Data Center opportunities.
•Responsible for the coordination, delivery, and quality of presales technology solution deliverables which may include configurations, architectural diagrams, and proposals.
•Leads in managing and reporting all assigned accounts Data Center, Virtualization and Cloud opportunities.
•Develops and fosters relationships w OEMs and key data center partners at a national level especially with VMware and Citrix.
•Assists with accounts on a national level in Commercial/Enterprise, Federal and Service Provider/Telco business units.
Technical Account Manager
VMware Inc.
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; VMW; Computer Software industry
October 2007 – May 2011 (3 years 8 months)

• Responsible for independently managing the design, installation, configuration, and implementation of all VMware products, technologies and services by providing strategic guidance and extending the customer’s staff resources
• Providing Virtualization Assessments, health checks, consolidation estimates and TCO/ROI modeling for a proper VMware Product engagement
• Reviewing an organization’s infrastructure, including goals, projects, staff resources and processes leading to the production of an Assessment Report, adding recommendations, and reviewing this report with customer to confirm goals and direction. Conducting regularly scheduled status calls and provides recurring status reports on all known issues and areas.
• Providing LOBs and peers with ongoing technical guidance and knowledge transfer as well as comprehensive analyses of business technical requirements and future needs.
• Dedication to customer success, acting as a key contributor to help ensure smooth transitions to VMware virtual infrastructure and providing strategic guidance on new uses of VMware technology.
• Developing and implementing enterprise wide Change Management QA and Run process specific to each account while acting as a conduit through which customers access critical VMware support services, collaborate and consult on project plans, and obtain an insider’s perspective on virtualization best practices and future trends.
* Accelerate deployment of virtual infrastructure by identifying key areas impacted by virtualization and recommending process and technical improvements.
* Increase return on investment by streamlining IT processes and accelerating project timelines.
* Mitigate risk by identifing common pitfalls and leverage resources within VMware and the partner community.
Systems Architect
LendingTree, LLC
Public Company; 51-200 employees; TREE; Financial Services industry
November 2002 – October 2007 (5 years)

• Responsible for the design and delivery of enterprise storage activities, storage management and data integrity of fiber based EMC Storage Area Network. Hardware includes multiple Clarrion, Celerra, Centera storage arrays, cascaded Brocade Silkworm, McData and Cisco enterprise level fiber switches.
• Ensuring site and server data integrity by evaluating various technical solutions, recommending to management an appropriate technology and then implementing, and managing the solution. By selecting the Virtual Infrastructure I was able provide lower-cost platform choices, minimize technology risk while providing for efficient development and test environments.
• Developed server and storage solutions by working with multiple business units across the organization to meet future needs and technical requirements of LendingTree core business. The results included the design and implementation of multiple redundant SAN islands which allowed for data to remain available and secure.
PSO Engineering
Microsoft
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry
May 1998 – November 2002 (4 years 7 months)

• Providing customer centric solutions support and training for complex client/server related products and technically escalated issues.
• Provided technical solutions to customer issues via onsite visits telephone, written correspondence, electronic media.
• Worked with Microsoft Premier customers in planning, designing, implementing and supporting a Windows based enterprise computing infrastructure.
• Technical Lead for the Microsoft SMS 2.0 Direct Access Public New Group and the Microsoft Clustering Direct Access Public News Group.
David Marotta's Projects

Enterprise Virtualization and VDI