Daren Tafoya2245 Trinity PlaceBrentwood, CA 94513 |
Home Phone 925-634-7358Cell Phone 925-864-2721darentafoya@comcast.net |
Objective: A Senior Technical Position utilizing my 20 years of experience in Data Storage Technical Support and Technical Sales Support.
Experience_______________________________________________________________
Family Sabbatical 1/2004-present
Hewlett Packard Corp
Storage Architect 7/2000-12/2003
Designed data storage solutions to address Customer requirements, incorporating SAN, NAS, tape, storage management and replication products from HP and its partners. Assisted Enterprise Account sales teams to achieve sales objectives and respond to RFPs. Assisted Sales Reps and Channel Partners with storage opportunities in local SMB market.
Assisted customers with storage hardware and software evaluations, performance benchmarks, and implementations. Developed, installed, and tested storage product demonstrations for Customer Demo Lab, including HA SAN design, capacity and performance management, data replication and data backup.
Hitachi Data Systems
Consulting Software Systems Engineer 10/1992-6/2000
Responsible for Installation and Support of HDS processors and storage subsystems, including Storage Area Networks. Worked with clients to configure and manage RAID storage on various OS platforms, including Solaris, Windows NT, MVS, AIX, Linux, and True64 UNIX. Managed large data storage projects, including installation planning, SAN implementation, data migration, customer training, and problem management. Helped HDS consistently exceed revenue objectives for Northern California territory, with customer base ranging from “Dot-Com” startups to global Enterprises.
National Account Service Manager
Coordinated service activities within large Enterprises with emphasis on establishing and maintaining standards for service delivery at multiple data center locations. Managed complex projects including mainframe installations/upgrades and data migration. Coordinated critical problem escalations within Enterprise Accounts. Developed and presented service summary reports to Customer IT management and staff.
Systems Engineer (pre-Sales)
Worked with HDS Sales Teams and Customer IT Staff to understand technical requirements and design solutions to respond to those requirements.
Senior Field Engineer
Responsible for installation, maintenance, and repair of Hitachi Data Systems processor and storage products and FileTek optical jukeboxes.
Memorex Telex Corporation
Field Engineer 9/1983-10/1992
Responsible for installation, maintenance, and repair of Memorex disk, tape and telecommunications Products.
Education and Training____________________________________________________
Technical courses including but not limited to: Solaris Systems Administration, Introduction to TCP/IP, Storage Network Design, OpenView Storage Management, OpenView Data Protector, various product specific courses for processor, disk, tape and storage software from HP, HDS, Legato, Veritas, Brocade. Also attended Heald Institute of Technology where I studied electronics and digital circuit design.
Professional Organizations _________________________________________________
Northern California Computer Measurement Group (NCCMG)
Bay Area Customers_______________________________________________________
Broad range of relationships developed with major Bay Area companies including but not limited to: Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Providian Financial, Charles Schwab, Chevron, Genentech, Oracle/PeopleSoft and AT&T (PacBell/SBC).
References available upon request