Valery Sokolov
Leading Data Center\'s technology and operational efficiency built for tomorrow
- Role
- Director, Engineering Lab Services at Gigamon
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Valery Sokolov
Astute, solutions-focused Data Center infrastructure technologist, offering extensive experience of deliverables in Hyper-Scale and Enterprise Data Center design, construction, and implementation of Data Center Services in the and Internet, computer software, and networking industries. First-rate skills in directing full cycles of complex, large-scale Data Center Initiatives, Programs, and Projects. Track record of excellence in customizing and optimizing business processes; managing multi-million-dollar projects; and reducing costs through productivity improvements, automation, and optimization. Proven results of transforming Data Center from a cost center to a Business EnablerSolid track record of accomplishments in Data Centers Buildout, Migration, Consolidation, Data Center Infrastructure and Services Management, vendor management and cross-functional collaboration. Adept at leveraging industry best practices in project management methodologies and process improvement combined with technology to increase efficiency, productivity, and competitive edge while simultaneously delivering significant improvement in customer satisfaction. Proven track record to pinpoint technical challenges and work with cross-functional teams to drive solutions, develop mitigation strategies, and adopt cost and schedule for such. Passionate to elevate operational efficiency and team performance through exceptional leadership, process improvements, KPIs/Metrics, process automation, and standardization.
Experience
Director, Engineering Lab Services
Jul 2023 — Present · Santa Clara, CA, US
Design, Deploy, and manage the infrastructure to support Gigamon product development and test environments
Education
Moscow State Technical University "MAMI" (Institute of Automobile Technology and Management)
BS, Mechanical Engineering
Skills
- Servers
- Iscsi
- Enterprise Software
- Storage Area Networks
- Switches
- Data Center
- Fibre Channel
- Storage Virtualization
- Project Management
- Storage
- Tcp/Ip
- Testing
- Program Management
- Cloud Computing
- Vmware
- Network Architecture
- Brocade
- Virtualization
- Routing
- Disaster Recovery
- Vmware Esx
- Netapp
- Infrastructure
- Management
- Saas
- San
- Cisco Technologies
- Solaris
- Hp
- Nas
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