Laurent Taïeb

Data center & Storage administrator

About myself

I am a highly professional and organized technician with natural risk management skills. These skills have developed greatly in the fifteen years since I joined NetApp: I have welcomed new challenges and capitalized on the training available through the company. An enthusiastic team member, I enjoyed being part of NetApp Netherlands. Performing alone as a on-site engineer I have developed good relationships with our customers and regularly receive positive feedback.

My hobbies are playing guitar, 3D sculpting, cooking and friends.


It is all about skills and expertise

My strategy is simple: to create a place where the best researchers and most promising students can achieve their full potential.

  • NetApp
  • NetApp HCI
  • Public, Private & Hybrid cloud
  • IT Infrastructure and automation
  • Hyperconvergence Infrastructure
  • Storage Network Administration
  • Data services Management
  • Infrastructure Coordinator
  • Project Management
  • Multi vendor collaboration environements

Portfolio

  • April 2018

    Present

    Storage administrator

    ASML - Eindhoven, the Netherlands

    asml

  • 2005

    July 2016

    Professional service engineer

    NetApp - Amterdam area, the Netherlands

    Professional service engineer

    As a Professional Service Engineer based in the Netherlands I provided hardware installation, consultancy, basic training and knowledge transfer to a vast range of NetApp customers using UNIX or Windows OS. I performed hardware installations of NAS CIFS and NFS, SAN with FCP, ISCSI protocols with basic or advanced Ontap configuration.

    I have proved myself as a strong team player, working closely with the sales team for record breaking sales. I have demonstrated my depth of knowledge and people-management skills by successfully delivering a number of projects.

  • 2003

    2005

    Dedicated onsite engineer

    NetApp - Amterdam area, the Netherlands

    Dedicated onsite engineer

    Part of a team of four around the world, my role was to maintain the software and hardware of NetApp systems in Cisco offices. Being the first line of contact for the EMEA area, the role included recommendations for all new products, planning of updates, hardware migrations, backups and security as well as debugging performances issues.

    Services provided:
    PSE on site at Cisco, for EMEA regions concerning NetApp SAN/NAS solutions - Data Migrations - Snapmirrors & Snapvault technologies - Documentations, reports - DataRecovery - Day to day Management of systems

  • January 2000

    2003

    Technical support engineer

    NetApp - Amterdam area, the Netherlands

    asml

    Recruited by Network Appliance in the Netherlands, on my return from Cambodia, I joined the French tech support following a period of training at company HQ in Sunnyvale, California. Providing telephone-based support, I was part of the team troubleshooting customer problems related to Network Appliance products and OS in UNIX and Windows network environments. I enjoyed the urgency of the job and the up-to-the-minute learning opportunities. During this time I was certified as a Network Appliance Engineer.

  • 2000

    End of 2000

    Computer Network Engineer

    JMK Technologies - Cambodia

    Computer Network Engineer

    As Cambodia rebuilt after years of turmoil, I was hired on a five month contract to implement and develop TCP/IP and Internet/Intranet services. The project was to install a WAN, covering the subjects of Remote Routing, Remote Access, Email using MS Exchange Server and Intranet using IIS and MS Proxy. I also trained local technicians to take over installing and troubleshooting WAN and LAN on my departure.

  • 1997

    2000

    Network Technician

    DML - France

    Network

    In 1997 a new law demanded that all French medical offices become computerized. DML, a company developing medical management software with integrated hardware solutions, needed technical expertise to install their systems. Visiting costumers to install hardware and networks (Windows NT) and, on completion, delivered training; I became the technical face of the company.

  • 1996

    1997

    Technical Supervisor

    JMK Technologies - Cambodia

    Technical supervisor

    JMKT is the oldest and largest IT Company in Cambodia. Since its creation in 1992 it has given IT support to the 360 NGOs that provide international aid. Hired to introduce networking to a country that was still using Windows for Workgroups. As technical supervisor I helped JMKT introduce Novell 4.11, NT4, and train technicians to troubleshoot procedures on WIN95.

  • 1986

    July 1996

    Managing Director

    Jpl Micro - France

    Managing Director

    For 10 years I ran my own company Jpl Micro delivering PC networking and sales consultancies for customers such as Thomson CGR, General Electric, ORPI and ASO Paris Dakar Organisation. Starting with Philips 5040 and related software, I moved to DOS/Windows related software (Word, Visio4, AutoCAD, PageMaker), developing networks with LANtastic, Windows for Workgroups, Novell NetWare Lite.

  • Education

    1979

    CAP Electromecanique

    ORT - Paris, France

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