Jim Booth

B.S. Computer Engineering - Kansas State

• Deep knowledge of both business and technology

• Enjoy planning and executing complex, high-profile projects

• Natural rapport with technical staff – I have walked in their shoes

• Frequently asked for by name by customers with critical issues

• Leverage vast experience to constantly improve methods

• Ability to illustrate and convey complex concepts

Roles and Impact

Managing Director Systems Engineering Built team of top senior systems engineers to support sales to over $10M in less than 15 months.

Consulting Systems Engineer Regularly met with C-level personnel in the field. Had revenue responsibility of $30M.

Engagement Manager Interface between corporate engineering, partners, customers, and project participants.

Technical Product Manager Built a reference base for the Veritas Storage management product.

Solutions Architect Designed and built optical storage networks allowing large companies to better utilize their information assets.

Product Manager Designed enterprise storage management software.

Achievements

• Provided sales consultation to many $10+ million deals

• Re-designed Email Infrastructure

• Planned and executed numerous online data migrations

• Guaranteed performance improvements

• Improving overall data flow throughout the enterprise

Experience

• Seventeen years in the Storage Industry
• Twelve years of Storage Infrastructure Design
• Ten years of SAN/NAS Design
• Seven years with EMC
• Built and led Systems Engineering team for start-up
• Equally capable in presales and product management roles

Specialties

• Enterprise Storage Expert
• Virtualization, Storage Management, Replication, and Performance Software
• ESX, Grid, Unix, Linux, Windows, Mainframes
• Fibre, IP, Optical Networking
• C, Scripting Languages
• Published Featured Articles – Storage Magazine