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Philip Sony Cheriyan

Saskatoon,SK

Summary

With 15 years of experience in the IT industry, currently serving as a HPE Solution Architect specializing in end-to-end technical solutions and solution design for valued Enterprise and SMB Customers. Demonstrated consistent ability to analyze complex business requirements and translate them into innovative and practical solutions. Leveraging strong technical expertise. Passionate about staying at the forefront of technological advancements, continuously identifying opportunities for process improvement and driving organizational growth.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

HPE Solution Architect (Remote)

D&H Distributing
10.2023 - Current

Responsibilities:

  • Engaging with Pre-Sales account teams to understand customer business requirements.
  • Proposing and designing technical solutions.
  • Deliver expert advice on HPE’s server and data center solutions, fostering long-term customer relationships.
  • Drive the adoption of HPE’s compute portfolio through demos, proofs of concept, on-site consultations and Integration Services.
  • Acted as a trusted advisor for HPE’s server and Aruba Networking portfolio, delivering tailored solutions to enterprise and Small Medium Business clients in Canada.
  • ,Number of large-scale data center transformation/migration projects worked on: 20 (list of clients available upon request).
  • Industries of the clients: banking, Insurance, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, government agencies, telecommunication, financial services.
  • Engaging with the Internal team to obtain approval for solution implementation.
  • Documenting learning from projects for use as a Tech-Reference.
  • Facilitating knowledge sharing within the team.

Expertise Areas:
End-to-end technical solutions and Solution design.
Actively engages with various teams, including Pre-Sales, Regional Account, Consultancy, and Delivery teams.
Prepares BOM, costing solutions for clear communication with customers, Resellers, Vendor and internal teams.
Facilitates knowledge sharing within the team.


Products :

EMC Storage Clarion, HPE Traditional SAN and NAS

HPE MSA, HPE Alletra, HPE 3PAR, HPE Nimble, HPE StoreEasy, Backup Recovery & Archive, HPE MSL Tape Library, HPE StoreOnce , HPE Server Portfolio and HPE Aruba Networking (Enterprise Switches and Instant ON Platform)


Tools

HPE Partner Ready Portal, Seismic, Tech Pro, Salesforce, One Config Advanced (OCA), HPE iQuote, HPE Ninja – Storage sizing and assessment tools, IRIS, STATS, SP Maint, SP Mode, AXEDA, CONNEX, INEX, Oracle CRM, NaviSphere Manager, Unisphere Manager, NavisphereCLI, HP LTT, SPOCC, SAW

Storage Technical Consultant II Engineer

HewlettPackard Enterprise
07.2015 - 03.2023
  • Provisioning Virtual volumes (TPVV/FPVV) as per customer needs and Deployments
  • Node rescue during Node/IDE replacements
  • Provisioning VSP and Hardware SPs
  • MOB of SPs
  • Cabling during deployment
  • Worked on IMC/SSMC for configuring
  • Space related issues on FC/SSD/NL Drives
  • Configuring AO/DO
  • Remote Copy
  • Review 3PAR logs and provide proactive recommendations on new OS updates
  • Hardware related issues
  • Give suggestions to customers as per the best practice guide
  • Delivering trainings for experienced & new-hire remote support teams across the globe for HP Storage portfolio
  • Delivering trainings for experienced Onsite teams across globe for HP Storage portfolio
  • Ensure that the Storage NPI is fully implemented in Bangalore for remote support groups
  • Monitoring the Global technical requirements & creating necessary stop-gap solutions for a TCE
  • Participate in escalated call management & DO cases to get a quicker solution
  • Case analysis & engineer capability management for an ensured TCE

Storage Technical Consultant

HewlettPackard Global soft Ltd
01.2013 - 07.2015
  • Working as an individual contributor for providing technical support for HP Storage Environment
  • JBOD, Modular Smart Array MSA2000 and P2000 Tape Libraries - MSL

EMC Storage Administrator

Wipro Technologies
03.2010 - 12.2012
  • Working in Storage Area Network (SAN) technology as Storage Administrator Providing enterprise service and consulting for Customers and field Engineers
  • EMC2 storage products such as AX4-5 series, CX3 series, CX4 series
  • Assisting customers in configuration changes, fixing Data Loss/ Data Unavailability situations, installing new software packages, up gradation/ installation
  • Investigating various Issues like Mirror view, Host Integration, drive failures, Power supply faults, Battery issues (SPS), SP Reboot/ Power path
  • Working on EMC2 Replication software like Mirror View, Snap View and San Copy
  • Take responsibility of the customer calls as Manager on Duty
  • Understand the challenges of the customers and give them instructions accordingly

Technical Support Executive

HCL Global Services
12.2008 - 02.2010
  • Technical support for customers having MacAfee Antivirus with installation, product errors live updates, connectivity issues due to Emails and internet issues
  • Manage Engine ServiceDeskPlus is a IT based Helpdesk & we provide technical support for our own customers with upgrade issues, start-up issues and issues with different modules in the software
  • Awarded best performer by the HCL Global Services in February 2010
  • Awarded best Champ by the HP 2014

Skills

  • End-to-end HPE technical solutions
  • Solution design
  • Pre-Sales and Consultancy
  • Process Management Team Management
  • Customer Service Documentation
  • Customer technical and Remote support
  • Technical recommendation and assistance
  • Engineering support Management
  • Process and Team Management
  • Interactive Demo creation platform

Certification

  • HPE ATP – Hybrid cloud solutions
  • HPE Foundation Storage
  • EMC Information Storage and Management (ISM)
  • ITIL V3
  • AZ900 & AZ104

Personal Information

  • Residency: Permanent resident




I hereby declare that the above particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Reference: Will be available upon request

Place: Saskatoon, SK Canada

PHILIP SONY CHERIYAN



Timeline

HPE Solution Architect (Remote)

D&H Distributing
10.2023 - Current

Storage Technical Consultant II Engineer

HewlettPackard Enterprise
07.2015 - 03.2023

Storage Technical Consultant

HewlettPackard Global soft Ltd
01.2013 - 07.2015

EMC Storage Administrator

Wipro Technologies
03.2010 - 12.2012

Technical Support Executive

HCL Global Services
12.2008 - 02.2010
Philip Sony Cheriyan