Senior Storage Solutions Architect @ Inktank is now Red Hat but we're still changing the storage industry with Ceph. Ceph is an open source scalable storage system for hyper-scale environments. Things I work with every day: - Ceph - Gluster - RHEL - Linux - OpenStack - Software Defined Storage From June 2014 to Present (1 year 7 months) Greater Seattle AreaPre-Sales Engineer @ Pre-Sales Systems Engineer for Inktank, the company behind Ceph. Ceph is an open source and scalable storage system for hyperscale environments. I'm responsible for all pre-sales activities covering North America, South America and Asia. I spend my time architecting scale out storage solutions for customers who are looking for alternatives to traditional/legacy storage environments. From July 2013 to June 2014 (1 year) Pre-Sales Systems Engineer @ Pre-Sales Systems Engineer for large regional Systems Integrator. My focus is on: • HP Storage (3-PAR, P4000, XP, EVA) • HDS Storage (VSP, AMS/HUS, HNAS) • NetApp Storage • Servers • Networking • Security • Data Protection Certifications: Hitachi Data Systems Certified Professional (Enterprise) NetApp Accredited Storage Architect Professional HP APC - StorageWorks Solutions Architect From September 2011 to June 2013 (1 year 10 months) Greater Seattle AreaSales @ Used my years of storage sales experience to build a territory for this fledgling storage company. • Responsible for all components of territory, including; strategy, prospecting, partner development and closing. • Sold Pillar products into a broad range of accounts, including: Healthcare, Real Estate, Aerospace, Legal Discovery. • Recruited and developed channel partners. From September 2010 to June 2011 (10 months) Greater Seattle AreaStorage Sales Specialist @ Responsible for selling HP enterprise storage hardware, software and services to the enterprise, commercial and state and local government segments. Consistently overachieved quota. Accountable for building and maintaining new and existing customers. Drove complete sales cycle from prospecting, qualification, proposal/pricing, negotiation, deal closure and account expansion. Delivered accurate funnel and forecast information. Consistently overachieved quota. • Specialized in SAN, NAS, ILM and Storage Infrastructure. • C- level sales experience with excellent negotiating skills. • Collaborated with industry partners such as Microsoft, VMware, Cisco, Brocade and others to increase revenue. • Comfortably presents to audiences with over 100 people. • Consistently exceeded multi-million dollar quotas. • Developed industry expertise in Healthcare, Financial, and Government sectors. From August 2006 to October 2009 (3 years 3 months) Greater Seattle AreaPartner Storage Sales Specialist @ Managed strategic resellers in the Western US to resell HP enterprise storage solutions. • Responsible for developing and maintaining partner business plans. • Drove sales training, product certifications, deal registration. • Managed marketing funds and budgets. • Executed successful marketing campaigns. From April 1999 to August 2006 (7 years 5 months) Sales @ Held various end-user and channel sales positions. Sold backup hardware. From August 1995 to June 1997 (1 year 11 months) Sales @ From 1991 to 1993 (2 years)

Louis Gordon is skilled in: Enterprise Storage, Hitachi Data Systems Certified Professional, Storage, HP Storage, Backup Solutions, Virtualization, Storage Architecture, NetApp, Channel Sales, Hitachi Storage, VMware, Openstack, Linux, Ubuntu, Cloud Storage