Alberto Fernández González
Bilbao
Summary
Highly accomplished technical sales professional with over a decade of experience, specializing in cloud-native technologies and a passion for sharing knowledge through speaking engagements and community participation.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Tanzu Solution Engineer
VMware
06.2021 - Current
- Spearhead the modernization of cloud-based applications, utilizing a strong foundation in Kubernetes
- Collaborate closely with customer zero teams to develop reference architectures and PoCs
- Create comprehensive E2E demos showcasing the Tanzu portfolio's capabilities
- Actively participate in VMware OSS meetups, fostering community engagement
- Provide technical guidance and training to internal colleagues, enabling them to embrace modern application technologies
- Serve as a trusted advisor to enterprise clients in the banking, telecommunications, insurance, and retail industries
DevOps Technical Lead
Banco Santander
12.2019 - 06.2021
- Lead the DevOps transformation at Santander Digital, leading and collaborating with the DevOps team to define and implement best practices
- Proactively identified and resolved operational issues, ensuring the smooth delivery of critical applications
- Implemented cloud automation and management systems, significantly reducing operational overhead and improving efficiency
- Pioneered the adoption of Kubernetes and public cloud technologies across various organizations within the bank, streamlining development and deployment processes
- Established and documented DevOps best practices for the CCoE, ensuring consistent and scalable DevOps practices across the organization
- Contributed to the reduction of IT costs by optimizing resource utilization and automation
DevOps Client Technical Professional
IBM
08.2013 - 11.2019
- Lead DevOps evangelist and presales expert for IBM Z software in SPGI region
- Responsible for design, implementation, and execution of DevOps PoCs, workshops, and Design Thinking events
- Expertise in integrating DevOps solutions with IBM Cloud (PaaS based on Cloud Foundry)
- Maintenance and management of demonstration machines based on zD&T
- Design and development of DevOps pipeline automation scripts
- Implementation of CI engines (RTC and Jenkins)
- SCM implementation (Git, SVN, and RTC)
- Software for Deployment automation implementation (UrbanCode)
- Testing integration with CI (Unit, Functional, and performance testing)
- Services Virtualization (Rational integration Tester)
- Design of zD&T provisioning scenarios (Test environments based on zPDT)
- Expertise in APIs security and management
Technical Solution Architect
IBM
11.2010 - 08.2013
- Security, high availability, and LinuxOne specialist supporting IBM Z opportunities
- Designed security and high availability architectures for IBM Z environments
- Implemented proof-of-concept (PoCs) to demonstrate the effectiveness of IBM Z solutions in security and high availability environments
- Developed business development activities, such as presentations and demonstrations, to generate interest in IBM Z solutions among potential customers
- Maintained and managed RHEL- and z/VM-based test equipment to ensure infrastructure availability
- Provided specialized technical support for security, HA, or Linux opportunities, resolving issues and providing effective solutions
IT Specialist (Security)
IBM Global Services
03.2009 - 11.2010
- IT Specialist in the Strategic outsourcing area providing service and RACF support to the IBM Z customer pool (mainly of banking and insurance)
- Common tasks: Security policies implementation (based on ISO27001) UserID and permissions management Security Health checking
- Audit support Management of orphaned UserIDs Using User management tools (ITIM)
Education
Master of Science - Artificial Intelligence And Innovation
Founderz
05.2024
Bachelor’s Degree in computer science -
Universidad Europea de Madrid
01.2011
Associates Degree in computer science -
Universidad Europea de Madrid
01.2009
Skills
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Cloud computing
- Solution design
- Agile methodologies
- Network architecture
- Problem solving
- Software troubleshooting
- Sales support
- Technical presentations
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Containerization Technologies
Accomplishments
- Promoted to senior solution engineer after just 15 months of employment at VMware.
- Promoted to Specialist 3 after just 16 months of employment at Santander Bank.
Languages
Spanish
English
Other Information
Speaker at Conferences:
- (The Linux Health Checker) Guide Share Europe Linux on System z.
- IBM SmartPlanet at UPM
- Sales Eminence Days (Selling Linux on System z) at IBM
- DevOps. Modernizar y acelerar el desarrollo de aplicaciones para System z
- Beneficios de uso de herramientas en la Gestión del Ciclo de Vida de un proyecto de Enfermería - Cátedra Inés Novellón de Fomento y Difusión de Investigación sobre el Lenguaje y Modelización Computacional del Cuidado : Universidad de Alcalá de Henares.
- ¿Qué hace IBM? Foro de empleabilifad de la Universidad Europea en 2015
- DevOps for Enterprise systems - IBM Client Center GSE CICS
- V Congreso Español de Informática (CEDI 2016) USAL
University collaboration:
- Master en Ingeniería Informática - UPM (2012)
- Computación Empresarial - CEU (2013)
- Master gTIC - Universidad de Sevilla (2014)
- Curso de introducción a Cobol - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2015)
- LinuxOne - Universidad Pablo Olavide - Master en Ingeniería Informática (2016)
- Alta disponibilidad en System z - Universidad Pablo Olavide - Master en Ingeniería Informática (2016-2019)
Certification
- VMware Certified Professional - Application Modernization
Timeline
Tanzu Solution Engineer
VMware
06.2021 - Current
DevOps Technical Lead
Banco Santander
12.2019 - 06.2021
DevOps Client Technical Professional
IBM
08.2013 - 11.2019
Technical Solution Architect
IBM
11.2010 - 08.2013
IT Specialist (Security)
IBM Global Services
03.2009 - 11.2010
Master of Science - Artificial Intelligence And Innovation
Founderz
Bachelor’s Degree in computer science -
Universidad Europea de Madrid
Associates Degree in computer science -
Universidad Europea de Madrid
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