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Jonathan Gardner
Stevenage,Hertfordshire
Summary
Global Solutions Engineer with extensive experience in solution consulting, technical account planning, and pre-sales engineering. Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing storage architecture across diverse industries, including financial services, insurance, and pharmaceuticals. Proven track record of driving business value through strategic account management, RFI/RFP leadership, and innovative solutions aligned with public cloud initiatives. Notable achievements include leading successful transitions to new technology standards, optimising cost-saving measures for clients, and securing significant revenue streams through strategic proposals. Career focus on leveraging technical expertise to deliver scalable solutions that meet evolving business needs.
Overview
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Certification
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Global Solutions Engineer
NetApp
London
04.2019 - Current
- Global Solutions Engineer aligned to Global FSI, Insurance & Pharmaceutical accounts.
- Global Technical Lead aligned to UBS & GSK & previously within my tenure AXA & Barclays. Solutions Engineer engagement on Bank of America, Citi & Santander.
- Aligned with GCEs in a pre-sales function targeting & positioning new opportunities across the NetApp portfolio to drive business value in-inline with public initiatives.
- Documenting & adhering to Accountunt & Technical Account Plans each Financial Year to create milestones, objectives & KPIs.
- Creating business cases & unsolicited proposals to create new opportunities, drive business value & help customers meet cost optimisation/savings KPIs on-prem & within public cloud.
- Leading RFI & RFP responses & winning them e.g. STaaS RFP to increase NetApp revenue streams
EMEA Storage & Backup Lead
CBRE
London
04.2015 - 04.2019
- EMEA Storage & Backup Lead @ CBRE designing, architecting, implementing, migrating & managing Storage, Backup & Hyperconverged Infrastructure:
- File & Block: Dell EMC (VPLEX, VMAX, VMAX AFA, VNX, VNXe, ISILON, XtremIO, Unity)
- Object: Cloudian & Komprise
- Hyperconverged: Nutanix AHV
- Backup: CommVault, Rubrik, Veritas Backup Exec & Quantum Scalar i500 Tape Libraries
- Switches & Compute: Cisco MDS Fabric Switch Administration, Cisco UCSC Administration &
Microsoft Cluster Administration. - Storage Achievements: Dell EMC suite transition & standardization, ISILON for File implementation, XtremIO for VDI, VMAX & Unity for Block, VNX for Backup Storage & VPLEX for software storage virtualization over the top.
- Object & Hyperconverged: Cloudian file storage tiering target with Komprise data mover & VxRail to Nutanix creates new standard.
- Backup Achievements: CommVault to Rubrik transition. Designed, architected, implemented, deployed & managed to become new EMEA & Global standard.
- Network: Designed, architected & implemented new Layer 2 dedicated Storage & Backup network to physically segregate traffic across EMEA.
- DellEMC, CommVault, Rubrik, Nutanix, Cisco MDS Fabric Switch certified.
HPE 3PAR Technical Solutions Consultant
HPE
Bracknell & London
10.2013 - 04.2015
- Managed, configured, implemented and provided high level of consultancy services to HP 3PAR environments across EMEA.
- Promoted to an HP 3PAR Escalation Engineer during my time in the role.
- Dedicated HP 3PAR Escalation Resource for TeliaSonera Sverige (largest HP 3PAR customer in the Nordics).
- Providing technical consultancy services at customers onsite in the UK (around London) & travelling to the Nordics to work with TeliaSonera Sverige.
- HPE 3PAR pre-sales team assistance & Integration e.g. TeliaSonera Sverige because of in-depth knowledge & experience on existing infrastructure.
- Produce Storage & Backup Pre Sales Design, Configuration, Low and High Level Design Diagrams & Documentation.
- Provided training and supervision to less experienced offshore HP 3PAR Technical Solutions Consultants (NER Dublin Team and EMEA Team).
Storage & Backup Engineer
Advanced 365
London
09.2010 - 10.2013
- Designed, Architected, Implemented & Managed Storage & Backup infrastructure including IBM v7000, HPE MSA, EVA, Lefthand & Veritas NetBackup & EVault (Carbonite) solutions across a shared VSI stack for new & existing UK managed service clients.
- Introduced standardisation & best practise procedures & documentation across Storage & Backup policies for BAU, operational & change management requirements.
- Managed Change Advisory Board (CAB) approval process across Storage & Backup
- Escalation point of contact via on call OOH rota implementing & managing Storage & Backup Infrastructure change control.
- ABN AMRO Clearing Bank N.V TAM (Technical Account Manager). Assigned first point of contact offering technical expertise & recommendations to maintain/manage the back end infrastructure for service improvement purposes.
- Storage & Backup Pre Sales Proposal Integration e.g. ABN AMRO and London Borough of Hackney. Produce Storage & Backup Pre Sales Low and High Level Design Documentation.
- IBM v7000, HPE EVA, Veritas NetBackup certifications obtained.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business & IT
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield01-2010
Skills
- Solution consulting
- Technical account planning
- Pre-sales engineering
- Storage architecture
Certification
- AWS Cloud Practitioner CLF-C02
- Azure Fundamentals AZ-900
- NetApp NCIE & NCDA
- DellEMC Certified Proven Professional
- Isilon Solutions Specialist Certification E20-559
- XtremIO Solutions Specialist Certification E20-568
- PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner
- Information Storage and Management v3
Interests
Timeline
Global Solutions Engineer
NetApp
04.2019 - Current
EMEA Storage & Backup Lead
CBRE
04.2015 - 04.2019
HPE 3PAR Technical Solutions Consultant
HPE
10.2013 - 04.2015
Storage & Backup Engineer
Advanced 365
09.2010 - 10.2013
Bachelor of Science - Business & IT
Sheffield Hallam University