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Chris Wells

Experience

View Over 25 years of professional IT experience at various companies

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Lead Data Center Technician
Oracle
Full-time
Mar 2025 - Present
Abilene, TX

Building Oracle's cutting-edge AI superclusters in a hands-on data center role.

Key Achievements

  • Lead infrastructure deployment for Oracle’s AI Supercluster initiative
  • Worked on large-scale physical systems in high-performance environments

Technologies Used

LinuxData Center OperationsAI InfrastructureOracle Cloud
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Technical Product Manager
Lenovo
Full-time
Sep 2022 - Mar 2025
Terlingua, TX (Remote)

Managed Lenovo's storage software and services portfolio including monitoring tools.

Key Achievements

  • Revived and drove development of ThinkSystem Intelligent Monitoring
  • Integrated AIOps capabilities across storage products
  • Enhanced services alignment across hardware and software teams
  • Extended monitoring into XClarity One

Technologies Used

Product ManagementAIOpsXClarityStorage MonitoringAgile
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Senior Product Manager - Technical Marketing
Oracle
Full-time
Nov 2021 - Aug 2022
Austin, TX

Created technical content and strategy for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure solutions.

Key Achievements

  • Produced blogs, videos, solution playbooks, and reference architectures
  • Improved technical positioning across multiple OCI products

Technologies Used

OCICloud ArchitectureTechnical WritingContent Strategy
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VMware Solution Engineer - Oracle Cloud VMware Solution
Oracle
Full-time
Nov 2020 - Nov 2021
Austin, TX

Evangelized and architected Oracle’s hybrid cloud solution using VMware.

Key Achievements

  • Guided customers in adopting Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS)
  • Delivered hybrid cloud cost/benefit analysis and architecture designs

Technologies Used

VMwareOracle CloudHybrid CloudArchitecturevSphere
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Independent Consultant
WYGTYA, Inc.
Self-employed
2019 - 2020
Rochester, NY

Designed and implemented virtualization and storage architectures for clients.

Key Achievements

  • Delivered virtualization, cloud, and storage infrastructure projects
  • Provided full-stack architectural consulting services

Technologies Used

VMwarevSANStorageVirtualizationSolution Architecture
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Systems Engineer
Tintri
Full-time
2018 - 2019
Raleigh-Durham, NC

Supported technical sales and architecture design for Tintri’s Eastern region.

Key Achievements

  • Drove PoCs and sales efforts for cloud-focused storage solutions
  • Worked cross-functionally with product teams to refine offerings

Technologies Used

VMwareStoragePre-Sales EngineeringPoC Design
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Sr. Systems Engineer - Global Accounts
VMware
Full-time
2016 - 2017
Raleigh-Durham, NC

Provided enterprise architecture to major clients like IBM and Disney.

Key Achievements

  • Led PoCs and solution design for cloud and virtualization strategies
  • Acted as key feedback channel to Product and Engineering

Technologies Used

VMwarevCloudArchitectureEnterprise SalesHybrid Cloud
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Solutions Architect - Channel/Alliances
Coho Data
Full-time
2015 - 2016
San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Supported partners with technical onboarding and pre-sales enablement.

Key Achievements

  • Maintained SE/PoC labs and provided in-depth product demos
  • Collaborated on product roadmap via field feedback

Technologies Used

VMwareStorageSolutions ArchitecturePartner Enablement
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Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer
Coho Data
Full-time
2014 - 2015
San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Created technical collateral and competitive positioning for Coho products.

Key Achievements

  • Produced reference architectures, whitepapers, and training material
  • Led technical marketing initiatives and industry thought leadership

Technologies Used

VMwareStorageWhitepapersCompetitive AnalysisTME
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Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer
NetApp
Full-time
2011 - 2014
Raleigh-Durham, NC

Developed enablement materials for VMware-integrated storage at NetApp.

Key Achievements

  • Supported VMware Horizon Suite & Zimbra integration
  • Presented at executive briefings and assessed competition

Technologies Used

NetAppVMwareZimbraStorageTME
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System Administrator
TÜV Rheinland Group
Full-time
2008 - 2011
Yokohama, Japan

Led disaster recovery and virtualization efforts across global data centers.

Key Achievements

  • Presented at VMworld on 2011 earthquake DR response
  • Implemented SRM, clustered NetApp systems, and VI3 expansion

Technologies Used

VMwareNetAppiSCSIDRSRM
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Founder
Tokyo VMware User Group
Volunteer
2010
Tokyo, Japan

Founded Tokyo’s first VMware User Group with support from VMware Japan.

Key Achievements

  • Led local VMUG launch and initial technical coordination

Technologies Used

Community BuildingVMwareTechnical Leadership
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Lead System Administrator
Gaba Corporation
Full-time
2004 - 2008
Tokyo, Japan

Led data center team managing 80+ servers and network infrastructure.

Key Achievements

  • Migrated datacenter, implemented Zimbra, and improved uptime 50%
  • Introduced SAN architecture and VMware ESX

Technologies Used

Red HatVMwareSANZimbraPostgreSQL
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Sr. Technical Support Analyst
Sage
Full-time
2000 - 2004
Phoenix, AZ

Provided expert-level CRM technical support and database customization.

Key Achievements

  • Customized SalesLogix with ASP.NET and Scribe integration
  • Mentored Level 1 & 2 support analysts

Technologies Used

SalesLogixASP.NETOracleMSSQLScribe
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Technical Support Analyst
Frontier Communications
Full-time
1998 - 2000
Rochester, NY

Provided PC/network support and Novell sysadmin services.

Key Achievements

  • Served as single technical point of contact for off-hours support
  • Maintained 90%+ first-call resolution rate

Technologies Used

PC HardwareNovellHelp DeskNetwork Support