I'm a server and infrastructure guy with a penchant for the big picture and a lifelong love of technology.

I'm not looking for new opportunities at this time.

Ask me about my homelab, and ignore the huge backlog of projects. I've redone my home networks for the end of my Meraki licenses, then switched back. I've worked in networking and storage although it's been a little while. I have never been a developer. I've never waited tables (even database tables) but respect those who do. I admit what I don't know and learn quickly. 

Today I'm an engineering product manager for UCS networking in the compute business at Cisco. 

From 2022-2023 I was product line manager for software management products at Supermicro. 

From 2018-2020 I focused on channel partner enablement, partner sales engineering, solutions engineering at Cisco. 

From 2014-2018 I played storyteller/matchmaker between big data ISVs, Cisco channel partners and internal sales teams, and occasionally a customer or 100. I've been doing big data since late 2003/early 2004 (really) and Hadoop since probably 2008 (CDH1). I presented at partner events and public conferences including Strata+Hadoop World (2x) and Cisco Live (4x, Distinguished Speaker). 

On the first day at Cisco (right after lunch), I pushed a half million dollar deal over the edge with my personal experience outweighing a competitor's positioning. From then on, I brought context and proportion to challenging situations, helping our customers succeed and our sales teams make money. I believe those two should not be mutually exclusive, and I consider it my mission to bring them together wherever I work. 

Before Cisco, I was a senior level Silicon Valley systems operations professional with nearly 20 years (different years, even) of production UNIX system administration in multiple varieties of UNIX (Solaris, Linux, BSD) as well as experience in other desktop and server platforms. I built a proven history of delivering enterprise class scalable server, network, and DR/BC environments within stringent budget and time restraints.

I blog at rsts11.com and rsts11travel.com. 

Specialties: Big data platforms, hardware, and education; system administration, hardware planning and management (even clouds need hardware), Hadoop, written English (documentation is our friend), UNIX-based email systems, coffee preparation & procurement, operations team building and sustaining. 

I'm not a developer or coder although I can read or tweak some code. I don't have an MBA or a PhD. 

I'm not looking for new opportunities at this time.

Robert Novak

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If you are using AI to write/edit for you, you are destroying your authenticity as a person, damaging your credibility and ensuring that your relationships stay transactional. Maybe you are in an industry  where the speed of the transaction is all that matters.

They also tend to be the lowest margin businesses. Just understand what drives your growth and revenue.

Here is what AI did to this post. Maybe someone would read this and think it's better but it's not me. I wouldn't use prioritize, articulate, or self-expression. I want to be more direct.

If you aren't capable of expressing yourself well, take a writing course. Who cares if there is the occassional typo or incorrect grammar. It's real.

I can't trust anyone who isn't capable of putting a sentence together without being coached by AI. (Ignoring language and ther barriers.)

There. I said it.

In case you were wondering, you can make an AI service generate a typo. So just as em dashes don't prove AI involvement, typos (or as Dan Quayle might say, typoes) don't disprove it. 

#themoreyouknow

And for what it's worth, every one of the 919,648 words I've written on my fiction projects since January 1, 2024, were written (or dictated) organically. 

And in case you want to contribute to my caffeine fund, there's a referral link for Four Sigmatic in the comments. I get $10, you get 20% off. If you don't, that's fine. I still go through several pounds of it a month whether it's subsidized by friendly readers or not.

Who wouldn't want to go through a new account process for every application in the same platform, manually entering your resume after uploading it, realizing no human will ever look at more than 5 words of it? 

Been there, done that.

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>saw the perfect job to apply for
>workday application

Josh has a good point here, although it’s not new.

I'm enjoying this new genre of LinkedIn post.

Someone reshares another post and adds a profound layer of analysis like:

"Alice is spot on here."
"Bob is mostly right."

That's it. That's the whole contribution.

Just a quick ruling from the LinkedIn commentary booth before moving on to the next take.

What a time to be alive.

Two years ago I launched Jack of Too Many Trades and got a few spotlight reviews out before leaving it in the background. 

It's coming back to life later this month, with some new outlets and the same primary focus - interesting things I've acquired and enjoyed that might slip beneath your radar. 

Please follow the blog (and/or its X account in the comments below). 

https://jotmt.com/

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Co-Founder and Principal focused on helping organizations adopt methodologies for continuous technology transformation. Sales coach, technologist, consultant, speaker.

Principal

Define the Cloud, LLC

Engaged in data center research, reporting and consulting.  Specialized in cutting edge technologies and cutting through buzz words.

Founder | Contributor

Cisco

Onboarded with the Insieme Networks acquisition. Acting as a Director responsible for building and managing field enablement and training, channel partner go to market strategy and engagement for Cisco Nexus 9000, Nexus 3000, ACI, CliQr and Tetration Analytics.  

Focused on working with Cisco Channel partners to build holistic practices around Cisco ACI, Nexus 9000, Nexus 3000, CliQr, and Tetration Analytics. Utilizing experience from building data center practices within VARs, taking a holistic approach to sales, services, and education practice building.

Director, Technical Marketing at INSBU

Insieme Networks

Technical Marketing Engineer responsible for building and managing field enablement/training, channel partner GTM strategy, practice development, and engagement for Cisco Nexus 9000 and ACI. 

Other responsibilities include:
Press/Analyst/Investor briefings
Sales and technical collateral and messaging creation
Data Center Architecture/Design
Customer/Partner Executive briefing

Technical Marketing Engineer

World Wide Technology

Working with US and APAC commercial and federal customers to design data center solutions that provide business value.  Subject matter expert for Cisco data center products: UCS, Nexus, MDS, etc.

Technical Architect - Data Center

Firefly Communications

Responsible for technical leadership and business development within the European, Middle East, and African theatres.

Chief Technology Officer - EMEA

Product Line Director for Cisco Nexus 5000/2000/1000v Series Switches as well as NetApp Storage. Data center instructor focusing on Cisco storage networking, Cisco Nexus Family Switches, and Cisco Unified Computing System.  Secondary focus on virtualized datacenter solutions including VMware virtualization and storage arrays.

Instructor/Product Line Director

Academy of Computer Education

Acted as a part-time technical trainer/instructor for Comptia certifcation paths.  Training both non-technical students and entry level IT technicians in hardware and networking concepts and troubleshooting techniques.

Instructor

Presidio Networked Solutions

Responsible for server and storage solution engineering, implementation, and support.  Specializing in NetApp storage, Cisco SANs, VMware virtualization, and IBM server systems.

Systems Engineer

Computer Sciences Corporation

Acted as a team lead for managed data systems within a large hospital environment.  Directly managed infrastructure and support at remote clinics.

MDS Lead

IBM  Global Services

Acted as a Wintel systems admin in a 500+ server environment.  responsible for day-to-day administration of server systems and virtualized environments.

Systems Administrator

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