Rob Nafus

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About Rob Nafus

Senior IT Professional, Cloud Architect, Seasoned cloud expert with AWS, VCA, Google, IBM Bluemix, with more than 25 years of experience managing high-profile projects and supervising large teams, including on- and off-shore resources. Well-developed skills managing employees in diverse functional areas of IT, including development, quality assurance, networking, and virtualization. Background includes more than 10 years of experience with Linux, Unix, VMware, and Windows administration. Dedicated leader with outstanding communication skills and a proven track record of success collaborating with senior executive management to identify, recommend, implement, and maintain technology solutions for all aspects of an organization. Senior Architect responsible for design and implementation of the VMware VCHS now VCA Cloud, using VMware Software. VMware ESX, VMware VC, VMware Vcloud Director, VCNS/NSX are amongst the tools used to build the VCA cloud. Working with Software defined datacenter concepts was, if not the very first, one of the first to roll out a 100% software defined data center including Software Defined Networking and Storage. Work closely with Cisco, Arista and Cumulus Networking Operating systems. Worked closely with EMC VNX VNX2 Solid Fire and Nexenta Storage solutions. Centos 5/6/7 Linux highly used in the design and daily operations needs. Areas of Expertise: Virtualization VMware VSPHERE 4/5/6 VMware ESX 1/2/3/4/5/6 VMware VC 2/3/4/5/6 VMware VCD (Cloud Director) VMware VCNS VMware NSX Software Defined Networking Storage/Backup Administration Storage San Solutions Employee Management & Training Cloud Architecture Budget Management VMware Products and Administration Virtual Infrastructure Python, Perl, Shell Scripting