Jeff Guenthner

Jeff Guenthner has worked in the IT industry for over two decades. Jeff began their career in 2000 as an Account Manager for Avnet Inc. During their five year tenure, they exceeded their sales quota every year and in 2005 achieved $32M in sales in 9 months.

In 2005, Jeff joined CMI (Chouinard & Myhre, Inc.) as the Director of Solutions Architecture. During their five year tenure, they managed a team of five solution architects and directly partnered with seven client executives in Northern California. Jeff advised the CTO with research and recommendations on solutions that supported CMI's Adaptable DataCenter Reference Architecture Framework. Jeff also created and implemented a vendor engagement strategy with Nutanix, Actifio & Rubrik to expand the go-to-market in key enterprise IT segments for Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) and Cloud Data Management (CDM).

In 2019, Jeff joined Solutions-II, Inc. as the Director of Americas DataCenter Business and the Director of West Region Sales. Jeff created an annual Western region go-to-market strategy, defining gross profit targets, enterprise partnerships, and quarterly goals for sales. Jeff also led sales execution across four states, supporting seven client executives with a $25M portfolio.

Jeff Guenthner's education history includes a Bachelor of Arts in Education from Arizona State University, which they obtained between 1997 and 1999. Jeff then went on to pursue a Masters in Technology in Education from The University of Texas at San Antonio, which they completed between 2000 and 2001. Jeff has also obtained several certifications, including Adaptable Data Center Professional from Solutions II in August 2020, RSP - Rubrik Sales Professional from Rubrik, Inc. in July 2020, Adaptable Data Center Associate from Solutions II in February 2020, Jeff Weiner on Establishing a Culture and a Plan for Scaling from LinkedIn in October 2019, Nutanix (NPSS) from Nutanix in 2016, Nutanix - NPSE from Nutanix in 2014, IBM Champion 2016 - IBM Cloud from IBM in January 2016, CISSP (In Progress) from ISC, Cloud Computing Reference Architecture (Solution Advisor) from IBM, and IBM Softlayer Solution Advisor from IBM.