Pre-Sales Engineer Software Hardware in Minneapolis ST Paul MN Resume John Salmi
Pre-Sales Engineer Software Hardware in Minneapolis ST Paul MN Resume John Salmi
Pre-Sales Engineer Software Hardware in Minneapolis ST Paul MN Resume John Salmi
Hudson, WI
2014
Purpose and Scope: Provided highly effective sales and technical expertise developing new business
opportunities for the HP Cloud Portfolio to federal government customers: CloudSystem 8.x, Helion
OpenStack, Cloud Services Automation (CSA), and Converged Systems. Continually analyzed competitive
landscape and offerings to effectively win major deals. Responded to RFIs and RFPs, and enabled HP
partners and resellers as part of the entire sale process.
Organizational Impact | Contributions:
Analyzed client needs and presented most appropriate solutions. Influenced prospects early in deals,
with focus on promoting HP brand strengths and desirability.
Since beginning of tenure, efforts met and exceeded client and corporate goals.
BMC SOFTWARE
SENIOR SOFTWARE CONSULTANT, PUBLIC SECTOR
Hudson, WI
2009-2014
Purpose and Scope: Facilitated business services management solutions to federal government clients,
including US Navy, Army and Air Force, Department of Homeland Security, intelligence agencies, and
defense contractors Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Lockheed Martin. Products included Cloud, Server
and Network Automation, Client Automation, and BladeLogic Automation Suite.
Organizational Impact | Contributions:
Prepared effective responses to RFPs and RFIs, provided in-depth demonstrations at client sites, and
promoted brand value and strength over competitive offerings. Built and maintained client trust to
facilitate closings that generated millions of dollars in revenues and profitability.
SYMANTEC CORPORATION
SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER, PUBLIC SECTOR
Denver, CO
2006-2009
Purpose and Scope: Served in a pre-sales role to promote and sell security and availability products and
services to federal government and defense clients, including National GeoSpatial Intelligence Agency,
National Reconnaissance Office, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, and
Northrop Grumman.
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Collaborated with team members designing and architecting high availability, backup and security
systems. Achieved 300%+ of quota for FY07 and 150% for FY08.
RAYTHEON
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGIST II, INTELLIGENCE & INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Aurora, CO
2003-2006
Purpose and Scope: Designed and implemented a global production environment that linked multiple
strategic data centers with near real-time capability and global failover.
Organizational Impact | Contributions:
Served as UNIX Systems Engineer at the Raytheon eCenter Technologies Ebusiness Unit. Managed all
systems within a secure data center environment.
Other accomplishments include serving as Senior UNIX Systems Administrator for the Aurora Campus
infrastructure, and was a key member of multiple internal R&D teams. Took part in multiple large-scale
consolidation projects delivered on time and within budget.
Denver / Broomfield, CO
1999-2002
1993-1999
Purpose and Scope: Designed and architected complex business systems for telecom clients that included
US West, ATT&T, MCI, and TCI. Developed and executed mission-critical support plans. Presented and sold
hardware, software and solutions to major accounts. Served as a technical consultant at customer data
centers and software engineering sites. Presented on multiple topics, non-disclosure information, and
other points of interest. Served as a Sun Solaris internals, performance turning and capacity planning SME.
Organizational Impact | Contributions:
Managed often volatile relations at major accounts. Quickly determined issues, formulated and
negotiated solutions that retained client loyalty and satisfaction.
Designed, authored, and implemented a website / portal Content Management Tool which compressed
the content push process from 3 to 4 weeks and handed off from the content owner in 3 different
workgroups, to just minutes, with total control by content owner.
Served on the Smokejumper Team, a internal Sun IT rapid response and repair team.
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