Leary Wade
Sr. Solutions Engineer
- Role
- Sr Solutions Engineer at RapidScale
- Location
- Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Sr Solutions Engineer
Oct 2023 — Present
Delivered pre-sales support for managed cloud and cybersecurity solutions, working with cross-functional teams, technologyvendors, and partner ecosystems to translate customer business objectives into scalable, secure, and cost-efficient enterprisearchitectures. Designed enterprise-grade cloud security and hosting solutions leveraging Microsoft Azure, VMware SDDC, Fortinet, andintegrated network tools, resulting in reduced implementation friction, shortened onboarding timelines, and higher customer winrates. Created and presented technical solution briefs, architectural diagrams, and high-fidelity demonstrations to C-level executives andenterprise stakeholders, successfully aligning technical roadmaps with client digital transformation initiatives. Partnered with account executives and solution architects to produce competitive proposals, manage high-volume opportunitypipelines, and ensure technical integrity throughout the sales lifecycle, contributing to higher deal conversion rates. Standardized delivery and architecture review processes for multi-layered cloud security deployments, integrating infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), identity and access management (IAM), and compliance tooling to improve scalability and enhance clientsatisfaction. Served as a technical mentor and internal project leader for team-wide solutioning initiatives, fostering a knowledge-sharing cultureand strengthening overall technical capability in pre-sales and customer-facing engineering engagements.
Education
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Cybersecurity
North Carolina State University
CYBERSECURITY BOOTCAMP
Howard University
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Administration
Skills
- Windows
- Award Winner
- Sales Engineering
- Pre/Post Sales Engineers
- Network Engineering
- Sales Growth
- Lan-Wan
- Computer Information Systems
- IT Infrastructure Design
- High Impact Communication
- IT Systems Development
- Finance
- Westlaw
- Tumbleweed
- Cost Reduction
- Microsoft Certified Professional
- Technical Presentations
- Salesforce.com
- Symantec
- Competitive Intelligence
- Lexisnexis
- Network Systems
- Revenue & Profit Growth
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
- Tcp/Ip
- Post-Sales Support
- Cloud Computing
- Cisco Certified
- Architectural Design
- Enterprise Software
- Enterprise Architecture
- Enterprise Management Solutions
- Account Expansion
- Collocation
- Sdlc
- Linux
- Backup & Recovery Systems
- Client Relationships Strengthening
- Checkpoint Security
- Software Conversions
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