Joe Zemaitis
1000 San Jose Drive SE,MI
Summary
Accomplished Solutions Architect with a proven track record at VMware by Broadcom, enhancing customer success through expert cloud architecture design and stakeholder management. Spearheaded transformative projects, achieving significant efficiency improvements. Recognized for blending technical analysis with strategic insight to drive impactful solutions and foster partner enablement.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
22
22
Certification
Work History
Solutions Architect
VMware by Broadcom
2022.05 - Current
- Technical leader, mentor, and trusted advisor to strategic enterprise customers.
- Developed detailed transformative adoption plans for customer and professional services to follow.
- Designed detailed technical architecture diagrams, including, networking, capacity and cost analysis.
- Formulated high impact and deep reaching strategic initiatives to grow consumption.
- Deployed pilot and POC solutions for on-premises and cloud environments.
- Conducted ongoing enablement sessions for partners and internal Solution Architects.
- Streamlined VMware’s global SDDC Pilot/POC process for efficiency.
- Awarded “At Our Best” in recognition of exceptional contributions to the company in 2023
Senior Solutions Architect
AWS
2020.03 - 2022.05
- Aligned IT solutions with business objectives by collaborating closely with stakeholders to understand their unique needs and requirements.
- Created detailed architecture documentation that facilitated effective communication among stakeholders throughout project lifecycles.
- Assisted sales teams in achieving revenue goals through strategic pre-sales activities and close collaboration.
- Provided technical expertise and support during the sales process, increasing customer confidence in product capabilities.
- Created customized proposals that highlighted the unique value proposition of products for each prospective client.
- Architected comprehensive cloud designs for migrations, scale, high-availability, performance and cost.
- Lead enablement sessions and webinars for field teams, partners, and customers.
- Developed best practice guides for adoption, migrations, and performance.
- Innovated internal tools to streamline Solutions Architecture and business processes, enhancing efficiency.
Senior Solutions Engineer
VMware
2019.01 - 2020.04
- Specialized in storage infrastructure and cloud foundation solutions for enterprise clients.
- Collaborated closely with sales teams and customers to drive business opportunities and outcomes.
- Facilitated whiteboard sessions to design end-to-end solutions and educate stakeholders.
- Executed POCs for VMware technology, proving solution efficacy to key decision makers.
- Demonstrated clear financial and operational benefits of solutions to customers.
- Empowered field and channel partners through comprehensive enablement programs.
Practice Lead and Solutions Architect
Data Strategy
2012.07 - 2019.01
- Led a team of professionals to achieve practice goals, fostering collaboration and continuous professional development.
- Enhanced client satisfaction through consistent delivery of high-quality services and timely followups.
- Consistently exceeded revenue targets by effectively managing financial resources and optimizing service offerings.
- Developed strong relationships with clients by providing personalized attention, understanding their needs, and offering tailored solutions.
- Conducted comprehensive analyses of internal operations to identify areas for improvement and implement necessary changes for increased efficiency.
- Improved practice efficiency by implementing new operational processes and streamlining workflows.
Senior Engineer
Grey Global Group
2005.08 - 2012.08
- Engineered and deployed the company's first VMware environment, resulting in substantial cost reduction and improved performance.
- Implemented and managed Veeam Backup and Recovery for the entire VMware environment allowing for seamless server recovery saving many hours compared to prior configuration.
- Migrated over 100 physical systems through P2V to streamline management and improve workload portability.
- Executed a zero downtime datacenter move for virtual environment.
- Led the engineering and life cycle management of the enterprise-wide Citrix platform.
- Provided mentorship to junior team members fostering career growth.
Senior Engineer - Assistant Vice President
Jefferies & Company
2010.08 - 2012.07
- Served as senior engineer for a global investment bank responsible for critical systems including trading.
- Oversaw 800+ VMs and 100+ business critical ESXi Hosts across five global locations.
- Leveraged advanced monitoring tools to enhance stability, alerting, optimize configurations, improve application performance, and maximize ROI.
- Managed the full life cycle of several critical systems including virtualization, storage and applications.
- Made key decisions regarding growth and business charge back for IT services.
Education
Associate of Arts - Computer Science
Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Rapids, MI05.2005
Skills
- Technical architecture
- Requirements Gathering
- Solution Optimization
- Stakeholder Management
- Performance Optimization
- Cloud Architecture Design
- Network design
- Improving processes
- Architecture review
- Technical Analysis
- Cloud services
- Virtual and Cloud Technologies
Certification
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Sysops Administrator - Associate
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified – Solutions Architect - Associate
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified – Cloud Practitioner - Foundational
- VMware Certified Implement Expert – Datacenter Virtualization - VCIX-DCV
- VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Datacenter Virtualization - VCAP-DCV
- VMware Certified Professional – Datacenter and Cloud – 2x VCP
- VMware Certified Master Specialist – VMware Cloud on AWS 2023
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer – MCSE
- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator – MCSD
- Microsoft Certified Professional – MCP
Work Availability
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Accomplishments
- Supervised team of five staff members.
- Achieved zero downtime datacenter migrations during datacenter move projects with accuracy and efficiency.
- Developed detailed architecture diagrams and adoption guides for a wide range of customers including large enterprises.
- Mentored junior team members enabling their promtion.
Timeline
Solutions Architect
VMware by Broadcom
2022.05 - Current
Senior Solutions Architect
AWS
2020.03 - 2022.05
Senior Solutions Engineer
VMware
2019.01 - 2020.04
Practice Lead and Solutions Architect
Data Strategy
2012.07 - 2019.01
Senior Engineer - Assistant Vice President
Jefferies & Company
2010.08 - 2012.07
Senior Engineer
Grey Global Group
2005.08 - 2012.08
Associate of Arts - Computer Science
Grand Rapids Community College
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
- AWS Certified – Sysops Administrator
- AWS Certified – Solutions Architect
- VCIX-DCV – VMware Certified Implement Expert
- VCAP-DCV – VMware Certified Advanced Processional
- Double VCP – Datacenter and Cloud 2023
- VMware Certified Master Specialist - VMware Cloud on AWS 2023
- MCSE - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
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