John Ray

About John Ray

Focused on #businesscontinuity,#cybersecurity,#disasterrecovery,#datacentersolutions,#IaaS,#DRaaS,#BaaS,#NaaS,#CloudServices, and matching IT needs with IT solutions At Xigent, my team and I specialize in IT services and solutions for organizations. We partner with our customers on both a strategic and tactical basis to deliver defined IT and business outcomes through our Result Driven IT approach. Together, we create and sustain an environment where IT resources, people, processes and technology are better and more harmoniously utilized to achieve business outcomes while minimizing IT cost and inefficiency. As a company, we effectively understand business drivers, gather requirements & deliver the best solutions to solve business challenges – especially as they impact IT. More About Me: As a professional with extensive account management experience developing emerging and enterprise accounts I am passionate about IT. I have a strong knowledge base working with virtualization, hybrid cloud and storage. Not only do I have an understanding of the network infrastructure, I also have a solid grasp on business processes and ability to communicate at an executive level.

Experience

1. VP of Sales - Product Solutions

   Xigent

   Apr 2022 — Present · Sioux Falls, SD, US

   As the VP of Sales – Product Solutions, I direct the activity of Xigent’s Product Solutions sales organization to meet revenue, margin, and growth objectives. I enjoy building new relationships while enhancing existing relationships built off of the Result Driven IT methodology. By targeting the problem customers aim to solve my team and I can appropriately match products to fulfill expectations.I primarily focus on the upper midwest sales region (SD, ND, MN, WI, IA, NE)

Education

• United States Air Force Academy

  Emphasis, Engineering

• Augustana University (SD)

  B.A, Business Administration