DAVID PECHON, JR.
Ponchatoula,LA
Summary
Meticulous solutions architect maintaining highly functional digital systems for uninterrupted workflows and consistent productivity. Oversees routine maintenance checks and software update schedules to reduce network downtime and likelihood of security compromises. Loves collaborating with customers and teammates to develop and implement creative technical solutions to challenging problems.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Sr Solutions Architect
Meridian IT
8 2022 - 7 2024
- Provided pre-sales engineering for all of Meridian’s datacenter business and subject matter expert for storage and hyperconverged infrastructure based on NetApp and Nutanix solutions
- Maintained customer relationships through being a trusted technical advisor giving advice and guidance on systems installed by Meridian
- Responsible for approx
- $4 million in pipeline, $3 million in revenue in previous fiscal year.
Systems Engineer, SLED
Nutanix
02.2020 - 05.2022
- Part of a two-person sales team that broke into a greenfield Mississippi market obtaining the first two customers in SLED for Nutanix in the state
- Leveraged creative talents to better demonstrate value to customers on the Nutanix cloud platform such as social media and YouTube.
Sr. Systems Engineer, North America
Alfasigma USA
07.2019 - 02.2020
- Led disaster recovery migration efforts for Covington, LA datacenter and reduced costs in renegotiation of software maintenance contracts.
Solutions Architect
Presidio
01.2018 - 07.2019
- Provided instrumental enterprise data storage experience in migrating a multinational pharmaceutical company’s petabytes of research data to Amazon Web Services
Solutions Architect, Cloud Services
C Spire
11.2016 - 01.2018
- Part of a two-person sales team providing technical expertise in helping break into a new market in Louisiana for C Spire’s fledgling cloud services division.
Storage Consulting Engineer
Strategic Business Solutions/NetApp
11.2015 - 11.2016
- Resident storage engineer for NetApp’s Clustered ONTAP transition team assisting with migrations from legacy “7-mode” to the modern ONTAP operating system
- Provided other residency services for new and existing customers including a very large regional hospital as well as a community college system
Core Infrastructure Consultant
Sparkhound
02.2014 - 11.2015
- Sparkhound’s subject matter expert on datacenter virtualization as well as datacenter and cloud storage
- Contributed to the overall success of the core infrastructure team by providing mentorship as well as providing many presentations for cloud applications as well as on-prem infrastructure.
IT Systems Architect/IT Ops Manager
First NBC Bank
01.2013 - 12.2013
- Responsible for the IT infrastructure of a publicly traded bank that was worth over $3.5B in assets
- This included two datacenters, both using NetApp storage
- Project lead for Sharepoint implementation, integration of credit apps with core banking software as well as deploying a highly available statement mail processing application.
Consulting Systems Engineer
Advanced Systems Group
08.2011 - 10.2012
- Performed post-sales engineering services for ASG customers in Louisiana and Texas having nearly installed a petabyte of NetApp storage in the SE Louisiana region
- Drafted standards for delivery services documentation for NetApp health check procedures.
Network Administrator
Central Progressive Bank
08.2009 - 06.2011
- Managed datacenter infrastructure and telecommunications for CPB, including negotiating telco contracts which slashed costs by half
- Increased infrastructure and edge security earning best possible ratings on external and FDIC audits.
Education
Arizona State University
08.2015 - 05.2017
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University of Phoenix
10.2003 - 05.2005
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US Army MOS 74B: Information Systems Operator/Analyst Course
08.1997 - 05.1997
Skills
Security and Compliance
DevOps Methodologies
Big Data Solutions
Enterprise Architecture Design
Infrastructure Automation
Product Lifecycle Management
Cloud Computing Expertise
Digital Transformation
Performance Optimization
Teamwork and Collaboration
Problem-Solving
Militaryexperience
United States Army, 06/01/97, 06/01/03, Army Achievement Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon
Timeline
Systems Engineer, SLED
Nutanix
02.2020 - 05.2022
Sr. Systems Engineer, North America
Alfasigma USA
07.2019 - 02.2020
Solutions Architect
Presidio
01.2018 - 07.2019
Solutions Architect, Cloud Services
C Spire
11.2016 - 01.2018
Storage Consulting Engineer
Strategic Business Solutions/NetApp
11.2015 - 11.2016
Arizona State University
08.2015 - 05.2017
Core Infrastructure Consultant
Sparkhound
02.2014 - 11.2015
IT Systems Architect/IT Ops Manager
First NBC Bank
01.2013 - 12.2013
Consulting Systems Engineer
Advanced Systems Group
08.2011 - 10.2012
Network Administrator
Central Progressive Bank
08.2009 - 06.2011
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University of Phoenix
10.2003 - 05.2005
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US Army MOS 74B: Information Systems Operator/Analyst Course
08.1997 - 05.1997
Sr Solutions Architect
Meridian IT
8 2022 - 7 2024
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