John R.

John R. has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. John currently works as a Senior Solutions Architect at Aerospike, where they support sales of the Aerospike Real-Time NoSQL Data Platform in the US. Prior to this, John worked at Red Hat as a Team Lead for Presales Architects and later as a Senior Solutions Architect, focusing on automation and container technologies. Before that, they were a Tech Solution Professional at Microsoft, where they empowered customers to achieve more with data platform offerings. John also held positions at Domo, Cloudera, Infobright, Netezza, Gillani Inc., and IBM, where they gained expertise in sales engineering, business development, and consulting.

John R. holds an MBA in Management Information Systems from DePaul University, which they obtained in 1994. John also has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the same university, although the start and end years for this degree are not provided. In terms of additional certifications, John has numerous certifications from Microsoft, including DP-200 Implementing an Azure Data Solution, DP-201 Designing an Azure Data Solution, Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate, Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate, and Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate, all of which they obtained in May 2019. John also has certifications from IBM, such as IBM Certified Specialist: Netezza Performance Software v6 in March 2011, IBM Certified System Administrator -- System Administration for IBM Informix Dynamic Server V10 in October 2006, Information Management Solution Sales: Professional Certification in August 2006, IBM Certified Solutions Expert -- DB2 UDB V7.1 Database Administration for UNIX Windows and OS/2 in May 2002, and IBM Certified Specialist -- DB2 UDB V6/V7 User in October 2001. Additionally, they hold certifications from Informix Software (now IBM), including IBM Certified Solutions Expert -- Informix Dynamic Server V7 System Administrator in December 1998 and Informix Certified Database Specialist (7.x) in October 1998. John has also been an event speaker for Microsoft, earning Event Speaker Silver in March 2019 for "Towards a more Trustworthy Internet of Things (IoT)" and in July 2018 for "Azure TechCon (Using R and Power BI)."