Chris Drake
Senior Solutions Architect | Hybrid Cloud Strategy & VCF | Driving TCO Optimization & Operational Excellence
- Role
- Connection
- Location
- Kansas City, MO, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris Drake
Senior Solutions Architect and Broadcom Knight specializing in enterprise infrastructure and advanced software-defined networking (VCAP). Coming from a deep physical data center background (CCNP Data Center), I focus on the technical realities of IT modernization rather than just the high-level strategy.Currently leading the Private Cloud/Ops Roadmap initiative at Connection, I audit infrastructure telemetry, uncover architectural inefficiencies, and design highly optimized Hybrid Cloud deployments. I bridge the gap between engineering execution and business requirements to shift IT operations from reactive management to proactive optimization.Core Competencies: Hybrid & Private Cloud Architecture Software-Defined Networking (Virtual & Physical) Infrastructure Auditing & Telemetry Analysis Workload Placement & Operational Modernization
Experience
Present
Education
Missouri Southern State University
BSA, Computer Information Systems
1996 — 2000
Skills
- Disaster Recovery
- Vmware Esx
- Servers
- Iscsi
- Active Directory
- Xp
- Windows Server
- Hardware
- Ccna
- Dell Poweredge Servers
- Cisco Nexus
- Vmware
- Vmware Infrastructure
- Storage
- Cisco Technologies
- Brocade
- Vsphere
- Cisco Systems Products
- Switches
- Networking
- Cloud Computing
- Windows
- Backup Exec
- Virtualization
- Citrix
- Infrastructure
- Emc Storage
- Microsoft Azure
- System Administration
- Data Center
- System Design
- Windows 7
- San
- Dns
- Storage Area Networks
- Software Installation
- Hyper-V
- Cisco Ucs
- Vmware Vsphere
- Network Administration
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