BROADCOM (FORMERLY KNOWN AS VMWARE), PRINCIPAL ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT, 09/2023 – Current, Colorado Springs, CO

• Develop enterprise architecture strategies, aligning technological frameworks with overarching business goals to enhance scalability, ensure system resilience, and promote organizational agility, facilitating forward-thinking technological environment.
• Design and deploy sophisticated, scalable technological solutions that significantly elevate operational efficiency, enrich customer experiences, and drive substantial revenue growth, integrating cutting-edge technologies with legacy systems to maintain a harmonious balance between innovation and reliability.
• Engage in robust, strategic collaborations with broad spectrum of stakeholders, including C-suite executives, IT departments, and various business units, translating complex architectural concepts into actionable business strategies to ensure alignment and foster collaboration across organization.
• Identify and mitigate potential architectural risks, while rigorously ensuring all technological solutions comply with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and cybersecurity best practices to protect integrity and confidentiality of enterprise data, maintaining stakeholder trust.
• Cultivate culture of mentorship and continuous development within architectural team, promoting high-performance, innovation, and professional growth, enhancing system efficiency, project delivery, and organizational security.

VMWARE, SENIOR STAFF CLOUD ARCHITECT, AMER GLOBALS, 06/2022 – 09/2023, Colorado Springs, CO

• Championed architectural vision and strategy for VMware’s cloud solutions, aligning with enterprise objectives to drive innovation, scalability, and agility in cloud infrastructures.
• Fostered strategic relationships with senior leadership and product managers, steering product enhancements and integrations across key VMware solutions including VCF, Aria Suite, NSX ALB, and Tanzu Platform, thereby ensuring cohesive product development and customer-centric solutions.
• Developed and implemented VCF migration strategy, directly contributing to successful transition of 100+ customers to VCF 4, and spearheaded NSX ALB migration efforts, optimizing cloud solutions for operational excellence and customer satisfaction.
• Cultivated culture of innovation, collaboration & continuous learning, mentoring teams and leading initiatives to bridge knowledge gaps, particularly in multi-cloud strategies and migrations, strengthening company’s competitive edge and market leadership.
• Served as leading voice for cloud technologies, contributing as VCDX panelist, engaging in 30+ workshops, and presenting at key industry events such as VMworld/Explore and VMUG, amplifying company’s presence and leadership within cloud domain.
• Authored 150+ insightful blog posts on VirtualElephant.com and cultivated dedicated following on YouTube channel focused on cloud technologies and best practices, enhancing company’s community engagement and knowledge sharing.

VMWARE, SENIOR STAFF SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT, SUSTAINABILITY, 03/2022 – 08/2022, Palo Alto, CA

• Led sustainability innovation by integrating eco-friendly practices into multi-cloud solutions, significantly advancing company’s commitment to environmental sustainability and reducing carbon footprint across global cloud infrastructures.
• Designed and executed green multi-cloud strategies, enhancing energy efficiency and aligning cloud offerings with sustainability goals in collaboration with Go-To-Market organization to ensure cohesive innovation.
• Championed sustainability initiatives within organization and broader tech community, advocating for green practices and establishing company as leader in sustainable cloud computing.
• Educated and fostered a culture of environmental responsibility among internal teams and stakeholders, ensuring unified and informed approach to company’s sustainability efforts.

VMWARE, SENIOR STAFF ARCHITECT, CUSTOMER SUCCESS, 09/2018 – 03/2022, Palo Alto, CA

• Led strategic architectural initiatives for company’s Top 100 accounts, guiding key clients through digital transformation journeys and aligning solutions with evolving business needs and strategies.
• Championed customer success by advocating for client needs, delivering tailored solutions, enhancing client satisfaction and success, and fostering long-term partnerships.
• Drove innovation in solution design, developing strategic solutions that increased value and effectiveness of company’s offerings for top-tier clients, reinforcing customer loyalty.
• Facilitated cross-functional collaboration with sales, engineering, and product teams to ensure architectural designs and digital transformation strategies were in sync with product roadmap and customer success objectives.
• Regularly contributed insights and customer use-case scenarios to engineering Business Units (BUs), enhancing product development and aligning solutions more closely with customer requirements.
• Developed and delivered training programs for global Customer Success teams, as well as creating educational materials, conducting training sessions, and ensuring teams are up-to-date with latest technologies and best practices.
• Exceeded customer-specific duties by influencing company’s strategic direction, including identifying opportunities for improvement, advocating for customer needs within internal teams, and fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

VMWARE, STAFF ARCHITECT, CLOUD & PRODUCTIVITY ENGINEERING, 06/2015 – 08/2018, Palo Alto, CA

• Spearheaded architectural design of internal private cloud, focusing on Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions, while creating scalable and efficient designs for cloud infrastructure deployment and management.
• Formulated and documented architectural processes for Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams, ensuring effective implementation and operation of multiple service offerings, including vCloud Director, vRealize Automation, and VMware Integrated OpenStack.
• Provided pivotal design and operational guidance for VMworld Hands-on-Labs in 2017, spanning both US and EMEA conferences, as well as managing lab environments across diverse platforms including VMware data centers, AWS, and IBM SoftLayer, ensuring seamless participant experiences.
• Initiated and developed Production Readiness Program, incorporating assessment tooling and documentation essential for inaugural SaaS offerings, including conducting thorough Production Readiness Assessments with engineering teams, facilitating launch and post-GA support of SaaS products.
• Engaged with customers to narrate VMware-on-VMware success story, aiding them in resolving adoption challenges and offering expert advice for optimizing VMware technologies in both on-premise and public cloud ecosystems.

ADOBE, CLOUD & VIRTUALIZATION ENGINEER, 07/2009 – 05/2015, Lehi, UT

• Designed and architecture inaugural virtualized private cloud, specifically for Digital Marketing business unit, marking significant milestone in cloud computing journey.
• Provided support and operational oversight across six international data centers, leveraging advanced VMware technologies such as vCloud Director, vRealize Automation, and VMware Integrated OpenStack to ensure high availability and performance.
• Played pivotal role in Adobe’s digital transformation initiative starting in 2013, transitioning from predominantly bare-metal data center approach with around 80,000 physical servers to a more agile and scalable virtualized private cloud infrastructure, comprising 5,000 physical machines and approximately 20,000 virtual machines.
• Ensured seamless operation and scalability of virtualized infrastructure, optimizing resource allocation, and enhancing system efficiency to support growing demands of Digital Marketing business unit.

Applied deep technical knowledge in cloud computing and virtualization to drive innovation within Adobe’s IT infrastructure, contributing to the overall efficiency, scalability, and agility of business’s digital services.