Bernie Crandall

Bernie Crandall has worked in the technology industry for over thirty-five years. In 1984, they began their career as a Digital Network Specialist at Eastman Kodak, where they were responsible for networking setup, troubleshooting and integration for high volume printing systems, as well as training customers and peers on the printing software suite. In 2000, they joined Dell EMC as a Sr. Solution Architect, where they designed SAN infrastructure and raid groups according to application best practices and available hardware, qualified environments for hardware, and software interoperability, and recommended DR and backup strategies. Bernie was also an EMC Proven Professional Clariion Technical Architect. In 2017, they moved to nextSource as a Storage Engineering Consultant. In 2019, they joined ITsavvy as a Senior Systems Engineer. Most recently, Bernie is a Senior System Engineer at SPHERE Technology Solutions.

Bernie Crandall's education history includes an Electronics degree from DeVry New Jersey, which they obtained between 1979 and 1981. Since then, they have obtained various certifications from Microsoft and Dell Technologies, including Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals (November 2021), Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (September 2021), Installation Professional (July 2021), Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (May 2021), Specialist - Implementation Engineer, Avamar Version 9.0 (March 2021), Specialist - Implementation Engineer, VxRail Appliance Version 1.0 (October 2020), Specialist - Implementation Engineer, RecoverPoint Version 2.0 (June 2020), Specialist - Technology Architect, Midrange Storage Solutions Version 1.0 (February 2020), Associate - Converged Systems and Hybrid Cloud Version 2.0, Specialist - Implementation Engineer, Isilon Solutions Version 3.0, and Specialist - Technology Architect, Isilon Solutions Version 3.0.