Narendra P.

Narendra P. has extensive work experience in various technical roles. Narendra is currently working as a Sr. Engineering Lead at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, focusing on Cloud and Compute. Prior to this, they held a similar role as an Engineering Lead at the same company. Narendra also worked as a Sr. Engineer at Prudential Services Asia, specializing in Cloud Infrastructure. Before that, they served as a Sr. Technical Support Engineer at VMware. Narendra P. also has experience as a Sr. Technical Trainer at Koenig Solutions Ltd., where they conducted official VMware courses. Additionally, they worked as a System Administrator at Surrey County Council, Ingeus UK, and BSIX Sixth form college. Narendra also held positions as a Sr. Systems Analyst at Financial Services Compensation Scheme and ERP Labs Ltd, and as a Desktop Support Technician at Spectrum Networks Solutions Ltd.

Narendra P. obtained a Master's Degree in Information Security from the University of East London, where they studied from 2005 to 2006. Prior to that, they completed their Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from South Gujarat University, attending from 2000 to 2004.

In addition to their formal education, Narendra P. has obtained various certifications. Narendra completed the Teachers' Academy Ignite program at the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in July 2023. In August 2022, they received the Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification from Microsoft. In February 2021, they obtained the AZ-303 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies certification, also from Microsoft. Narendra completed the BigQuery for Machine Learning certification from Google in December 2019. In May 2019, they obtained the VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2019 certification from VMware.

Narendra P. holds multiple certifications from VMware, including VMware Certified Advanced Professional 7 - Cloud Management and Automation Design (September 2017), TOGAF 9 Certified (August 2017), VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 - Cloud Management and Automation (VCAP6-CMA) (August 2017), VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 - Cloud Management and Automation Design (April 2017), VMware Certified Professional 6.5 - Data Center Virtualization (January 2017), VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6-Data Center Virtualization Design (December 2016), VCP7-CMA (September 2016), VMware Certified Implementation Expert 6 - Data Center Virtualization (March 2016), VMware Certified Professional 6-Data Center Virtualization (October 2015), VMware Certified Professional 5 - Desktop (VCP5-DT) (July 2015), VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Data Centre Administration (VCAP5-DCA) (February 2015), and VMware Certified Instructor (July 2014).

Lastly, Narendra P. obtained the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist certification from Microsoft in January 2014, and the Vmware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV) certification from VMware in December 2013. Narendra also holds the Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician certification from Microsoft, obtained in June 2006.