Wimpie Slabbert
Senior Lead Solutions Architect
Eldoraigne
Summary
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Hardworking Solutions Engineer dedicated to achieving business objectives by delivering world-class service in all industry. Established history working in collaborative teams while quickly developing good understanding of new technologies. Detail-oriented, organized and meticulous employee. Works at fast pace to meet tight deadlines. Enthusiastic team player ready to contribute to company success.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
LEAD SOLUTIONS ENGINEER
VMWARE
2 2019 - Current
- I started at VMware as HCI Specialist for Dell Technologies
- Responsibilities included driving HCI join motions with Dell, sizing HCI environments, demoing HCI environments, helping respond to tenders, and enabling HCI including VxRail and vSAN ready Nodes.
- In early 2022, I moved to a Lead Solutions Engineer role focused on Enterprise accounts and corporate accounts
- Closed multiple opportunities across HCI, VCF, Horizon, NSX, AVI, VMC on AWS
- Managed 39 strategic accounts, including BankServ Africa where I converted the whole estate to VMware Cloud Foundation to 40 node stretch cluster on vSAN ready Nodes
- Completed training on TOGAF 9.2
- Subject Matter Expert on Google Cloud VMware Engine for Sub-Saharan-Africa (SSA).
Owner and Director
NSXperts
02.2017 - 01.2019
- Increase sales by 25%
- Consulted and architected world-class solutions for customers on-premises and in Cloud
- Drove company strategy and mapped technology to business needs
- Worked directly with international vendors driving strategy for them in Africa
- Provided cloud technical and sales consulting, selling solutions, and implementing security and infrastructure solutions
- Successfully resolved problematic VMware NSX implementation and implemented disaster recovery solutions for clients.
Executive Solutions Architect (Datacenter and Cloud)
I-SANITY
02.2016 - 03.2017
- Started a new Cloud environment providing highly specialized services in enterprise storage and virtualization domains
- Executed executive management of company's strategy and provided cloud technical consulting and sales consulting
- Successfully resolved problematic VMware implementation and implemented disaster recovery solutions for clients.
Chief Technology Officer
YEOTECH
01.2015 - 02.2016
- Responsible for a team of 11 resources supporting the open systems and mainframe enterprise storage infrastructure across Africa
- Served as Director and Shareholder in the Company with the main focus of driving technology to meet customer business needs
- Designed and implemented solutions for efficient delivery of business applications, disaster recovery, and storage infrastructure
- Managed vendor relationships and maintenance agreements.
Solution Architect and Sales Executive
TECTIGHT
10.2014 - 01.2015
- Led the team delivering managed services to customers supporting the enterprise architecture framework
- Built and sold solutions to existing customer base
- Successfully implemented enterprise-wide storage and backup infrastructure
- Resolved backup-related problems and storage area network performance problems.
BDM and Enterprise Solution Architect + Reseller sales lead
FIRSTDISTRIBUTION
10.2010 - 10.2014
- Built interoperability between different vendors and technologies
- Designed and implemented the first-to-market converged infrastructure based on Xsigo, VMware, IBM, and EMC
- Signed up new vendors and designed and implemented solutions for efficient delivery of business applications
- Implemented disaster recovery and assisted with the restructure of the ICT department.
BDM and Enterprise Solution Architect
STORTECH
01.2008 - 09.2010
- UNIX and LINUX technical lead
- Implemented and supported all Sun Microsystems technology
- Moved into business development management and focused on solution design
- Started new business ventures for StorTech in EMC, Novell, VMware, and Cisco
- Assisted with the implementation of the Solution Center for customer experience
- Lead vendor engagements into StorTech.
Solution Architect (Sun and VMware) and Services support
DIMENSION DATA
05.2005 - 12.2007
- Technical lead for Sun Microsystems
- Implemented and configured multiple solutions with Sun Microsystems and EMC
- Later moved to the pre-sales department and provided technical capabilities for sales proposals
- Assisted with the implementation of technical solutions for clients.
Services support Sun Microsystems
ICL/BTG GROUP
04.1995 - 04.2005
- Researched new software and hardware for meeting current business requirements
- Tested new technology for compliance and compatibility
- Administered security infrastructure and ensured effective mitigation of security risks
- Designed and implemented firewall solutions and supported SARS e-Filing interfaces.
Sales Assistant
COMUTEL
02.1994 - 03.1995
- Sold cell phones in a retail store.
Education
Skills
Cloud Architecture
Designing of SAN, Storage, Backup, DR, and BC
Technology infrastructure management
Technology architecture and design
Vendor and customer relationships
Problem solving
Project management
Leadership
Business process improvement
Project Management
Technical Writing
Customer Support
Business Planning
Virtualization Technologies
System Design
Consulting And Architectural Areas
- Design, implementation, and support of virtualization solutions
- Design and implementation of SAN, storage, backup, DR, and BC
- Technology infrastructure management
- Technology architecture and design
- Vendor and customer relationships
- Problem solving
- Project management
- Leadership
Product Specialization
- EMC
- RSA
- VMware
- Solaris
- Microsoft Server 2008
- Microsoft Server 2003
- Citrix Presentation Server
- Citrix XenApp
- Citrix Xenserver
- EMC and Sun Storage
- Cyberoam
- McAfee
- VBLOCK
- Ruckus Wireless
- Arista Networks
- IBM
Residential Area
Eldoraigne, Centurion
Marriage Status
Married
Additional Language
English
Personal Information
- ID Number: 750106 5073 082
- Age: 48
- Health Status: Excellent
- Date of Birth: 01/06/75
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: SA Citizen
Looking To Relocate
Willing to relocate Australia, Europe and United States
References
- Ian Jansen van Rensburg, 082 490 7979, VMware
- Lance Pietersen, 076 446 8890, Yeotech
- Rohan De Beer, 082 550 8836, Isanity
- Jason Barr, 072 351 0954, StorTech
- Craig Hockley, 082 888 2166, DimensionData
Training
International VBLOCK training - 2010
Timeline
Owner and Director
NSXperts
02.2017 - 01.2019
Executive Solutions Architect (Datacenter and Cloud)
I-SANITY
02.2016 - 03.2017
Chief Technology Officer
YEOTECH
01.2015 - 02.2016
Solution Architect and Sales Executive
TECTIGHT
10.2014 - 01.2015
BDM and Enterprise Solution Architect + Reseller sales lead
FIRSTDISTRIBUTION
10.2010 - 10.2014
BDM and Enterprise Solution Architect
STORTECH
01.2008 - 09.2010
Solution Architect (Sun and VMware) and Services support
DIMENSION DATA
05.2005 - 12.2007
Services support Sun Microsystems
ICL/BTG GROUP
04.1995 - 04.2005
Sales Assistant
COMUTEL
02.1994 - 03.1995
LEAD SOLUTIONS ENGINEER
VMWARE
2 2019 - Current