Data & Infrastructure Architect - DB/OS/Virtualization/Storage/Infrastructure/Cloud Computing/AI/ML/LLM/GenAI , Oracle ACE/VMware vExpert - Speaker, Blogger, Author, Technologist, Evangelist, Partner & Customer Advocate - love working with Customers & Partners to build creative solutions to solve complex problems & improve Customer experience.
2025 - OEM Systems Engineer at Nutanix
2012-2024 - Sr Staff Solutions Architect & Global Oracle Practice Lead specializing in Oracle Technologies - Oracle Workloads on VMware.
1995 - 2012 - Principal Oracle DBA/Architect for Fortune 100.
Worked with Industry Partners & VMware (Sales, Field, Systems Engineers, TAMs, Product Management, Engineering, Marketing) to drive strategic Customer opportunities - participating, contributing and leading end-to-end engagements - Pre-Sales, Post-Sales, POC’s, Escalations, Evangelism, Enablement etc.)
Trusted advisor to Customer, Partner & Field - Develop technical content including presentations, blogs, whitepapers, reference architectures, podcasts, demos etc. & thought leadership, Develop & deliver technical training to Field, Sales, Partner, Customer organization to help scale the business
Partner with Engineering, Product Management, Sales, Field, Alliance, Partners, Campaign Marketing -on GTM, Deliverables, Customer issues, product enhancements, features, Customer production escalations working with Global Support
Received several Customer/Field/Partner recognition awards and kudos for going above and beyond - highlighting Customer obsession at it best.
VMware vBCA Specialist , vExpert & vExpert Application Modernization, VCA – Cloud certified, Alumni VMware CTO Ambassador Program (Alumni), Oracle ACE
Recognized Speaker - presented @ Oracle Open World, Quest/IOUG, RMOUG/UTOUG/MOUS, Oracle ASCEND, VMworld, VMware Partner Exchange, EMC World, EMC Oracle Summit, SNIA, FMS, OCP, Storage Developer Conference (SDC) and various Webinars - Industry recognized expert in Oracle on VMware technology.
Books - "Virtualizing Oracle Business Critical Databases on VMware SDDC” - A comprehensive authority for Oracle DBA ’s on the subject of Oracle & Linux on vSphere.
https://www.amazon.com/Virtualize-Oracle-Business-Critical-Databases/dp/1500135127
Blogs & Publications - https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/author/sudhirbalasubramanian, https://vracdba.com/blogs/, https://vracdba.com/publications/
Events & webinars presented - https://vracdba.com/events , https://vracdba.com/webinars/
Detailed Career Profile - https://vracdba.com/