Nutanix Certified Expert (NCX) Directory

Employer: Nutanix
LinkedIn: Daemon Behr 
Bio: Daemon Behr is a Systems Architect at Nutanix. He has over 20 years of industry experience and provides IT architecture design for Global Financial Services and Enterprises. He has taught courses on infrastructure design and security at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and the University of British Columbia. Daemon is the author of Designing Risk in IT Infrastructure, and a co-author of The Nutanix Design Guide and IT Architect Series: Stories from the Field.

Employer: Atos Global IT Solutions & Service Private Ltd
LinkedIn: Rajendra Bhise
Bio: Rajendra is an experienced IT Infrastructure and Cloud Architect working in the IT industry for more than 20 years. During his career he has held various roles in different areas like System Administrator, Messaging and Unified Communication expert, Infrastructure Architect, and Solution Architect. He has an excellent understanding of how various components of IT infrastructure work together.  He has deep knowledge in data center technologies, security, cloud solution, architecture frameworks, architecture governance which enables him to help customers solve their problems. In his current role, Rajendra has designed, and supported enterprise solutions based on Hyper Converged infrastructure using Nutanix HCI. Rajendra helps customers to achieve their business goals and optimized business outcome. He is very passionate about technology, believes in continuous learning and keeping skills up to date. In addition to Nutanix Certified Expert, Rajendra holds other industry certifications like TOGAF 9.2 Certified Enterprise Architect, Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate, Certified DevOps Practitioner and ITIL v3 Certification.

Employer: Nutanix
LinkedIn: Christian Cadavid
Bio: Christian is a Staff Resident Architect with more than 15 years of IT experience in enterprise and Hybrid Cloud infrastructure. In his current role, Christian designs, implements, and supports enterprise solutions based on various Hybrid Cloud technologies to accelerate digital transformation and solve complex issues. In the past, Christian has worked for various customer environments including most recently automobile, retail, Oil & Gas, telecommunications and managed services. In addition to Nutanix NCX, Christian holds a M.Sc. in Information Security and several industry certifications from Nutanix, Microsoft, and Netapp.

Employer: Nutanix 
Bio: Kyle is a veteran of the IT services industry with over 20 years experience and having held roles from the helpdesk all the way through to principle architect and pre-sales roles.  Kyle is a Senior Consultant for the APJ Services organization and over the past 12 months at Nutanix actively helped train and skill partner resources, completed complex designs and implementations for Metro Availability, Leap DR and Files.

 In addition to multiple Nutanix certifications, Kyle also holds other key industry certifications including CCIA (Citrix Certified Integration Architect, VCP and MCSE.

Employer: Bahrain Business Machines B.S.C (C) 
LinkedIn: Hyson D’Souza
Bio: Hyson is an ace Technology Services Specialist with rich IT experience specializing in modern datacenter hybrid-cloud infrastructure. In a span of 15 years, he has worked in various categories of IT fields such as trainer, support, implementation, and solution design. He has a deep understanding of technologies from Microsoft, Veeam, VMware, Lenovo, IBM and Netapp. He loves exploring new fields and holds multiple industry certification. Currently Hyson is working with GBM Bahrain as a Technology Evangelist responsible for designing and implementing Hybrid Cloud solutions for customers.

Employer: Nutanix
Bio: Kenneth is a 25+ year IT veteran, having held positions with end-customer, reseller, and IT manufacturer organizations. Holding roles in deskside support, server administration, datacenter administration, enterprise architecture, IT management, and consulting. He prides himself on being a “full stack specialist” designing and deploying end-to-end solutions for data centers, private and hybrid-cloud, and end user computing. He approaches problems with the fundamental questions of “Why are we doing this? And what is its value?”. Kenneth holds advanced certifications from Nutanix, VMware, Citrix and numerous others.

Employer: Stratascale/SHI
LinkedIn: Nick Hartman
Bio: Nick is an Enterprise Architect with over 20 years of experience in various publishing, financial, healthcare, and pre-sales roles. In those roles, he has worked within finance, security, cloud, network, IT policy, enterprise architecture, and consulting teams to help find new and innovative solutions to the most challenging problems. Nick is working with executive teams at Fortune 1000 companies to help them drive innovation while reducing costs and increasing operational efficiency. He equally enjoys learning new technologies and delivering training sessions to help individuals and companies achieve their goals and encourage lifelong learning. He has his MBA from Xavier University and holds several industry certifications, including Nutanix, TBM, FinOps, AWS, Microsoft, and Google.

Employer: Nutanix 
Bio: Tod has done extensive work as a Virtualization Architect for medium to large enterprises, with a focus on healthcare, retail, and virtual desktops. A seasoned professional with over 25 years’ experience in IT infrastructure design and operations, his primary focus has been on large enterprises. He enjoys problem solving, working on tuning as well as deployment of new environments, and he understands the importance of organizations and teams evolving along with the technology. In his previous role as a Sr. Enterprise Architect, he led multiple infrastructure projects, design and deployments of multiple datacenters including green field and brown field migrations. He ran point on digital and infrastructure transformation projects, including migrating SQL and Oracle business critical applications from physical to virtual; transforming business continuity to meet ever changing SLA’s; migrating ecommerce to cloud native platforms; stabilizing and re-architecting VMware and Citrix environments globally; implementing hyperconverged hardware solutions leveraging Nutanix for global call centers; and led on call center transformation to hybrid cloud model to keep up with the agile business needs.

Employer: Nutanix 
Bio: Osama Ibrahim is a highly skilled professional with a passion for cloud and virtualization technologies. With over 25 years of technical expertise in this field, he has made significant contributions to the industry and has become a recognized expert in his domain. Osama holds a master's degree in Cloud and Virtualization, which has provided him with a strong foundation and deep understanding of these cutting-edge technologies. Throughout his career, Osama has demonstrated exceptional knowledge and proficiency in implementing cloud-based solutions and virtualization strategies. His expertise spans across various platforms and technologies, enabling him to deliver innovative solutions that optimize business operations and drive efficiency. In his professional experience, Osama has worked with numerous small, medium-sized and enterprise businesses, guiding them in their adoption of cloud and virtualization technologies. He has successfully implemented scalable and cost-effective solutions that have empowered these organizations to enhance their productivity and competitiveness in the market.

Employer: Nutanix
LinkedIn: Vishal Idge
Bio: Vishal has been working with Nutanix as a Senior Resident Consultant since 2021. He carries 14+ years of experience in the IT industry and has worked on multiple converged and hyperconverged technologies like VCE (VMWare, Cisco & EMC), Nutanix, and Cisco Hyperflex. He has extensive experience in managing various storage platforms (EMC VNX series and XTremeIO), VDI (VMware, Citrix), Backup solutions (EMC AVAMAR, Data Domain, Networker & Veeam) and Microsoft Office 365. He has strong scripting skills and has driven 300+ automation use cases using PowerShell. His current certifications include NCP, NCS-Core, NCM, NCP-DS, NCP-DB, NCX

Employer: Nutanix
Bio: Abraham is a Staff Resident Consultant at Nutanix. In his role, he helps design and implement hybrid cloud infrastructure solutions that solve business needs and requirements for medium to enterprise customers. Abraham’s primary areas of expertise are on Virtualization, Cloud, Networking, Storage, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics engineering and worked as an Electrical engineer prior to transitioning into the IT industry. In addition to Nutanix certifications he also holds industry certifications from AWS, Microsoft, VMware, Dell EMC, Hitachi Data Systems and IBM.

Employer: Nutanix
LinkedIn: Ayub Khan
Bio: Ayub Khan is a Senior Resident Consultant for Nutanix Saudi Arabia for enterprise customers, and a seasoned, multi-skilled ICT professional with 18 years of rich experience and expertise in the area of managed IT Services Delivery, IT projects, and Customer Success Consulting. As a Senior Architect Consultant he is responsible for delivering IT solutions across diverse industries, proven expertise in handling migrations and transitions of all volumes using in-depth knowledge of designing and implementations of data center facilities, data center technologies, IT infrastructure, IT applications, and data management, enterprise cloud technology. He holds other industry certifications including PMP | Huawei 9274, HCIE X 3-Cloud, Storage, Data center | CCIE-DC | Azure Cloud Architect | AWS-Cloud | Oracle Cloud | Commvault Expert.

Employer: Nutanix 
Bio: Vaseem is an accomplished IT professional with over 18 years of experience in the industry. Starting as a web designer in 2005, Vaseem has grown and developed his expertise to become a Staff Consulting Architect at Nutanix, a leading technology company. Based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, he plays a pivotal role in assisting Nutanix customers in developing and designing solutions for their infrastructure, leveraging the power of Nutanix HCI. In his current role, Vaseem is responsible for guiding Nutanix customers through the migration process, ensuring a smooth transition to the new infrastructure. Additionally, Vaseem serves as the Practice and Development Lead for the EMEA region. He works closely with teams across the region, driving new ideas and ensuring that the team is well-equipped to tackle complex challenges and provide strategic guidance to customers seeking to transform their infrastructure. Vaseem holds many certifications and regularly stays updated with the latest trends and advancements in the IT industry.

Employer: Nutanix
LinkedIn: Joe Panayiotou  
Bio: Joe is a veteran of the IT services industry with over 20 years’ experience and having held roles starting from helpdesk all the way through to Enterprise System Admin Team Lead role and Staff Consultant here at Nutanix. He is a Staff Consultant at Nutanix and over the last 2+ years has assisted training and design work along with other Nutanix portfolio deployments such as, implementations for Metro Availability, Leap DR, Nutanix Objects, Nutanix Mine and Files. In addition to multiple Nutanix certifications, Joe also holds a BA in Business Administration with a minor in CIS, as well as holding other key industry certifications including VCP and MCSE.