MATTHEW C. POWELL
Dublin,Ohio
Summary
Technical Evangelist with over 20 years galvanizing channel partners and distributors to generate support of Dell EMC data center stack. I have extensive backgrounds in virtualization, systems integration, storage, security, analytics, and performance. Recognized thought-leader and regular attendee at industry conferences, trade shows and meetups to construct valuable relationships with technical audiences. I am passionate about using technology to solve customer business challenges.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal System Engineer
HyTrust
10.2016 - Current
- Solution selling HyTrust Workload Security Platform products leveraging cloud security, data encryption, and hardware security products to customers in region
- Collaborate with strategic partners from Intel, VMware, and IBM to align HyTrust product solutions to customer use cases
- Respond to customer RFI/RFP
- Conduct product presentations and demonstrations to customers
- Conduct proof of concepts with customers
- Collaborate with Account Manager to build pipeline for new customer accounts
- Build customer relationships and attend conferences for Security and Virtualization trends
- Participate on customer sales calls, conference calls, and prospect visits.
Senior Sales Engineer
Intel Security
11.2015 - 07.2016
- Solution selling endpoint, threat intelligence, network, EDR, DLP, and SIEM products to customers in Government, Healthcare, and Education verticals
- Align product solutions with customer use cases to build outcomes
- Conduct product presentations and demonstrations to customers
- Build customer relationships and attend conferences or tradeshows
- Participate on customer sales calls, conference calls, and prospect visits
- Escalate customer post-sales issues to support and product development.
Advisory Solutions Architect
EMC Global Services
Hopkinton, MA
05.2013 - 10.2015
- Americas
- Pre-sales lead in emerging technologies for Advanced Software Division
- Assist bid desk with creation of Bill of Materials and Statements of Work
- Subject matter expert for EMC ViPR, ViPR SRM storage analytics platform, Elastic Cloud
- Storage (ECS), and legacy ControlCenter infrastructure management software
- Architect and design EMC solutions for Federal, Enterprise, and Commercial customers
- Install and configure software infrastructure management solutions with focus on software defined storage
- Assist with quality assurance for EMC software development teams
- Provide mentoring and delivery best practices to new and junior team members
- Resolve break/fix issues with strategic customer accounts
- Perform systems integration on UNIX, Windows, Linux, and VMware platforms
- Configure EMC software for third-party integration
- Chief troubleshooting resource for resolving customer satisfaction issues.
- Contributed heavily to product development lifecycle of both back-end and customer-facing solutions.
- Analyzed Type solutions proposed to meet diverse business requirements.
- Customized in-development software to clients' current hardware environments, designing applications to span multiple systems.
- Authored development guidelines to expedite application design efforts through ready-made frameworks.
- Mentored team, sharing skills and expertise and encouraged each member to bring forward ideas and suggestions for improvement.
- Created migration strategies to bridge development gaps between existing software architecture and future updates.
- Assessed under-performing software and developed actionable improvements.
- Drafted visual representations of software architecture design for presentation to stakeholders.
- Communicated software architecture strategies to senior leadership and third-party business leaders.
- Designed architecture strategies for large-scale system-wide application deployments.
- Provided 2nd and 3rd level technical support and troubleshooting to internal and external clients.
- Participated in system development life cycle from requirements analysis through system implementation.
- Defined enterprise processes and best practices and tailored enterprise processes for applications.
- Monitored and tested application performance to identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions and collaborate with developers on solution implementation.
- Developed application architecture strategy to specifically align with employer business goals.
- Broke down technical ideas and issues into non-technical terms for business executives.
- Worked with developers and engineers to realize technological solutions.
Senior Solutions Architect
EMC Global Services
Federal
06.2007 - 05.2013
- Lead architect for delivery engagements to Federal customers
- Symmetrix and SRM Champion supporting pre-sales engagements
- Requirements gathering and configuration of Symmetrix storage using Symmwin
- Perform data migrations via Open migrator and SRDF
- Software and hardware upgrades along with technology refreshes
- Storage provisioning with Solutions Enabler and Unisphere for VMAX
- Symmetrix performance analysis with Symmerge and Workload Analyzer
- CLARiiON performance analysis with Analyzer Helper and Navisphere Analyzer
- Zoning and masking with Brocade Webtools, Connectrix Manager, Cisco Device
- Manager and Fabric Manager
- VMware configuration and management via vSphere client and UI
- Consult on security best practices for SAN and storage
- Install and configure host software on Windows, UNIX, and Linux platforms
- PowerPath configuration and management of storage
- Install and configure EMC hardware and software
- Perform Symmetrix and SAN data migrations
- Troubleshoot performance issues on storage and servers
- Create and update project documentation as required.
Solutions Architect
EMC Global Services
11.2004 - 06.2007
- Federal
- Install and configure EMC hardware and software
- Perform Symmetrix and SAN data migrations using EMCcopy and DRU
- Perform systems integration on UNIX and Windows servers
- Create and update project documentation as required.
Contractor
EMC Global Services
11.2003 - 11.2004
- Assist with Data Center buildout for two large Federal customers
- Install and configure EMC hardware and software
- Perform Symmetrix and SAN data migrations
- Troubleshoot customer issues on UNIX and Windows servers
- Create and update project documentation as required.
Consultant
EMC Global Services
09.2003 - 10.2003
- Utilize UNIX and NT macros to obtain host information on Microsoft and UNIX platforms
- Verify configurations for Brocade switches in multiple fabrics and provide recommendations for SAN environment
- Obtain configurations for multiple storage frames including EMC, IBM, and HDS
- Provide project documentation including topology, settings, reports, and logs
- Automation and scripting of processes as required.
Manager of Information Technology
Affiliated Computer Services
11.2002 - 07.2003
- Recommended Information Technology best practices for environment
- Implemented Enterprise Security Plan for site
- Conduct internal security assessments for Windows environment using Microsoft Baseline
- Security Analyzer and Languard Network Security Scanner
- Implement best practices for security of HP-UX environment
- Initial rollout and policy management of McAfee 7 Enterprise Antivirus software to over 200
- Microsoft workstations and servers
- Perform Capacity Planning for SAN environment including HP-UX and Windows servers
- Performance tuning of environment using PERFMON and HP Glance
- Hands-on Logical Volume Management (LVM)
- Utilize Norton Ghost for Business Continuance of Windows environment
- Access control and monitoring of network traffic through Checkpoint firewall
- Utilize EEye IRIS network sniffer for monitoring internal network traffic
- Setup and configuration for Apache and IIS web servers
- Conduct internal penetration testing for in house application accessed through Netscape
- Navigator and Internet Explorer web browsers
- Verify processes and select data from multiple SQL databases
- Setup and configuration of Microsoft Access databases
- Rollout of Big Brother enterprise monitoring tool to view internal UNIX and Windows environment
- Rollout of BrightStor Enterprise Backup solution to open systems and windows nodes
- Provide report metrics to upper management on web usage, disk allocation, account management, enterprise security, and printer management using various commands and toolsets
- Create business continuance solution for HP-UX environment using Ignite-UX
- Local and domain Policy Management on Windows platform by server and via Active
- Directory
- Evaluate encrypted 802.11b wireless solution for site rollout
- Implementation of Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on HP UNIX platform
- Reported traffic using LogAnalyzer123 to review Weblogic, Apache, and IIS logs
- Defined and tested Disaster Recovery practices with State of Ohio for Sungard
- Created Disaster Recovery Plan for site
- Documentation of Policies and Procedures for Information Technology
- Hands-on HP UNIX and Windows system administration.
Education
Computer Information Systems, Computer Science
DeVry Institute of Technology
Skills
Protocols: TCP/IP, SAN, NAS, Fibre Channel, FCOE, LVM, NFS, HTTP, FTPundefined
Accomplishments
- EMC Proven Professional - EMCPA – Technology Foundations
Affiliations
Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) – Central Ohio
VMware Users Group (VMUG) – Central Ohio
INACTIVE TS SECURITY CLEARANCE
Timeline
Principal System Engineer
HyTrust
10.2016 - Current
Senior Sales Engineer
Intel Security
11.2015 - 07.2016
Advisory Solutions Architect
EMC Global Services
05.2013 - 10.2015
Senior Solutions Architect
EMC Global Services
06.2007 - 05.2013
Solutions Architect
EMC Global Services
11.2004 - 06.2007
Contractor
EMC Global Services
11.2003 - 11.2004
Consultant
EMC Global Services
09.2003 - 10.2003
Manager of Information Technology
Affiliated Computer Services
11.2002 - 07.2003
Computer Information Systems, Computer Science
DeVry Institute of Technology
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