Chris Lanser
Kelowna,Canada
Summary
Senior enterprise technologist with extensive experience in designing and delivering large-scale storage and cloud solutions. Proven track record of driving 40% YoY territory growth and securing over $6M in storage sales, while effectively engaging C-suite stakeholders and aligning technology with business outcomes.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Principal Lead Engineer UAV/Drone Technology
Canada Drone Services
Panama, Panama
12.2024 - 02.2026
- Positioned technologies (e.g., ATAL Space, DJI Enterprise Drones, DroneDeploy) with storage solutions for analytics, meeting enterprise computing requirements.
- Developed and presented value propositions for storage-centric professional services to key accounts, including Panama Canal Authority and Panamanian Police departments, enhancing service engagement.
- Managed customer relationships from outreach to POCs and post-sales expansion, aligning solutions with business needs for data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Senior Principal Lead Engineer – Enterprise Technologist (Global)
Dell Technologies
UK, UK
07.2005 - 11.2024
- Led C-suite technical engagements, aligning storage and cloud architectures to measurable business outcomes.
- Designed enterprise storage solutions across SAN, NAS, vSAN, S2D, SDS, and multi-site architectures.
- Directed evaluations and performance analysis, leading POCs for complex storage and DR environments to enhance solution offerings.
- Served as Technical Design Authority for major public-sector and enterprise clients; led RFP/RFI/RFQ responses.
- Co-developed Microsoft Cloud Platform System (CPS) an Azure-consistent cloud-in-a-box solution integrating Microsoft software with Dell hardware.
- Delivered major revenue impact: 40% YoY territory growth, $6M+ in storage sales in emerging markets, 95% client retention and $200K upsell revenue, $500K new business in first 3 months entering EMEA market.
- Architected DR solutions including SLAs, multi-site failover, and cloud-based recovery.
Lead Technical Solutions Architect (Financial Sector)
EMC Corporation
UK, UK
11.2010 - 02.2011
- Led data center migrations and planned VDI/Zero-Client architecture, ensuring seamless transition and operational continuity.
- Re-engineered SRDF device groups to achieve balanced replication across DMX arrays, optimizing data reliability.
- Redesigned VMware farm to resolve latency and resource contention issues, enhancing overall system performance.
- Designed NetBackup 7.0 integration using BCVs and EMC EDL.
Lead Storage Senior Solutions Architect – Vodacom/Vodafone
EMC Corporation
UK, UK
09.2009 - 11.2010
- Delivered $10M+ in storage-related services and architecture leadership, driving strategic initiatives and improving service delivery.
- Designed RecoverPoint POCs and DPA-driven recoverability governance, ensuring robust data protection and compliance.
- Consolidated 1,145 legacy Windows systems into VMware, enhancing system efficiency and reducing maintenance overhead.
Lead Storage / Senior Solutions Architect
Dell Corporation
UK & Canada, UK & Canada
07.2005 - 09.2009
- Architected DR solutions with defined SLAs, enabling multi-site failover and streamlined cloud-based recovery.
- Built CCTV/NVR storage architectures leveraging Dell SC280 and BOSCH integrations to enhance system reliability.
- Authored whitepapers and best practices, providing internal technical guidance to improve team processes.
Senior SAN Architect / Lead Storage Manager
Philip Morris / Altria / MTM Technologies
USA, USA
01.2001 - 05.2005
- Architected DR solutions to ensure robust SLAs, seamless multi-site failover, and effective cloud-based recovery.
- Constructed CCTV/NVR storage architectures with Dell SC280 and BOSCH integrations to enhance surveillance capabilities.
- Developed whitepapers, best practices, and technical guidance to support team knowledge and operational standards.
Education
MBA - Business Management
Johannesburg University
Skills
- Drone Control Systems
- Embedded Systems
- Cloud architecture
- Compute advisory
- Technical strategy
- Automation
- Cloud transformation
- VMware
- Hyper V
- Virtualization
- Kubernetes
- Microservices
- High availability
- Distributed Storage Systems
- Enterprise Storage Architecture
- Scale Out File Systems
- Storage
- Backup solutions
- Data Analysis
- Distributed Databases
- Database Management
- NFS
- Distributed networks
- LAN/WAN
- TCP/IP
- Ethernet
- Distributed Systems
- POCs
- System Sizing
- Partner collaboration
- Simulation Software
- Symantec
- Collaboration Tools
- Dell Compellent
- EqualLogic
- IBM DS
- FastT
- EMC Symmetrix
- DMX
- VMAX
- VPLEX
- Clarion
- VSAN
- S2D
- Multiprocessing
- Machine Learning
- Python
- Machine Learning
- Python
Certification
- MCSE
- VMware VCP
- ITIL
- EMC
- Compellent
- Nutanix
- Cognitive AI
- Python
Timeline
Senior Principal Lead Engineer UAV/Drone Technology
Canada Drone Services
12.2024 - 02.2026
Lead Technical Solutions Architect (Financial Sector)
EMC Corporation
11.2010 - 02.2011
Lead Storage Senior Solutions Architect – Vodacom/Vodafone
EMC Corporation
09.2009 - 11.2010
Senior Principal Lead Engineer – Enterprise Technologist (Global)
Dell Technologies
07.2005 - 11.2024
Lead Storage / Senior Solutions Architect
Dell Corporation
07.2005 - 09.2009
Senior SAN Architect / Lead Storage Manager
Philip Morris / Altria / MTM Technologies
01.2001 - 05.2005
MBA - Business Management
Johannesburg University