Name: David Hill
Career Profile:
Experienced IT architect, entrepreneur, and business leader. Currently working for Veeam Software in the Product Strategy group, developing and evangelizing Veeam’s next generation business continuity strategy and architecture.
Worked in the IT Sector for 26 years, including eight years self-employed as an IT and Business Management Consultant.
Available internationally in the IT sector immediately. USA Permanent Resident and UK Citizen. Previously held UK Security Clearance to SC level.
Excellent interpersonal skills coupled with an analytical mind, extremely versatile and self-confident. In excellent health and maintain fitness through playing football/soccer and cycling. Enjoy international travel.
Author of blog site davidhill.co. Also on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Core areas of Expertise:
IT strategy and Execution | Enterprise IT Systems | Time and Resource Optimization |
Infrastructure Architecture | Information Architecture | Data Center Architecture |
Cloud Architecture | Operational Support | Profit and Loss Management |
Product & Technology Launches | Software Consulting | Staff Mentoring |
Software Lifecycle Management | Business Development | Project Management |
Certifications:
VCP 3 | VCP 4 | VCP 5 | VCAP-DCD 4 |
Methodologies:
ITIL | Agile | Waterfall | TOGAF |
Online Presentations/Publications:
VMworld 2014 Networking Session | VMworld 2014 – Build a Hybrid Cloud | vCloud Air Data Protection Overview | VMware vCAT Book |
Veeam Software, Austin, Texas: April 2018 – September 2022
Global Architect (Field CTO) – Cloud Native – Product Strategy, Office of the CTO
Technical lead for creating, developing, and executing Veeam’s next generation strategy around cloud native applications, focusing on public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP), containers and container management (Kubernetes). Daily focus on evangelizing and integrating new technology with the company’s flag ship products.
- Technical lead to provide collaboration between customers, sales, product management and product marketing with the goal to drive feature requirements.
- Lead evangelist for Veeam’s Cloud Native Backup products, presenting both technical and executive keynotes at technical conferences globally.
- Deliver technical and business presentations to both C-level executive and technical teams for customers and industry events focusing on security, ransomware, and recoverability.
- Build a common product marketing message for cross-platform support.
- Provide architecture design and input into customer engagements with a focus on building secure data protection environments, both on-premises and in the cloud.
- Lead and manage deliverables across different teams for multiple cloud product launches.
- Technical Lead for the partnership team between Veeam and AWS to deliver pilots and technical validation activities
- Provide thought leadership and guidance on the direction of the industry to sales, engineering teams, and enterprise customers.
- Provide input and direction to enterprise customers around digital transformation, security principals and cloud transformation projects.
VMware, Palo Alto, USA and Home Based UK
December 2013 – March 2018
Title: Cloud Strategist and Lead Evangelist– Cloud Services (vCloud Air)
- Lead for launch of Data Protection, Storage tiers, Disaster Recovery and Object Storage offerings in vCloud Air.
- Lead and managed team of 10 to provide global enablement including collateral creation and provide training to over 3000 field sales engineers.
- The Lead Technical Evangelist for VMware vCloud Air regularly presenting at conferences worldwide with session attendee counts above 1000 people.
- Design Enterprise Reference Architectures for customers looking to integrate with VMware’s Cloud offering, covering all aspects of cloud from Compute, Storage, Networking and Operations.
- Developed Reference Architectures based on Microsoft Packaged Applications to demonstrate how they can be leveraged in a hybrid cloud model.
- Provide input into Product Management to define VMware’s Cloud Roadmap and strategy.
- Provide input into Product Management to influence feature requirements for Compute, Storage and Networking in VMware’s cloud offering.
- Liaise with different product groups on the key areas of cloud that are impacted by new features (Compute, Storage, Networking).
- Work with solutions architects around DevOps integrations with Puppet and Chef to allow automated and orchestrated deploys in a hybrid cloud model.
- Test competing cloud platforms (Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS) to understand the strengths and weaknesses of VMware’s Cloud Platform.
- Lead Evangelist promoting VMware’s cloud offering to the virtualization community, including developing social media strategies and online webinar presentations.
- Manage and promote the VMware cloud strategy with the virtualization community including vExpert’s and VMUG.
- Provide technical advisement to ISV’s to allow for tighter development and integration with VMware’s vCloud Air offerings.
- Presented designs and solutions to all levels of corporate management including “C” level.
VMware, based in Palo Alto, USA
April 2012 – December 2013
Title: Senior Solutions Architect – Software Defined Data Center – Global Technology Solutions
- Worked on a global team to develop Reference Architecture for VMware vCloud (vCAT 2/3).
- Product owner for Implementation Examples document set for vCloud Architecture Toolkit.
- Developed architecture and engagement service kits to enable VMware field engineers and partners to deliver engagements and solutions.
- Provided delivery assistance and escalation point-of-contact to local PSO and partners.
- Designed and deployed multiple vCloud and vSphere environments including proof-of-concept, pre-production, and production.
- Provided architecture improvements and feedback on beta and current products.
- Developed best practice recommendations and designed guidelines for customers.
- Provided project management and technical leadership to assigned projects.
- Technical author developing vCloud IP work streams.
- Technical contributor to knowledge base articles, blog articles, and VMware support community forum.
VMware, Home based, UK
April 2010 – April 2012
Title: Senior vCloud Consultant– Global Centre of Excellence
- Lead architect for design and deployment of vCloud customer engagements.
- Architected application migration solutions.
- Worked with global team to create and develop Plan and Design services for PSO delivery.
- One of three global technical leads developing VMware’s vCloud Disaster Recovery Architecture.
- Project lead developing vCloud Monitoring integration Reference Architecture.
- Presented multiple technical sessions at VMworld and Partner Exchange to over eight hundred attendees.
- Created and developed training material for use on vCloud roadshows to train PSO field.
- Delivered training presentations to PSO field.
- Tested beta products before release to market and provided feedback to product managers.
- Defined VMware’s vCloud strategy and provided feedback on GTM (go-to-market) strategies.
Contracted to Credit Suisse in Zurich, Switzerland
November 2009 – April 2010
Title: Global Virtualization Technical Architect
- Designed and deployed a global standard VMware vSphere ESXi 4 automated build.
- Designed and documented Global Virtual Standards for acceptance in five countries.
- Designed and documented Global Hardware Standards utilizing:
- HP Proliant DL380 G6.
- HP Proliant DL580 G5.
- HP Proliant BL680 G6.
- Designed disaster recovery solution utilizing VMware Site Recovery Manager.
- Implemented Orchestration and Life Cycle manager service utilizing Dynamic Ops Virtual Resource Manager.
- Technical author of Low Level Designs.
- Technical author of Global Migration Plans.
- Technical author of Operations Procedures.
- Provide technical assistance to Operational Support teams when required with major service failures. Production environment containing 5000 VMware ESX 3.5 hosts, and 10000 Virtual Machines running a multitude of Operating Systems.
- Technical Lead on assigned tasks, working in a globally diverse team split across five countries.
Contracted to BT / Capito for South Tyneside Council Transformation
February 2009 – October 2009
Title: Virtualisation and Windows Technical Architect
- Designed and deployed a virtual infrastructure utilizing:
- 2 x HP C7000 chassis enclosures.
- 16 x HP Proliant BL460c G6 blades.
- HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Ethernet modules.
- HP Virtual Connect Fiber Channel modules.
- VMware vSphere 4 Enterprise Plus edition.
- The solution provided a consolidation platform for 400 physical servers.
- Designed and deployed VMware vSphere 4 Enterprise development and test environment.
- Designed and deployed HP SIM monitoring solution.
- Designed and deployed Microsoft Windows 2008 standard server builds (all editions).
- Designed and deployed Microsoft Windows 2003 standard server builds (all editions).
- Deployed Microsoft SQL 2008 x64 Enterprise clustered solution.
- Designed and configured Storage Area Network utilizing 2 x EMC CX3-40 SAN devices.
- Designed and deployed a small 6 server Citrix XenApp 5 farm.
- Carried out proof-of-concept testing in development and test environments.
- Technical author of high and low level design documents.
- Technical author of standard operating procedures (SOPs) ensuring that all procedures followed ITIL guidelines.
- Technical author of server build procedures.
Contracted to EMC for BP
October 2008 – February 2009
Title: VMware Engineer
Contracted to London Development AgencyAugust 2008 – October 2008
Title: VMware and Windows Architect |
Contracted to BskyBJanuary 2008 – August 2008 (2 Extensions)
Title: VMware Consultant |
Contracted to T-Systems for the Centrica outsourcing projectJanuary 2007 – January 2008 (4 Extensions)
Title: Wintel and VMware Consultant |
Contracted to DigicaNovember 2006 – January 2007 (2 Extensions)
Title: Infrastructure Migration Consultant |
Contracted to Accenture for the NHS National programme for ITNovember 2004 – May 2006 (7 Extensions)
Title: 3rd Line Support Engineer / HP Openview Build Consultant |
Contracted to Esteem SystemsJune 2006 – November 2006 (2 Extensions)
Title: Microsoft and Citrix Solutions Consultant |
Contracted to EDS for the Prison Service, then for AON UKMay 2003 – July 2004
Title: 3rd Line support analyst |
Contracted to Northern Rock BankJuly 2004 – October 2004
Title: Senior Technical Applications Support analyst/Migration Specialist |
Mastercopy LtdNovember 1998 – January 2001
Title: IT Solutions Engineer |
Contracted to Unisys for Railtrack/Network RailJanuary 2001 – May 2003
Title: Migration Specialist |
Barry Shaw & Co.July 1997 – May 1998
Title: Computer Maintenance Technician |
Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority May 1998 – November 1998
Title: Computer Systems Engineer |
Discovery PartnershipApril 1996 – January 1997 Title: Trainee Computer Engineer |
Yarm ComputersJanuary – May l997
Title: Computer Engineer |
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