Vinod Gera
Chattanooga,U.S.A.
Summary
Highly accomplished Enterprise and Cloud Architect leader with 30+ years of experience, including two decades in Enterprise Architecture for distributed systems, AWS, GCP, Azure, and KVM-based systems. Expertise in developing architecture roadmaps, standardized frameworks, and governance for corporate decision-makers, with a strong track record in developing and migrating systems to the cloud. Skilled in public/hybrid cloud architecture, system integration, cloud migration strategies, and building proof-of-concepts to meet and exceed client requirements.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Account Design Leader
DXC Technology Co.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
04.2017 - 06.2025
- Modernized, consolidated, optimized, and migrated enterprise-wide workloads.
- Designed and implemented green infrastructure for Enterprise workloads in cloud and Data centers.
- Developed new architecture for enterprise private cloud to facilitate hybrid cloud integration.
- Directed transition of services from incumbent provider to DXC.
- Oversaw knowledge transfer process, conducting over 300 sessions in six weeks with PMs and SMEs.
- Facilitated Infrastructure assessments for rationalization and optimization initiatives.
- Architected hybrid cloud solutions for strategic DXC customers, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Developed Architectural roadmaps for clients by assessing current infrastructure and analyzing costs, risks, and ROI.
- Collaborated with cross functional teams to plan and implement migrations to private or hybrid clouds.
- Architected landing zones for cloud deployment using Infrastructure as Code, and established DevOps practices.
- Executed data center optimization and cloud design with zero-touch operations through end-to-end automation.
- Conducted evaluations for presales solutions focused on operational performance in Cloud environments.
- Provided advisory services to existing accounts, outlining strategies for infrastructure optimization.
- Managed enterprise infrastructure segregation for divestiture.
- Guided architecture teams in creating strategic roadmaps for technology enhancements.
Sr. Technology Architect
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hoover, Alabama
08.2008 - 03.2017
- Architected and migrated over 50 mission-critical SQL clusters for top 10 Fortune 500 healthcare provider, utilizing over 20TB of storage.
- Optimized storage infrastructure for automobile company, achieving annual savings exceeding $1 million.
- Collaborated with architects to design solutions for consolidating global infrastructure of major financial company.
- Designed hybrid cloud architecture for Federal Account, enhancing service delivery.
- Developed and presented Proof of Concept to upper management, demonstrating migration strategies.
- Created new processes for workload allocation and placements to improve efficiency.
- Architected virtualized storage environment across multiple countries for telecommunications company.
- Architected and managed highly available storage infrastructure and disaster recovery for major manufacturing client.
- Developed and documented standards for effective management of storage environments.
- Standardized documentation for host and storage-based migrations during hardware refreshes.
- Initiated regular capacity and performance management processes to optimize efficiency.
Sr. System Administrator/Technical Team Lead
EDS
Hoover, AL
04.1998 - 07.2008
- Collaborated with Enterprise Architect, customers, and vendors to develop innovative solutions.
- Documented procedures and requirements for VCS, VCS agents, and VERITAS volume manager upgrades.
- Architected and migrated a critical mainframe application to a new midrange solution with full automation in a highly available environment.
- Implemented SRDF, SRDF/AR, and Time Finder solutions for disaster recovery, migrations of EMC DMX systems.
- Developed automation scripts and standards for disaster recovery processes and new VCS agents across mission-critical applications.
- Designed and implemented security measures for various UNIX platforms including HPUX, Solaris, and AIX.
Systems Engineer
HCL Hewlett Packard Limited
10.1992 - 03.1998
- Installed and configured UNIX, HPUX MC/Service Guard, Switchover UX, and NIS domains.
- Developed and implemented standardized build processes for Unix servers.
Education
MBA -
University of Alabama at Birmingham
05.2020
Electrical Engineering -
J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology
07.1992
Skills
- Public and hybrid cloud architecture
- Distributed systems architecture
- System/application integration
- TOGAF
- Cloud migration strategy
- Architecture governance and standards
- Strategic planning and analysis
- Service-oriented architecture (SOA)
- High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), and Backup Strategy, DevOps, and Agile methodology
- Infrastructure automation
- Project leadership
- Knowledge transfer
- Team building
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Process improvement
- Product evaluation and support
Certification
- AWS Certified AWS Solution Architect – Associate
- Google Certified Google Cloud Professional Architect
Timeline
Account Design Leader
DXC Technology Co.
04.2017 - 06.2025
Sr. Technology Architect
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
08.2008 - 03.2017
Sr. System Administrator/Technical Team Lead
EDS
04.1998 - 07.2008
Systems Engineer
HCL Hewlett Packard Limited
10.1992 - 03.1998
MBA -
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Electrical Engineering -
J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology