Divakar Vaidyanath

Product Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

Over 15 years of IT experience.
Expertise in server and desktop virtualization.
Strong background in presales and solution architecture.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned IT professional specializing in virtualization and technical sales.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Solution ArchitectureSales EnablementTechnical TrainingTechnical SalesSolution DesignVirtualization ImplementationTechnical ConsultingProfessional Services EngineeringSolution Implementation

Other Skills

serversstoragevirtualizationhyper converged solutionproduct demonstrationsPOCcustomer queriesServerHyper Converged Infrastructuresales team enablementtrainingtechnical assistancesolution designingBOM preparationIBM server sizing

About

Veteran with over 15+ years of experience in IT. Initial 3 years in to System Administration & Technical support, subsequesnt years in to Professional Services Engineer(Implementation Engineer) in server virtualization, storage appliances & since 2011 have been doing Presales (consulting) of Server & Desktop virtualization.

Experience

12 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 6 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Amd

Field Application Engineer

Jul 2019 – Jan 2020 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

United technolink pvt ltd

Solution Architect

Apr 2017 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Validating opportunities & designing solutions on servers, storage, virtualization & hyper converged solution.
Ensure product demonstartions /POC’s & ready to address customer queries.
Enabling sales team on upcoming & existing technologies.

serversstoragevirtualizationhyper converged solutionproduct demonstrationsPOC+4

Frontier business systems pvt. ltd.

Senior Presales Executive

Oct 2015 – Feb 2016 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Sales team enablement & training on technologies like Server, Storage & Hyper Converged Infrastructure.
Validating opportunities on leads generated by external agencies across India.
Seeding opportunities with sales team.

ServerStorageHyper Converged Infrastructuresales team enablementtrainingSales Enablement+1

Lenovo india private ltd

Manager Technical Sales System X

Oct 2014 – Sep 2015 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Ibm

FTSS Field Technical Sales Specialist – System X

Mar 2011 – Sep 2014 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

On-field Client facing role.
Provide technical assistance to a group of aligned sales managers.
Propose solutions after understanding client requirements involving System X Servers, Storage, Platform Management software, Virtualization, VDI & IBM Systems Networking.
Solution designing, preparation of BOM (BOQ) accordingly.
IBM server sizing for Virtualization, VDI solutions and for selected software vendors like SAP, Oracle EBS & Siebel.
Configuration, validation and assistance.
Technical product information including:
Interoperability and compatibility
Versions and release positioning
Performance / benchmark information
Education sources - Partner enablement training
Solution assurance information (Technical Delivery Assistance)

technical assistancesolution designingBOM preparationIBM server sizingVirtualizationVDI+3

Dell india services private ltd

Technical Consultant

May 2010 – Feb 2011 · 9 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Sole responsible for VMware virtualization, Dell EQL Storage, Dell Power Vault Storage & NetBackup Implementation on west region.
Conducting In-house customized training as per the client requirements.
Implementation of VmWare View & Site Recovery Manager (SRM) for large banking clients.
Helping presales team on SOW & effort estimation.

VMware virtualizationDell EQL StorageDell Power Vault StorageNetBackup Implementationin-house trainingVmWare View+3

Miel e-security pvt ltd

Professional Services Engineer

Jun 2008 – Apr 2010 · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai

As a PS Engineer my job responsibilities would involve POC, Solution Implementation Vmware ESX, NetApp filer & Backup solutions, Product presentations, interacting with customers to understand their requirements, set delivery expectations, pre & post sales, BOM preparations.

POCSolution ImplementationVmware ESXNetApp filerBackup solutionsproduct presentations+3