Bill Gentle
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Richard Stokley
Bill is a highly professional and very well organized Field Sales / Applications Engineer and I would highly recommend him for a technical customer facing position.
Michael Banks
Bill and I worked together at OCZ Technology as Field Application/Sales Engineers. Bill’s professionalism along with his extensive storage and EMC experience made him a valuable asset to OCZ. I'd highly recommend him in any related field.
Richard Stokley
Bill is a highly professional and very well organized Field Sales / Applications Engineer and I would highly recommend him for a technical customer facing position.
Michael Banks
Bill and I worked together at OCZ Technology as Field Application/Sales Engineers. Bill’s professionalism along with his extensive storage and EMC experience made him a valuable asset to OCZ. I'd highly recommend him in any related field.
Richard Stokley
Bill is a highly professional and very well organized Field Sales / Applications Engineer and I would highly recommend him for a technical customer facing position.
Michael Banks
Bill and I worked together at OCZ Technology as Field Application/Sales Engineers. Bill’s professionalism along with his extensive storage and EMC experience made him a valuable asset to OCZ. I'd highly recommend him in any related field.
Richard Stokley
Bill is a highly professional and very well organized Field Sales / Applications Engineer and I would highly recommend him for a technical customer facing position.
Michael Banks
Bill and I worked together at OCZ Technology as Field Application/Sales Engineers. Bill’s professionalism along with his extensive storage and EMC experience made him a valuable asset to OCZ. I'd highly recommend him in any related field.
Credentials
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5G Technology Strategy: Next-Generation Mobile Networking
LinkedInAug, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Sales Negotiation
LinkedInJan, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Cloud Architecture: Core Concepts
LinkedInMay, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Platform Engineer
Dell EMCDec, 2006- Nov, 2024 -
EMC Proven Specialist Professional
EMCNov, 2006- Nov, 2024 -
CompTIA Network+
CompTIADec, 2004- Nov, 2024 -
CompTIA A+
CompTIAAug, 2004- Nov, 2024 -
Preventing Workplace Harassment
EmtrainAug, 2015- Nov, 2024
Experience
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KIOXIA America, Inc.
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United States
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Semiconductor Manufacturing
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200 - 300 Employee
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Sales Manager
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Jun 2015 - Present
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Dell Technologies
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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System Integration Sr. Advisor
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Feb 2013 - Jun 2015
Maintain existing enterprise storage environment which includes Compellent SC8000, EMC VMAX, EMC NAS, EMC Clariion CX4 and Falconstor appliances. Zone and configure Brocade director class fibre switches and C7000 Blade chassis. Duties include support of Linux, Windows, Citrix Zen clusters and VMWare 5.0 storage requests. Assist with Netbackup issues. Support moving existing servers to all virtual model. Troubleshoot performance and connectivity issues and meet existing SLA requirements for my client. Prepare infrastructure for possible cloud deployment in the future. Show less
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OCZ Technologies
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San Jose, CA
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Field Sales Engineer
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Jun 2012 - Nov 2012
Develop new strategic accounts, provide channel partner support, trade and industry show support and deliver best of breed support to my customer base which utilize industry leading solid state storage. Company restructured the company and was purchased by Toshiba. Develop new strategic accounts, provide channel partner support, trade and industry show support and deliver best of breed support to my customer base which utilize industry leading solid state storage. Company restructured the company and was purchased by Toshiba.
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Autonomy, an HP company
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Greater Boston Area
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Storage Engineer
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Jan 2011 - Jun 2012
Maintain large cloud infrastructure for our clients. Infrastructure includes approximately 3.5 petabytes of data installed on EMC Clariion and Vplex products across multiple world wide sites. Specialties include EMC and 3Par Enterprise Storage. Maintain large cloud infrastructure for our clients. Infrastructure includes approximately 3.5 petabytes of data installed on EMC Clariion and Vplex products across multiple world wide sites. Specialties include EMC and 3Par Enterprise Storage.
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Dell Technologies
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Storage Engineer
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Aug 2007 - Dec 2010
Maintain large enterprise storage environments for Dell Services clients. Primary account was Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Accountability for storage allocation across three data centers. Storage equipment included but was not limited to EMC Symmetrix, Clariion, McData, Cisco and Brocade switches, ECC6.1. Lead migration projects to move data from Clariion technology to Symmetrix technology with no interruption to business. Participated in switch to switch migrations. Maintain large enterprise storage environments for Dell Services clients. Primary account was Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Accountability for storage allocation across three data centers. Storage equipment included but was not limited to EMC Symmetrix, Clariion, McData, Cisco and Brocade switches, ECC6.1. Lead migration projects to move data from Clariion technology to Symmetrix technology with no interruption to business. Participated in switch to switch migrations.
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Dell EMC
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Customer Engineer
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2005 - 2007
Configured and maintained Enterprise Storage Systems. Primary focus on "C" products which include Clariion, Celerra, Centera and CDL as well as director and departmental switch implementations. Participated in engineering activities to improve product reliability and performance. Configured and maintained Enterprise Storage Systems. Primary focus on "C" products which include Clariion, Celerra, Centera and CDL as well as director and departmental switch implementations. Participated in engineering activities to improve product reliability and performance.
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HGST, a Western Digital brand
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United States
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Computer Hardware
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700 & Above Employee
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Field Applications Engineer
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Jan 2003 - Apr 2003
Transferred to Hitachi as part of the acquisition. Performed same duties as the previous IBM position. Transferred to Hitachi as part of the acquisition. Performed same duties as the previous IBM position.
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IBM
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Field Applications Engineer
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Feb 1998 - Jan 2003
Pre-sales/post sales role selling storage products through distribution channel and end user customer base. Received IBM executive awards for excellence in support and service. Successfully expanded regional customer base and created new revenue. Pre-sales/post sales role selling storage products through distribution channel and end user customer base. Received IBM executive awards for excellence in support and service. Successfully expanded regional customer base and created new revenue.
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NEC Corporation
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Japan
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Information Technology & Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Engineer
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1988 - 1996
Tested, built, engineered prototypes. Quality control assignments and support of manufacturing lines. Tested, built, engineered prototypes. Quality control assignments and support of manufacturing lines.
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Education
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Daniel Webster College
BS, Business Management -
Hesser College
Associate of Science (A.S.), Computer Science