Solution Architect Resume
Atlanta Metropolitan Area, GA
SUMMARY
- Results oriented professional with extensive experience delivering meaningful, measurable outcomes by solving and creating solutions to complex and multi tower business requirements. Successful as an individual contributor or as a leader.
- As an individual contributor I am a recognized problem solver with repeated success in assigned opportunities and achieving quota.
- As a leader I have the ability to recruit top performers, tutor, maintain high retention rates and make those around me better.
- Recognized problem solver with repeated success in turning around at risk engagements.
- Demonstrated proficiency in contract development as well as financial and contractual risk abatement.
- Well organized with ability to identify, provide metrics and implement process improvement.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Leadership Six Sigma Green Belt Contracts
- Virtualization Process Improvement Development
- Security ITIL Foundations Negotiation
- Challenger Sales Methodology Salesforce.com Advanced skills Project Management
- Cloud Computing Apple Product Professional IT Outsourcing
- *aaS Engineer/Architect Management IT Operations
- Modeling Unified Communications Professional Services
- Storage Pricing/Financial modeling CISSP (In Process)
- Management Risk Assessment/Management SW Development
- Security New Product Introduction (NPI) QA Management
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Pragmatic Marketing VMWare Certified Associate
- (In process) GE GEnious Methodology (In process)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, GA
Solution Architect
Responsibilities:
- Recruited to support the Southeastern sales team to drive new business and growth within existing footprint.
- Focusing on End User Computing solutions including managed outsourcing/out - tasking, Service Desk, Remote Monitoring and Management.
- Assist sales team to identify prospects needs with the managed solutions Pomeroy provides.
- I was heavily recruited by Pomeroy to join.
- Unfortunately right after I joined the COVID-19 pandemic hit and I was laid off.
- In the short time I was at Pomeroy I worked on a total End User Compute outsourcing opportunity at a large national publishing company and was instrumental in bringing it to the final decision stage for Pomeroy.
Confidential, Alpharetta, GA
Regional Director
Responsibilities:
- Provide pre-sales support to a nine state region. Leading a team of Solution Architects to assist sales resources & clients define, price and close Managed and Project based Service engagements.
- This team gathers requirements for new opportunities, evaluating requirements can be met with existing processes and systems, and identifying operational gaps that may exist for delivering new opportunities.
- Designed and opened a brick & mortar location in Atlanta for Zones.
Confidential, Alpharetta, GA
Offer Manager
Responsibilities:
- Gather requirements for new service opportunities.
- Provide leadership interfacing with internal sales and external customers.
- Develop PowerPoint presentations to deliver to customers.
- Coordinate and host customer visits.
- Assess the competitive landscape
- Identify costs for all new opportunities.
- Identify gaps in the ability to deliver new opportunities.
- Develop custom models for new opportunities as needed.
- Maintain cost models for all service components.
- Review internal cost and productivity benchmarks periodically.
- Deliver presentations & workouts.
- Engage outside vendors as needed to provide capability not in house.
- Produce monthly reports on opportunities solutioned & implemented.
- Participate as a staff member of the Services leadership team.
- Create and negotiate SOWs
Confidential, Dallas, TX
Vice President, Solution Services
Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of 15 Solution Directors with the following responsibilities and objectives:
- Collaborate with staff to understand specific system requirements of clients.
- Develop engagement costs, design concepts, and/or design changes.
- Collaborate with engineers to select appropriate design solutions and ensure client needs are addressed.
- Lead contract negotiations
- Ensure successful hand off to the delivery teams.
- Drive additional services and renewals of engagements
- Create proposal responses
Confidential, Fairfield, CT
Director
Responsibilities:
- Joined this GE company as they entered the marketplace to resell personal computers, servers, related software, accessories and services.
- Brought in as an individual contributor and promoted to a Director leading a team of solution development resources.
- This company was divested and sold to CompuCom Systems, Confidential .
- Member of the transition team integrating with CompuCom.
- Participate with sales team to understand requirements of clients.
- Provide advice on costs, design concepts, and/or design changes.
- Develop pricing for the engagement
- Create and negotiate client contracts
- Ensure successful hand off to the delivery teams.
- Identified incremental service opportunities and renewals of engagements
- Create proposal responses
Confidential, Atlanta, GA
Business Development Manager
Responsibilities:
- Develop marketing plans, service offerings and for the sales teams.
- Confer with customers and engineers to assess equipment needs and to determine system requirements.
- Researched and identified potential customers for products or services.
- Kept informed on industry news and trends, products, services, competitors, relevant information about legacy, existing, and emerging technologies, and the latest product-line developments.
Confidential, Atlanta, GA
Business Development Manager
Responsibilities:
- Develop marketing plan, service offerings and for the sales teams
- Confer with customers and engineers to assess equipment needs and to determine system requirements.
- Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements, to promote the sale of products, and to provide sales support.
- Develop, present, or respond to proposals for specific customer requirements, including request for proposal responses and industry-specific solutions.
- Prepare and deliver technical presentations that explain products or services to customers and prospective customers.
Confidential, Omaha, NE
District Business Development Manager
Responsibilities:
- Plan and modify product configurations to meet customer needs.
- Confer with customers and engineers to assess equipment needs and to determine system requirements.
- Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements, to promote the sale of UNIX based computers products, and related professional service offerings.
- Prepare and deliver technical presentations that explain products or services to customers and prospective customers.
Confidential, San Jose, CA
Systems Engineering District Manager
Responsibilities:
- Support sales team in promoting and selling Pyramid Technology computers.
- Plan and modify product configurations to meet customer needs.
- Confer with customers and engineers to assess equipment needs and to determine system requirements.
- Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements, to promote the sale of company products and to provide sales support.
- Develop, present, or respond to proposals for specific customer requirements, including request for proposal responses and industry-specific solutions.
- Prepare and deliver technical presentations that explain products or services to customers and prospective customers
Confidential, San Jose, CA
Regional Systems Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Support sales team in promoting and selling Confidential .
- Plan and modify product configurations to meet customer needs.
- Confer with customers and engineers to assess equipment needs and to determine system requirements.
- Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements, to promote the sale of company products and to provide sales support.
- Develop, present, or respond to proposals for specific customer requirements, including request for proposal responses and industry-specific solutions.
- Prepare and deliver technical presentations that explain products or services to customers and prospective customers
Confidential, Atlanta, GA
Senior Systems Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Develop, test, maintain, and monitor computer programs and systems, including coordinating the installation of computer programs and systems.
- Develop, document and revise system design procedures, test procedures, and quality standards.
- Supervise computer programmers and serve as project leader.
Confidential, Atlanta, GA
Systems Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Developed applications and a common format to allow transfer of claim information between insurance companies diverse computer systems.
- Implemented the SNA and BSC protocols to be directly transmitted via satellite from a Tandem computer
Confidential
Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Developed wire transfer systems using Tandem fault tolerant computers
- Deployed at Crocker National, Confidential and Confidential
- Modified the Tandem File Utility Program (FUP) source code to add functionality and run more efficiently.
- Code was given to Tandem for international distribution.
- Developed code to communicate to FedWire and SWIFT
Confidential, Princeton, NJ
Programmer Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Member of a team that ported the UNIX Operating System to General Automation computers
- Worked to develop an Editorial Newspaper system for the Toronto Star newspaper. Key aspects of the system were:
- Fault tolerant with automatic cut over
- Capture feeds from major news wires
- Producing page layouts and direct connection to printing press.
Confidential, Murry Hills, NJ
Responsibilities:
- Member of a team that developed the UNIX Operating System
