Servaas Verbiest

Servaas Verbiest has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Servaas is currently the Director of Solutions Architecture at Flexential, where they lead a team of industry experts who assist organizations in leveraging colocation hosting, cloud consumption, and managed service models to achieve business outcomes. Prior to this role, they worked at Sungard Availability Services, first as Director of Product Field Strategy, Global, where they aided organizations in leveraging cloud consumption and financial models, and then as Lead Cloud Evangelist, North America, where they assisted businesses in realizing the full potential of cloud computing. Before Sungard, Verbiest was a Cloud Solutions Sales Manager, where they collaborated with clients' account teams to develop resilient strategies for mission-critical applications using public or private cloud solutions. Servaas also served as a Senior Strategic Account Executive and Account Executive, focusing on maximizing profitability for customers and maintaining existing accounts. Verbiest started their career as an Account Executive at Sungard, working with businesses and organizations in the mid-western United States and Canadian territories. Prior to Sungard, they were the District Sales Manager at SkyForce Inc., a Managed Service Provider specializing in cloud-client content secured infrastructure. Before that, Verbiest worked as a Sales and Operations Manager at Dynamic Solutions Worldwide, managing daily operations and sales for multiple divisions. Servaas began their career as a Site Operations and Account Specialist at BCM Security Services Inc., where they handled security operations for major events and marketing tours.

Servaas Verbiest completed their high school education at East Stroudsburg North Area High School from 2001 to 2004, earning a High School Diploma. Servaas then pursued further education at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, where they obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Sociology from 2004 to 2008.

In addition to their formal education, Servaas Verbiest has obtained various certifications throughout their career. These certifications include:

- Alert Logic Solution Architect, obtained in September 2021 from Alert Logic

- Alert Logic Sales Professional, obtained in August 2021 from Alert Logic

- Veeam Sales Professional (VMSP) 2021, obtained in June 2021 from Veeam Software

- Veeam Technical Sales Professional (VMTSP) 2021, obtained in June 2021 from Veeam Software

- SE/Technical: CSP Solution Curriculum 2020, obtained in January 2021 from Dell Technologies

- ZCP: Sale, obtained in January 2021 from Zerto

- SE: Dell Technologies Cloud Platform for CSP Curriculum 2020, obtained in December 2020 from Dell Technologies

- Sales/Non-Technical: CSP Solution Curriculum 2020, obtained in December 2020 from Dell Technologies

- Sales: Dell Technologies Cloud Platform for CSP Curriculum 2020, obtained in December 2020 from Dell Technologies

- Zerto Certified Associate: Foundations 8.0, obtained in December 2020 from Zerto

- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, obtained in January 2019 from Amazon Web Services

- Sales Accelerator Course, obtained in February 2017 from BTS

- AWS Business Professional Training, obtained in January 2017 from Amazon Web Services

- Consultative Selling, obtained in November 2014 from Richardson

It should be noted that there is one certification, "White Board Training," where the institution, month, and year of obtaining are not provided.