KAIVON SHAHFARI
Oakland,CA
Summary
Data Center Engineer and Project Manager with a customer-centric approach and a results-driven mindset. Over 20 years of high-tech experience encompasses technical marketing, proof of concept development, competitive testing, and SAN administration. Proven success in cross-functional collaboration that delivers impactful solutions and drives business value.
Overview
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16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
IT Administrator
GPG Inc.
01.2018 - 06.2021
- Performed as onsite IT admin at an accounting firm.
- Maintained information systems and networks.
- Selected, maintained, and installed new hardware and software, including remote desktop.
Sales and Support Technical Lab Engineer
Brocade Communication Inc.
11.2016 - 01.2018
- Configured, installed, repaired, and troubleshooted issues related to hardware performance on servers, SAN equipment, and network equipment in a data center environment.
- Proactive diagnosis and resolution of networking and performance problems within a datacenter
- Worked closely with technical marketing, engineering, and product marketing
- Responsible for installation, configuration, and firmware upgrade of Fibre Channel, VDX switches, and network switches and routers. Managing the setup using BNA (Brocade management tool)
- Responsible for installation, configuration of ESXi, vSphere, vCenter, and servers. This included configuration of networking and storage hardware and setup, migration of VM
- Configuring SAN storage and creating LUNs to be accessible by VMs and other standalone servers
- Contributed knowledge to the development of marketing assets and whitepapers
Proof of Concept Engineer
Brocade Communication Inc.
08.2014 - 10.2016
- With a success rate over 70% signed customers, I designed and delivered impactful demonstrations and PoCs for new and existing customers through close collaboration with sales teams.
Technical Marketing Engineer-Competitive Analysis
Brocade Communication Inc.
06.2009 - 07.2014
- With a success rate over 95% resigning with existing customers and 75% a new customer I provided test reports on Brocade products against competitors to Product Marketing and worked closely with Engineering team to improve Brocade products performance.
- Contributed knowledge to the development of marketing assets and whitepapers
- Worked closely with technical marketing, engineering, and product marketing
Technical Marketing Engineer - Trade Show
Brocade Communication Inc.
06.2005 - 05.2009
- Built and configured Testbeds for Tradeshows and monitor their functionality at the event and expo floor and demonstrating Brocade technology to audiences which resulted in a 75% increase in new calls to sales annually.
Skills
- Brocade Fibre Channel switches and directors
- Brocade VDX family
- Cisco MDS multilayer switch
- Cisco UCS
- Brocade Network Advisor
- Storage area networking (SAN)
- Internet Protocol (IP)
- iSCSI
- NAS storage administration
- VMware virtualization
- Windows administration
- vSphere client management
- SAN and IP networking
- SANBlaze emulator
- Spirent Test Center
- Customer focus
- Problem-solving skills
- Ownership mindset
- Independent learning
- Team collaboration
Languages
Persian
Professional
Timeline
IT Administrator
GPG Inc.
01.2018 - 06.2021
Sales and Support Technical Lab Engineer
Brocade Communication Inc.
11.2016 - 01.2018
Proof of Concept Engineer
Brocade Communication Inc.
08.2014 - 10.2016
Technical Marketing Engineer-Competitive Analysis
Brocade Communication Inc.
06.2009 - 07.2014
Technical Marketing Engineer - Trade Show
Brocade Communication Inc.
06.2005 - 05.2009