Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Big data analytics with Starburst
Secure from Code to Cloud
MITRE ATT&CK (tactics, techniques, matrix, IDs)
Prisma Cloud in 60s
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Horizon – Brokering
Horizon Golden Master – Best practice
Horizon Cloud on Azure
Horizon Cloud on Azure – How to start with subscription

That’s me

17+

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

350+

PROJECTS COMPLETED

200+

HAPPY CLIENTS

Certification

Leadership
Cloud
Infrastructure Automation and Management
Communication
Sales and Negotiation
Project Management

I’m a technologist with a strong sales gene with around 17 Years of experience in the IT space. I bring a lot of expertise into the game which I’ve developed through many many projects with customers in multiple verticals and customer sizes.

An early adopter of new technologies with get things done mentality

What are the areas of technical expertise?

I work since many years in the areas of virtualization, Digital / Modern Workplace, Architecture and Infrastructure. Said that, I’ve a lot of expertise with regards to implementation, troubleshooting and optimization of those (VMware vExpert 2x, Award winner for creativity and at it best). 

In addition to that, I’ve couple of years of experience with Microsoft technologies, Identity and Access Management but with Storage, databases and Backup and Recovery as well.

It is always important to have a great and from the customer needed business outcome. Therefore for me it is important to consult my customers overall with regards to the best solution for their needs. With that kind of approach I will make sure the customer get the best out of the engagement and the experience showd me that this is the correct way because at the end, the solution provided have to solve the business needs.

What are the soft-skills and areas of expertise?

In my career I’ve done a lot of workshops technically, sales and strategy but also mentoring and teaching people. I have a lot of experience as presenter and speaker on stage, in workshops with customers, Webcast, Webinars and at events. 

Create great solutions and get the best out of it. Nothing is impossible.

Simply me 😉

Some professional coaching I got

General

  • Time Management
  • Project Management
  • Presentation + techniques
  • Great Demo
  • Business Storytelling
  • Interviews
  • Communication
  • Culture awareness
  • Consultative Essentials for Enterprise SEs

Leadership

  • Leadership Practice
  • Situational Leadership II – The Art of leading through SLII
  • New Manager Foundations
  • From Individual Contributor to Manager
  • Team Management
  • New hire onboarding, team building, onboarding, development, structure and processes including optimization
  • Managing Teams
    • Managers Chart the Course
    •  Managers Motivate Their Teams
    •   Managers Develop Each Person on Their Team
    •   Best Practices in Managing Teams
    •   Managing Different Types of Teams 

Technical

  • ITILv3
  • TOGAF 9 Level 1 and 2
  • Google Cloud Platform essentials training for administrators
  • Amazon Certified Solutions Architect – Associate: Cloud Services overview
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS): Basics for administrators
  • Microsoft Azure fundamentals (AZ-900)
  • Microsoft Cloud fundamentals – Administering Office 365 and Intune building self-confidence
  • HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate (003)
  • Kubernetes for beginner

Sales

  • Negotiation technique
  • Solution selling
  • Business value selling
  • Process and methodology Sales
  • Salesmind Sales training
  • Selling methodologies

Expertise in detail

Some details of expertise (technical)

  • Strategy consultancy
  • Mobile strategy / Enterprise mobility
  • Future Workplace strategy
  • Digital Transformation
  • Competitive analysis and consultancy
  • Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure and Solution Design
  • Infrastructure modernization / migration
  • Storage technologies incl. Hyperconverged (HCI), Converged Systems and attached components
  • Identity and Access Management
  • Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) platforms
  • Desktop, Application and Datacenter Virtualization
  • Desktop Virtualization Expert (SME)
  • Application virtualization and deployment
  • Modern Management and Enterprise mobility
  • Digital / Modern Workspace
  • Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
  • Microsoft technologies
  • Website design and optimization
  • Cloud Security
  • Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
  • Cloud Workload Protection (CWP / CWPP)
  • Code Security (CCS)
  • Compliance (Cloud / Workload)
  • Application Security and Lifecycle
  • API Security
  • Infrastructure Automation and Management
  • Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), Terraform, CloudFormation, YAML
  • Kubernetes / Docker
  • Web Application experience
  • Industry trends
  • Exploring AI technologies
  • Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD) incl. security
  • Registry / Image Scanning
  • DevOps / DevSecOps
  • IAM security
  • Attack path analysis
  • Security information and event management (SIEM)
  • Data security
  • Container technology
  • CNAPP / Cloud Native

Some details of expertise (non-technical)

  • International Project experience
  • Mentoring / coaching
  • Leadership including process definition, structure creation for teams and onboarding
  • Sales strategy, value selling
  • ITILv3 and TOGAF 9 Level 1 and 2
  • ROI / TCO
  • Relationship and Stakeholder Management
  • Strong decision maker
  • Strategy consultancy, Big picture and vision
  • Complex problem solver
  • Analytical and systematic
  • Outcome-focused approach
  • Whitespace analysis and strategy
  • Public event and on stage speaker, blogger
  • Expert in public Webinars and Videos
  • Expert for Marketing and Partner Campaign for GTM and Cloud Security eBook
  • Design thinking
  • Process optimization

Sales

  • Sales lead analysis
  • Lead generation
  • Generate ideas for pipeline generation and drive the business
  • Customer and partner sales strategy
  • Forecast involvement
  • Customer development and strategy planning
  • White space and tech readyness analysis

Languages

Business English fluent (professional US tutor)

German (native)

Verticals

Retail
Manufacturing
Engineering
Industry
Automotive
Public Sector
Hoster
Outsourcer
Assurance
Finance / Banking
Healthcare

Software and tools

Some Technologies I worked and work with

VMware 

VMware vExpert (2x), Digital Workspace, Workspace ONE, Desktop / VDI (Horizon SME), Mobility, Identity / Access Management, Cloud, vSphere, Apps (App Volumes, Thinapp), Profiles (DEM – Dynamic Environment Manager), vSAN, VMware Cloud on AWS (VMConAWS), VMware Cloud on Azure, vRealize Operations, P2V (physical to virtual) migration, VMware Converter

Microsoft

Several OS versions, Server and Client side incl. Clustering), Windows 10, deployment, provisioning, Auto provisioning and Management methodic, Autopilot, Azure, Azure AD, Office / Microsoft 365, Graph API, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, SQL, SharePoint

Unified Endpoint Management and Modern Management

Windows 10, macOS, iOS, Android

Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) platforms

Okta, Azure, Workspace ONE Access

Cloud / SaaS / public Cloud

VMware Cloud on AWS (VMConAWS)

Microsoft Azure

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Cyber / Cloud Security

Palo Alto Prisma Cloud (CNAPP)

Checkov – Policy-as-Code engine

Image scanning

Registry scanning

Pipeline Security

Host Security

Container Security

Code Security

DevOps

GitHub, GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Infrastructure Automation and Management

Terraform (Infrastructure-as-Code – IaC)

YAML

Tooling

Microsoft Office

Smartsheet

Salesforce

JiRA

Confluence

Miro

Workday

Google Workplace

ControlUp

LucidChart

Asana

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