Bio

Specializing in memory tiering and storage technologies his charter includes pathfinding, architecting and evangelizing the best solutions on Intel architecture. Drawing on a wealth of knowledge from networking, storage, virtualization, database, software development and validation across 20 years, he is uniquely positioned with different points of view. John delights in dissecting the toughest problems and identifying the why and how environments operate. As a trusted advisor and technologist, he works with key partners and accounts to ensure that customer and end users receive the best possible experience. He passed the CCNA exam at age 18, passed the CCIE routing and switching written v4 and v5 exams, and has held CCNA, CCNP, and VCP certifications. Certifications: CCIE R+S Written Exam – CCNP - CCNA – VMware VCP5 – Nexenta CNA Network Protocols: RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, BGP, MPLS – IPSec & WebVPN – TCP/IPv4 & v6 Storage Protocols: SATA, SAS, NVMe, iSCSI, NFS Network Technologies: Nexus 9000, 5000, 2000 – Catalyst 6500, 4500, 3500 – ASA 5500 Database: Oracle RAC 11g/12c, Oracle Database, Oracle Grid, Microsoft SQL Server Virtualization: VMware ESX, VMware VSAN, VMware vCenter, Microsoft Hyper-V Software Defined Storage: VMware VSAN, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct (S2D), Nexenta NexentaStor Operating Systems: Windows Server, VMware ESX, Linux Server Technologies: Intel Server Platforms - HP Blade Center 7000, DL360/380/580 – Dell R7xx/9xx Hosting: Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Active Directory, Apache Scripting: Perl, PowerShell, PowerCLI, BASH, HTML, CSS – Altiris – DNS